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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 develops a thermodynamically consistent equation of state for hot strange quark matter incorporating perturbative QCD corrections up to and finite-temperature effects, demonstrating that such configurations are absolutely stable and can support compact stars with masses exceeding in agreement with current astrophysical observations.
This paper proposes that the single 248 keV nuclear recoil event observed by the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment can be explained by either endothermic inelastic dark matter or boosted dark matter, demonstrating that these two scenarios are spectrally distinguishable across different effective operators and can be definitively resolved with additional data from the full LZ exposure.
This paper presents a theoretical framework derived from the CPT theorem and S-matrix unitarity to distinguish between inclusive and exclusive mechanisms of CP violation, proposing that a precise measurement of the integrated CP asymmetry in the decay can unambiguously discriminate between these two scenarios.
This paper proposes a radiative Dirac neutrino mass model with a specific scalar and fermion sector that naturally generates the off-diagonal nucleon coupling required to explain the high-energy LZ230616 event via inelastic dark matter scattering, while simultaneously accounting for neutrino masses, the observed relic abundance, and existing experimental constraints.
This paper proposes that the high-energy nuclear recoil event observed by the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration could be explained by freeze-in dark matter produced during a non-standard cosmological era of modified expansion, thereby demonstrating how direct detection experiments can probe alternative theories of gravity.
This paper presents an extraction of unpolarised transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions for valence quarks in the pion by applying TMD factorisation to Drell-Yan experimental data, utilizing recent perturbative results and a precise nucleon TMDPDF to derive findings consistent with previous phenomenological and lattice computations.
This paper revises the calculation of the -box correction using a finite-mass approach to eliminate ambiguous effective quark-mass prescriptions, revealing a significant shift in electron-quark couplings extracted from Jefferson Lab PVDIS data that has important implications for precision electroweak tests.
This paper provides a concise summary of the main findings from a comprehensive 2023 study on QCD instanton searches via forward proton tagging, while incorporating new experimental considerations that have emerged since its publication.
This paper demonstrates that while the recently proposed quantity significantly suppresses self-field contributions in cosmic string simulations, it remains dominated by a specific oscillation mode arising from parallel variations that are absent in simplified unconnected segment models, necessitating self-field subtraction to accurately isolate true axion radiation.
This paper proposes that a 20 GeV Fermi-LAT photon excess and a LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter candidate can be explained by dark matter annihilating via spin-2 Kaluza-Klein graviton resonances, a scenario distinct from SUSY interpretations that could be confirmed by LHC data and probed by future electron-positron colliders.