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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gil Paz, Alexey A. Petrov, Michele Tammaro, Jure Zupan
Summary: This study suggests that a nonrelativistic approximately 2 GeV dark matter interacting with visible matter through higher-dimensional Rayleigh operators may explain the excess of electron recoil events observed by the XENON1T Collaboration. The study also indicates that one-loop induced spin-independent scattering in dark matter may soon lead to a confirmation signal or exclude regions of viable parameter space for the Rayleigh DM model.
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Physics, Particles & Fields
Andrew Cheek, Darren D. Price, Ellen M. Sandford
Summary: This study investigates the isospin violation in the interactions between dark matter and the Standard Model, focusing on liquid noble detectors. By analyzing two effective Standard Model gauge invariant models and model-independent NREFT operators, the study reveals the complementarity between target nuclei xenon and argon.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
(2023)
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Physics, Particles & Fields
Waqas Ahmed, Mark Goodsell, Shoaib Munir
Summary: In the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, the mass terms for the singlet Higgs and singlino interaction states are strongly correlated and proportional to the kappa parameter. If kappa is complex, explicit CP-violation occurs in the Higgs and neutralino sectors of the model, unlike in the minimal scenario. A small magnitude of kappa typically results in a lightest neutralino with a dominant singlino component. The phase of kappa can also have a crucial impact on the phenomenology of the neutralino dark matter in addition to modifying the properties of the five Higgs bosons.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi, F. Alder, S. K. Alsum, C. S. Amarasinghe, A. Ames, T. J. Anderson, N. Angelides, H. M. Araujo, J. E. Armstrong, M. Arthurs, A. Baker, J. Bang, J. W. Bargemann, A. Baxter, K. Beattie, P. Beltrame, E. P. Bernard, A. Bhatti, A. Biekert, T. P. Biesiadzinski, H. J. Birch, G. M. Blockinger, B. Boxer, C. A. J. Brew, P. Bras, S. Burdin, M. Buuck, R. Cabrita, M. C. Carmona-Benitez, C. Chan, A. Chawla, H. Chen, A. P. S. Chiang, N. I. Chott, M. V. Converse, A. Cottle, G. Cox, O. Creaner, C. E. Dahl, A. David, S. Dey, L. de Viveiros, C. Ding, J. E. Y. Dobson, E. Druszkiewicz, S. R. Eriksen, A. Fan, N. M. Fearon, S. Fiorucci, H. Flaecher, E. D. Fraser, T. Fruth, R. J. Gaitskell, J. Genovesi, C. Ghag, R. Gibbons, M. G. D. Gilchriese, S. Gokhale, J. Green, M. G. D. van der Grinten, C. B. Gwilliam, C. R. Hall, S. Han, E. Hartigan-O'Connor, S. J. Haselschwardt, S. A. Hertel, G. Heuermann, M. Horn, D. Q. Huang, D. Hunt, C. M. Ignarra, R. G. Jacobsen, O. Jahangir, R. S. James, J. Johnson, A. C. Kaboth, A. C. Kamaha, D. Khaitan, I. Khurana, R. Kirk, D. Kodroff, L. Korley, E. V. Korolkova, H. Kraus, S. Kravitz, L. Kreczko, B. Krikler, V. A. Kudryavtsev, E. A. Leason, J. Lee, D. S. Leonard, K. T. Lesko, C. Levy, J. Lin, A. Lindote, R. Linehan, W. H. Lippincott, X. Liu, M. I. Lopes, E. Lopez Asamar, B. Lopez Paredes, W. Lorenzon, C. Lu, S. Luitz, P. A. Majewski, A. Manalaysay, R. L. Mannino, N. Marangou, M. E. Mccarthy, D. N. Mckinsey, J. Mclaughlin, E. H. Miller, E. Mizrachi, A. Monte, M. E. Monzani, J. D. Morales