Hep-Ex explores the fascinating intersection where particle physics meets experimental reality. This field investigates how scientists build massive detectors and accelerate particles to test the fundamental laws of nature, turning abstract theories into measurable data. It is the rigorous process of searching for new particles or forces that could reshape our understanding of the universe, often requiring years of collaboration and engineering.

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New Physics and Symmetry Tests with Polarized Photon Fusion and Dipole Moments

This paper proposes a comprehensive strategy for probing new physics and testing fundamental symmetries by utilizing polarized photon fusion at the Super Tau-Charm Facility to measure tau lepton dipole moments with enhanced precision, demonstrating how linearly polarized photons can disentangle CP-even and CP-odd interactions to achieve improved sensitivity to anomalous magnetic dipole moments.

Fang Xu2026-02-20⚛️ hep-ex

Polarization measurement of Λc+Λ^+_c and Λc\overlineΛ{}^-_c baryons in ppNe collisions at sNN=68.6\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 68.6 GeV

The LHCb experiment reports the world's first measurement of separate polarizations for Λc+\Lambda^+_c and Λc\overline{\Lambda}^-_c baryons produced in ppNe collisions at sNN=68.6\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 68.6 GeV, finding a significant positive polarization for Λc+\Lambda^+_c and a consistent-with-zero value for Λc\overline{\Lambda}^-_c.

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb, C. Abellan Beteta, F. Abudinén, T. Ackernley, A. A. Adefisoye, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, P. Adlarson, C. Agapopoulou, C. A. Aidala, Z. Ajaltouni, S. A (…)2026-02-20⚛️ hep-ex

Toward Precision Helicity PDFs from Global DIS and SIDIS Fits with Projected EIC Measurements

This paper presents a new global determination of proton helicity-dependent parton distribution functions at next-to-leading order by combining existing DIS and SIDIS data with simulated Electron-Ion Collider pseudodata, demonstrating that these projected measurements significantly enhance flavor separation and reduce uncertainties, particularly in the small-xx region.

Hamzeh Khanpour, Maryam Soleymaninia, Majid Azizi, Michael Klasen, Hadi Hashamipour, Maral Salajegheh, Ulf-G. Meißner2026-02-20⚛️ hep-ex

Lepton energy scale and resolution corrections based on the minimization of an analytical likelihood: IJazZ2.0

This paper introduces IJazZ2.0, a novel analytical likelihood-based method implemented in the IJazZ software that enables computationally efficient, unbiased, and robust simultaneous extraction of lepton (and photon) energy scale and resolution corrections across multiple categories by leveraging exact smearing treatments and automatic differentiation.

F. Couderc, P. Gaigne, M. Ö. Sahin2026-02-20⚛️ hep-ex

Measurement of event shape variables using charged particles inside jets in proton-proton collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV

Using 138 fb1^{-1} of proton-proton collision data at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV collected by the CMS detector, this paper presents a measurement of five event shape variables derived from charged particles inside jets, showing general agreement between the corrected distributions and various theoretical predictions for multijet production.

CMS Collaboration2026-02-20⚛️ hep-ex

Momentum Measurement of Charged Particles in FASER's Emulsion Detector at the LHC

This paper presents and validates a method for measuring the momenta of charged particles in the FASERν\nu emulsion detector using multiple Coulomb scattering, demonstrating its effectiveness from a few GeV to several TeV through Geant4 simulations and test beam data.

FASER Collaboration, Roshan Mammen Abraham, Xiaocong Ai, Saul Alonso Monsalve, John Anders, Emma Kate Anderson, Claire Antel, Akitaka Ariga, Tomoko Ariga, Jeremy Atkinson, Florian U. Bernlochner, Tobi (…)2026-02-20⚛️ hep-ex

Building an AI-native Research Ecosystem for Experimental Particle Physics: A Community Vision

This whitepaper outlines a community vision for building a national-scale, AI-native research ecosystem that leverages current and future experimental facilities to accelerate discovery in experimental particle physics through transformative artificial intelligence integration.

Thea Klaeboe Aarrestad, Alaa Abdelhamid, Haider Abidi, Jahred Adelman, Jennifer Adelman-McCarthy, Shuchin Aeron, Garvita Agarwal, Usman Ali, Cristiano Alpigiani, Omar Alterkait, Mohamed Aly, Oz Amram (…)2026-02-20⚛️ hep-ex