Ab initio α-α scattering with high-fidelity chiral interactionsLow-energy α-α scattering underlies stellar helium burning and sharply tests nuclear forces in the reaction regime. We present its first calculation using the high-fidelity N3LO chiral NLEFT…Avik Sarkar, Serdar Elhatisari, Timo A. Lähde et al.·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
Investigating forward-backward asymmetry in D-meson production and anisotropic flow in p-Pb collisions at the LHCWe investigate the forward--backward asymmetry in the production and elliptic flow of prompt D0 mesons in proton--lead (p--Pb) collisions atsNN=8.16 TeV using the heavy-flavor…Siyu Tang, Chao Zhang, Liang Zheng et al.·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
The Confined beta-Soft rotor model in rare-earth nucleiContemporary theoretical descriptions of nuclear structure rely mainly on microscopic, single-particle frameworks often in competition with collective degrees of freedom, especially when deformation…Jim A. Papadopoulos, T. J. Mertzimekis, P. Koseoglou et al.·Jun 27, 2026SaveLearn
Bridging Ab Initio Symmetries and Global Nuclear Masses with Interpretable Neural NetworksAb initio modeling has established Wigner's SU(4) and Elliott's SU(3) as dominant symmetries of the nuclear force in light and intermediate-mass nuclei. We ask whether they also govern…Phong Dang, Evander Espinoza, Xiaoliang Wan et al.·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
QCD critical surface from constant entropy contoursWe provide the first mapping of the critical surface in (2+1)-flavor QCD in the full (T,μB,μQ,μS) space, anchored on lattice QCD results at vanishing chemical potentials and obtained within an…Hitansh Shah, Tristan Gyure, Anabella Leon et al.·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Efficient calculation of two-neutrino double-beta-decay nuclear matrix elementsReliable nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) are essential for interpreting double-beta-decay experiments and for connecting measured or constrained half-lives to the underlying weak-interaction physics.…Mihai Horoi·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Universal EOS-Radius Inverse Mappings Govern Precision-Dependent Inference of the Neutron Star Equation of StateBayesian inference of the neutron star (NS) equation of state (EOS) generally assumes that improved observations primarily reduce posterior uncertainties while leaving inferred EOS parameters…Bao-An Li·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Oblate-prolate shape mixing and E0 transition in 28SiBackground: oblate-prolate shape coexistence in 28Si has been discussed for decades, but the degree of shape mixing between these configurations remains poorly constrained. Purpose: We constrain…Yasutaka Taniguchi, Masaaki Kimura·Jun 26, 2026SaveLearn
Single- and Double-Λ Hypernuclear Correlations Calibrate ΛΛ Interaction EnergiesDouble-Λ hypernuclei are essential for probing the ΛΛ interaction in the double-strangeness S=-2 sector, yet the scarcity of experimental data severely limits systematic predictions. We present…Shi Yuan Ding, Bao Yuan Sun·Jun 25, 2026SaveLearn
Rapidity-even directed flow splitting of protons and antiprotons as a probe of baryon stopping in relativistic heavy-ion collisionsWe compare the rapidity-even directed flow v1 even in Au+Au collisions at Beam Energy Scan (BES) energies for baryons and anti-baryons within a (3+1)-dimensional viscous relativistic…Tribhuban Parida, Sandeep Chatterjee·Jun 25, 2026SaveLearn
Challenging chiral EFT with tritium beta decayWe present a detailed investigation of tritium beta decay up to third order (N2LO) in chiral effective field theory (EFT) using the LENPIC interactions. Unlike existing studies, we use…D. F. Ramirez Jimenez, S. Heihoff, J. Golak et al.·Jun 25, 2026SaveLearn
Applicability of kinetic theory in strongly coupled thermal quantum systemsIn this work, we construct one-dimensional interacting lattice spinor theories with discretization in momentum space. We focus on strongly interacting Schwinger and Nambu--Jona-Lasinio models and…Shile Chen, Shuzhe Shi, Pengfei Zhuang·Jun 25, 2026SaveLearn
Estimation of deuteron binding energy with renormalization group-based effective interactions using the variational quantum eigensolverWe have obtained the energy of the deuteron on a quantum simulator using the variational quantum eigensolver. We have employed realistic two-body interactions, namely, chiral N4LO and AV18, thus…Sreelekshmi Pillai, S. Ramanan, V. Balakrishnan et al.·Jun 25, 2026SaveLearn
