Publications

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• Recent results from reactor antineutrino experiments

  Hyunkwan Seo

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 1, 027 (2019) · published 20 February 2019 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  The smallest neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ has been successfully measured by the disappearance of reactor antineutrinos at RENO, Daya Bay, and Double Chooz. The oscillation frequency is also measured based on energy and baseline dependent disappearance probability of reactor antineutrinos. Recent results fi nd a variation in the observed reactor antineutrino flux as a function of the reactor fuel evolution. We report more precisely measured values of $\theta_{13}$ and $\Delta m^2_{ee}$ and results on the evolution of observed reactor antineutrino yield and spectrum.

• The 34th International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics

  Rutwig Campoamor-Stursberg, Marc de Montigny, Michel Rausch de Traubenberg, Mauricio Valenzuela

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 14, 001 (2023) · published 23 November 2023 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  Introduction to the proceedings of the 34th International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics.

• Real-space approach for the Euler class and fragile topology in quasicrystals and amorphous lattices

  Dexin Li, Citian Wang, Huaqing Huang

  SciPost Phys. 17, 086 (2024) · published 20 September 2024 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  We propose a real-space formalism of the topological Euler class, which characterizes the fragile topology of two-dimensional systems with real wave functions. This real-space description is characterized by local Euler markers whose macroscopic average coincides with the Euler number, and it applies equally well to periodic and open boundary conditions for both crystals and noncrystalline systems. We validate this by diagnosing topological phase transitions in clean and disordered crystalline systems with the reality endowed by the space-time inversion symmetry $\mathcal{I}_{ST}$. Furthermore, we demonstrated the topological Euler phases in quasicrystals and even in amorphous lattices lacking any spatial symmetries. Our work not only provides a local characterization of the fragile topology but also significantly extends its territory beyond $\mathcal{I}_{ST}$-symmetric crystalline materials.

• Brick wall quantum circuits with global fermionic symmetry

  Pietro Richelli, Kareljan Schoutens, Alberto Zorzato

  SciPost Phys. 17, 087 (2024) · published 23 September 2024 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  We study brick wall quantum circuits enjoying a global fermionic symmetry. The constituent 2-qubit gate, and its fermionic symmetry, derive from a 2-particle scattering matrix in integrable, supersymmetric quantum field theory in 1+1 dimensions. Our 2-qubit gate, as a function of three free parameters, is of so-called free fermionic or matchgate form, allowing us to derive the spectral structure of both the brick wall unitary $U_F$ and its, non-trivial, Hamiltonian limit $H_{\gamma}$ in closed form. We find that the fermionic symmetry pins $H_{\gamma}$ to a surface of critical points, whereas breaking that symmetry leads to non-trivial topological phases. We briefly explore quench dynamics for this class of circuits.

• Mixed QCD-electroweak corrections to $Z$ and $W$ boson production and their impact on the $W$ mass measurements at the LHC

  Arnd Behring

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 7, 003 (2022) · published 20 June 2022 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  We report on recently computed mixed QCD-electroweak corrections to on-shell $W$ and $Z$ boson production. We use these differential predictions to estimate their impact on the $W$ boson mass determination at the LHC.

• Quasiparticle disintegration in fermionic superfluids

  Senne Van Loon, Jacques Tempere, Hadrien Kurkjian

  SciPost Phys. 12, 108 (2022) · published 28 March 2022 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  We study the fermionic quasiparticle spectrum in a zero-temperature superfluid Fermi gas, and in particular how it is modified by different disintegration processes. On top of the disintegration by emission of a collective boson ($1\to2$, subject of a previous study, PRL 124, 073404), we consider here disintegration events where three quasiparticles are emitted ($1\to3$). We show that both disintegration processes are described by a $t$-matrix self-energy (as well as some highly off-resonant vacuum processes), and we characterize the associated disintegration continua. At strong coupling, we show that the quasiparticle spectrum is heavily distorted near the $1\to3$ disintegration threshold. Near the dispersion minimum, where the quasiparticles remain well-defined, the main effect of the off-shell disintegration processes is to shift the location of the minimum by a value that corresponds to the Hartree shift in the BCS limit. With our approximation of the self-energy, the correction to the energy gap with respect to the mean-field result however remains small, in contrast with experimental measurements.

• Acceleration from a clustering environment

  Roi Holtzman, Christian Maes

  SciPost Phys. 17, 091 (2024) · published 25 September 2024 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  We study the effects of correlations in a random environment on a random walker. The dependence of its asymptotic speed on the correlations is a nonperturbative effect as it is not captured by a homogeneous version of the same environment. For a slowly cooling environment, the buildup of correlations modifies the walker's speed and, by so, realizes acceleration. We remark on the possible relevance in the discussion of cosmic acceleration as traditionally started from the Friedmann equations, which, from a statistical mechanical point of view, would amount to a mean-field approximation. Our environment is much simpler though, with transition rates sampled from the one-dimensional Ising model and allowing exact results and detailed velocity characteristics.

• 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.

• On perturbation around closed exclusion processes

  Masataka Watanabe

  SciPost Phys. 17, 092 (2024) · published 25 September 2024 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  We derive the formula for the stationary states of particle-number conserving exclusion processes infinitesimally perturbed by inhomogeneous adsorption and desorption. The formula not only proves but also generalises the conjecture proposed in [Phys. Rev. E 97, 032135] to account for inhomogeneous adsorption and desorption. As an application of the formula, we draw part of the phase diagrams of the open asymmetric simple exclusion process with and without Langmuir kinetics, correctly reproducing known results.

• The Mu3e experiment at PSI

  Alessandro Bravar on behalf of the Mu3e Collaboration

  SciPost Phys. Proc. 1, 037 (2019) · published 21 February 2019 | Toggle abstract · pdf

  Mu3e will search for charged Lepton Flavor Violation in the neutrinoless muon decay $\mu^+ \rightarrow e^+ e^- e^+$ with a sensitivity down to $10^{-16}$ (90\% C.L.) using the world most intense continuous muon beam at PSI. This search requires a large acceptance detector capable of coping with rates of up to $2 \times 10^9$ stopped muons per second with excellent momentum, spatial, and time resolution. The Mu3e detector is based on thin monolithic active silicon pixel sensors for tracking in conjunction with scintillating fibers and tiles for timing measurements. The Mu3e apparatus is under constructions and first data is expected in 2020.