Heavy mesons from the QCD instanton vacuum beyond the static limitWe study pseudoscalar heavy mesons in the QCD instanton vacuum beyond the static limit. Finite-mass effects in the heavy-light loop are encoded in a separable effective vertex built from a profile…Ki-Hoon Hong, Yongwoo Choi, Nurmukhammad Rakhimov et al.·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
Gravitational waves from graviton bremsstrahlung in scalar leptoquark decaysWe study the stochastic gravitational wave background originated from graviton bremsstrahlung in decays of scalar leptoquarks, which are colored scalar bosons simultaneously coupling to a quark and a…Qian-Jiu Wang, Hua Tong, Zhao-Huan Yu·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
The Effect of Topological Defects and Magnetic Flux on Tetraquarks Using the Analytical Exact Iteration MethodInvestigating the non-perturbative behavior of QCD and the dynamics of strong interaction is crucial for the study of heavy quarkonia and the understanding of exotic fully-heavy tetraquarks. In this…N. H. Gerish, M. Abu-Shady, E. M. Khokha·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
Sensitivity of the photon-induced processes to the proton charge radiusWe study the exclusive production of dileptons in proton--proton collisions as a probe of the proton charge-radius scale. Using a dipole form factor model, we compare the conventional choice of…Nikhil Krishna, Mariola Klusek-Gawenda, Rafal Staszewski·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
Domain walls and magnetic monopoles in Grand Unified ModelsMotivated by Grand Unification, we study the formation of magnetic monopoles in an SU(3) non-Abelian gauge theory. We find that the number density of magnetic monopoles depends critically on a…Harish Hemming, Tanmay Vachaspati, Anja Wachowitz·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
Electromagnetic Signatures From Primordial Black Holes in the Solar SystemPrimordial black holes (PBHs) in the asteroid-mass range, with typical masses 1017\, g M 1023\, g, have drawn significant recent attention as a viable dark matter…Alexandra P. Klipfel, David I. Kaiser·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
The Radial Mode of Composite Higgs Theories at the LHCWe examine the potential of the LHC to observe the scalar radial excitation present in extensions of the standard model where the Higgs boson is a pseudo Nambu Golstone boson. These include composite…Gustavo Burdman, Marvin M. Janini, Lincoln Pereira et al.·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
Domain Walls from Σ(36 × 3), Δ(54) and Δ(27) potentialsWe consider the degenerate minima arising from scalar potentials invariant under Σ(36× 3), or under its subgroups Δ(54) and Δ(27) (with or without imposed CP symmetries), for a triplet of…Gonçalo Barreto, Ivo de Medeiros Varzielas, Ye-Ling Zhou·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
Weinberg Angle, Neutron Abundance in BBN, and LifetimeWe present state of the art kinetic theory determination of the neutron abundance available for the Big-Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). Our work is motivated by the study of the neutron lifespan measured…Cheng Tao Yang, Johann Rafelski·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
Oscillation-Independent Probes of Neutrino Non-Standard Interactions from SupernovaeExtreme astrophysical environments provide unique laboratories for testing fundamental neutrino interactions. We present the first oscillation-independent astrophysical probe of nonstandard neutrino…Angela R. Beatty, Anna M. Suliga, Volodymyr Takhistov·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
Accumulating Hints for Flavour Violating Higgses at the Electroweak ScaleWe show that supplementing the Standard Model by only a second Higgs doublet, a combined explanation of h eτ, h μτ, b s + -, the W mass and R(D(*)) as well as the…Andreas Crivellin, Syuhei Iguro·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
New Energy-Loss Constraints on Dark Sectors from Deeply Inelastic Scattering with Initial State RadiationWe employ the joint QED and QCD factorization of deeply inelastic, electron-proton scattering with generic initial state radiation to probe the possibility of exotic particle emission -- i.e., of…Justin Cammarota, John Carlton, Susan Gardner·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Defining a Minimum Resolution for Unbinned AnalysesCollider analyses combine rigorous statistical techniques with state-of-the-art Machine Learning models. However, when the latter are used directly to estimate the likelihood function of the…Manuel Szewc·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Polarization interference in exclusive V+jets at all orders in αsUsing new methods for computing helicity amplitudes with intermediate helicity-polarized gauge bosons, we revisit the transverse-longitudinal polarization interference in the pp V+ jets…Trina Basu, Richard Ruiz·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Soft Contributions Stabilize NNLO QCD Corrections to Quarkonium Production and DecayNext-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) QCD corrections to quarkonium production and decay are known to exhibit perturbative instabilities within non-relativistic QCD. We identify the origin of this…Luca Maxia, Hua-Sheng Shao, Lukas Simon et al.·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Propagating data noise through the fit: the Monte Carlo replica distributionThe Monte Carlo (MC) replica method quantifies parameter uncertainties in global fits of parton distribution functions (PDFs) and Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) Wilson coefficients by…Mark N. Costantini·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
A directional force template for quadratically coupled ultralight dark matterQuadratic couplings between ultralight scalar dark matter and Standard Model fields can produce a distorted dark-matter field profile around the Earth. Gradients in the field induce a non-radial,…Dawid Brzeminski, Aaron Pierce·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Background-Induced Forces from Quadratically Coupled Ultralight Dark MatterQuadratically coupled ultralight scalar dark matter behaves as a coherent classical field whose interactions with matter can induce a composition-dependent force through the dark matter background.…Thomas Bouley, Xucheng Gan, Hailin Xu et al.·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Near-threshold scattering of proton and Omega baryon and possible bound statesWe study the near-threshold scattering and bound-state structure of the NΩ system by solving the Lippmann-Schwinger (L-S) equation within the framework of the meson exchange model and the Pomeron…Yu-Jie Feng, Qian Wang, Qiang Zhao·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Particle Production from Inhomogeneities: the off-shell side of gravitational wavesWe continue the study of particle production from gravitational inhomogeneities in the early Universe. Focusing on sources active on sub-horizon scales, we derive general expressions relating…Michele Redi, Andrea Tesi·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Revealing precision bounds on neutrino oscillation parameters with quantum estimation theoryQuantum estimation theory provides ultimate precision bounds on parameter estimation, independent of experimental setups. In this article, we apply this theoretical framework to neutrino…Jihong Huang, Tommy Ohlsson, Sampsa Vihonen et al.·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Neutrino oscillation data and a pseudo-Dirac heavy neutral leptonSymmetry-protected seesaw models can accommodate light-neutrino oscillation data while keeping heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) within collider reach. In these models, the smallness of the light-neutrino…Jan Hajer·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Neural-Network extraction of TMDs with SIDIS dataA first global analysis of unpolarized Transverse-Momentum-Dependent (TMD) distributions based on a neural-network (NN) parametrization is presented. Drell-Yan (DY) and semi-inclusive deep inelastic…Matteo Cerutti·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Real poles with opposite-sign residues in the non-perturbative quark propagatorWe investigate the analytic structure of the quark propagator in the Landau gauge by dynamically coupling the standard gap equation to the non-perturbative quark-gluon vertex. Employing the full…R. Alkofer, M. N. Ferreira, A. S. Miramontes et al.·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Pion and Kaon PDFs via Infrared-Safe Evolution augmented by J/ψ Data ConstraintsProbing the partonic structure of the pion and the kaon provides essential insights into the non-perturbative dynamics of QCD, yet their parton distribution functions (PDFs) remain poorly constrained…Yanbing Cai, Chengdong Han, Xurong Chen·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn