{"title":"Probing Kalb–Ramond field with extreme mass ratio inspirals","authors":"Zhong-Wu Xia, Huajie Gong, Qiyuan Pan, Jiliang Jing","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14701-0","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14701-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are emerging as precision laboratories for testing the gravity beyond general relativity. In this work, we investigate the Lorentz symmetry breaking (LSB) effect induced by the Kalb–Ramond (KR) field on the gravitational waveforms from the EMRI system. We observe that the LSB parameter <span>( l )</span> appears in the leading order for the corrections of energy and angular momentum fluxes, and as <span>( |l| )</span> increases, the differences in EMRI waveforms between the KR black hole and Schwarzschild black hole become more pronounced. We note that the LSB effect becomes detectable by LISA for values of <span>(|l|sim 10^{-6})</span> with a one-year observation period. Furthermore, we use the Fisher information matrix (FIM) approach for the parameter estimation and find the detection error for <i>l</i> can be constrained to <span>(Delta l sim 10^{-5})</span> at <span>(textrm{SNR} = 20)</span>, demonstrating the potential of space-based gravitational wave detectors to rigorously test the KR field.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14701-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied Physics APub Date : 2025-09-09DOI: 10.1007/s00339-025-08789-0
R. N. Anila, K. C. Bright, P. Gayathry
{"title":"Growth and characterization of nonlinear optical metal-organic framework Di zinc tetraglycinate dihydrate doped with Ni2+ for LASER applications","authors":"R. N. Anila, K. C. Bright, P. Gayathry","doi":"10.1007/s00339-025-08789-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00339-025-08789-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A novel semi-organic nonlinear optical crystal of Ni<sup>2+</sup> doped Di Zinc Tetra Glycinate Dihydrate has been grown using the slow evaporation solution growth technique. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis determined the crystal system and lattice parameters. EDAX analysis confirms the presence of dopant Ni<sup>2+</sup>ion in the host crystal DZTGD. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) studies and Raman studies confirm the various functional groups present in the grown crystal. The transmittance and absorbance of electromagnetic radiation are studied through the UV-visible spectrum. The thermal stability of the grown crystal was determined through TG/DTA examination. The Z-scan experiment was conducted to analyze the crystal for third-order NLO behaviour and it was used to calculate the values of the nonlinear absorption coefficient, nonlinear refractive index, and third-order nonlinear susceptibility. Third-generation harmonic studies on the Kerr effect and two-photon absorption reveal that Ni<sup>2+</sup>doped DZTGD is an excellent material useful for the fabrication of NLO devices due to its nonlinear response characteristics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":473,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics A","volume":"131 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deviation from (mu -tau ) reflection symmetry under radiative corrections in MSSM","authors":"Prokash Pegu, Chandan Duarah","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14684-y","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14684-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent results from T2K and NO<span>(nu )</span>A experiments indicates a value of the Dirac CP phase <span>(delta )</span> which is centered at the maximal value <span>({270}^circ )</span>. In view of this, the role of <span>(mu -tau )</span> reflection symmetry becomes important in lepton flavour mixing as it accommodates both maximal CP violation (<span>(delta = (pi /2)/(3pi /2))</span>) and maximal atmospheric mixing (<span>(theta _{23}=pi /4)</span>) along with non-zero <span>(theta _{13})</span>. In this work we account the deviations from <span>(mu -tau )</span> reflection symmetry under radiative corrections in the MSSM framework. We use integral solution method to the one-loop RGE of the light effective Majorana neutrino mass matrix and derive analytical expressions for the low energy mass eigenvalues and lepton mixing parameters. Through numerical analysis we observe that low energy predictions of mass squared differences, cosmological upper bound of the sum of mass eigenvalues (<span>(Sigma {m_i})</span>) and the mixing angles <span>(theta _{12})</span> and <span>(theta _{13})</span> under radiative corrections can be made very well agreement with observational data. In comparison to <span>(theta _{12})</span>, the deviations of <span>(theta _{23})</span> and <span>(delta )</span> under radiative corrections are found relatively small. Nonetheless, their low energy predictions are consistent with <span>(3sigma )</span> range of global analysis data.