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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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Amplitude analysis of B0→ηc(1S)K+π−B^0 \rightarrow η_c(1S) K^+ π^- decays

Using LHCb data, this paper performs an amplitude analysis of B0→ηc(1S)K+π−B^0 \rightarrow \eta_c(1S) K^+ \pi^- decays to measure their branching fraction and finds no evidence for the previously reported exotic resonance in the ηc(1S)π−\eta_c(1S) \pi^- system, with the data being well-described by known K0∗K^{0*} resonances.

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 (…)2026-05-20⚛️ hep-ex

The Muonic Portal to Vector Dark Matter:connecting precision muon physics, cosmology, and colliders

This paper presents a comprehensive study of the Muonic Portal to Vector Dark Matter model, demonstrating its ability to simultaneously explain dark matter relic abundance and muon (g−2)μ(g-2)_\mu anomalies through a novel velocity-suppression mechanism while establishing stringent collider bounds on vector-like muon masses and predicting distinctive multi-lepton signatures for future searches.

Alexander Belyaev, Luca Panizzi, Nakorn Thongyoi, Franz Wilhelm2026-05-20⚛️ hep-ph

Prospects for discovering strongly decaying doubly heavy TbcT_{bc} tetraquark states at LHCb

This paper evaluates the discovery potential of the JP=0+J^P=0^+ TbcT_{bc} tetraquark decaying into B−D+B^- D^+ at LHCb, finding that a 5σ5\sigma observation is feasible during Run 4 for optimistic production cross sections but would require the full Run 5 dataset for more realistic estimates, while remaining unobservable under conservative scenarios.

Mingjie Feng, Yiming Li, Hua-Sheng Shao2026-05-20⚛️ hep-ph

Enhanced Ionization Charge Identification in the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program Neutrino Detectors with Deep Neural Networks

This paper introduces a deep neural network-based region of interest detection method (DNN ROI) for the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program's liquid argon time projection chambers, which outperforms traditional thresholding algorithms in identifying ionization charge and reconstructing neutrino interactions while demonstrating greater robustness against detector variations.

P. Abratenko (ICARUS Collaboration, SBND Collaboration), N. Abrego-Martinez (ICARUS Collaboration, SBND Collaboration), R. Acciarri (ICARUS Collaboration, SBND Collaboration), A. Aduszkiewicz (ICARUS (…)2026-05-20🔬 physics

Search for Higgs boson decays into two neutral scalars with unequal masses in final states with b quarks and tau leptons in proton-proton collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV

Using 138 fb−1^{-1} of proton-proton collision data at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV collected by the CMS detector, a search for Higgs boson decays into two neutral scalars of unequal masses in final states containing b quarks and tau leptors found no significant excess over the Standard Model, resulting in the setting of 95% confidence level upper limits on the relevant production cross sections and branching fractions.

CMS Collaboration2026-05-20⚛️ hep-ex

Hypothesis Tests for Observing Quantum Entanglement in HWW at the LHC

This paper proposes a novel strategy for detecting quantum entanglement in Higgs boson decays to WW boson pairs at the LHC by combining a continuous CGLMP inequality formulation with conditional denoising diffusion probabilistic models for neutrino reconstruction, projecting that robust 5σ\sigma evidence will be achievable with the high-luminosity dataset expected at the HL-LHC.

Vincent Alexander Croft, Lennart Voelz, Andrii Vak, Andre Sopczak, Carsten Burgard2026-05-20⚛️ hep-ex

Probing the Rare Four-Bottom Higgs Decay H→bbˉbbˉH\to b\bar b b\bar b at the HL-LHC and ILC

This paper proposes the rare Standard Model Higgs decay H→bbˉbbˉH\to b\bar b b\bar b as a probe of Higgs interactions, calculating its branching ratio of approximately 1.6×10−31.6\times10^{-3} and demonstrating that it can be observed with high significance at both the High-Luminosity LHC and the ILC using multivariate analysis techniques.

Alexander Belyaev, Eduard Boos, Vyacheslav Bunichev, Guliya Nurbakova, Saniya Rustembayeva2026-05-20⚛️ hep-ph

Search for soft unclustered energy patterns containing muons in the final state in $pp$ collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Using 140 fb−1^{-1} of 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector, this study searches for soft unclustered energy patterns (SUEPs) containing muons in Hidden Valley scenarios, finding no significant excess over Standard Model expectations and setting exclusion limits on the production cross section and branching fraction for scalar mediators with masses ranging from 125 to 750 GeV.

ATLAS Collaboration2026-05-20⚛️ hep-ex