We propose a simple, renormalizable scenario in which all of dark energy arises from a one-loop Coleman–Weinberg potential induced by a scalar field Yukawa-coupled exclusively to Standard-Model neutrinos. Classically, $$V_{\min }=0$$ , but neutrino loops lift the vacuum by $$\rho _{\text {DE}}=\frac{y^{2}m_{\nu }^{6}}{512\pi ^{4}m_{\phi }^{2}}$$ , matching the observed dark energy scale for $$y\approx 0.28m_{\phi }/$$ eV and $$m_{\nu }\sim 0.1\,$$ eV. We detail cosmological tracking, demonstrate stability against neutrino clumping, and show that rapid scalar oscillations leave no detectable imprint on current neutrino-oscillation experiments—though they provide a clear target for future high-precision probes. Compared to other mass varying neutrino models, our framework employs only a renormalizable quadratic potential, avoids unnatural hierarchies, and makes concrete, testable predictions.

Georgia

Z. Kepuladze

Quantum dark energy from neutrino loops: model, stability and oscillation imprints

To date, wormholes have not been observed. Dynamic wormholes are difficult to detect due to their transient existence or extremely low spacetime curvature contrast, while static wormholes rely on “exotic matter” that violates the Null Energy Condition and lack direct theoretical support. This study explores the mechanism of dynamic wormhole formation via gravitational collapse of Bose–Einstein Condensate (BEC) dark matter in generalized Vaidya spacetime. Under specific conditions, the gravitational collapse of BEC dark matter interacts with gravitational fields to trigger abrupt changes in spacetime topology. This process depends on special parameters that are more likely to be satisfied in extreme environments. During the collapse, the condensate properties of BEC influence the evolution of spacetime curvature, and its intrinsic oscillatory behavior may facilitate the formation of dynamic wormholes. The research deduces function constraints that satisfy various energy conditions, constructs a dynamic wormhole form adapted to generalized Vaidya spacetime, and derives the Hawking radiation expression and mass function constraints by combining Lorentz-breaking quantum gravity theory. This mechanism confirms the feasibility of dynamic wormhole formation, provides a new perspective for understanding the behavior of dark matter under extreme gravity and the evolution of spacetime topology, and advances wormhole research toward the analysis of dynamic formation processes.

China

Junjie Wei

Discussion on the feasibility of dynamic wormhole formation based on the gravitational collapse of Bose–Einstein condensed dark matter on generalized Vaidya space-time

We propose a unified model of dark energy and inflation through the Markov–Mukhanov modification of the Einstein–Hilbert action, where the matter sector is coupled to gravity via a scalar coupling function depending only on the energy density of the matter content. We assume that the coupling function encodes the UV corrections to the standard model of cosmology and we determine the form of the coupling that allows for the dark energy component to be dynamical and act as the inflaton field in the early universe. Interestingly we show that our model, in order to account for inflation, prefers a dark energy equation of state with $\textit{w}$ close but not equal to $$-1$$ in agreement with the latest DESI data.

Kazakhstan

Hrishikesh Chakrabarty

Daniele Malafarina

A unified model of dark energy and inflation from the Markov–Mukhanov action

In this paper, we investigate a digitised SU(2) lattice gauge theory in the Hamiltonian formalism. We use partitionings to digitise the gauge degrees of freedom and show how to define a penalty term based on finite element methods to project onto physical states of the system. Moreover, we show for a single plaquette system that in this framework the limit $$g\rightarrow 0$$ can be approached at constant cost.

