Publications

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• Line operators in 4d Chern-Simons theory and Cherkis bows

  Nafiz Ishtiaque, Yehao Zhou

  SciPost Phys. 16, 052 (2024) · published 22 February 2024 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  We show that the phase spaces of a large family of line operators in 4d Chern-Simons theory with GL$_n$ gauge group are given by Cherkis bow varieties with $n$ crosses. These line operators are characterized by Hanany-Witten type brane constructions involving D3, D5, and NS5 branes in an $\Omega$-background. Linking numbers of the five-branes and mass parameters for the D3 brane theories determine the phase spaces and in special cases they correspond to vacuum moduli spaces of 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ quiver theories. Examples include line operators that conjecturally create T, Q, and L-operators in integrable spin chains.

• Mergers as a probe of particle dark matter

  Anupam Ray

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 12, 056 (2023) · published 5 July 2023 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  Black holes below Chandrasekhar mass limit (1.4 $M_{\odot}$) can not be produced via any standard stellar evolution. Recently, gravitational wave experiments have also discovered unusually low mass black holes whose origin is yet to be known. We propose a simple yet novel formation mechanism of such low mass black holes. Non-annihilating particle dark matter, owing to their interaction with stellar nuclei, can gradually accumulate inside compact stars, and eventually swallows them to low mass black holes, ordinarily impermissible by the Chandrasekhar limit. We point out several avenues to test this proposal, concentrating on the cosmic evolution of the binary merger rates.

• Influence of the Pauli principle on two-cluster potential energy

  Yuliya A. Lashko, Victor S. Vasilevsky, Gennady F. Filippov

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 3, 021 (2020) · published 25 February 2020 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  We study effects of the Pauli principle on the potential energy of two-cluster systems. The object of the investigation is the lightest nuclei of p-shell with a dominant $\alpha$-cluster channel. For this aim we construct matrix elements of two-cluster potential energy between cluster oscillator functions with and without full antisymmetrization. Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the potential energy matrix are studied in detail. Eigenfunctions of the potential energy operator are presented in oscillator, coordinate and momentum spaces. We demonstrate that the Pauli principle affects more strongly the eigenfunctions than the eigenvalues of the matrix and leads to the formation of resonance and trapped states.

• Probing quantum entanglement and collectivity effects in e+p collisions at HERA H1

  Chuan Sun

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 8, 147 (2022) · published 14 July 2022 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  Charged particle multiplicity spectra are measured at HERA H1 in DIS process at 319 GeV. The hadron entropy determined from the multiplicity spectra is compared to the gluon entropy predicted from a quantum-entanglement model. On the other hand, observed collective behaviours in high multiplicity pA, pp and ultra-peripheral PbPb collisions at RHIC and LHC motivate a study in ep collisions. Two- and multi-particle correlations are studied in DIS, as well as photoproduction events with collision energy <Wγp>~270 GeV.

• The diagrammatic coaction and cuts of the double box

  Einan Gardi, Aris Ioannou

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 7, 012 (2022) · published 20 June 2022 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  The diagrammatic coaction encodes the analytic structure of Feynman integrals by mapping any given Feynman diagram into a tensor product of diagrams defined by contractions and cuts of the original diagram. Feynman integrals evaluate to generalized hypergeometric functions in dimensional regularization. Establishing the coaction on this type of functions has helped formulating and checking the diagrammatic coaction of certain two-loop integrals. In this talk we study its application on the fully massless double box diagram. We make use of differential equation techniques, which, together with the properties of homology and cohomology theory of the resulting hypergeometric functions, allow us to formulate the coaction on a range of cuts of the double box in closed form.

• Self-interacting dark matter on small and large scales

  Camila A. Correa

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 12, 059 (2023) · published 5 July 2023 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  In the self-interacting dark matter paradigm (hereafter SIDM), dark matter (DM) is assumed to have non-gravitational interactions with itself. SIDM has been constrained by observations of galaxy clusters. More recently, measurements of large DM densities at the center of the Milky Way's galaxy satellites are indicating that DM-DM interactions can potentially induce gravothermal core collapse. In this proceeding an overview of the combined measurements of cluster-size galaxies and kinematics of local satellite galaxies is used to argue that DM interactions should depend on the relative velocity of the DM particles.

