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Hep-Ph explores the fundamental forces that govern how particles interact and behave at the smallest scales imaginable. This field bridges the gap between theoretical predictions and experimental reality, helping scientists understand the building blocks of our universe without getting lost in complex mathematics. Whether investigating the Higgs boson or searching for new physics beyond current models, these studies push the boundaries of human knowledge about matter and energy.
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This paper systematically investigates baryon-number-violating nucleon decays involving a light scalar within the Standard Model Effective Field Theory framework, deriving stringent constraints from experimental data, predicting distinctive three-body decay signatures and dinucleon transitions, and proposing ultraviolet-complete models to explain the underlying physics.
This study utilizes molecular dynamics and density functional theory to investigate defect formation in NaI crystals induced by dark matter collisions, proposing that the resulting new electronic states within the band gap could serve as a novel detection channel for dark matter searches.
This paper proposes a unified framework demonstrating that early causal tensor sources, such as phase transitions and topological defects, generate a universal tensor power spectrum that produces a distinct, small-scale-enhanced -mode signature in the cosmic microwave background, differentiating them from the scale-invariant predictions of inflation.
This paper presents the first application of the MiNLO method to QED NLO corrections in Drell-Yan processes, specifically addressing initial-state radiation for Z boson decays into neutrinos, proposing a modified formula to handle QED-specific challenges, and quantifying uncertainties as a foundational step toward integrating full electroweak effects into the MiNNLOPS framework.
This paper evaluates the validity of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) versus the Higgs Effective Field Theory (HEFT) for Higgs pair production by comparing their predictions against "Loryon"-inspired UV-complete models, demonstrating that HEFT can offer a more accurate description than SMEFT in specific parameter regimes and highlighting di-Higgs measurements as a probe for non-linear electroweak dynamics.
This paper presents the first perturbative QCD predictions for the branching fractions and direct CP asymmetries of the quasi-two-body decays involving various -, -, and -wave resonances, finding results consistent with existing data and predicting vanishing CP asymmetries within the Standard Model.
This paper utilizes gauge/string duality to investigate string breaking in spatial Wilson loops, specifically analyzing the influence of light flavors on the pseudopotential and estimating the spatial string breaking distance for $SU(3)$ gauge theory across temperatures from 0 to .
This Letter presents a formulation of transition matrix elements for PT-symmetric non-Hermitian Hamiltonians that ensures positivity and perturbative unitarity by utilizing a positive-definite inner product, and demonstrates its application to two-neutrino flavor oscillations and the seesaw mechanism.
This study demonstrates that a hybrid neutron star model incorporating hyperons, deconfined quark matter, and bosonic sexaquark dark matter with a mass of approximately 1900 MeV successfully satisfies all current observational constraints on mass, radius, and tidal deformability.
This paper demonstrates that generalized higher-form symmetries, exemplified by axion electrodynamics, drive a novel self-similar inverse cascade that organizes non-equilibrium turbulent systems into large-scale coherent structures through universal scaling behavior.