Germany

Timo Jakobs

Marco Garofalo

United Kingdom

United States

Tobias Hartung

Cyprus

Karl Jansen

Johann Ostmeyer

Switzerland

Simone Romiti

Carsten Urbach

Dynamics in hamiltonian lattice gauge theory: approaching the continuum limit with partitionings of SU(2)

We investigate the reconstruction of standard and generalized Rastall gravity inflationary models, using the scalar spectral index and the Rastall parameter expressed as functions of the number of <math altimg='si3.svg'><mrow><mi>e</mi><mo linebreak='goodbreak'>&#8722;</mo></mrow></math>folds <italic>N</italic>. Within a general formalism, we derive the effective potential in terms of the relevant cosmological parameters and the Rastall parameter for these gravity frameworks. As a specific example, we analyze the attractor <math altimg='si4.svg'><mrow><msub><mi>n</mi><mi>s</mi></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo linebreak='goodbreak'>&#8722;</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>&#8733;</mo><msup><mi>N</mi><mrow><mo>&#8722;</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math>, first by considering constant values of the Rastall parameter to reconstruct the inflationary stage in standard Rastall gravity, and then by assuming a linear dependence on the number of <math altimg='si3.svg'><mrow><mi>e</mi><mo linebreak='goodbreak'>&#8722;</mo></mrow></math>folds <italic>N</italic> to reconstruct the inflationary model in generalized Rastall gravity. Thus, the reconstruction of the potential <italic>V</italic>( <italic>&#981;</italic>) is obtained for both standard and generalized Rastall gravity inflationary models. In both frameworks, we constrain key parameters of the reconstructed models during inflation using the latest observational data from Planck.

Chile

Ramón Herrera

Carlos Ríos

Reconstructing inflation in a generalized Rastall theory of gravity

Given that dark matter and normal matter are nontrivially unified in a grand unified theory, called dark grand unification, we derive novel residual theories at low energy explaining dark matter and neutrino mass. The first chain of which is $\textit{E}$ → SU(3) ⊗ SU(3) ⊗ SU(3) , which contains a matter parity by itself stabilizing a dark matter candidate and producing neutrino mass via a seesaw. The second chain is Trinification → SU(3) ⊗ SU(3) ⊗ U(1) ⊗ U(1) , which results in a novel family-universal 3-3-1-1 model, opposite to the normal 3-3-1-1 (or corresponding 3-3-1) model. Surprisingly, it is a variant of both minimal 3-3-1 model and 3-3-1 model with right-handed neutrinos since both $\textit{e}$ and $\textit{ν}$ are located at the bottoms of lepton triplets. Since this universal 3-3-1-1 model is properly embedded in the trinification, the above matter parity works governing dark matter stability as well as suppressing unwanted fermion mixings. Further, neutrino masses are naturally generated by a canonical seesaw combined with a scotogenic scheme.

