Physics Letters BPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139484
Vittorio De Falco , Marco Gallo
{"title":"Analytical coordinate time at the second post-Newtonian order","authors":"Vittorio De Falco , Marco Gallo","doi":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139484","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139484","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We derive the analytical expression of the coordinate time <em>t</em> in terms of the eccentric anomaly <em>u</em> at the second post-Newtonian order in General Relativity for a compact binary system moving on eccentric orbits. The parametrization of <em>t</em> with <em>u</em> permits to reduce at the minimum the presence of discontinuous trigonometric functions. This is helpful as they must be properly connected via accumulation functions to finally have a smooth coordinate time <span><math><mi>t</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>. Another difficulty relies on the presence of an infinite sum, about which we derive a compact form. This effort reveals to be extremely useful for application purposes. Indeed, we need to truncate the aforementioned sum to a certain finite threshold, which strongly depends on the selected parameter values and the accuracy error we would like to achieve. Thanks to our work, this analysis can be easily carried out.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20162,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters B","volume":"865 ","pages":"Article 139484"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143867795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Physics Letters BPub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139476
Piyali Bhar
{"title":"Existence and stability of (3+1)-dimensional gravastar model in de Rham–Gabadadze–Tolley like massive gravity","authors":"Piyali Bhar","doi":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139476","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139476","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The physical properties of a (3+1)-D gravastar in the context of massive gravity are discussed in this work. In present investigation, the field equations have been solved for a static, uncharged sphere in order to achieve the gravastar model as proposed by Mazur and Mottola [Mazur and Mottola in Report No. LA-UR-01-5067, (2001); Mazur and Mottola, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101 (2004) 9545]. We address length of thin shell, energy, and entropy for the thin shell containing an ultra-relativistic stiff fluid. Israel matching criteria are used to ensure that the inner and outside geometries join smoothly. The present study within dRGT gravity differs markedly and fundamentally from true gravastars described in [<span><span>arXiv:2302.09690</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>; Mazur and Mottola, Class. Quant. Grav. 32 (2015) 215024], which requires the phase transition occured at <span><math><mi>R</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mi>M</mi></math></span>. It turns out that the existence of the graviton mass entirely alters the behavior of the gravastar. Particularly, when <span><math><mi>m</mi><mo>→</mo><mn>0</mn></math></span>, our findings precisely matched the outcomes of general relativity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20162,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters B","volume":"865 ","pages":"Article 139476"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143867800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Physics Letters BPub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139472
{"title":"Search for a new scalar decaying into new spin-1 bosons in four-lepton final states with the ATLAS detector","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139472","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139472","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A search is conducted for a new scalar boson <em>S</em>, with a mass distinct from that of the Higgs boson, decaying promptly into four leptons (<span><math><mi>ℓ</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>e</mi></math></span>, <em>μ</em>) via an intermediate state containing two on-shell, promptly decaying new spin-1 bosons <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mtext>d</mtext></mrow></msub></math></span>: <span><math><mi>S</mi><mo>→</mo><msub><mrow><mi>Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mtext>d</mtext></mrow></msub><msub><mrow><mi>Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mtext>d</mtext></mrow></msub><mo>→</mo><mn>4</mn><mi>ℓ</mi></math></span>, where the <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mtext>d</mtext></mrow></msub></math></span> boson has a mass between 15 and 300 GeV, and the <em>S</em> boson has a mass between either 30 and 115 GeV or 130 and 800 GeV. The search uses proton–proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb<sup>−1</sup> at a centre-of-mass energy of <span><math><msqrt><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow></msqrt><mo>=</mo><mn>13</mn></math></span> TeV. No significant excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the production cross-section times branching ratio, <span><math><mi>σ</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>g</mi><mi>g</mi><mo>→</mo><mi>S</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>×</mo><mi>B</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>S</mi><mo>→</mo><msub><mrow><mi>Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mtext>d</mtext></mrow></msub><msub><mrow><mi>Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mtext>d</mtext></mrow></msub><mo>→</mo><mn>4</mn><mi>ℓ</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>, as a function of the mass of both particles, <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> and <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>Z</mi><mtext>d</mtext></mrow></msub></math></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20162,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters B","volume":"865 ","pages":"Article 139472"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143867941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Physics Letters BPub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139479