Mendoza, E. Morrison, B. J. Mount, M. Murdy, A. St. J. Murphy, D. Naim, A. Naylor, C. Nedlik, H. N. Nelson, F. Neves, A. Nguyen, J. A. Nikoleyczik, I. Olcina, K. C. Oliver-Mallory, J. Orpwood, K. J. Palladino, J. Palmer, N. Parveen, S. J. Patton, B. Penning, G. Pereira, E. Perry, T. Pershing, A. Piepke, D. Porzio, S. Poudel, Y. Qie, J. Reichenbacher, C. A. Rhyne, Q. Riffard, G. R. C. Rischbieter, H. S. Riyat, R. Rosero, P. Rossiter, T. Rushton, D. Santone, A. B. M. R. Sazzad, R. W. Schnee, S. Shaw, T. Shutt, J. J. Silk, C. Silva, G. Sinev, R. Smith, M. Solmaz, V. N. Solovov, P. Sorensen, J. Soria, I. Stancu, A. Stevens, K. Stifter, B. Suerfu, T. J. Sumner, N. Swanson, M. Szydagis, R. Taylor, W. C. Taylor, D. J. Temples, P. A. Terman, D. R. Tiedt, M. Timalsina, Z. Tong, D. R. Tovey, J. Tranter, M. Trask, M. Tripathi, D. R. Tronstad, W. Turner, U. Utku, A. C. Vaitkus, A. Wang, J. J. Wang, W. Wang, Y. Wang, J. R. Watson, R. C. Webb, T. J. Whitis, M. Williams, F. L. H. Wolfs, S. Woodford, D. Woodward, C. J. Wright, Q. Xia, X. Xiang, J. Xu, M. Yeh
Summary: This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the backgrounds important for the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, confirming the limits on WIMP-nucleus interactions from its initial science run. The observed background rate in the low-energy region is significantly lower than that reported by the LUX experiment.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Paolo Panci, Diego Redigolo, Thomas Schwetz, Robert Ziegler
Summary: This article proposes simple scenarios in which lepton flavor-violating couplings generate the observed dark matter abundance through freeze-in of an axion-like particle with mass in the few keV range. Compared to flavor-diagonal freeze-in, this mechanism enhances the stability of dark matter, relaxes stellar cooling constraints, and improves the experimental sensitivity of accelerator-based searches. These scenarios can be tested by future X-ray telescopes and in some cases will be almost entirely probed by new searches for lepton flavor violation at high-intensity experiments such as Mu3e and MEG II.
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof, A. K. Al Musalhi, F. Alder, A. Alqahtani, S. K. Alsum, C. S. Amarasinghe, A. Ames, T. J. Anderson, N. Angelides, H. M. Araujo, J. E. Armstrong, M. Arthurs, S. Azadi, A. J. Bailey, A. Baker, J. Balajthy, S. Balashov, J. Bang, J. W. Bargemann, M. J. Barry, J. Barthel, D. Bauer, A. Baxter, K. Beattie, J. Belle, P. Beltrame, J. Bensinger, T. Benson, E. P. Bernard, A. Bhatti, A. Biekert, T. P. Biesiadzinski, H. J. Birch, B. Birrittella, G. M. Blockinger, K. E. Boast, B. Boxer, R. Bramante, C. A. J. Brew, P. Bras, J. H. Buckley, V. V. Bugaev, S. Burdin, J. K. Busenitz, M. Buuck, R. Cabrita, C. Carels, D. L. Carlsmith, B. Carlson, M. C. Carmona-Benitez, M. Cascella, C. Chan, A. Chawla, H. Chen, J. J. Cherwinka, N. I. Chott, A. Cole, J. Coleman, M. V. Converse, A. Cottle, G. Cox, W. W. Craddock, O. Creaner, D. Curran, A. Currie, J. E. Cutter, C. E. Dahl, A. David, J. Davis, T. J. R. Davison, J. Delgaudio, S. Dey, L. de Viveiros, A. Dobi, J. E. Y. Dobson, E. Druszkiewicz, A. Dushkin, T. K. Edberg, W. R. Edwards, M. M. Elnimr, W. T. Emmet, S. R. Eriksen, C. H. Faham, A. Fan, S. Fayer, N. M. Fearon, S. Fiorucci, H. Flaecher, P. Ford, V. B. Francis, E. D. Fraser, T. Fruth, R. J. Gaitskell, N. J. Gantos, D. Garcia, A. Geffre, V. M. Gehman, J. Genovesi, C. Ghag, R. Gibbons, E. Gibson, M. G. D. Gilchriese, S. Gokhale, B. Gomber, J. Green, A. Greenall, S. Greenwood, M. G. D. van