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14684-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yoav Afik, Federica Fabbri, Matthew Low, Luca Marzola, Juan Antonio Aguilar-Saavedra, Mohammad Mahdi Altakach, Nedaa Alexandra Asbah, Yang Bai, Hannah Banks, Alan J. Barr, Alexander Bernal, Thomas E. Browder, Paweł Caban, J. Alberto Casas, Kun Cheng, Frédéric Déliot, Regina Demina, Antonio Di Domenico, Michał Eckstein, Marco Fabbrichesi, Benjamin Fuks, Emidio Gabrielli, Dorival Gonçalves, Radosław Grabarczyk, Michele Grossi, Tao Han, Timothy J. Hobbs, Paweł Horodecki, James Howarth, Shih-Chieh Hsu, Stephen Jiggins, Eleanor Jones, Andreas W. Jung, Andrea Helen Knue, Steffen Korn, Theodota Lagouri, Priyanka Lamba, Gabriel T. Landi, Haifeng Li, Qiang Li, Ian Low, Fabio Maltoni, Josh McFayden, Navin McGinnis, Roberto A. Morales, Jesús M. Moreno, Juan Ramón Muñoz de Nova, Giulia Negro, Davide Pagani, Giovanni Pelliccioli, Michele Pinamonti, Laura Pintucci, Baptiste Ravina, Alim Ruzi, Kazuki Sakurai, Ethan Simpson, Maximiliano Sioli, Shufang Su, Sokratis Trifinopoulos, Sven E. Vahsen, Sofia Vallecorsa, Alessandro Vicini, Marcel Vos, Eleni Vryonidou, Chris D. White, Martin J. White, Andrew J. Wildridge, Tong Arthur Wu, Laura Zani, Yulei Zhang, Knut Zoch
{"title":"Quantum information meets high-energy physics: input to the update of the European strategy for particle physics","authors":"Yoav Afik, Federica Fabbri, Matthew Low, Luca Marzola, Juan Antonio Aguilar-Saavedra, Mohammad Mahdi Altakach, Nedaa Alexandra Asbah, Yang Bai, Hannah Banks, Alan J. Barr, Alexander Bernal, Thomas E. Browder, Paweł Caban, J. Alberto Casas, Kun Cheng, Frédéric Déliot, Regina Demina, Antonio Di Domenico, Michał Eckstein, Marco Fabbrichesi, Benjamin Fuks, Emidio Gabrielli, Dorival Gonçalves, Radosław Grabarczyk, Michele Grossi, Tao Han, Timothy J. Hobbs, Paweł Horodecki, James Howarth, Shih-Chieh Hsu, Stephen Jiggins, Eleanor Jones, Andreas W. Jung, Andrea Helen Knue, Steffen Korn, Theodota Lagouri, Priyanka Lamba, Gabriel T. Landi, Haifeng Li, Qiang Li, Ian Low, Fabio Maltoni, Josh McFayden, Navin McGinnis, Roberto A. Morales, Jesús M. Moreno, Juan Ramón Muñoz de Nova, Giulia Negro, Davide Pagani, Giovanni Pelliccioli, Michele Pinamonti, Laura Pintucci, Baptiste Ravina, Alim Ruzi, Kazuki Sakurai, Ethan Simpson, Maximiliano Sioli, Shufang Su, Sokratis Trifinopoulos, Sven E. Vahsen, Sofia Vallecorsa, Alessandro Vicini, Marcel Vos, Eleni Vryonidou, Chris D. White, Martin J. White, Andrew J. Wildridge, Tong Arthur Wu, Laura Zani, Yulei Zhang, Knut Zoch","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06752-9","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06752-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Some of the most astonishing and prominent properties of Quantum Mechanics, such as entanglement and Bell nonlocality, have only been studied extensively in dedicated low-energy laboratory setups. The feasibility of these studies in the high-energy regime explored by particle colliders was only recently shown and has gathered the attention of the scientific community. For the range of particles and fundamental interactions involved, particle colliders provide a novel environment where quantum information theory can be probed, with energies exceeding by about 12 orders of magnitude those employed in dedicated laboratory setups. Furthermore, collider detectors have inherent advantages in performing certain quantum information measurements and allow for the reconstruction of the state of the system under consideration via quantum state tomography. Here, we elaborate on the potential, challenges, and goals of this innovative and rapidly evolving line of research and discuss its expected impact on both quantum information theory and high-energy physics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06752-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied Physics APub Date : 2025-09-09DOI: 10.1007/s00339-025-08860-w
Mansour Mohamed, A. Sedky, Abdullah S. Alshammari, Z. R. Khan, M. Bouzidi, K. A. Aly
{"title":"Tailoring of structural, optical and photocatalytic properties of Zn1-xAgxO NPs for water treatment applications","authors":"Mansour Mohamed, A. Sedky, Abdullah S. Alshammari, Z. R. Khan, M. Bouzidi, K. A. Aly","doi":"10.1007/s00339-025-08860-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00339-025-08860-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study systematically investigates the structural, optical, and photocatalytic properties of Zn<sub>1−x</sub>Ag<sub>x</sub>O nanoparticles (0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.04) synthesized through an energy-efficient co-precipitation method at 60 °C. Comprehensive characterization using XRD with Rietveld refinement confirms the successful incorporation of Ag<sup>+</sup> ions into the ZnO lattice while maintaining its hexagonal wurtzite structure, with crystallite sizes decreasing from 71.06 nm (undoped) to 37.67 nm (x = 0.04). Optical analysis reveals a controlled bandgap reduction from 3.00 eV to 2.75 eV with increasing Ag content, significantly enhancing visible light absorption. The optimized Ag-ZnO photocatalyst demonstrates exceptional performance with 89.8% methylene blue degradation under UV irradiation. These findings highlight the material’s potential for industrial wastewater treatment applications, while also identifying the need for further bandgap engineering to improve sunlight-driven photocatalytic activity through co-doping strategies or heterojunction formation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":473,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics A","volume":"131 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermodynamics of Einstein-Geometric Proca AdS compact objects","authors":"Asalkhon Alimova, Elham Ghorani, Beyhan Puliçe, Farruh