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Author Pompa, F.; Schwetz, T.; Zhu, J.Y.
Title Impact of nuclear matrix element calculations for current and future neutrinoless double beta decay searches Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2023 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 06 Issue 6 Pages 104 - 29pp
Keywords Baryon; Lepton Number Violation; Neutrino Interactions
Abstract Nuclear matrix elements (NME) are a crucial input for the interpretation of neutrinoless double beta decay data. We consider a representative set of recent NME calculations from different methods and investigate the impact on the present bound on the effective Majorana mass m(& beta;& beta;) by performing a combined analysis of the available data as well as on the sensitivity reach of future projects. A crucial role is played by the recently discovered short-range contribution to the NME, induced by light Majorana neutrino masses. Depending on the NME model and the relative sign of the long- and short-range contributions, the current 3 & sigma; bound can change between m(& beta;& beta;)< 40 meV and 600 meV. The sign-uncertainty may either boost the sensitivity of next-generation experiments beyond the region for m(& beta;& beta;) predicted for inverted mass ordering or prevent even advanced setups to reach this region. Furthermore, we study the possibility to distinguish between different NME calculations by assuming a positive signal and by combining measurements from different isotopes. Such a discrimination will be impossible if the relative sign of the long- and short-range contribution remains unknown, but can become feasible if m(& beta;& beta;) & GSIM; 40 meV and if the relative sign is known to be positive. Sensitivities will be dominated by the advanced Ge-76 and Xe-136 setups assumed here, but NME model-discrimination improves if data from a third isotope is added, e.g., from Te-130 or Mo-100.
Address [Pompa, Federica] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, CSIC, Parc Cientif UV, C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, Paterna 46980, Spain, Email: zhujingyu@sjtu.edu.cn
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001016276900003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5580
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Author Fadel, M.; Yadin, B.; Mao, Y.P.; Byrnes, T.; Gessner, M.
Title Multiparameter quantum metrology and mode entanglement with spatially split nonclassical spin ensembles Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2023 Publication New Journal of Physics Abbreviated Journal New J. Phys.
Volume 25 Issue 7 Pages 073006 - 25pp
Keywords quantum metrology; Bose-Einstein condensates; spin-squeezing; Fisher information matrix; mode and particle entanglement
Abstract We identify the multiparameter sensitivity of entangled spin states, such as spin-squeezed and Dicke states that are spatially distributed into several addressable spatial modes. Analytical expressions for the spin-squeezing matrix of families of states that are accessible by current atomic experiments reveal the quantum gain in multiparameter metrology, as well as the optimal strategies to maximize the sensitivity gain for the estimation of any linear combination of parameters. We further study the mode entanglement of these states by deriving a witness for genuine k-partite mode entanglement from the spin-squeezing matrix. Our results highlight the advantage of mode entanglement for distributed sensing, and outline optimal protocols for multiparameter estimation with nonclassical spatially-distributed spin ensembles. We illustrate our findings with the design of a protocol for gradient sensing with a Bose-Einstein condensate in an entangled spin state in two modes.
Address [Fadel, Matteo] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Phys, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland, Email: fadelm@phys.ethz.ch;
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Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1367-2630 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001026518600001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5582
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Author Delhom, A.; Olmo, G.J.; Singh, P.
Title A diffeomorphism invariant family of metric-affine actions for loop cosmologies Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2023 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 06 Issue 6 Pages 059 - 21pp
Keywords quantum cosmology; modified gravity; cosmic singularity
Abstract In loop quantum cosmology (LQC) the big bang singularity is generically resolved by a big bounce. This feature holds even when modified quantization prescriptions of the Hamiltonian constraint are used such as in mLQC-I and mLQC-II. While the later describes an effective description qualitatively similar to that of standard LQC, the former describes an asymmetric evolution with an emergent Planckian de-Sitter pre-bounce phase even in the absence of a potential. We consider the potential relation of these canonically quantized non-singular models with effective actions based on a geometric description. We find a 3-parameter family of metric-affine f (R) theories which accurately approximate the effective dynamics of LQC and mLQC-II in all regimes and mLQC-I in the post-bounce phase. Two of the parameters are fixed by enforcing equivalence at the bounce, and the background evolution of the relevant observables can be fitted with only one free parameter. It is seen that the non-perturbative effects of these loop cosmologies are universally encoded by a logarithmic correction that only depends on the bounce curvature of the model. In addition, we find that the best fit value of the free parameter can be very approximately written in terms of fundamental parameters of the underlying quantum description for the three models. The values of the best fits can be written in terms of the bounce density in a simple manner, and the values for each model are related to one another by a proportionality relation involving only the Barbero-Immirzi parameter.