der Grinten, C. B. Gwilliam, C. R. Hall, S. Hans, K. Hanzel, A. Harrison, E. Hartigan-O'Connor, S. J. Haselschwardt, M. A. Hernandez, S. A. Hertel, G. Heuermann, C. Hjemfelt, M. D. Hoff, E. Holtom, J. y-k. Hor, M. Horn, D. Q. Huang, D. Hunt, C. M. Ignarra, R. G. Jacobsen, O. Jahangir, R. S. James, S. N. Jeffery, W. Ji, J. Johnson, A. C. Kaboth, A. C. Kamaha, K. Kamdin, V. Kasey, K. Kazkaz, J. Keefner, D. Khaitan, M. Khaleeq, A. Khazov, I. Khurana, Y. D. Kim, C. D. Kocher, D. Kodroff, L. Korley, E. V. Korolkova, J. Kras, H. Kraus, S. Kravitz, H. J. Krebs, L. Kreczko, B. Krikler, V. A. Kudryavtsev, S. Kyre, B. Landerud, E. A. Leason, C. Lee, J. Lee, D. S. Leonard, R. Leonard, K. T. Lesko, C. Levy, J. Li, F. -t. Liao, J. Liao, J. Lin, A. Lindote, R. Linehan, W. H. Lippincott, R. Liu, X. Liu, Y. Liu, C. Loniewski, M. I. Lopes, E. Lopez Asamar, B. Lopez Paredes, W. Lorenzon, D. Lucero, S. Luitz, J. M. Lyle, P. A. Majewski, J. Makkinje, D. C. Malling, A. Manalaysay, L. Manenti, R. L. Mannino, N. Marangou, M. F. Marzioni, C. Maupin, M. E. Mccarthy, C. T. Mcconnell, D. N. Mckinsey, J. Mclaughlin, Y. Meng, J. Migneault, E. H. Miller, E. Mizrachi, J. A. Mock, A. Monte, M. E. Monzani, J. A. Morad, J. D. Morales Mendoza, E. Morrison, B. J. Mount, M. Murdy, A. St. J. Murphy, D. Naim, A. Naylor, C. Nedlik, C. Nehrkorn, F. Neves, A. Nguyen, J. A. Nikoleyczik, A. Nilima, J. O'Dell, F. G. O'Neill, K. O'Sullivan, I. Olcina, M. A. Olevitch, K. C. Oliver-Mallory, J. Orpwood, D. Pagenkopf, S. Pal, K. J. Palladino, J. Palmer, M. Pangilinan, N. Parveen, S. J. Patton, E. K. Pease, B. Penning, C. Pereira, G. Pereira, E. Perry, T. Pershing, I. B. Peterson, A. Piepke, J. Podczerwinski, D. Porzio, S. Powell, R. M. Preece, K. Pushkin, Y. Qie, B. N. Ratcliff, J. Reichenbacher, L. Reichhart, C. A. Rhyne, A. Richards, Q. Riffard, G. R. C. Rischbieter, J. P. Rodrigues, A. Rodriguez, H. J. Rose, R. Rosero, P. Rossiter, T. Rushton, G. Rutherford, D. Rynders, J. S. Saba, D. Santone, A. B. M. R. Sazzad, R. W. Schnee, P. R. Scovell, D. Seymour, S. Shaw, T. Shutt, J. J. Silk, C. Silva, G. Sinev, K. Skarpaas, W. Skulski, R. Smith, M. Solmaz, V. N. Solovov, P. Sorensen, J. Soria, I Stancu, M. R. Stark, A. Stevens, T. M. Stiegler, K. Stifter, R. Studley, B. Suerfu, T. J. Sumner, P. Sutcliffe, N. Swanson, M. Szydagis, M. Tan, D. J. Taylor, R. Taylor, W. C. Taylor, D. J. Temples, B. P. Tennyson, P. A. Terman, K. J. Thomas, D. R. Tiedt, M. Timalsina, W. H. To, A. Tomas, Z. Tong, D. R. Tovey, J. Tranter, M. Trask, M. Tripathi, D. R. Tronstad, C. E. Tull, W. Turner, L. Tvrznikova, U. Utku, J. Va'vra, A. Vacheret, A. C. Vaitkus, J. R. Verbus, E. Voirin, W. L. Waldron, A. Wang, B. Wang, J. J. Wang, W. Wang, Y. Wang, J. R. Watson, R. C. Webb, A. White, D. T. White, J. T. White, R. G. White, T. J. Whitis, M. Williams, W. J. Wisniewski, M. S. Witherell, F. L. H. Wolfs, J. D. Wolfs, S. Woodford, D. Woodward, S. D. Worm, C. J. Wright, Q. Xia, X. Xiang, Q. Xiao, J. Xu, M. Yeh, J. Yin, I. Young, P. Zarzhitsky, A. Zuckerman
Summary: The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment conducted a dark matter detection using a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. With a fiducial mass of 5.5 t and an exposure of 60 live days, it reported results showing consistency with a background-only hypothesis in the search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs).