Studying the QCD Matter produced in Heavy-Ion Collisions using the MUSES Calculation EngineThe equation of state of hot and dense matter is essential for describing heavy-ion collisions at all collision energies. Here, we explore the capabilities of the latest version of the MUSES…Johannes Jahan, Kevin P. Pala, Yumu Yang et al.·Jun 24, 2026SaveLearn
K--Driven Direct Urca Cooling in Rotating Neutron Stars: A Bayesian StudyWe investigate the onset of antikaon (K-) condensation and its implications for the equation of state (EoS) and cooling of neutron stars (NSs) within density-dependent relativistic mean-field…Aprajita Shrivastava, Debanjan Guha Roy, Sarmistha Banik·Jun 24, 2026SaveLearn
The renormalization of the shell-model neutrinoless double-beta decay operator starting from effective field theory (I)In this work, we approach for the first time the task to perform a shell-model calculation of the matrix element for the neutrinoless double-beta decay, within a fully-consistent framework where the…L. Coraggio, G. De Gregorio, S. L. Lyu et al.·Jun 24, 2026SaveLearn
Full Configuration Interaction Quantum Monte Carlo for Accurate Ab Initio Nuclear Structure CalculationsWe introduce novel full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo (FCIQMC) as an accurate many-body solver for ab initio nuclear structure calculations. This stochastic approach…Rongzhe Hu, Furong Xu, Baishan Hu et al.·Jun 24, 2026SaveLearn
Short-distance production of three particles with large scattering lengthThe short-distance production of multi-particle states in high-energy nuclear reactions provides a unique way to study the low-energy properties of few-body systems. In particular, the production…Timothy G. Backert, Sebastian Dietz, Hans-Werner Hammer et al.·Jun 24, 2026SaveLearn
Fully general relativistic description of rapidly-rotating axially-symmetric neutron stars for constraining nuclear matter equations of stateBackground: Constraining the nuclear matter equation of state (EoS) from neutron star observations is one of the main subjects in nuclear physics today. In general, neutron stars rotate rapidly and…Hyukjin Kwon, Kazuyuki Sekizawa·Jun 24, 2026SaveLearn
Two-Body Scattering Observables from Finite-Volume Real-Time EvolutionWe study two-body scattering observables from real-time evolution in a finite periodic box. The system consists of two distinguishable particles on a two-dimensional lattice interacting through…Lucas Platter·Jun 23, 2026SaveLearn
Ab initio calculations of parity-violating electron scattering off 48Ca and 208PbParity-violating electron scattering off nuclei both serves as a low-energy precision probe to test electroweak interactions and allows one to access neutron distributions inside nuclei. It has…Frederic Noël, Matthias Heinz, Martin Hoferichter et al.·Jun 23, 2026SaveLearn
Mass-Dependent Non-Extensivity in Tsallis Blast-Wave Fits to Identified Hadron pT Spectra at RHIC and LHCWe analyze identified-hadron transverse-momentum spectra from STAR Au+Au and ALICE Pb+Pb collisions over sNN = 7.7~GeV--5.02~TeV using an extended Tsallis Blast-Wave (TBW) framework,…C. Y. Tsang, Z. Xu·Jun 23, 2026SaveLearn
Understanding the Intermittency Signal in RHIC-STAR Data through ModelingIntermittency analysis provides a promising probe of scale-invariant density fluctuations near the QCD critical point. The intermittency measurements reported in the STAR BES-I data call for a…Jin Wu, Zhiming Li, Mingmei Xu et al.·Jun 23, 2026SaveLearn
Angular momentum of glasmaThe earliest phase of an ultrarelativistic heavy ion collision can be described as a highly populated system of gluons called glasma. We study some glasma characteristics related to the system's…Margaret E. Carrington, Stanislaw Mrowczynski·Jun 23, 2026SaveLearn
As above, so below: assessing extremeness of the neutron-star equation of state based on the unstable branchMicroscopic models of neutron-star matter have been widely used in astrophysical applications. The focus of attention has been on densities up to the maximal densities reached in stable neutron…Tyler Gorda, Oleg Komoltsev, Aleksi Kurkela et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn