{"title":"Exotic Hidden-heavy Hadrons and Where to Find Them","authors":"Eric Braaten, Roberto Bruschini","doi":"arxiv-2409.08002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.08002","url":null,"abstract":"The Born-Oppenheimer potentials for QCD with light quarks include\u0000adjoint-hadron potentials that are repulsive at short distances and\u0000heavy-hadron-pair potentials that approach thresholds at large distances. The\u0000adjoint-hadron potentials must connect smoothly to the heavy-hadron-pair\u0000potentials at intermediate distances. We identify exotic hidden-heavy hadrons\u0000as bound states and resonances in adjoint-hadron potentials that cross a\u0000heavy-hadron-pair threshold and then approach it from below. This explains why\u0000many exotic hidden-charm and hidden-bottom hadrons have energies near\u0000heavy-hadron-pair thresholds. The remarkable properties of some exotic\u0000hidden-heavy mesons can be explained by fine tunings of adjoint-meson energies\u0000in QCD.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"351 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223499","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}
Mohamed El Arebi Gadja, Yazid Delenda, Lamine Khodja
{"title":"Transverse momentum and rapidity distributions of top quarks in pair and single top quark production within the non-commutative standard model at the LHC","authors":"Mohamed El Arebi Gadja, Yazid Delenda, Lamine Khodja","doi":"arxiv-2409.07893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.07893","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a comprehensive study of top quark phenomenology within\u0000the Non-Commutative Standard Model. We calculate non-commutative corrections to\u0000the squared amplitudes for top quark pair production, as well as for single top\u0000quark production via the $t$-channel and $tW$-channel, while noting that the\u0000$s$-channel remains unaffected by non-commutative geometry. Utilizing\u0000MadGraph5_aMC@NLO, we determine total cross-sections at various center-of-mass\u0000energies and examine differential distributions in transverse momentum and\u0000rapidity at leading order in both the strong coupling $alpha_S$ and the\u0000non-commutative parameter $Theta$. For single top production in the\u0000$t$-channel, a matching technique is employed to extend the validity of the\u0000distribution to low $p_t^{top}$ values through resummation. We also compare the\u0000non-commutative corrections with higher-order QCD corrections obtained at NLO\u0000using MCFM and at NNLO from existing literature. Our findings reveal\u0000significant deviations arising from non-commutative geometry at high energies,\u0000providing insights into potential new physics at energy scales accessible by\u0000current and future colliders.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223500","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}
Simon Badger, Heribertus Bayu Hartanto, Zihao Wu, Yang Zhang, Simone Zoia
{"title":"Two-loop amplitudes for $mathcal{O}(α_s^2)$ corrections to $Wγγ$ production at the LHC","authors":"Simon Badger, Heribertus Bayu Hartanto, Zihao Wu, Yang Zhang, Simone Zoia","doi":"arxiv-2409.08146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.08146","url":null,"abstract":"We present the two-loop helicity amplitudes contributing to the\u0000next-to-next-to-leading order QCD predictions for W-boson production in\u0000association with two photons at the Large Hadron Collider. We derived compact\u0000analytic expressions for the two-loop amplitudes in the leading colour limit,\u0000and provide numerical results for the subleading colour contributions. We\u0000employ a compact system of integration-by-part identities provided by the\u0000NeatIBP package, allowing for an efficient computation of the rational\u0000coefficients of the scattering amplitudes over finite fields.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223498","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}
Iman Motie, S. Mahmoudi, Mahdi Sadegh, Jafar Khodagholizadeh, Alain Blanchard, She-Sheng Xue
{"title":"Muon anomalous magnetic moment and Right handed sterile neutrino","authors":"Iman Motie, S. Mahmoudi, Mahdi Sadegh, Jafar Khodagholizadeh, Alain Blanchard, She-Sheng Xue","doi":"arxiv-2409.07184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.07184","url":null,"abstract":"The muon's magnetic moment is a fundamental quantity in particle physics and\u0000the deviation of its value from quantum electrodynamics (QED), motivates\u0000research beyond the standard models (SM). In this study, we utilize the\u0000effective coupling of right-handed sterile neutrinos with SM gauge bosons to\u0000calculate the muon anomalous magnetic moment ($boldsymbol{mu}$AMM) at\u0000one-loop level. The contribution of the sterile neutrino interactions on the\u0000$boldsymbol{mu}$AMM is calculated by considering the standard and\u0000non-standard neutrino interactions. Our results show that the standard sterile\u0000neutrino interactions give a negligible contribution to $Delta\u0000a_{boldsymbol{mu}}$ while the non-standard neutrino interactions can play a\u0000significant role in explaining the muon $(g-2)$ anomaly. In the context of the\u0000non-standard neutrino interaction, our calculation shows that a Dirac mass\u0000scale $M_D$ around $100,text{GeV}$ could explain the muon anomaly if the\u0000right handed sterile neutrino's coupling with SM particles is about\u0000$mathcal{G}_Rapprox 10^{-3}$. We have also plotted the allowed region of the\u0000model parameters that satisfy the experimental data on $Delta\u0000a_{{boldsymbol{mu}}}^{SN}$ and discuss the percentage of the\u0000${boldsymbol{mu}}$ anomaly compensation in terms of the coupling constant\u0000$mathcal{G}_R$.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223505","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}
Xing-Jian Lv, Xiao-Jun Bi, Kun Fang, Peng-Fei Yin, Meng-Jie Zhao