Haryanto M. Siahaan
{"title":"Weakly magnetized black holes in Einstein-ModMax theory","authors":"Haryanto M. Siahaan","doi":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139479","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139479","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We investigate magnetized black holes within the framework of Einstein gravity coupled to modified Maxwell (ModMax) nonlinear electrodynamics. Employing Wald's magnetization method, we construct a weakly magnetized static dyonic black hole solution ensuring that both electric and magnetic charges contribute nontrivially to the dynamics. The presence of the ModMax parameter <em>v</em> introduces a screening effect that effectively reduces the black hole's charge compared to the standard Maxwell case. We analyze the motion of charged timelike test particles in this magnetized background by deriving the effective potential and studying the characteristics of stable circular orbits, including the dependence of the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) on the magnetic field strength and the nonlinear parameter. Our results highlight differences between the dynamics in Einstein-ModMax theory and those in the conventional Einstein-Maxwell framework, offering new insights into the phenomenology of nonlinear electrodynamics in strong gravitational fields.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20162,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters B","volume":"865 ","pages":"Article 139479"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143842951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Physics Letters BPub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139466
{"title":"First polarisation measurement of coherently photoproduced J/ψ in ultra-peripheral Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139466","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139466","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The first measurement of the polarisation of coherently photoproduced <span><math><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi></math></span> mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb–Pb collisions, using data at <span><math><msqrt><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>NN</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></msqrt><mspace></mspace><mo>=</mo><mspace></mspace><mn>5.02</mn></math></span> TeV, is presented. The <span><math><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi></math></span> meson is measured via its dimuon decay channel in the forward rapidity interval <span><math><mo>−</mo><mn>4.0</mn><mo><</mo><mi>y</mi><mo><</mo><mo>−</mo><mn>2.5</mn></math></span> using the ALICE detector at the CERN LHC. An event sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 750 <span><math><mi>μ</mi><msup><mrow><mtext>b</mtext></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></math></span> ± 5% (syst) is analysed. Hadronic activity is highly suppressed since the interaction is mediated by a photon. The polar and azimuthal angle distributions of the decay muons are measured, and the polarisation parameters <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>θ</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>, <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>φ</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>, <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>θ</mi><mi>φ</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> are extracted. The analysis is carried out in the helicity frame. The results are found to be consistent with a transversely polarised <span><math><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi></math></span>. These values are compared with previous measurements by the H1 and ZEUS experiments. The polarisation parameters of coherent <span><math><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi></math></span> photoproduction in Pb–Pb collisions are found to be consistent with the <em>s</em>-channel helicity conservation hypothesis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20162,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters B","volume":"865 ","pages":"Article 139466"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143867681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Physics Letters BPub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139473
N. Furey , M.J. Hughes
{"title":"Three generations and a trio of trialities","authors":"N. Furey , M.J. Hughes","doi":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139473","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139473","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We identify the Standard Model's <span><math><mrow><mi>su</mi></mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>3</mn><mo>)</mo><mo>⊕</mo><mrow><mi>su</mi></mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>)</mo><mo>⊕</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>(</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></math></span> internal symmetries within the triality symmetries <span><math><mrow><mi>tri</mi></mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>C</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>⊕</mo><mrow><mi>tri</mi></mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>H</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>⊕</mo><mrow><mi>tri</mi></mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>O</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>. From here, the corresponding Standard Model group action is applied to the triality triple <span><math><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>Ψ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>Ψ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mi>V</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> for <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>Ψ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>Ψ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mi>V</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>C</mi><mo>⊗</mo><mi>H</mi><mo>⊗</mo><mi>O</mi></math></span>. Together, <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>Ψ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msub></math></span> and <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>Ψ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msub></math></span> provide the correct irreducible representations for two generations. Owing to a certain <em>Cartan factorization,</em> which we define, <em>V</em> provides the irreducible representations for a third generation. Said more explicitly in another way, division algebraic multiplication merges a third generation of spinor representations into a set of scalar bosons. This set of scalar bosons includes the familiar Standard Model Higgs representation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20162,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters B","volume":"865 ","pages":"Article 139473"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143842946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Physics Letters BPub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139469
Yulia Galushkina , Eduard Kim , Emin Nugaev , Yakov Shnir
{"title":"Localized electromagnetic perturbations on vector solitons","authors":"Yulia Galushkina , Eduard Kim , Emin Nugaev , Yakov Shnir","doi":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139469","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139469","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Using effective field theory approach one can describe localization of electromagnetic field on a non-topological soliton. Pursuing this aim we consider the <span><math><mi>U</mi><mo>(</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></math></span> gauge theory with gauge kinetic coupling to a self-interacting complex neutral Proca field. The model possesses single energy scale given by the vector boson mass. Considering spherically symmetric stationary configurations, we study vibrational modes of the Proca field on the background of the soliton and discuss their properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20162,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters B","volume":"865 ","pages":"Article 139469"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143842947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Physics Letters BPub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139471
Danhua Song
{"title":"Extended Cartan homotopy formula for higher Chern-Simons-Antoniadis-Savvidy theory","authors":"Danhua Song","doi":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139471","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139471","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We consider extended Cartan homotopy formula (ECHF) for higher gauge theory. Firstly, we construct an oriented simplex based on 2-connections and present differential and integral forms of the higher ECHF. Then, we study the higher Chern-Simons-Antoniadis-Savvidy (ChSAS) theory and prove that the higher ECHF can reproduce the higher Chern-Weil theorem and give higher triangle equation. We finally conclude from the higher ECHF that a higher transgression form can be written as the difference of two higher ChSAS forms minus an exact form.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20162,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters B","volume":"865 ","pages":"Article 139471"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143867687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Physics Letters BPub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139480
Mark G. Raizen
{"title":"New tests of quantum mechanics with unstable nuclei","authors":"Mark G. Raizen","doi":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139480","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139480","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We propose and analyze two new tests of quantum mechanics that would probe the time evolution of unstable nuclei. The first is a search for a time-dependent nuclear magnetic moment in radioisotopes over several half-lives. The second is a novel application of the Mössbauer effect to search for a time-dependent nuclear transition frequency in a radioisotope over several half-lives. The complexity of non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics (QCD) makes unstable nuclei promising candidates for the observation of deviations from quantum mechanics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20162,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters B","volume":"865 ","pages":"Article 139480"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Physics Letters BPub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139470
N.K. Patra , Tuhin Malik , Helena Pais , Kai Zhou , B.K. Agrawal , Constança Providência
{"title":"Inferring the equation of state from neutron star observables via machine learning","authors":"N.K. Patra , Tuhin Malik , Helena Pais , Kai Zhou , B.K. Agrawal , Constança Providência","doi":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139470","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139470","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We have conducted an extensive study using a diverse set of equations of state (EoSs) to uncover strong relationships between neutron star (NS) observables and the underlying EoS parameters using symbolic regression method. These EoS models, derived from a mix of agnostic and physics-based approaches, considered neutron stars composed of nucleons, hyperons, and other exotic degrees of freedom in beta equilibrium. The maximum mass of a NS is found to be strongly correlated with the pressure and baryon density at an energy density of approximately 800 MeV.fm<sup>−3</sup>. We have also demonstrated that the EoS can be expressed as a function of radius and tidal deformability within the NS mass range 1-2<span><math><msub><mrow><mi>M</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>⊙</mo></mrow></msub></math></span>. These insights offer a promising and efficient framework to decode the dense matter EoS directly from the accurate knowledge of NS observables.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20162,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters B","volume":"865 ","pages":"Article 139470"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143843117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}