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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⚛️ high-energy experiments

Measurement of ionization yield of low energy ions in low pressure CF4\mathrm{CF}_{4} gas for dark matter searches

This study establishes a low-energy ion injection scheme into a gaseous detector and measures the ionization yield of fluorine ions in low-pressure CF4\mathrm{CF}_{4} gas, finding a value of 0.45 at 30 keV to improve the accuracy of direction-sensitive dark matter search experiments.

Satoshi Higashino, Wakako Toyama, Takuya Shiraishi, Yasushi Hoshino, Tatsuhiro Naka, Kentaro Miuchi2026-03-27
🔭 astrophysics

Global detector network to search for high-frequency gravitational waves (GravNet): conceptual design

This paper proposes GravNet, a conceptual design for a global network of geographically separated detectors operating in strong magnetic fields to search for high-frequency gravitational waves (MHz to GHz) by synchronizing measurements to distinguish signals from noise and enhance detection significance.

Dorian Amaral, Diego Blas, Yuliia Borysenkova, Dmitry Budker, Alessandro D'Elia, Giorgio Dho, Alejandro Díaz-Morcillo, D (…)2026-03-27
⚛️ phenomenology

Cogenesis of visible and dark matter in type-I Dirac seesaw

This paper proposes a novel cogenesis framework based on the type-I Dirac seesaw mechanism, where the out-of-equilibrium decays of heavy vector-like fermions simultaneously generate the baryon asymmetry and an asymmetric dark matter component, allowing for successful cogenesis with dark matter masses ranging from 100 MeV to 39 TeV while remaining testable through neutrino, dark matter, CMB, and gravitational wave observations.

Debasish Borah, Partha Kumar Paul, Narendra Sahu2026-03-27
⚛️ high-energy experiments

PySiPMGUI: A Universal Python-Based Software for Photodetector I-V Quality Assurance: From Underground Dark Matter Searches to Astroparticle Cherenkov Cameras

This paper introduces PySiPMGUI, an open-source, platform-independent Python-based graphical user interface that automates the characterization of Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) using PyVISA-controlled instruments to support quality assurance in diverse high-energy and astroparticle physics experiments.

Tanay Dey, Suraj Shaw, Ritabrata Banerjee, Pratik Majumdar, Satyaki Bhattacharya2026-03-27
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Measurement of dijet angular distributions and search for beyond the standard model physics 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 study presents the first comparison of corrected dijet angular distributions with next-to-next-to-leading order perturbative QCD predictions including electroweak corrections and sets the most stringent limits to date on various beyond-the-standard-model scenarios, including quark compositeness, extra dimensions, and anomalous gluon couplings.

CMS Collaboration2026-03-27
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Constraining the heavy leptophilic neutral gauge bosons through the Z+Z\to\ell^+\ell^-, W±±νW^\pm\to\ell^\pm\nu_\ell, and h+h\to\ell^+\ell^- decays

This paper demonstrates that loop-level corrections to the leptonic decays of the ZZ, WW, and Higgs bosons provide stronger exclusion limits on heavy, flavor-specific leptophilic ZZ^\prime gauge bosons than current direct search constraints, offering a complementary probe for new physics at the TeV scale and beyond.

Bibhabasu De, Amitabha Dey2026-03-27✓ Author reviewed
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Learning Pole Structures of Hadronic States using Predictive Uncertainty Estimation

This paper introduces an uncertainty-aware machine learning framework that successfully classifies the pole structures of hadronic scattering amplitudes, achieving high accuracy on synthetic data and inferring a four-pole structure for the Pccˉ(4312)+P_{c\bar{c}}(4312)^+ state in experimental LHCb data.

Felix Frohnert, Denny Lane B. Sombillo, Evert van Nieuwenburg, Patrick Emonts2026-03-26
⚛️ nuclear experiments

The High Level Trigger and Express Data Production at STAR

To support the BES-II program at RHIC, the STAR experiment implemented a complementary dual real-time framework combining a High Level Trigger for online event selection and an Express Data Production system for rapid, near offline-quality reconstruction, enabling prompt physics analysis and demonstrating scalability for future high-luminosity experiments.

Wayne Betts, Jinhui Chen, Yuri Fisyak, Hongwei Ke, Ivan Kisel, Pavel Kisel, Grigory Kozlov, Jeffery Landgraf, Jerome Lau (…)2026-03-26
⚛️ high-energy experiments

NNLO QCD corrections to γγQQˉ\gamma \gamma \rightarrow Q\bar{Q} from Local Unitarity combined with Coulomb resummation and NLO EW effects

This paper presents state-of-the-art NNLO QCD predictions for heavy-quark pair production in direct photon fusion by applying the Local Unitarity formalism to handle infrared singularities and combining these results with NLO electroweak corrections and NLP Coulomb resummation for top, bottom, and charm quarks.

Zeno Capatti, Mathijs Fraaije, Valentin Hirschi, Lucien Huber, Ben Ruijl, Hua-Sheng Shao2026-03-26
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Long-lived axionlike particles from electromagnetic cascades

This paper demonstrates that considering axionlike particle production from the full electromagnetic shower in beam dump targets, rather than just primary beams or specific meson decays, yields order-of-magnitude enhancements in detectable signals, thereby significantly expanding the sensitivity reach of the SHiP and BDX experiments to previously unexplored regions of ALP parameter space.

Samuel Patrone, Nikita Blinov, Ryan Plestid2026-03-26