Vector dark matter production during inflation in the gradient-expansion formalism

This paper extends the gradient-expansion formalism to massive vector fields to model their non-linear production during inflation via inflaton couplings, demonstrating that while pure mass coupling enhances only longitudinal modes, the inclusion of kinetic coupling allows transverse modes to dominate or drives the system into a strong backreaction regime depending on the coupling function's behavior.

A. V. Lysenko, O. O. Sobol, S. I. VilchinskiiThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ph

Exploring Scalar Leptoquarks at Muon Collider via Indirect Signatures and Right-Handed Neutrino-Assisted Decays

This paper investigates the discovery potential of a scalar leptoquark doublet coupling to light quarks and right-handed neutrinos at a muon collider, demonstrating that indirect probes and direct production channels (both pair and single) offer robust sensitivity to masses up to 7 TeV, significantly surpassing the projected capabilities of the High-Luminosity LHC.

Subham Saha, Arvind Bhaskar, P. S. Bhupal Dev, Manimala MitraThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ph

Complete NLO BFKL impact factors for quarkonium hadroproduction in NRQCD: the case of 1S0[1]{}^1S_0^{[1]}, 1S0[8]{}^1S_0^{[8]}, and 3S1[8]{}^3S_1^{[8]} states

This paper presents the first complete next-to-leading-order calculation of BFKL impact factors for the hadroproduction of specific NRQCD quarkonium states by combining virtual corrections with real-emission contributions, demonstrating the cancellation of soft divergences and the compatibility of surviving collinear singularities with factorization to enable future next-to-leading-logarithmic precision studies.

Michael Fucilla, Jean-Philippe Lansberg, Maxim Nefedov, Lech Szymanowski, Samuel WallonThu, 12 Ma⚛️ nucl-th

Improved analysis of rare ZZ-boson decays into a heavy vector quarkonium plus lepton pair

This paper improves theoretical predictions for rare ZZ-boson decays into heavy vector quarkonium and lepton pairs by including all relevant Standard Model tree-level diagrams, revealing that while fragmentation dominates charmonium channels, additional diagrams increase bottomonium branching fractions by 4–9%, and confirming that forward-backward asymmetries vanish in the Standard Model to provide a baseline for future experimental tests.

Li Ang, Dao-Neng GaoThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ex

How to tame penguins: Advancing to high-precision measurements of ϕd\phi_d and ϕs\phi_s

This paper utilizes SU(3)SU(3) flavour symmetry and recent CP asymmetry measurements from LHCb and Belle-II to constrain penguin decay contributions, thereby enabling high-precision extractions of the Standard Model phases ϕd\phi_d and ϕs\phi_s and outlining future prospects for the HL-LHC and Belle-II experiments.

Kristof De Bruyn, Robert Fleischer, Eleftheria MalamiThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ph

Interpretation of LHC excesses at 95 GeV and 152 GeV in an extended Georgi-Machacek model

This paper demonstrates that a minimally extended Georgi-Machacek model can naturally explain the observed LHC and LEP excesses at 95 GeV and 152 GeV through specific features like light scalar masses and enhanced diphoton decays, while predicting additional light scalars and offering promising prospects for future discovery at the HL-LHC and e+ee^+e^- colliders.

Ting-Kuo Chen, Cheng-Wei Chiang, Sven Heinemeyer, Georg WeigleinThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ex

Electromagnetic characteristics as probes into the inner structures of the predicted Ξc(,)Ds()\Xi_c^{(',*)}D^{(*)}_s molecular states

This paper systematically investigates the magnetic moments and M1 radiative decays of predicted Ξc(,)Ds()\Xi_c^{(',*)}D^{(*)}_s molecular pentaquarks using the constituent quark model across multiple analysis scenarios, demonstrating that these electromagnetic properties serve as sensitive probes for determining their inner structures and quantum numbers while identifying promising channels for future experimental detection.