• Experimental input from $e^+e^-$ machines to hadronic contribution to muon (g-2)

  M. N. Achasov, R. R. Akhmetshin, A. N. Amirkhanov, A. V. Anisenkov, V. M. Aulchenko, V. Sh. Banzarov, A. Yu. Barnyakov, N. S. Bashtovoy, K. I. Beloborodov, A. V. Berdyugin, D. E. Berkaev, A. G. Bogdanchikov, A. E. Bondar, A. A. Botov, A. V. Bragin, T. V. Dimova, V. P. Druzhinin, S. I. Eidelman, D. A. Epifanov, L. B. Epshteyn, A. L. Erofeev, G. V. Fedotovich, S. E. Gayazov, V. B. Golubev, A. A. Grebenuk, S. S. Gribanov, D. N. Grigoriev, F. V. Ignatov, V. L. Ivanov, L. V. Kardapoltsev, S. V. Karpov, V. F. Kazanin, A. G. Kharlamov, A. N. Kirpotin, I. A. Koop, A. A. Korol, A. A. Korobov, S. V. Koshuba, A. N. Kozyrev, E. A. Kozyrev, D. P. Kovrizhin, P. P. Krokovny, A. S. Kupich, A. E. Kuzmenko, A. S. Kuzmin, R. A. Litvinov, I. B. Logashenko, P. A. Lukin, K. A. Martin, N. A. Melnikova, K. Yu. Mikhailov, A. E. Obrazovsky, V. S. Okhapkin, A. V. Otboev, E. V. Pakhtusova, Yu. N. Pestov, A. S. Popov, K. V. Pugachev, G. P. Razuvaev, A. A. Ruban, N. M. Ryskulov, A. E. Ryzhenenkov, A. I. Senchenko, S. I. Serednyakov, Yu. M. Shatunov, P. Yu. Shatunov, V. E. Shebalin, D. N. Shemyakin, D. A. Shtol, B. A. Shwartz, D. B. Shwartz, A. L. Sibidanov, Z. K. Silagadze, E. P. Solodov, I. K. Surin, A. A. Talyshev, V. M. Titov, S. S. Tolmachev, A. I. Vorobiov, I. M. Zemlyansky, Yu. V. Yudin

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 1, 034 (2019) · published 21 February 2019 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  Precise study of the hadrons production in $e^+e^-$ annihilation at low energies provides important information about interactions of light quarks and spectroscopy of their bound states. These studies are especially important for theoretical calculations of the muon $(g-2)$ via the Standard Model because of the present difference between theoretical and experimental values exceeds three standard deviations. In this report we will discuss current status and recent results obtained by the CMD-3 experiment and will give a brief look to status of the BaBar and Belle II experiments.

• Unraveling complexity: Singular value decomposition in complex experimental data analysis

  Judith F. Stein, Aviad Frydman, Richard Berkovits

  SciPost Phys. Core 7, 061 (2024) · published 11 September 2024 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  Analyzing complex experimental data with multiple parameters is challenging. We propose using Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) as an effective solution. This method, demonstrated through real experimental data analysis, surpasses conventional approaches in understanding complex physics data. Singular values and vectors distinguish and highlight various physical mechanisms and scales, revealing previously challenging elements. SVD emerges as a powerful tool for navigating complex experimental landscapes, showing promise for diverse experimental measurements.

• Impact of W and Z Production Data and Compatibility of Neutrino DIS Data in Nuclear Parton Distribution Functions

  K. F. Muzakka, P. Duwentäster, T. J. Hobbs, T. Ježo, M. Klasen, K. Kovařík, A. Kusina, J. G. Morfín, F. I. Olness, R. Ruiz, I. Schienbein, J. Y. Yu

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 8, 041 (2022) · published 12 July 2022 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  Vector boson production and neutrino deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) data are crucial for constraining the strange quark parton distribution function (PDF) and more generally for flavor decomposition in PDF extractions. We extend the nCTEQ15 nuclear PDFs (nPDFs) by adding the recent $W$ and $Z$ production data from the LHC in a global nPDF fit. The new nPDF set, referred to as nCTEQ15WZ, is used as a starting point for a follow-up study in which we assess the compatibility of neutrino DIS data with charged lepton DIS data. Specifically, we re-analyze neutrino DIS data from NuTeV, Chorus, and CDHSW, as well as dimuon data from CCFR and NuTeV. To scrutinize the level of compatibility, different kinematic regions of the neutrino data are investigated. Fits to the neutrino data alone and a preliminary global fit are performed and compared to nCTEQ15WZ.

• Indirect searches for dark matter with the nEDM spectrometer

  S. Roccia, G. Zsigmond on behalf of the nEDM collaboration at PSI

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 5, 028 (2021) · published 6 September 2021 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  The nEDM apparatus at PSI has been used to search for different dark matter signatures utilizing its high sensitivity to shifts in the neutron precession frequency and its well-controlled low magnetic field at the microT level. Such a shift could be interpreted as a consequence of a short-range spin-dependent interaction that could possibly be mediated by axions or axion-like particles, or as an axion-induced oscillating electric dipole moment of the neutron. Another search, based on so-called UCN disappearance measurements, targeted previously reported signals of neutron to mirror-neutron oscillations. These dark matter searches confirmed and improved previous results, as detailed in this review.