Vietnam

Phung Dong

Do Huong

Implications of a dark grand unification

We present a determination of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mo stretchy="false">|</mo><msub><mi>V</mi><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>b</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">|</mo></math> from the decay <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>B</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>D</mi><mo>ℓ</mo><msub><mi>ν</mi><mo>ℓ</mo></msub></math> using a <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>365</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><msup><mi>fb</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></math> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">ϒ</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>4</mn><mi>S</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>B</mi><mover accent="true"><mi>B</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover></math> data sample recorded by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB collider. The semileptonic decay of one <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>B</mi></math> meson is reconstructed in the modes <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>B</mi><mn>0</mn></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mi>D</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mi>K</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>π</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><msup><mi>π</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><msup><mo>ℓ</mo><mo>+</mo></msup><msub><mi>ν</mi><mo>ℓ</mo></msub></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>B</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mover accent="true"><mi>D</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mn>0</mn></msup><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mi>K</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>π</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><msup><mo>ℓ</mo><mo>+</mo></msup><msub><mi>ν</mi><mo>ℓ</mo></msub></math>, where <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mo>ℓ</mo></math> denotes either an electron or a muon. Charge conjugation is implied. The second <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>B</mi></math> meson in the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">ϒ</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>4</mn><mi>S</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math> event is not reconstructed explicitly. Using an inclusive reconstruction of the unobserved neutrino momentum, we determine the recoil variable <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>w</mi><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mi>B</mi></msub><mo>·</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mi>D</mi></msub></math>, where <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>v</mi><mi>B</mi></msub></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>v</mi><mi>D</mi></msub></math> are the four-velocities of the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>B</mi></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>D</mi></math> mesons. We measure the total decay branching fractions to be <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mi mathvariant="script">B</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msup><msup><mrow><mo>ℓ</mo></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup><msub><mrow><mi>ν</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>ℓ</mo></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2.06</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.05</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mrow><mi>stat</mi></mrow><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>±</mo><mn>0.10</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mrow><mi>sys</mi></mrow><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>%</mo></mrow></mrow></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="script">B</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mi>B</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mover accent="true"><mi>D</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mn>0</mn></msup><msup><mo>ℓ</mo><mo>+</mo></msup><msub><mi>ν</mi><mo>ℓ</mo></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2.31</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.04</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mrow><mi>stat</mi></mrow><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>±</mo><mn>0.09</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mrow><mi>sys</mi></mrow><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>%</mo></mrow></math>. We probe lepton flavor universality by measuring <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="script">B</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>B</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>D</mi><mi>e</mi><msub><mi>ν</mi><mi>e</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="script">B</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>B</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>D</mi><mi>μ</mi><msub><mi>ν</mi><mi>μ</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><mrow><mn>1.020</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.020</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mrow><mi>stat</mi></mrow><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>±</mo><mn>0.022</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mrow><mi>sys</mi></mrow><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math>. Fitting the partial decay branching fraction as a function of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>w</mi></math> and using the average of lattice QCD calculations of the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>B</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>D</mi></math> form factor, we obtain <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mo stretchy="false">|</mo><msub><mi>V</mi><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>b</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">|</mo><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>39.2</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.4</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mrow><mi>stat</mi></mrow><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>±</mo><mn>0.6</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mrow><mi>sys</mi></mrow><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>±</mo><mn>0.5</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mrow><mi>th</mi></mrow><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math>.

I. Adachi

K. Adamczyk

L. Aggarwal

H. Ahmed

Y. Ahn

H. Aihara

N. Akopov

S. Alghamdi

M. Alhakami

A. Aloisio

K. Amos

M. Angelsmark

N. Anh Ky

C. Antonioli

D.M. Asner

H. Atmacan

T. Aushev

V. Aushev

M. Aversano

R. Ayad

V. Babu

H. Bae

N.K. Baghel

S. Bahinipati

P. Bambade

Sw. Banerjee

M. Barrett

M. Bartl

J. Baudot

A. Baur

A. Beaubien

F. Becherer

J. Becker

J.V. Bennett

F.U. Bernlochner

V. Bertacchi

M. Bertemes

E. Bertholet

M. Bessner

S. Bettarini

B. Bhuyan

F. Bianchi

T. Bilka

D. Biswas

A. Bobrov

D. Bodrov

A. Bondar

G. Bonvicini

J. Borah

A. Boschetti

A. Bozek

M. Bračko

P. Branchini

R.A. Briere

T.E. Browder

A. Budano

S. Bussino

Q. Campagna

M. Campajola

L. Cao

G. Casarosa

C. Cecchi

M.C. Chang

P. Cheema

L. Chen

B.G. Cheon

K. Chilikin

J. Chin

K. Chirapatpimol

H.E. Cho

K. Cho

S.J. Cho

S.K. Choi

S. Choudhury

I. Consigny

L. Corona

J.X. Cui

E. De La Cruz-Burelo

S.A. De La Motte

G. De Pietro

R. de Sangro

M. Destefanis

A. Di Canto

J. Dingfelder

Z. Doležal

I. Domínguez Jiménez

T.V. Dong

X. Dong

K. Dugic

G. Dujany

P. Ecker

J. Eppelt

R. Farkas

P. Feichtinger

T. Ferber

T. Fillinger

C. Finck

G. Finocchiaro

F. Forti

A. Frey

Determination of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mo stretchy="false">|</mo><msub><mi>V</mi><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>b</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">|</mo></math> using <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>B</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>D</mi><mo>ℓ</mo><msub><mi>ν</mi><mi>l</mi></msub></math> decays at Belle II