{"title":"Cosmic-ray deuteron excess from a primary component","authors":"Xing-Jian Lv, Xiao-Jun Bi, Kun Fang, Peng-Fei Yin, Meng-Jie Zhao","doi":"arxiv-2409.07139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.07139","url":null,"abstract":"The recent AMS-02 measurements of cosmic-ray (CR) deuteron fluxes suggest the\u0000presence of primary deuterons in quantities far exceeding predictions from Big\u0000Bang nucleosynthesis. This poses a significant challenge to modern\u0000astrophysics, as no known processes can account for such large amounts of\u0000deuterons without violating existing constraints~cite{Epstein:1976hq}. In\u0000contrast, it is recently proposed that the AMS-02 measurements can be explained\u0000by a purely secondary origin when contributions from heavier nuclei are\u0000considered. In this study, we recalculate the secondary deuteron flux using\u0000production cross sections updated with the latest collider data. We find that\u0000some of the deuteron production cross sections are overestimated in the\u0000widely-used calculation tools for CR propagation, and a primary deuteron\u0000component is still necessary. We then propose a novel process for generating\u0000primary deuterons at CR sources through a fusion mechanism, which is naturally\u0000unique to deuterons. This model could explain the observed deuteron excess\u0000while maintaining consistency with other CR measurements.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"342 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223504","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":"Grand Unification at the Cosmological Collider with Chemical Potential","authors":"Arushi Bodas, Edward Broadberry, Raman Sundrum","doi":"arxiv-2409.07524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.07524","url":null,"abstract":"We introduce a tree-level chemical potential mechanism for spin-1 particles\u0000within cosmological collider physics, allowing them to be detected in\u0000primordial non-Gaussianities for masses above the inflationary Hubble scale. We\u0000apply this mechanism to orbifold grand unification and the massive unification\u0000partners of the standard model gauge bosons. Our mechanism requires at least a\u0000pair of massive vector fields which are singlets of the standard model, a\u0000condition which is satisfied in the classic \"trinification\" scenario. Assuming\u0000that the gauge hierarchy problem is solved by supersymmetry, gauge coupling\u0000running points to unification partners at ~ $10^{15}$ GeV. We show that, within\u0000high-scale inflation, chemical potential enhancement can lead to observably\u0000strong signals for trinification partners in future cosmological surveys.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142178495","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":"Experimental Summary of the Moriond 2024 conference -- Electroweak Interaction & Unified Theories","authors":"Barbara Clerbaux","doi":"arxiv-2409.07120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.07120","url":null,"abstract":"The proceeding gives a summary of the experimental results presented at the\u0000Moriond 2024 conference (electroweak interactions and unified theory session),\u0000focussing on the latest measurements. A variety of topics were covered in the\u0000various sessions of the conference including H boson properties, measurements\u0000in the electroweak and top quark sectors, flavour and neutrino physics,\u0000searches for dark matter and physics beyond the standard model, as well as\u0000astroparticle and precision physics.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"80 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142178510","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":"How new physics affects primordial neutrinos decoupling: Direct Simulation Monte Carlo approach","authors":"Maksym Ovchynnikov, Vsevolod Syvolap","doi":"arxiv-2409.07378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.07378","url":null,"abstract":"Cosmological observations from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the Cosmic\u0000Microwave Background (CMB) offer crucial insights into the Early Universe,\u0000enabling us to trace its evolution back to lifetimes as short as 0.01 seconds.\u0000Upcoming CMB spectrum measurements, such as those underway at the Simons\u0000Observatory, will achieve unprecedented precision, allowing for more accurate\u0000extraction of information about the properties of the primordial plasma and, in\u0000particular, primordial neutrinos. This provides an opportunity to test whether\u0000these properties align with the predictions of the standard cosmological model\u0000or indicate the presence of new physics that influenced the evolution of the\u0000MeV-temperature plasma. A key component in understanding how new physics may\u0000have affected primordial neutrinos is solving the neutrino Boltzmann equation.\u0000In this paper, we present a novel approach to solving this equation that offers\u0000model independence, transparency, and computational efficiency - features that\u0000current state-of-the-art methods lack. We demonstrate a proof-of-concept\u0000implementation and apply it to several toy scenarios, showcasing key aspects of\u0000the primordial plasma's evolution in the presence of new physics.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"102 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223503","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}
Gustavo F. S. Alves, Antonio P. Ferreira, Shirley Weishi Li, Pedro A. N. Machado, Yuber F. Perez-Gonzalez
{"title":"Measuring the weak mixing angle at SBND","authors":"Gustavo F. S. Alves, Antonio P. Ferreira, Shirley Weishi Li, Pedro A. N. Machado, Yuber F. Perez-Gonzalez","doi":"arxiv-2409.07430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.07430","url":null,"abstract":"The weak mixing angle provides a sensitive test of the Standard Model. We\u0000study SBND's sensitivity to the weak mixing angle using neutrino-electron\u0000scattering events. We perform a detailed simulation, paying particular\u0000attention to background rejection and estimating the detector response. We find\u0000that SBND can provide a reasonable constraint on the weak mixing angle,\u0000achieving 8% precision for $10^{21}$ protons on target, assuming an overall\u0000flux normalization uncertainty of 10%. This result is superior to those of\u0000current neutrino experiments and is relatively competitive with other\u0000low-energy measurements.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142178498","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":"Precision Calculations in B physics","authors":"Matthias Steinhauser","doi":"arxiv-2409.07572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.07572","url":null,"abstract":"We discuss recent higher order calculations to properties of $B$ mesons. This\u0000includes next-to-next-to-leading order corrections to nonleptonic and\u0000next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order corrections to semileptonic $B$ meson\u0000decays. The latter is important in connection to the determination of the CKM\u0000matrix element $V_{cb}$. We also discuss next-to-next-to-leading order\u0000corrections to the width difference in the neutral $B$ meson system.","PeriodicalId":501067,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142178494","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}