{"title":"Minimally coupled $β$-exponential inflation with an $R^2$ term in the Palatini formulation","authors":"Nilay Bostan, Rafid H. Dejrah","doi":"arxiv-2409.10398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.10398","url":null,"abstract":"We focus on the inflationary predictions of $beta$-exponential potential\u0000models, in which the inflaton is a representation of the field delineating the\u0000size of extra-dimension. Since it offers a well-motivated starting point for\u0000the study of physics at very high energies, we incorporate an $R^2$ term in the\u0000Palatini gravity. In addition, afterward the inflation, the inflaton oscillates\u0000about the minimum of the inflation potential, and reheats the universe. This\u0000occurs during the reheating phase, at which the inflaton decays into the\u0000standard model particles, which fill the universe. We extend our examination by\u0000considering the reheating effects on inflationary observables by employing the\u0000different scenarios of the reheat temperature. Supposing the standard thermal\u0000history after inflation, we display the inflationary predictions, $n_s, r,\u0000mathrm{d}n_s/mathrm{d}ln k$ of $beta$-exponential potential with minimal\u0000coupling in Palatini $R^2$ gravity. Also, different kinds of constraints from a\u0000variety of observations, such as BICEP/Keck, Planck 2018, as well as future\u0000possible detectable sensitivities that might be reached by CMB experiments:\u0000CMB-S4 and LiteBIRD are taken into account in this work. We indicate that our\u0000results are consistent with both the latest data and the future sensitivity\u0000forecasts of LiteBIRD/Planck and CMB-S4. Finally, the results in this study\u0000highlight the viability of our model even in the case of the existence of more\u0000stringent constraints expected from future achievable confidence level limits.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neutrino theory: open questions and future opportunities","authors":"Raymond R. Volkas","doi":"arxiv-2409.09992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09992","url":null,"abstract":"The subtitle of my talk is ``The quest for understanding the origin of\u0000neutrino masses''. After reviewing why the discovery of neutrino masses is also\u0000the discovery of New Physics, the substance of the talk details mechanisms for\u0000generating Majorana neutrino masses and implications for experimental searches\u0000and/or cosmology. I review high-scale seesaw, low-scale seesaw and radiative\u0000mechanisms, asking at every turn how testable the scenario is. While it is\u0000clear that determining the origin of neutrino masses -- knowing what Lagrangian\u0000to put into textbooks -- is a distant and ambitious goal, I end with\u0000experimental advances that we can reasonably hope for that would constitute\u0000progress.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Common Origin for Nano-Hz Gravitational Wave Background and Black Hole Merger Events","authors":"Bo-Qiang Lu, Cheng-Wei Chiang, Tianjun Li","doi":"arxiv-2409.10251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.10251","url":null,"abstract":"We explore the potential primordial connection between the black hole merger\u0000events detected by LIGO and the nano-Hz stochastic gravitational wave\u0000background observed by pulsar timing arrays. We propose an innovative mechanism\u0000for the formation of primordial black holes, suggesting that the Poisson\u0000fluctuations within the domain wall network can give rise to horizon-sized\u0000overdense regions. Our results indicate a plausible common origin for\u0000gravitational wave observations in two different frequency bands, potentially\u0000linked to the annihilation of the domain wall network at the QCD scale, while\u0000accounting for the accretion effects on primordial black holes. Furthermore, we\u0000demonstrate that the bias potential induced by the QCD instanton effect may\u0000naturally facilitate the annihilation of the domain wall network during the QCD\u0000phase transition. Additionally, our scenario can yield the correct axion dark\u0000matter relic abundance, particularly if realized within the clockwork axion\u0000framework.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"203 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ayush Hazarika, Premachand Mahapatra, Subhadip Sau
{"title":"Photon Ring Dimming as a Signature of Photon-Axion Conversion in Janis-Newman-Winicour Naked Singularity","authors":"Ayush Hazarika, Premachand Mahapatra, Subhadip Sau","doi":"arxiv-2409.09802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09802","url":null,"abstract":"The possible existence of axions in the universe introduces the intriguing\u0000possibility of photon-axion conversion in strong magnetic fields, particularly\u0000near compact objects like supermassive black holes or even naked singularity.\u0000In this study, we investigate the conversion of photons into axions in the\u0000vicinity of a Janis-Newman-Winicour (JNW) spacetime, a well-known naked\u0000singularity solution. Our analysis reveals that photons can efficiently convert\u0000into axions with masses less than $100 rm neV$. We calculate the conversion\u0000probability and find that it is significantly influenced by the characteristic\u0000parameter of the JNW spacetime. The potential observational signatures of this\u0000conversion, would be the dimming of photon ring in the X-ray and gamma-ray\u0000spectrum. Our findings suggest that compact objects like M87* could be prime\u0000candidates for detecting photon-axion conversion effects, provided future\u0000advances in high-resolution observations.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revealing the $q^2$ dependence in $b to s μ^+ μ^-$ baryonic decay modes","authors":"Ajay Kumar Yadav, Manas Kumar Mohapatra, Suchismita Sahoo","doi":"arxiv-2409.09737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09737","url":null,"abstract":"Measurements from the LHCb experiment and $B$ factories have revealed several\u0000discrepancies in angular observables of rare semileptonic $B$ decays involving\u0000the quark-level transition $b to s ell^+ ell^-$. In this work, we conduct a\u0000model-independent comparative analysis of the rare semileptonic decays of\u0000baryons $Lambda_b$, $Sigma_b$ and $Xi_b$, exploring various new physics\u0000scenarios. Our analysis includes predictions for branching ratios and angular\u0000observables, including forward-backward asymmetry, longitudinal polarization\u0000fractions, and lepton flavor universality ratios, both within the Standard\u0000Model and across six distinct new physics scenarios. Notably, we find that\u0000certain new physics scenarios significantly affect the observables in the\u0000$(Lambda_b, Sigma_b, Xi_b) to (Lambda, Sigma, Xi) mu^+ mu^-$\u0000processes.