We present a fully backreacted Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton–flavor model with dynamical light and strange sectors, calibrated to lattice QCD using a machine-learning–assisted spectral method. The model reproduces the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>2</mn><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math>-flavor equation of state and chiral dynamics with quantitative accuracy, and maps the Columbia plot with a tricritical point at <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msubsup><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>tri</mi></mrow></msubsup><mo>≃</mo><mn>21</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>MeV</mi></mrow></math> and a critical mass <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>m</mi><mi>c</mi></msub><mo>≃</mo><mn>0.785</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>MeV</mi></math>, consistent with lattice results. At finite density, it yields a crossover-to-first-order transition and predicts a critical endpoint at <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>C</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>75.4</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>MeV</mi></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>μ</mi><mi>C</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>768</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>MeV</mi></math>, within the reach of heavy-ion experiments. These findings establish a unified holographic framework for the QCD phase structure across quark masses and baryon density, providing the first consistent and quantitative description of both deconfinement and chiral transitions within a single holographic model.

Jin-Yang Shen

Xin-Yi Liu

Jin-Rui Wu

Yue-Liang Wu

Zhen Fang

Toward a holographic realization of the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>2</mn><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math>-flavor QCD phase structure

We investigate photon-hadron transverse energy-energy correlation (TEEC) and azimuthal correlations in the forward rapidity region for proton-proton and proton-lead collisions within the small <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>x</mi></math> saturation formalism based on the color glass condensate (CGC), supplemented by the initial-state and final-state parton shower simulation and hadronization using CASCADE. The study was performed in light of the upcoming FoCal detector of ALICE and the ATLAS detector upgrades with the extended pseudorapidity coverage. We predict a significant difference, at hadron-level, between the normalized TEECs in proton-proton and proton-lead collisions. Having a direct access to partonic subprocesses we also directly investigate the impact of the parton shower and hadronization on the TEEC. The ordinary azimuthal <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>γ</mi></math>-hadron correlations show substantial suppression for proton-lead collision, as predicted earlier at parton level.

Poland

Ishita Ganguli

Piotr Kotko

Transverse energy-energy and azimuthal correlations in forward <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>γ</mi></math>-hadron production in proton-proton and proton-lead collisions at the LHC

Within the framework of the thermal soft-wall model of AdS/QCD, we investigate phenomenological properties of pions at finite temperature. This includes the electromagnetic form factor <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>F</mi><mi>π</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mi>Q</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>,</mo><mi>T</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math>, the thermal mass <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>π</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math>, charge radius <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>r</mi><mi>π</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math>, the generalized parton distribution (GPD) <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>H</mi><mi>π</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>,</mo><msup><mi>Q</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>,</mo><mi>T</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math>, the charge density <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>ρ</mi><mi>π</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>b</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>T</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math> of the pion, the pion-nucleon coupling constant <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>g</mi><mrow><mi>π</mi><mi>N</mi><mi>N</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math>, and pion-<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi></math> baryon coupling constant <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>g</mi><mrow><mi>π</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math> coupling constant at finite temperature. The thermal pion form factor is extrapolated from the zero-temperature case. Subsequently, the GPD is obtained at finite temperature from this form factor. The above-mentioned quantities were analyzed using a thermal dilaton field in the five-dimensional anti–de Sitter action. Moreover, we determine the theoretical expression for the temperature-dependent pion-nucleon coupling constant, and the pion-<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi></math> baryon coupling constant using thermal profile functions of the nucleon, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi></math> baryon and the pion. Our results show that the values of these quantities decrease with increasing temperature and vanish near the critical temperature <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>c</mi></msub></math>, except for the pion radius, which diverges at <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>c</mi></msub></math>. Our results reproduce expected features of low-energy hadron dynamics, thus validating the phenomenological utility of the thermal soft-wall model.

Azerbaijan

Narmin Nasibova

Xerxes D. Arsiwalla

Pion phenomenology from the thermal soft-wall model of holographic QCD