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Shankha Banerjee, Fawzi Boudjema, Nabarun Chakrabarty, Hao Sun
Summary: This study examines the relic density of the light mass dark matter region in the inert doublet model (IDM), focusing on coannihilation processes and one-loop electroweak corrections. The dependence on a parameter describing the self-interaction of new scalars is found to be crucial, highlighting the significance of this parameter which is not accessible in tree-level calculations of standard model-IDM interactions.
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araujo, X. Bai, J. Balajthy, A. Baxter, E. P. Bernard, A. Bernstein, T. P. Biesiadzinski, E. M. Boulton, B. Boxer, P. Bras, S. Burdin, D. Byram, M. C. Carmona-Benitez, C. Chan, J. E. Cutter, L. de Viveiros, E. Druszkiewicz, A. Fan, S. Fiorucci, R. J. Gaitskell, C. Ghag, M. G. D. Gilchriese, C. Gwilliam, C. R. Hall, S. J. Haselschwardt, S. A. Hertel, D. P. Hogan, M. Horn, D. Q. Huang, C. M. Ignarra, R. G. Jacobsen, O. Jahangir, W. Ji, K. Kamdin, K. Kazkaz, D. Khaitan, E. Korolkova, S. Kravitz, V. A. Kudryavtsev, N. A. Larsen, E. Leason, B. G. Lenardo, K. T. Lesko, J. Liao, J. Lin, A. Lindote, M. Lopes, A. Manalaysay, R. L. Mannino, N. Marangou, D. N. McKinsey, D-M Mei, M. Moongweluwan, J. A. Morad, A. St J. Murphy, A. Naylor, C. Nehrkorn, H. N. Nelson, F. Neves, A. Nilima, K. C. Oliver-Mallory, K. J. Palladino, E. K. Pease, Q. Riffard, G. R. C. Rischbieter, C. Rhyne, P. Rossiter, S. Shaw, T. A. Shutt, C. Silva, M. Solmaz, V. N. Solovov, P. Sorensen, T. J. Sumner, M. Szydagis, D. J. Taylor, R. Taylor, W. C. Taylor, B. P. Tennyson, P. A. Terman, D. R. Tiedt, W. H. To, L. Tvrznikova, U. Utku, S. Uvarov, A. Vacheret, V. Velan, R. C. Webb, J. T. White, T. J. Whitis, M. S. Witherell, F. L. H. Wolfs, D. Woodward, J. Xu, C. Zhang
Summary: The LUX experiment searched for new forms of WIMP-nucleon interactions based on data from its first science run, placing limits on 14 independent effective field theory operators. The results showed a maximum upper limit and suggested the importance of searching for WIMPs beyond the standard paradigm.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Shankha Banerjee, Fawzi Boudjema, Nabarun Chakrabarty, Hao Sun
Summary: The paper addresses the calculation of full one-loop corrections of DM annihilation cross sections in the low mass region of the IDM. It reviews the renormalization of the model in different schemes and discusses how to minimize scale dependence. A new criterion on the perturbativity of the IDM is introduced, delimiting the allowed parameter space with benchmark points covering various mechanisms for a viable relic density of DM.
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Ronny Frumkin, Eric Kuflik, Itay Lavie, Tal Silverwater
Summary: We study the general properties of the freeze-out of a thermal relic and provide estimates for relic abundance and corrections for slow freeze-out processes. The results generalize the relationship between dark matter mass and coupling. The study also predicts nearly degenerate states and generically metastable dark matter beyond the conventional freeze-out maximum mass.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Shankha Banerjee, Fawzi Boudjema, Nabarun Chakrabarty, Hao Sun
Summary: One-loop electroweak corrections to the annihilation cross sections of dark matter in the Higgs resonance region of the inert doublet model are investigated. The regularization of the amplitude at tree level and at one loop, as well as the renormalization of a key parameter of the model, are thoroughly scrutinized. Discussions go beyond relic density calculation and inert doublet model to address technical issues in a wider context.