Address [Delhom, Adria; Singh, Parampreet] Louisiana State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA, Email: adria.delhom@gmail.com;
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Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001025410500003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5583
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Author Capozzi, F.; Ferreira, R.Z.; Lopez-Honorez, L.; Mena, O.
Title CMB and Lyman-alpha constraints on dark matter decays to photons Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2023 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 06 Issue 6 Pages 060 - 23pp
Keywords reionization; axions; cosmological parameters from CMBR; dark matter theory
Abstract Dark matter energy injection in the early universe modifies both the ionization history and the temperature of the intergalactic medium. In this work, we improve the CMB bounds on sub-keV dark matter and extend previous bounds from Lyman-& alpha; observations to the same mass range, resulting in new and competitive constraints on axion-like particles (ALPs) decaying into two photons. The limits depend on the underlying reionization history, here accounted self-consistently by our modified version of the publicly available DarkHistory and CLASS codes. Future measurements such as the ones from the CMB-S4 experiment may play a crucial, leading role in the search for this type of light dark matter candidates.
Address [Capozzi, Francesco] Univ Aquila, Dipartimento Sci Fis & Chim, I-67100 Laquila, Italy, Email: francesco.capozzi@univaq.it;
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Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001025410500001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5584
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Author Bertolez-Martinez, T.; Arguelles, C.; Esteban, I.; Lopez-Pavon, J.; Martinez-Soler, I.; Salvado, J.
Title IceCube and the origin of ANITA-IV events Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2023 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 07 Issue 7 Pages 005 - 24pp
Keywords Cosmic Rays; Specific BSM Phenomenology
Abstract Recently, the ANITA collaboration announced the detection of new, unsettling upgoing Ultra-High-Energy (UHE) events. Understanding their origin is pressing to ensure success of the incoming UHE neutrino program. In this work, we study their internal consistency and the implications of the lack of similar events in IceCube. We introduce a generic, simple parametrization to study the compatibility between these two observatories in Standard Model-like and Beyond Standard Model scenarios: an incoming flux of particles that interact with Earth nucleons with cross section sigma, producing particle showers along with long-lived particles that decay with lifetime iota and generate a shower that explains ANITA observations. We find that the ANITA angular distribution imposes significant constraints, and when including null observations from IceCube only iota similar to 10(-3)-10(-2) s and sigma similar to 10(-33) -10(-32) cm(2) can explain the data. This hypothesis is testable with future IceCube data. Finally, we discuss a specific model that can realize this scenario. Our analysis highlights the importance of simultaneous observations by high-energy optical neutrino telescopes and new UHE radio detectors to uncover cosmogenic neutrinos or discover new physics.
Address [Bertolez-Martinez, Toni; Salvado, Jordi] Univ Barcelona, Dept Fis Quant & Astrofis, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain, Email: antoni.bertolez@fqa.ub.edu;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001021483800005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5589
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Author AGATA Collaboration (Valiente-Dobon, J.J. et al); Perez-Vidal, R.M.; Blasco Miquel, J.; Civera, J.V.; Gadea, A.