Sheng-He Zhu, Fu-Lai Wang, Xiang LiuThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ex

Systematic exploration of triply heavy tetraquarks: spectroscopic and decay characteristics

This paper systematically investigates the spectroscopic and decay properties of four triply heavy-flavor tetraquark systems using a nonrelativistic quark model, predicting compact ground-state masses between 5.2–5.5 GeV and 15.0–15.3 GeV that are unstable against strong rearrangement decays, while identifying specific narrow resonances and proposing experimental search channels in J/ψDsJ/\psi D^{*}_{s}, ηcDs\eta_{c}D_{s}, and ΥB\Upsilon B^{*} modes.

Hong-Tao An, Yu-Shuai Li, Si-Qiang LuoThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ph

Probing ΔL=2\Delta L=2 lepton number violating SMEFT operators at the same-sign muon collider

This paper investigates the sensitivity of a 2 TeV same-sign muon collider (μTRISTAN) to eight distinct ΔL=2\Delta L=2 dimension-seven SMEFT operators via μ+μ+W+W+/W+qq\mu^+ \mu^+ \rightarrow W^+W^+/W^+qq' processes, demonstrating its potential to probe lepton number violation beyond existing LHC constraints and future FCC projections.

Subhaditya Bhattacharya, Soumyajit Datta, Abhik SarkarThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ex

Analysis of the hidden-charm pentaquark candidates in the J/ψΣJ/\psi \Sigma mass spectrum via the QCD sum rules

This paper employs QCD sum rules within a diquark model to systematically calculate the mass spectrum of hidden-charm singly-strange pentaquark states (uusccˉuusc\bar{c}) with quantum numbers IJP=112IJ^{P}=1{\frac{1}{2}}^-, $1{\frac{3}{2}}^-,and, and 1{\frac{5}{2}}^-,proposingspecific, proposing specific \Sigma_band and \Xi_bdecaychannelsfortheirexperimentaldetectioninthe decay channels for their experimental detection in the J/\psi \Sigma$ mass spectrum.

Zhi-Gang Wang, Yang LiuThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ph

Fragmentation contributions to transverse nucleon spin observables in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering at NLO

This paper investigates fragmentation contributions to transverse nucleon spin observables in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering at next-to-leading order within the collinear twist-3 factorization framework, confirming the validity of the formalism at the one-loop level and providing numerical predictions for HERMES and future EIC kinematics.

Diego Scantamburlo, Marc SchlegelThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ex

Heavy-quark contributions to the polarized DIS structure functions at NLO in the ACOT scheme

This paper presents analytical and numerical calculations of heavy-quark contributions to the polarized deep-inelastic scattering structure functions g1g_1, g4g_4, g5g_5, g6g_6, and g7g_7 at next-to-leading order within the ACOT scheme, offering new insights into spin-dependent QCD dynamics while excluding higher-twist suppressed functions g2g_2 and g3g_3.

Edoardo Spezzano, Tomas Jezo, Michael Klasen, Ingo SchienbeinThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ph

Three-gluon decays of radially excited quarkonia ψ(2S)\psi(2S) and Υ(2S)\Upsilon(2S) with both relativistic and QCD radiative corrections

This paper presents a comprehensive Bethe-Salpeter analysis of three-gluon decays in radially excited quarkonia ψ(2S)\psi(2S) and Υ(2S)\Upsilon(2S), demonstrating that their nodal wave function structures cause slow relativistic convergence in gluonic widths while enabling precise extraction of harmonic oscillator parameters that yield excellent agreement with experimental branching ratios.

Chao-Jie Fan, Jun-Kang HeThu, 12 Ma⚛️ hep-ph

Polarized Target Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Measurements with Deep Neural Networks

This paper introduces the first application of deep neural networks to continuous-wave NMR polarization measurements, demonstrating that machine learning-based signal extraction significantly reduces noise and fitting uncertainties to improve the precision and reliability of target polarization monitoring in high-energy and nuclear physics experiments.

Devin Seay, Ishara P. Fernando, Dustin KellerThu, 12 Ma🔬 physics