Article
Physics, Particles & Fields
Qi Wu, Dian-Yong Chen, Takayuki Matsuki
Summary: In a molecular scenario, the study on the isospin-breaking hidden charm decay processes of X(3872) reveals that the different coupling strengths of X(3872) contribute to the isospin violation, resulting in consistent experimental measurements within the determined parameter range. Further precise measurements are needed to test the estimated partial width ratio of pi 0 chi cJ for J=0,1,2.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
(2021)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
M. Atzori Corona, W. M. Bonivento, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli, F. Dordei
Summary: Elastic neutrino-electron scattering is a powerful tool to study neutrino properties. Based on recent results from the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration, we determine limits on neutrino magnetic moment and neutrino millicharge and discuss the impact of different approximations. The new LUX-ZEPLIN data provides a competitive limit on the neutrino magnetic moment and the most stringent limit on the neutrino millicharge.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Shankha Banerjee, Fawzi Boudjema, Nabarun Chakrabarty, Hao Sun
Summary: This study investigates one-loop electroweak corrections for dark matter annihilation processes, highlighting their significant impact on controlling parameters and renormalization scale in the dark sector. The findings suggest that these corrections should be considered as a theoretical uncertainty in analyses based on tree-level cross sections of relic density calculations.
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
G. Bonnet, E. Nezri, K. Kraljic, C. Schimd
Summary: The morphology of haloes provides valuable information for understanding cosmological and galaxy formation models. Minkowski Functionals (MFs) are used to characterize the actual morphology of haloes, which go beyond traditional spherical or ellipsoidal symmetries and can capture the internal structures and external shape parameters of haloes more accurately.
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Vincenzo Cirigliano, Wouter Dekens, Jordy de Vries, Martin Hoferichter, Emanuele Mereghetti
Summary: This letter presents a systematic analysis of neutrinoless double beta decay using chiral effective field theory, proposing a method to estimate the numerical value of the exchange coefficient and validating the result by reproducing the charge-independence-breaking contribution to nucleon-nucleon scattering lengths. The central result, derived in dimensional regularization, greatly reduces a crucial uncertainty in the interpretation of searches for neutrinoless double beta decay.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Vedran Brdar, Bhaskar Dutta, Wooyoung Jang, Doojin Kim, Ian M. Shoemaker, Zahra Tabrizi, Adrian Thompson, Jaehoon Yu
Summary: Future neutrino experiments like DUNE show competitive sensitivity to axionlike particles (ALPs), allowing for the exploration of a wide range of parameter space in ALP-photon coupling. The detectors can effectively distinguish ALP signals from potential backgrounds, improving signal sensitivity and reaching sensitivity limits up to certain ALP masses and coupling strengths.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Particles & Fields
Vincenzo Cirigliano, Kaori Fuyuto, Christopher Lee, Emanuele Mereghetti, Bin Yan
Summary: In this study, we analyzed the potential sensitivity of EIC to charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV) within the model-independent framework of SMEFT, focusing on the ep ->tau X channel. We found that electroweak dipole and four-fermion semi-leptonic operators involving light quarks are already strongly constrained by tau decays, while operators involving the c and b quarks present more promising discovery potential for the EIC.
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Particles & Fields
Vincenzo Cirigliano, David Diaz-Calderon, Adam Falkowski, Martin Gonzalez-Alonso, Antonio Rodriguez-Sanchez
Summary: Hadronic tau decays are studied to investigate new physics, analyzing the relationship between Tau observables and Wilson coefficients in the low-energy effective theory. The analysis suggests the presence of Cabibbo anomaly in the combined dataset of new physics hints, which can be combined with inputs from other low-energy precision observables.
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
(2022)
Review
Physics, Nuclear
Douglas Bryman, Vincenzo Cirigliano, Andreas Crivellin, Gianluca Inguglia
Summary: This paper presents an overview of searches for lepton flavor universality violation, focusing on low-energy precision probes. It reviews the current experimental results, summarizes the theoretical status within the context of the Standard Model, and discusses future prospects. The implications of these measurements for physics beyond the Standard Model are explored by performing a global model-independent fit. New physics in simplified models and standard model extensions are also discussed, with a focus on those that can explain possible deviations from the unitarity of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark mixing matrix.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Vincenzo Cirigliano, Jordy De Vries, Leendert Hayen, Emanuele Mereghetti, Andre Walker-Loud
Summary: We compute electromagnetic corrections to neutron beta decay using a low-energy hadronic effective field theory and identify new radiative corrections arising from virtual pions that were missed in previous studies. These corrections impact the axial charge of nucleon, beta-u angular correlations, and beta asymmetry.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Vincenzo Cirigliano, Andreas Crivellin, Martin Hoferichter, Matthew Moulson
Summary: Precision tests of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix indicate tensions in the unitarity relation, both in V-ud and V-us determinations, as well as between K-l2 and K-l3 decays. The authors suggest that a measurement of K-mu 3/K-mu 2 branching fraction at 0.2% precision would provide crucial insights into the experimental situation and constraints on physics beyond the Standard Model. Such a measurement, possible at NA62, would also shed light on the role of right-handed vector currents.