Title Conceptual design of the AGATA 2 pi array at LNL Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2023 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 1049 Issue Pages 168040 - 14pp
Keywords AGATA spectrometer; LNL facility; gamma-ray tracking; Pulse shape analysis; PRISMA spectrometer; EUCLIDES detector; DANTE detector; TRACE detector; Plunger device
Abstract The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) has been installed at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL), Italy. In this installation, AGATA will consist, at the beginning, of 13 AGATA triple clusters (ATCs) with an angular coverage of 1n,and progressively the number of ATCs will increase up to a 2 pi angular coverage. This setup will exploit both stable and radioactive ion beams delivered by the Tandem-PIAVE-ALPI accelerator complex and the SPES facility. The new implementation of AGATA at LNL will be used in two different configurations, firstly one coupled to the PRISMA large-acceptance magnetic spectrometer and lately a second one at Zero Degrees, along the beam line. These two configurations will allow us to cover a broad physics program, using different reaction mechanisms, such as Coulomb excitation, fusion-evaporation, transfer and fission at energies close to the Coulomb barrier. These setups have been designed to be coupled with a large variety of complementary detectors such as charged particle detectors, neutron detectors, heavy-ion detectors, high-energy gamma-ray arrays, cryogenic and gasjet targets and the plunger device for lifetime measurements. We present in this paper the conceptual design, characteristics and performance figures of this implementation of AGATA at LNL.
Address [Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Goasduff, A.; Angelini, F.; Balogh, M.; Brugnara, D.; Cocconi, P.; Cogo, A.; Collado, J.; Ertoprak, A.; Galtarossa, F.; Gambalonga, A.; Gongora Servin, B.; Gottardo, A.; Gozzelino, A.; Gulmini, M.; Marchi, T.; Modanese, P.; Napoli, D. R.; Pellumaj, J.; Perez-Vidal, R. M.; Pilotto, E.; Raniero, W.; Rosso, D.; Scarpa, D.; Sedlak, M.; Toniolo, N.; Volpe, V.; Zago, L.; Zanon, I.; Allegrini, M. L.; Benini, D.; Biasotto, M.; Corradi, L.; De Angelis, G.; De Ruvo, L.; Fantinel, S.; Fioretto, E.; Minarello, A.; Stefanini, A. M.] INFN, Lab Nazl Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy, Email: valiente@lnl.infn.it
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001020811800001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5590
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Author Belchior, F.M.; Moreira, A.R.P.; Maluf, R.V.; Almeida, C.A.S.
Title 5D Elko spinor field non-minimally coupled to nonmetricity in f (Q) gravity Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2023 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 843 Issue Pages 138029 - 8pp
Keywords Elko field; Dark matter; Thick brane; Symmetric teleparallel gravity
Abstract This paper aims to investigate the localization of the five-dimensional spinor field known as Elko (dual-helicity eigenspinors of the charge conjugation operator) by employing a Yukawa-like geometrical coupling in which the Elko field is non-minimally coupled to nonmetricity scalar Q. We adopt the braneworld scenarios in which the first-order formalism with sine-Gordon and linear superpotentials is employed to obtain the warp factors. A linear function supports the zero-mode trapping within the geometric coupling, leading to the same effective potential as the scalar field. Moreover, an exotic term must be added to obtain real-valued massive modes. Such modes are investigated through the Schrodinger-like approach.
Address [Belchior, F. M.; Moreira, A. R. P.; Maluf, R. V.; Almeida, C. A. S.] Univ Fed Ceara UFC, Dept Fis, Campus Pico,CP 6030, BR-60455760 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, Email: belchior@fisica.ufc.br;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001039072300001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5594
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Author Banerjee, P.; Coutinho, A.; Engel, T.; Gurgone, A.; Signer, A.; Ulrich, Y.
Title High-precision muon decay predictions for ALP searches Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2023 Publication Scipost Physics Abbreviated Journal SciPost Phys.
Volume 15 Issue 1 Pages 021 - 38pp
Keywords
Abstract We present an improved theoretical prediction of the positron energy spectrum for the polarised Michel decay & mu;+ & RARR; e+ & nu;e & nu; over bar & mu;. In addition to the full next-to-next-to-leading order correction of order & alpha;2 in the electromagnetic coupling, we include logarithmically enhanced terms at even higher orders. Logarithms due to collinear emission are included at next-to-leading accuracy up to order & alpha;4. At the endpoint of the Michel spectrum, soft photon emission results in large logarithms that are resummed up to next-to-next-to leading logarithmic accuracy. We apply our results in the context of the MEG II and Mu3e experiments to estimate the impact of the theory error on the branching ratio sensitivity for the lepton-flavour-violating decay & mu;+ & RARR; e+X of a muon into an axion-like particle X.
