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{"title":"Recent developments in relativistic hydrodynamic fluctuations","authors":"Gökçe Başar","doi":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104175","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104175","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study of thermal fluctuations in relativistic hydrodynamics has led to numerous important developments in the last decade. We present a bird’s eye view of the recent advances on the theory of fluctuations on three fronts; stochastic hydrodynamics, hydro-kinetics where fluctuations are included as additional modes that satisfy deterministic evolution equations, and effective field theory formulation of relativistic hydrodynamics. We compare and contrast these different but complimentary frameworks and highlight various recent progresses in each of them.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":412,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics","volume":"143 ","pages":"Article 104175"},"PeriodicalIF":14.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143874822","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}

{"title":"Probing quantum phenomena through photoproduction in relativistic heavy-ion collisions","authors":"James Daniel Brandenburg ,&nbsp;Spencer R. Klein ,&nbsp;Zhangbu Xu ,&nbsp;Shuai Yang ,&nbsp;Wangmei Zha ,&nbsp;Jian Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104174","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104174","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Photoproduction in ultra-peripheral relativistic heavy-ion collisions displays many unique features, often involving quantum mechanical coherence and two-source interference between photon emission from the two ions. We review the recent experimental results from RHIC and the LHC and theoretical studies of coherent vector meson photoproduction, emphasizing the quantum mechanical aspects of the interactions and the entanglement between the final state particles. These studies enrich our understanding of non-local realism, underscore the critical role of the polarization of the photon source, quantum interference and nuclear effect on the gluon distribution. It paves a way for quantitatively probing the quantum nature of these high-energy nuclear collisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":412,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics","volume":"143 ","pages":"Article 104174"},"PeriodicalIF":14.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143877467","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}

{"title":"The nature of 0+ excitations in deformed nuclei","authors":"Ani Aprahamian ,&nbsp;Kevin Lee ,&nbsp;Shelly R. Lesher ,&nbsp;Roelof Bijker","doi":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104173","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104173","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is a review on the nature of low-lying 0&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; states in the excitation spectra of deformed nuclei. Early in the history of the field, Bohr–Mottelson–Rainwater won the 1975 Nobel prize in physics for connecting nucleon motion to the emergent collective behavior observed in nuclei. They essentially described the nucleus as a geometric shape with rotational and vibrational degrees of freedom. The lowest shape affecting vibrations in nuclei would be quadrupole (&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;λ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;=2). In spherical nuclei, the oscillations of the ground state shape were expected to yield an energy spectrum that could be described in terms of single and multiple quadrupole phonons. In deformed nuclei, rotational motion is prominent and could be described in terms of a rigid rotor. The question in nuclear structure physics that has remained unanswered for decades is the viability of a deformed nucleus to sustain oscillations or vibrations built on the ground state. The quadrupole oscillations in deformed nuclei could result in two types of vibrations: &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;β&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-vibrations resulting from oscillations along the symmetry axis with K&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;π&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;0&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-vibrations breaking axial symmetry with a projection of K&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;π&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on the symmetry axis. The K&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;π&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; or &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-vibrational bands are well characterized and accepted as oscillations around the g.s. The question which has remained open is the nature of the K&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;π&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;0&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; bands. Historically, 0&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; states were difficult to observe and to measure, more recently however, there has been a large abundance of states identified. The discussions have shifted towards the characterization of these 0&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; states. The systematics of the observed B(E2) values depopulating the K&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;π&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;0&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; bands were shown to be weaker than the K&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;π&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; band decay","PeriodicalId":412,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics","volume":"143 ","pages":"Article 104173"},"PeriodicalIF":14.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143863706","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}

