Fang-Min Cai, Rui-Lin Fan, Xin-Qiang Li, Ya-Dong Yang
{"title":"CP asymmetries of (t rightarrow c gamma ) and (t rightarrow cg) decays in the aligned two-Higgs-doublet model","authors":"Fang-Min Cai, Rui-Lin Fan, Xin-Qiang Li, Ya-Dong Yang","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13965-w","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13965-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We study the CP asymmetries of the rare top-quark decays <span>(t rightarrow c gamma )</span> and <span>(t rightarrow cg)</span> in the aligned two-Higgs-doublet model (A2HDM), which is generically characterized by new sources of CP violation beyond the Standard Model (SM). Specifically, the branching ratios and CP asymmetries of these rare top-quark decays are explicitly formulated, with an emphasis on the origins of weak and strong phases in the A2HDM. Taking into account the most relevant constraints on this model, we evaluate the variations of these observables with respect to the model parameters. It is found that the branching ratios of <span>(t rightarrow c gamma )</span> and <span>(t rightarrow cg)</span> decays can maximally reach up to <span>(1.47times 10^{-10})</span> and <span>(4.86times 10^{-9})</span> respectively, which are about four and three orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding SM predictions. While the branching ratios are almost independent of the relative phase <span>(varphi )</span> between the two alignment parameters <span>(varsigma _u)</span> and <span>(varsigma _d)</span> within the allowed parameter space, the CP asymmetries are found to be very sensitive to <span>(varphi .)</span> When the two alignment parameters are complex with a non-zero <span>(varphi )</span> varied within the range <span>([50^circ ,150^circ ],)</span> the magnitudes of the CP asymmetries can be significantly enhanced relative to both the SM and the real case. In particular, the maximum absolute values of the CP asymmetries can even reach up to <span>({mathcal {O}}(1))</span> for these two decay modes, in the range <span>(varphi in [70^circ ,100^circ ].)</span> These interesting observations could be utilized to discriminate the SM and the different scenarios of the A2HDM.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13965-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143602365","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":"Revealing mysteries in gamma-ray bursts: the role of gluon condensation","authors":"Wei Zhu, Xu-Rong Chen, Yu-Chen Tang","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13933-4","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13933-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We use a newly recognized gluon distribution in the nucleon, which was predicted by a QCD evolution equation to consistently explain several intriguing phenomena associated with gamma-ray bursts. They are the GeV–TeV spectra of GRB 221009A, the remarkably symmetrical explosion cloud in kilonova AT2017gfo, and the absence of a very high-energy gamma-ray signature in GRB 170817A. We find that these occurrences can be attributed to the gluon condensation within nucleons, i.e., a significant number of soft gluons within nucleons are condensed at a critical momentum, resulting in the emergence of a steep and high peak in the gluon distributions. Through this profound connection between microscopic and macroscopic phenomena, we have not only expanded the applications of the hadronic scenario in cosmic gamma-ray emissions but also presented new evidence for the existence of gluon condensation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13933-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143602364","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}
Jie Cheng, Min Li, Yu-Feng Li, Gao-Song Li, Hao-Qi Lu, Liang-Jian Wen
{"title":"Neutral-current background induced by atmospheric neutrinos at large liquid-scintillator detectors: III. Comprehensive prediction for low energy neutrinos","authors":"Jie Cheng, Min Li, Yu-Feng Li, Gao-Song Li, Hao-Qi Lu, Liang-Jian Wen","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14009-z","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14009-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Atmospheric neutrinos play a vital role in generating irreducible backgrounds in liquid-scintillator (LS) detectors via their neutral-current (NC) interactions with <sup>12</sup>C nuclei. These interactions may affect a wide range of research areas from the MeV to GeV energy range, such as the reactor and geo neutrinos, diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB), dark matter, and nucleon decay searches. In this work, we extend our preceding paper (Cheng et al. in Phys. Rev. D 103(5):053001, 2021), by conducting a first-time systematic exploration of NC backgrounds as low as the MeV region of reactor and geo neutrinos. We utilize up-to-date neutrino generator models from GENIE and NuWro, a TALYS-based nuclear deexcitation package and a GEANT4-based detector simulation toolkit for our complete calculation. Our primary focus is to predict the NC background for experimental searches of inverse-beta-decay signals below the 100 MeV visible energy. In order to have deeper understanding of the characteristics of atmospheric neutrino NC interactions in LS, we investigate the model dependence of NC background predictions by using various data-driven models, including the initial neutrino-nucleon interactions, nuclear ground-state structure, final-state interactions, nuclear deexcitation processes, and secondary interactions of final-state particles.