We study the new $Z'$ boson as a portal for the production of Higgs bosons $h_0$ and $H_0$ predicted by the Bestest Little Higgs Model through Higgs-strahlung processes $\mu^+\mu^- \to (Z, Z') \to Zh_0, ZH_0$ . We focus on the resonant and nonresonant effects of the $Zh_0, ZH_0$ signals. In our analysis, we consider the center-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s}=3, 4, 6, 10, 30$ TeV and integrated luminosities of ${\cal{L}}=2, 4, 6, 10, 30$ ${ {\rm{ab}}^{-1}}$ projected for a future muon collider. The possibility of performing precision measurements for Higgs bosons $h_0$ and $H_0$ is very promising for the future muon collider. Furthermore, our results may be useful to the High Energy Physics community. Complementarily, we generate and provide the Feynman rules necessary for studying processes $\mu^+\mu^- \to (Z, Z') \to Zh_0, ZH_0$ .

J.M. Martínez-Martínez

A. Gutiérrez-Rodríguez

E. Cruz-Albaro

M.A. Hernández-Ruíz

New $\textit{Z}$' boson of the bestest little Higgs model as a portal to signatures of Higgs bosons $\textit{h}$ $_{0}$ and $\textit{H}$ $_{0}$ at the future muon collider

We investigate black hole quasinormal modes using the exact Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin (WKB) method. We perform an analytic continuation from the horizon to infinity along the positive real axis of the radial coordinate and impose appropriate boundary conditions at these asymptotic positions. We clarify the role of previously overlooked logarithmic spirals of Stokes curves and branch cuts emerging from the horizon. We carefully reformulate the derivation of the quasinormal mode conditions using the exact WKB analysis, incorporating the contributions from these features into the calculation. We successfully derive correct results for both solvable model examples and the Schwarzschild spacetime. Our formulation enjoys straightforward extensions to other background geometries as well as a wide range of other physical systems.

Japan

Taiga Miyachi

Ryo Namba

Hidetoshi Omiya

Naritaka Oshita

Path to an exact WKB analysis of black hole quasinormal modes

The jet cross section and jet-substructure observables in <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>p</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>p</mi></math> collisions at <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msqrt><mi>s</mi></msqrt><mo>=</mo><mn>200</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>GeV</mi></math> were measured by the PHENIX Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Jets are reconstructed from charged-particle tracks and electromagnetic-calorimeter clusters using the anti-<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>k</mi><mi>t</mi></msub></math> algorithm with a jet radius of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>R</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0.3</mn></math> for jets with transverse momentum within <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>8.0</mn><mo>&lt;</mo><msub><mi>p</mi><mi>T</mi></msub><mo>&lt;</mo><mn>40.0</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>GeV</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>c</mi></math> and pseudorapidity <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mo stretchy="false">|</mo><mi>η</mi><mo stretchy="false">|</mo><mo>&lt;</mo><mn>0.15</mn></math>. Measurements include the jet cross section, as well as distributions of SoftDrop-groomed momentum fraction (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>z</mi><mi>g</mi></msub></math>), charged-particle transverse momentum with respect to jet axis (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>j</mi><mi>T</mi></msub></math>), and radial distributions of charged particles within jets (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>r</mi></math>). Also measured was the distribution of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>ξ</mi><mo>=</mo><mo>−</mo><mi>ln</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>z</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math>, where <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>z</mi></math> is the fraction of the jet momentum carried by the charged particle. The measurements are compared to theoretical next-to and next-to-next-to-leading-order calculations, the pythia and herwig event generators, and to other existing experimental results. Indicated from these measurements is a lower particle multiplicity in jets at RHIC energies when compared to models. Also noted are implications for future jet measurements with sPHENIX at RHIC as well as at the future Electron-Ion Collider.