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"188 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolution of unpolarized transverse momentum dependent parton distributions of twist-3","authors":"Ping-An Liu, Xue-Tao Liu, Yu-Lu Liu, An-Ping Chen","doi":"arxiv-2409.09667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09667","url":null,"abstract":"We revisit the calculation of the evolution equations for four unpolarized\u0000twist-3 transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distribution functions\u0000(PDFs) at $mathcal {O}(alpha_s)$. Unlike the existing calculations in the\u0000literature, which are based on the background field method, we derive the\u0000evolution equations directly through diagram expansion. Additionally, instead\u0000of using the $delta$ regulator, we employ the exponential regulator to\u0000regularize the rapidity divergences. We find that the evolutions of the four\u0000twist-3 TMD PDFs are governed by eight homogeneous equations. Our evolution\u0000kernels agree with one set of results in the literature, but differ from\u0000another by a sign. Thus, our results help clarify the discrepancies between the\u0000evolution kernels reported in the literature. Moreover, considering the\u0000advantages of the exponential regulator in high-order perturbative\u0000calculations, our results are crucial for computing the twist-3 TMD PDFs at\u0000$mathcal {O}(alpha_s^2)$.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two-loop QED/QCD corrections for polarized $γγrightarrowγγ$ process in SANCphot","authors":"Serge Bondarenko, Aidos Issadykov, Lidia Kalinovskaya, Andrey Sapronov, Diana Seitova","doi":"arxiv-2409.09640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09640","url":null,"abstract":"The new version of the SANCphot integrator has been prepared for fast and\u0000stable numerical calculations up to two loops for polarized light-by-light\u0000scattering. One-loop modules based on the helicity formalism with massive\u0000particles and two-loop modules with massless particles inside the loops are\u0000used. The presented study is driven by the potential of polarized photon beams\u0000to probe the high energy region. This study is a contribution to the research\u0000program of the CEPC project being under development in China.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junseok Lee, Kai Murai, Fuminobu Takahashi, Wen Yin
{"title":"More is Different: Multi-Axion Dynamics Changes Topological Defect Evolution","authors":"Junseok Lee, Kai Murai, Fuminobu Takahashi, Wen Yin","doi":"arxiv-2409.09749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09749","url":null,"abstract":"We study topological defects in multi-axion models arising from multiple\u0000Peccei-Quinn (PQ) scalars. Using a simplified two-axion system, we reveal\u0000fundamental differences in the evolution of these defects compared to\u0000single-axion scenarios. This finding is particularly significant because,\u0000despite the fact that integrating out heavier axions reduces these models to an\u0000effective single PQ scalar theory at low energies, the actual physical behavior\u0000of topological defects differs markedly from single-axion predictions. Unlike\u0000single-axion models where conventional cosmic strings form, multi-axion\u0000scenarios with post-inflationary or mixed initial conditions generically\u0000produce networks of strings interconnected by high-tension domain walls. This\u0000results in a severe cosmological domain wall problem. We determine string-wall\u0000network instability conditions and discuss cosmological implications including\u0000the application to the QCD axion and gravitational wave generation. Our\u0000findings highlight that multi-axion dynamics can lead to qualitatively\u0000different outcomes for topological defects, challenging the conventional\u0000picture of cosmic evolution of topological defects based on single-axion\u0000models.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gravitational Wave Birefringence in Symmetron Cosmology","authors":"Ze-Xuan Xiong, Da Huang","doi":"arxiv-2409.09382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09382","url":null,"abstract":"The symmetron is a light scalar which provides a screening mechanism so as to\u0000evade the strong constraints from local gravity tests. In order to achieve this\u0000goal, a $Z_2$ symmetry is imposed on the symmetron model. In this paper, we\u0000introduce a new symmetron Chern-Simons-like gravitational interaction which is\u0000$Z_2$ invariant but breaks the parity symmetry explicitly. As a result, it is\u0000found that this coupling can generate gravitational wave (GW) amplitude\u0000birefringence when GWs propagate over the symmetron backgrounds. Due to the\u0000matter density difference, the symmetron profile changes significantly when\u0000entering the galaxy, so that we need to discuss the extra-galactic and galactic\u0000situations separately. On the one hand, the cosmological symmetron field\u0000follows the adiabatic solution, which induces a parity-violating GW amplitude\u0000correction with its exponent proportional to the GW frequency and the traveling\u0000distance. On the other hand, the symmetron takes the screening solution within\u0000the Milky Way, and the generated GW birefringence is only a function of the GW\u0000frequency. By further comparing these two contributions, we find that the\u0000extra-galactic symmetron field produces the dominant birefringence effects.\u0000Finally, with the latest GW data from LIGO-Virgo-Kagra, we place a reasonable\u0000constraint on the parity-violating coupling parameter in this symmetron model.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heavy top quark mass in the minimal universal seesaw model","authors":"Albertus Hariwangsa Panuluh, Takuya Morozumi","doi":"arxiv-2409.09365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09365","url":null,"abstract":"We study the hierarchy between $M_T, v_L$, and $v_R$, the relevant energy\u0000scales of the Minimal Universal Seesaw Model (MUSM), where the two lightest\u0000quark families remain massless at tree level. We also predict the heavy top\u0000quark mass, $m_{t'}$. We do some numerical analysis using recent experimental\u0000data. Our numerical analysis demonstrates that $M_T$ is sensitive to the values\u0000of the Yukawa couplings. The heavy top quark mass $(m_{t'})$ is predicted to be\u0000within the range from 1.4 TeV to 7.2 TeV.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"210 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}