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14009-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143612129","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":"Constraint on Lorentz invariance violation for spectral lag transition in GRB 160625B using profile likelihood","authors":"Shantanu Desai, Shalini Ganguly","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14016-0","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14016-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We reanalyze the spectral lag data for GRB 160625B using frequentist inference in order to constrain the energy scale <span>((E_{QG}))</span> of Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV). For this purpose, we use profile likelihood to deal with the astrophysical nuisance parameters. This is in contrast to Bayesian inference implemented in previous works, where marginalization was carried out over the nuisance parameters. We show that with profile likelihood, we do not find a global minimum for <span>(chi ^2)</span> as a function of <span>(E_{QG})</span> below the Planck scale for both linear and quadratic models of LIV, whereas bounded credible intervals were previously obtained using Bayesian inference. Therefore, we can set one-sided lower limits in a straightforward manner. We find that <span>(E_{QG} ge 2.55 times 10^{16})</span> GeV and <span>(E_{QG} ge 1.85 times 10^7)</span> GeV at 95% c.l., for linear and quadratic LIV, respectively. Therefore, this is the first proof-of-principles application of profile likelihood method to the analysis of GRB spectral lag data to constrain LIV.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14016-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143612132","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}
Eoin Ó Colgáin, Saeed Pourojaghi, M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari
{"title":"Implications of DES 5YR SNe Dataset for (Lambda )CDM","authors":"Eoin Ó Colgáin, Saeed Pourojaghi, M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13995-4","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13995-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Dark Energy Survey 5-year supernovae data (DES 5YR SNe) in conjunction with Planck CMB and Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) BAO data has detected a strong dynamical dark energy (DE) deviation from the <span>(Lambda )</span>CDM model. Here we shift the focus of DES data to the pressureless matter sector in the <span>(Lambda )</span>CDM model by studying the matter density parameter <span>(Omega _m)</span>. Employing primarily frequentist profile likelihoods, supported by complementary Bayesian methods, we demonstrate that <span>(Omega _m)</span> increases with effective redshift in the DES data up to a point that there is a <span>(2.5 sigma )</span> discrepancy with Planck. We relax the traditional <span>(Omega _m le 1)</span> prior to demonstrate negative DE densities <span>(Omega _m > 1)</span> at the highest effective redshift probed. Nevertheless, the largest discrepancy with Planck occurs for profile likelihoods and posteriors peaked at <span>(Omega _m < 1)</span> in the traditional <span>(Lambda )</span>CDM regime. Our findings corroborate earlier observations in Pantheon and Pantheon+ datasets with an independent SNe dataset with a higher effective redshift. In an appendix, we confirm that curvature <span>(Omega _k)</span> decreases with effective redshift disfavouring a flat Universe in higher redshift DES SNe at <span>(> 3 sigma )</span>. Our choice of <span>(Omega _k)</span> prior leads to an underestimation of the tension with a flat Universe.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13995-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143602361","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":"Scalar fields with impurities in arbitrary dimensions: first-order framework and exact solutions","authors":"D. Bazeia, M. A. Marques, R. Menezes","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14004-4","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14004-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We study a class of scalar field models coupled to impurities in arbitrary spacetime dimensions. The system admits the introduction of a second-order tensor that can be forced to obey an equality, if a first-order differential equation is satisfied, compatible with the equation of motion when the potential engenders a very specific form. In the case of static solutions, the energy density of the system can equal the divergence of an auxiliary vector function, which is included to help us solve the model. Stability of the field configuration under rescale of argument is investigated, and the procedure is illustrated considering distinct canonical models. The results show that exact solutions can be obtained in arbitrary dimensions, related to the presence of the first-order equation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14004-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143594747","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}
J. A. S. Fortunato, W. S. Hipólito-Ricaldi, N. Videla, J. R. Villanueva