{"title":"Indirect methods with transfer reactions: The Trojan Horse method and the Asymptotic Normalization Coefficient","authors":"A. Tumino ,&nbsp;C.A. Bertulani ,&nbsp;S. Cherubini ,&nbsp;G.F. D’Agata ,&nbsp;A. Di Pietro ,&nbsp;P. Figuera ,&nbsp;G.L. Guardo ,&nbsp;M. Gulino ,&nbsp;S. Hayakawa ,&nbsp;M. La Cognata ,&nbsp;M. La Commara ,&nbsp;L. Lamia ,&nbsp;D. Lattuada ,&nbsp;M. Mazzocco ,&nbsp;A.M. Moro ,&nbsp;J. Mraźek ,&nbsp;A.A. Oliva ,&nbsp;S. Palmerini ,&nbsp;R.G. Pizzone ,&nbsp;G.G. Rapisarda ,&nbsp;H. Yamaguchi","doi":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104164","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104164","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We review the status and perspectives of indirect methods that make use of transfer reactions. We focus on two of them that have been extensively used in the past decades to determine cross sections of reactions of astrophysical relevance: the Trojan Horse method and the Asymptotic Normalization Coefficients method. We provide a comprehensive description of the theory behind each of these techniques, followed by an overview of a selection of experiments carried out using these indirect tools.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":412,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics","volume":"143 ","pages":"Article 104164"},"PeriodicalIF":14.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549466","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}

{"title":"Neutron sources for large scale user facilities: The potential of high current accelerator-driven neutron sources","authors":"P. Zakalek,&nbsp;T. Gutberlet,&nbsp;Th. Brückel","doi":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104163","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104163","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A review of neutron sources for large scale user facilities is provided, aimed at users of neutron sources who need to understand the characteristics and peculiarities of the different types of neutron sources in order to select the most suitable source for their needs and to optimize their experimental setups for their specific scientific requirements. To this end, we provide an overview of (i) the main nuclear processes used at user facilities to release neutrons from nuclei, namely fission, spallation, and low-energy nuclear reactions, (ii) the various possibilities to tailor the time structure and spectrum of free neutrons, from pulsing to moderation, (iii) the mechanisms to extract and transport neutron beams with desired properties in terms of flux, brilliance/brightness, spectrum, pulse shape, etc., (iii) the applications and related experimental requirements in major scientific fields, with emphasis on those with a larger user community, (iv) the technology and realization of research reactors and neutron spallation sources, and (v) the progress made in Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources (CANS), but especially in High Current Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources (HiCANS).</div><div>HiCANS are the focus of the current review, as this entirely new type of facility could in the future play the role in the neutron ecosystem that national reactor-based sources have played in the past. As such, HiCANS do not aim for the highest neutron brightness, but rather for parameters such as resilience, reliability, flexibility, ease of access, minimization of radioactive waste, excellent signal-to-noise ratio and optimization of the price/performance ratio. These are key features needed to further expand the community of neutron users from science and industry to whom this review is addressed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":412,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics","volume":"142 ","pages":"Article 104163"},"PeriodicalIF":14.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143428127","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}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “γ-γ fast timing with high-performance LaBr3(Ce) scintillators” [Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 141 (2025) 104152 1-47]","authors":"J.-M. Régis ,&nbsp;L.M. Fraile ,&nbsp;M. Rudigier","doi":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104161","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104161","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":412,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics","volume":"142 ","pages":"Article 104161"},"PeriodicalIF":14.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143478702","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}