Atamurotov, Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14637-5","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14637-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we explore metric-Palatini gravity extended by the antisymmetric component of the affine curvature. This gravitational theory results in general relativity plus a geometric Proca field. Building on our previous work, where we constructed its static spherically symmetric solutions in the Anti-de Sitter (AdS) background (Eur. Phys. J. C 83(4):318, 2023), we conduct a comprehensive analysis of the system’s thermodynamics. We examine the thermodynamic properties of the Einstein-Geometric Proca AdS compact objects, focusing on the Hawking temperature, enthalpy, heat capacity, entropy, and Gibbs free energy. Particular attention is given to the dependence of the Hawking temperature, enthalpy, and heat capacity on the uniform potential <span>(q_1)</span> and the electromagnetic-type charge <span>(q_2)</span>. Through numerical analysis, we compute the entropy and Gibbs free energy and investigate how these quantities vary with the model parameters.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14637-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Atmadev Rai, Danilo Triggiani, Paolo Facchi, Vincenzo Tamma
{"title":"Simultaneous estimation of three parameters with Heisenberg scaling sensitivity in a two-channel optical network","authors":"Atmadev Rai, Danilo Triggiani, Paolo Facchi, Vincenzo Tamma","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06805-z","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06805-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work presents a quantum sensing interferometric scheme for the simultaneous estimation of multiple parameters at the ultimate quantum scaling precision in a two-mode optical network. This scheme is experimentally feasible because it employs input Gaussian states such as squeezed and coherent states and a relatively low number of experimental runs. We focus on the precise and simultaneous measurement of two unknown phase shifts and an unknown beam splitter reflectivity, achieving Heisenberg scaling sensitivity in all three parameters without any constraints on the parameter values.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06805-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145021742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Particle deflection around microscopic loop quantum black hole","authors":"Haida Li, Xiangdong Zhang","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14699-5","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14699-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The detection of quantum gravity effects is highly limited in both macroscopic and microscopic scenarios: The small quantum parameter makes most large-scale observations practically indistinguishable from general relativity. While at the Planck scale, where the effect of quantum gravity is undoubtedly significant, the energy requirement is remarkably high for any test particle as a probe. In this work, by focusing on the inner-most stable circular orbit (ISCO) of both massless and massive particles around a microscopic loop quantum black hole, we show that given the current knowledge of ultra-high-energy particles, quantum corrections of relative scale <span>(>10^{-10})</span> can appear when the radius of the black hole horizon remains larger than the wavelength of high-energy Gamma rays, where the classical photon trajectory may still hold to a certain degree. In addition, more significant corrections can be observed when considering low-velocity massive test particles. Potentially, our results could suggest a new area for testing the effects of quantum gravity.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14699-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shyamal Kumar, Sapana Yadav, Vikash Mourya, Pratishtha Pandey, D. K. Dwivedi, Pooja Lohia, R. K. Yadav
{"title":"Advanced dual-core photonic crystal fiber sensor: pioneering high-precision gasoline sensing","authors":"Shyamal Kumar, Sapana Yadav, Vikash Mourya, Pratishtha Pandey, D. K. Dwivedi, Pooja Lohia, R. K. Yadav","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06815-x","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06815-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An advanced dual-core photonic crystal fiber (DC-PCF) sensor for the detection of gasoline compounds has been constructed utilizing silica as its substrate material. The sensor features a central elliptical analyte channel surrounded by the concentric circular air holes in the cladding. The introduced PCF is designed to operate within the 2–3 µm wavelength range; its performance was evaluated utilizing the finite element method in COMSOL Multiphysics. The sensor demonstrates remarkable wavelength sensitivities of 24,761.66 nm/RIU for 2-methylpentane (x-polarization) and 24,547.8 nm/RIU for 2-methylbutane (y-polarization). Further, the maximum recorded amplitude sensitivities of 11,264.87 RIU⁻<sup>1</sup> and 18,137.88 RIU⁻<sup>1</sup> were recorded for the same analytes and respective polarizations. These results highlight the sensor’s high sensitivity to the refractive index changes, along with its compact structure and fabrication simplicity, rendering it very attractive for future applications in gasoline sensing.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}