Address [Banerjee, Pulak] Zhejiang Univ, Zhejiang Inst Modern Phys, Dept Phys, Hangzhou 310027, Peoples R China
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Scipost Foundation Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2542-4653 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001038392400002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5595
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Author Autieri, A.; Cieri, L.; Ferrera, G.; Sborlini, G.F.R.
Title Combining QED and QCD transverse-momentum resummation for W and Z boson production at hadron colliders Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2023 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 07 Issue 7 Pages 104 - 30pp
Keywords Electroweak Precision Physics; Precision QED; Resummation
Abstract In this article, we consider the transverse momentum (qT) distribution of W and Z bosons produced in hadronic collisions. We combine the qT resummation for QED and QCD radiation including the QED soft emissions from the W boson in the final state. In particular, we perform the resummation of enhanced logarithmic contributions due to soft and collinear emissions at next-to-leading accuracy in QED, leading-order accuracy for mixed QED-QCD and next-to-next-to-leading accuracy in QCD. In the small-qT region we consistently include in our results the next-to-next-to-leading order (i.e. two loops) QCD corrections and the next-to-leading order (i.e. one loop) electroweak corrections. The matching with the fixed-order calculation at large qT has been performed at next-to-leading order in QCD (i.e. at O(alpha(2)(S))) and at leading order in QED. We show numerical results for W and Z production at the Tevatron and the LHC. Finally, we consider the effect of combined QCD and QED resummation for the ratio of W and Z qT distributions, and we study the impact of the QED corrections providing an estimate of the corresponding perturbative uncertainties.
Address [Autieri, Andrea; Cieri, Leandro] Univ Valencia, Consejo Super Invest Cient, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Parc Cientif, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: andrea.autieri@ific.uv.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001030009700004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5596
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo, F.L.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Cerda Alberich, L.; Costa, M.J.; Escobar, C.; Estrada Pastor, O.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fullana Torregrosa, E.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G.R.; Guerrero Rojas, J.G.R.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Lacasta, C.; Lozano Bahilo, J.J.; Madaffari, D.; Mamuzic, J.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Miñano, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Rodriguez Bosca, S.; Rodriguez Rodriguez, D.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Salt, J.; Santra, A.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Vos, M.
Title Observation of electroweak production of two jets and a Z-boson pair Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2023 Publication Nature Physics Abbreviated Journal Nat. Phys.
Volume 19 Issue 2 Pages 237-253
Keywords
Abstract Electroweak symmetry breaking explains the origin of the masses of elementary particles through their interactions with the Higgs field. Besides the measurements of the Higgs boson properties, the study of the scattering of massive vector bosons with spin 1 allows the nature of electroweak symmetry breaking to be probed. Among all processes related to vector-boson scattering, the electroweak production of two jets and a Z-boson pair is a rare and important one. Here we report the observation of this process from proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139fb(-1) recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of 13TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. We consider two different final states originating from the decays of the Z-boson pair: one containing four charged leptons and another containing two charged leptons and two neutrinos. The hypothesis of no electroweak production is rejected with a statistical significance of 5.7 sigma, and the measured cross-section for electroweak production is consistent with the Standard Model prediction. In addition, we report cross-sections for inclusive production of a Z-boson pair and two jets for the two final states.
Address [Aad, G.; Barbero, M.; Bartolini, G.; Brahimi, N.; Calandri, A.; Coadou, Y.; Corga, K. De Vasconcelos; Diaconu, C.; Djama, F.; Duperrin, A.; El Kosseifi, R.; Feligioni, L.; Guo, Z.; Hallewell, G. D.; Hubaut, F.; Knoops, E. B. F. G.; Kukla, R.; Le Guirriec, E.; Monnier, E.; Muanza, S.; Nagy, E.; Nguyen, H. D. N.; Petit, E.; Pralavorio, P.; Rozanov, A.; Talby, M.; Tisserant, S.; Toth, J.; Wolff, R.] Aix Marseille Univ, CPPM, CNRS, IN2P3, Marseille, France, Email: atlas.publications@cern.ch
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Publisher Nature Portfolio Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1745-2473 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001005403200001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5598
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