Article
Physics, Nuclear
G. B. King, A. Baroni, V. Cirigliano, S. Gandolfi, L. Hayen, E. Mereghetti, S. Pastore, M. Piarulli
Summary: We calculate the beta spectrum in the decay of He-6 using quantum Monte Carlo methods with nuclear interactions derived from chiral effective field theory and consistent weak vector and axial currents. The theoretical uncertainty on the beta spectrum is well below the permille level, and receives contributions of comparable size from first-and second-order corrections in the multipole expansion. Corrections to the beta decay spectrum induced by beyond-standard-model charged-current interactions in the standard model effective field theory are considered, and the sensitivity of the next generation of experiments to these interactions is discussed.
Article
Physics, Nuclear
V Cirigliano, Z. Davoudi, J. Engel, R. J. Furnstahl, G. Hagen, U. Heinz, H. Hergert, M. Horoi, C. W. Johnson, A. Lovato, E. Mereghetti, W. Nazarewicz, A. Nicholson, T. Papenbrock, S. Pastore, M. Plumlee, D. R. Phillips, P. E. Shanahan, S. R. Stroberg, F. Viens, A. Walker-Loud, K. A. Wendt, S. M. Wild
Summary: This article presents the results of a study on the calculation of nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-beta decay. It discusses recent progress, uncertainty quantification, and future plans to provide accurate and precise matrix elements.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Vincenzo Cirigliano, Wouter Dekens, Jordy de Vries, Emanuele Mereghetti, Tom Tong
Summary: This paper highlights the necessity of considering fi-decay observables in resolving the W-boson anomaly in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory. It shows that current global analyses predicting explanations for the W-boson mass anomaly also result in a significant violation of first-row Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa unitarity at a percent level. The study investigates the surviving solutions to the W-boson mass anomaly after incorporating fi-decay constraints.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Joshua D. Martin, A. Roggero, Huaiyu Duan, J. Carlson, V Cirigliano
Summary: This paper investigates coherent quantum neutrino oscillations in extreme astrophysical environments, comparing mean-field and many-body evolutions to reveal their relationships, and discovers intriguing connections between quantum information measures and the behavior of physical observables.
Article
Physics, Nuclear
Vincenzo Cirigliano, Kaori Fuyuto, Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf, Evan Rule
Summary: In this study, we estimate the lepton flavor violation induced by scalar particle exchanges in a specific class of models, and correct some previous incorrect results. We find that next-to-leading order (NLO) contributions affect the amplitudes at the level of 10%, which could be larger than the uncertainty on the leading order couplings. Furthermore, we study the implications of our results for testing Higgs-mediated charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV) by combining results from various experimental searches.
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ian M. Shoemaker, Yu-Dai Tsai, Jason Wyenberg
Summary: In this paper, researchers found that a magnetic transition dipole moment between tau and sterile neutrinos can account for the XENON1T excess events. Moreover, they set new constraints on the dipole portal based on the Xenon 1T data. The best fit parameter space for sterile neutrinos may have significant effects on big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN).
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
James B. Dent, Bhaskar Dutta, Jayden L. Newstead, Alejandro Rodriguez, Ian M. Shoemaker, Zahra Tabrizi, Natalia Tapia Arellano
Summary: The study shows that cosmic ray electron scattering on background ALPs can produce photon signals, leading to new competitive constraints on ALP-electron coupling. Future e-Astrogram bounds will have higher sensitivity to ALP-CR induced gamma-rays.
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
James B. Dent, Bhaskar Dutta, Jayden L. Newstead, Ian M. Shoemaker, Natalia Tapia Arellano
Summary: This paper examines the potential of scattering on high-energy cosmic-ray electrons to accelerate nonrelativistic dark matter and expand experimental reach for direct detection. Current data from Super-Kamiokande and XENON1T already provide constraints on dark matter flux, with future projections for DUNE surpassing Super-K bounds.