{"title":"Cosmic slowing down of acceleration with the Chaplygin–Jacobi gas as a dark fluid?","authors":"J. A. S. Fortunato, W. S. Hipólito-Ricaldi, N. Videla, J. R. Villanueva","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13996-3","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13996-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A particular generalization of the Chaplygin inflationary model, using the formalism of Hamilton–Jacobi and elliptic functions, results in a more general non-linear Chaplygin-type equation of state (Chaplygin–Jacobi model). We investigate the implementation of this model as a dark energy (DE) fluid to explain the recent acceleration of the universe. Unlike <span>(Lambda )</span>CDM and other Chaplygin-like fluids, where the final fate of the universe is an eternal de Sitter (dS) phase, the dynamics of this model allows for the possibility of a decelerating phase in the future, following the current accelerating phase. In other words, a transient acceleration arises, accounting for the recently claimed slowing down phenomenon. This Chaplygin–Jacobi model shows important differences compared to the standard and generalized Chaplygin gas models. Additionally, we perform a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) analysis using several datasets, including type Ia supernovae (SNIa), cosmic chronometers (CC), fast radio bursts (FRBs), and Baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) to examine the observational viability of the model. Our results indicate that, although a transient phase of accelerated expansion is supported by current observations in the context of the Chaplygin–Jacobi model, this model is strongly disfavored in comparison with <span>(Lambda )</span>CDM.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13996-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143594751","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":"On the momentum space structure of the quark propagator","authors":"O. Oliveira, T. Frederico, W. de Paula","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13984-7","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13984-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The structure of the quark propagator in momentum space is explored taking into account non-perturbative QCD dynamics constraints for the quark spectral densities derived previously. We assume that the scalar and vector component of the quark propagator share a simple pole but not its residuum, together with other structures. Furthermore, a connection between the poles of the quark propagator and the zeros of the quark wave function <span>(Z(p^2))</span> is established. Asymptotic scaling laws for the representation of the quark propagator, after removing the shared pole, are also derived. The confrontation of our results with lattice data for the full QCD quark propagator data are in good agreement. Exploring the link with the lattice data and looking at the Bethe–Salpeter vertex and amplitude, in the chiral limit, we are able to provide estimations for these quantities, for <span>(f_pi )</span> and for the shared pole mass. The pole mass reproduces the constituent quark mass used in the quark models.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13984-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143602304","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":"Compact stellar models with quasi-local anisotropy","authors":"Shyam Das, Bikash Chandra Paul, Iftikar Hossain Sardar, Shyamal Kumar Pal","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13946-z","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13946-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article, we introduce a new compact stellar model by deriving simple, exact analytical solutions to the Einstein field equations in the presence of anisotropy. We focus on an anisotropic star, employing the quasi-local method suggested by Horvat et al. (Class Quantum Gravity 28: 025009, 2011) to describe fluid anisotropy within a spherical symmetry using quasi-local variables, whose values are determined from physics within a very small region around a spacetime point. We then ensure smooth matching between the interior spherically symmetric spacetime and the exterior Schwarzschild spacetime. To confirm the physical validity of our model, we analyze various parameters both analytically and graphically. To further support our solution’s applicability to compact stellar objects, we use observational data from the well-known pulsar <span>(4U 1608-52)</span> in our graphical analysis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13946-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143594750","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":"Normal mode analysis within a mutilated relaxation time approximation","authors":"Jin Hu","doi":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14028-w","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14028-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, we present a detailed analysis of normal modes based on the Boltzmann equation within the mutilated relaxation time approximation (RTA). Using this linearized effective kinetic description, our analysis encompasses a complete order calculation in wavenumber <i>k</i>, extending the conventional hydrodynamic mode analysis to intermediate and short-wavelength regions. Furthermore, our linear mode analysis can provide a natural classification of kinetic modes into collective modes and non-collective single-particle excitations. In the case of an energy-independent relaxation time, the behavior of hydrodynamic onset transitions is recovered (Romatschke in Eur Phys J C 76:352, 2016). However, for the case with an energy-dependent relaxation time, the distinct classification becomes less clear, as the location of hydrodynamic modes is not well separated from non-hydrodynamic modes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":788,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal C","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14028-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143602195","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}