{"title":"γ-γ fast timing with high-performance LaBr3(Ce) scintillators","authors":"J.-M. Régis ,&nbsp;L.M. Fraile ,&nbsp;M. Rudigier","doi":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2024.104152","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2024.104152","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We present a review of the electronic &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; “fast-timing” technique in combination with LaBr&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;3&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(Ce) scintillator detectors. The &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; fast-timing technique has increased in popularity since the commercial introduction of the LaBr&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;3&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(Ce) scintillators in 2005. The use of LaBr&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;3&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(Ce) for measurements of lifetimes of nuclear excited states has rapidly spread out over the world and also the setups have grown from a few detectors to large-scale fast-timing arrays. The LaBr&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;3&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(Ce) is one of the fastest scintillators available with good relative energy resolution of about 3%. Due to high energy selectivity, lifetimes of nuclear excited states down to 1 ps in the best case can be determined directly via electronic &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; time-difference measurements. The use of the high-performance LaBr&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;3&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(Ce) detectors made it possible to systematically investigate the &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; fast-timing technique over the total dynamic range corresponding to &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-ray energies of 40 keV up to 6.8 MeV with precision of 2(1) ps. A non-linear energy-dependent time difference between the signals of full-energy peak and Compton events is given. Related to this finding, a new procedure to calibrate the time response of full-energy peak events has been introduced as well as time-correction formulae to account for the Compton contributions in the total experimental &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; time-difference distribution. We present a review of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; fast-timing technique including the performance of the LaBr&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;3&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(Ce) detectors, the electronic timing principles, the methods to analyze the experimental &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; time-difference distributions and the possible energy-dependent time deviations that can be observed using the &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; fast-timing technique with many LaBr&lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;3&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(Ce) detectors. The use of a centrally symmetric detector arrangement with respect to the center of an extended &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-ray emission area reduces any possible en","PeriodicalId":412,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics","volume":"141 ","pages":"Article 104152"},"PeriodicalIF":14.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142867545","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}

{"title":"QCD with background electromagnetic fields on the lattice: A review","authors":"Gergely Endrődi","doi":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2024.104153","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2024.104153","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This review provides a comprehensive summary of results on the physics of strongly interacting matter in the presence of background electromagnetic fields, obtained via numerical lattice simulations of the underlying theory, Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Lattice QCD has guided our understanding of magnetized quarks and gluons via landmark results on the phase diagram, the equation of state, the confinement mechanism, anomalous transport phenomena as well as many more fascinating effects. Some of the lattice results lead to completely new paradigms in the description of hot magnetized quark matter and provided useful insights to a broad high-energy particle physics community. Since the first lattice QCD simulations with background fields, this field has been established as an independent research direction. We present the current status and recent developments of this field, together with an outlook including open questions to be answered in the near future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":412,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics","volume":"141 ","pages":"Article 104153"},"PeriodicalIF":14.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142967843","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}

{"title":"Physics case for quarkonium studies at the Electron Ion Collider","authors":"Daniël Boer ,&nbsp;Chris A. Flett ,&nbsp;Carlo Flore ,&nbsp;Daniel Kikoła ,&nbsp;Jean-Philippe Lansberg ,&nbsp;Maxim Nefedov ,&nbsp;Charlotte Van Hulse ,&nbsp;Shohini Bhattacharya ,&nbsp;Jelle Bor ,&nbsp;Mathias Butenschoen ,&nbsp;Federico Ceccopieri ,&nbsp;Longjie Chen ,&nbsp;Vincent Cheung ,&nbsp;Umberto D’Alesio ,&nbsp;Miguel Echevarria ,&nbsp;Yoshitaka Hatta ,&nbsp;Charles E. Hyde ,&nbsp;Raj Kishore ,&nbsp;Leszek Kosarzewski ,&nbsp;Cédric Lorcé ,&nbsp;Shinsuke Yoshida","doi":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The physics case for quarkonium-production studies accessible at the US Electron Ion Collider is described.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":412,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics","volume":"142 ","pages":"Article 104162"},"PeriodicalIF":14.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143369689","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}

{"title":"The 18F(p,α)15O reaction: A textbook case in nuclear astrophysics","authors":"F. de Oliveira Santos","doi":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104154","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104154","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nuclear astrophysics recently celebrated its 100th anniversary and remains an active field of science. This article reviews several contemporary experimental techniques used to determine nuclear-reaction rates. Additionally, it presents some theoretical aspects directly related to these experimental techniques, providing an introduction to the fundamental principles underlying them. The ¹⁸F(<span><math><mrow><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>α</mi></mrow></math></span>)¹⁵O reaction, which is associated with <span><math><mi>γ</mi></math></span>-ray emission from classical novae during the first hours after expansion, is used as a central theme throughout the article. Several examples of recent experiments are highlighted, particularly those conducted in nuclear facilities utilizing radioactive beams.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":412,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics","volume":"142 ","pages":"Article 104154"},"PeriodicalIF":14.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143031434","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}