Hungary

N.J. Abdulameer

United States

U. Acharya

C. Aidala

N.N. Ajitanand

Y. Akiba

R. Akimoto

J. Alexander

M. Alfred

V. Andrieux

Russia

S. Antsupov

K. Aoki

N. Apadula

H. Asano

E.T. Atomssa

T.C. Awes

B. Azmoun

V. Babintsev

M. Bai

China

X. Bai

N.S. Bandara

B. Bannier

E. Bannikov

K.N. Barish

S. Bathe

V. Baublis

C. Baumann

S. Baumgart

A. Bazilevsky

M. Beaumier

R. Belmont

A. Berdnikov

Y. Berdnikov

L. Bichon

D. Black

B. Blankenship

D.S. Blau

J.S. Bok

V. Borisov

K. Boyle

M.L. Brooks

J. Bryslawskyj

H. Buesching

V. Bumazhnov

S. Butsyk

S. Campbell

R. Cervantes

C.H. Chen

D. Chen

M. Chiu

C.Y. Chi

I.J. Choi

South Korea

J.B. Choi

S. Choi

Sweden

P. Christiansen

T. Chujo

V. Cianciolo

Israel

Z. Citron

B.A. Cole

M. Connors

R. Corliss

N. Cronin

N. Crossette

M. Csanád

T. Csörgő

L. D’Orazio

T.W. Danley

A. Datta

M.S. Daugherity

G. David

K. DeBlasio

K. Dehmelt

A. Denisov

A. Deshpande

E.J. Desmond

L. Ding

A. Dion

D. Dixit

V. Doomra

J.H. Do

France

O. Drapier

A. Drees

K.A. Drees

J.M. Durham

A. Durum

H. En’yo

T. Engelmore

A. Enokizono

R. Esha

K.O. Eyser

B. Fadem

W. Fan

N. Feege

D.E. Fields

Czechia

M. Finger

D. Firak

D. Fitzgerald

F. Fleuret

S.L. Fokin

J.E. Frantz

Measurement of inclusive jet cross section and substructure in <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>p</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>p</mi></math> collisions at <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msqrt><mi>s</mi></msqrt><mo>=</mo><mn>200</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>GeV</mi></math>

The Schwinger current, arising from vacuum breakdown in the presence of a strong constant electric pulse background, is well known and has been calculated in numerous studies. It originates from the amplification of zero-point fluctuations. However, we find that higher-loop corrections involve hidden redistributions of the level populations of charged particles and photons. These redistributions lead to corrections to the current, which become significant for sufficiently long pulses and ultimately modify Schwinger’s expression for the current.

E.T. Akhmedov

P.S. Zavgorodny

Higher loop corrections to the current of created pairs in the lengthy electric pulse

We present the first complete next-to-next-to-next-to-leading-order calculation of the matching coefficients that link unpolarized flavor nonsinglet parton distribution functions with lattice QCD computable correlation functions. By using this high-order result, we notice a reduction in theoretical uncertainties compared to relying solely on previously known lower-order matching coefficients. Furthermore, based on this result we have extracted the three-loop unpolarized flavor nonsinglet splitting function, which is in agreement with the state-of-the-art result. Because of the simplicity of our method, it has the potential to advance the calculation of splitting functions to the desired four-loop order.

Chen Cheng

Li-Hong Huang

Xiang Li

Zheng-Yang Li

Yan-Qing Ma

Lattice-QCD Computable Quark Correlation Functions at Three-Loop Order and Extraction of Splitting Functions

Double deeply virtual Compton scattering (DDVCS) is a promising channel for generalized parton distribution (GPD) studies as it is a generalization of the deeply virtual Compton-scattering (DVCS) and timelike Compton-scattering (TCS) processes. In contrast to DVCS and TCS, the GPD phase space accessed through DDVCS is not constrained by on-shell conditions on the incoming and outgoing photons, thus allowing unrestricted GPD extraction from experimental observables. Considering polarized electron and positron beams directed to a polarized proton target, we study the sensitivity of the DDVCS cross-section asymmetries to the chiral-even proton GPDs from different model predictions. The feasibility of such measurements is further investigated in the context of the CLAS and SoLID spectrometers at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and the future Electron-Ion Collider at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.

J.S. Alvarado

M. Hoballah

E. Voutier

Sensitivity of double deeply virtual Compton-scattering observables to generalized parton distributions

The separation of the hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment into Euclidean windows allows for a tailored approach to address the different dominant challenges at short, intermediate, and long distances. We present a novel approach to compute the short-distance window without the need for using perturbative QCD. We combine a quenched continuum extrapolation using 18 lattice spacings (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>1.6</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>GeV</mi><mo>≲</mo><msup><mi>a</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup><mo>≲</mo><mn>6.1</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>GeV</mi></math>) with a separate continuum extrapolation of the sea quark effects. This method allows for the computationally expensive sea quark effects to be estimated using only a smaller number of ensembles at coarser lattice spacings, while largely confining the logarithmic dependency of the continuum extrapolation to the quenched component.

Germany

Sebastian Spiegel

Christoph Lehner

High-precision continuum limit study of the HVP short-distance window

Radiogenic neutrons emitted by detector materials are one of the most challenging backgrounds for the direct search of dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). To mitigate this background, the XENONnT experiment is equipped with a novel gadolinium-doped water Cherenkov detector, which encloses the xenon dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC). The neutron veto (NV) can tag neutrons via their capture on gadolinium or hydrogen, which release $$\gamma $$ -rays that are subsequently detected as Cherenkov light. In this work, we present the first results of the XENONnT NV when operated with demineralized water only, before the insertion of gadolinium. Its efficiency for detecting neutrons is $$({82\pm 1}){\%}$$ , the highest neutron detection efficiency achieved in a water Cherenkov detector. This enables a high efficiency of $$({53\pm 3}){\%}$$ for the tagging of WIMP-like neutron signals, inside a tagging time window of $${250}~{\upmu }\hbox {s}$$ between TPC and NV, leading to a livetime loss of $${1.6}{\%}$$ during the first science run of XENONnT.