We use holography to study correlation functions of local operators in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories arising on the world-volume of D$\textit{p}$-branes in the large-$\textit{N}$ and strong-coupling limit. The relevant supergravity backgrounds obtained from the near-horizon limit of the D$\textit{p}$-branes enjoy a scaling similarity, which leads to an auxiliary AdS space of fractional dimension. This suggests that holographic correlation functions in this setup can be computed by integrating standard CFT correlators over the auxiliary extra dimensions. We apply this prescription to analytically compute two- and three-point correlators of scalar operators. The resulting two-point functions take a familiar CFT form but with shifted conformal dimensions, while the three-point correlators have a much more involved position dependence which we calculate explicitly in terms of a sum of Appell functions.

Belgium

Nikolay Bobev

Guillermo Mera Álvarez

Hynek Paul

Correlation functions for non-conformal D$\textit{p}$-brane holography

Nonlinear field equations for the supersymmetric higher-spin gauge theory describing totally symmetric bosonic and fermionic massless fields along with hook-type bosonic fields of all spins in any space-time dimension are presented. One of the novel features of the proposed formalism is that the $\textit{osp}$(1, 2) invariance and factorisation conditions are formulated within the BRST formalism, that greatly simplifies the form of nonlinear HS equations. To match the list of vertices found by Metsaev, higher-spin gauge theory is anticipated to possess an infinite number of independent coupling constants. A conjecture that these coupling constants result from the locality restrictions on the elements of the factorisation ideal is put forward.

Russia

M. Vasiliev

Supersymmetric higher-spin gauge theories in any $\textit{d}$ and their coupling constants within BRST formalism

The first evidence for the decay <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup><msup><mrow><mi>τ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msup><msub><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi>ν</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="true">¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow><mi>τ</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math> is obtained using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>9</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><msup><mi>fb</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></math>, at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV. Here, the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>D</mi><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup></math> meson represents any of the three excited charm mesons <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>D</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2420</mn><msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0</mn></msup></math>, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msubsup><mi>D</mi><mn>2</mn><mo>*</mo></msubsup><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2460</mn><msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0</mn></msup></math>, and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msubsup><mi>D</mi><mn>1</mn><mo>′</mo></msubsup><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2400</mn><msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0</mn></msup></math>. The <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>B</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mrow><msup><mi>D</mi><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup><msup><mi>τ</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>ν</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mi>τ</mi></msub></mrow></math> signal is measured with a significance of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>3.5</mn><mi>σ</mi></math>, including systematic uncertainties. The combined branching fraction <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><mo>−</mo></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msubsup><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup><msup><mrow><mi>τ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msup><msub><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi>ν</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow><mi>τ</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>×</mo><mi mathvariant="script">B</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msubsup><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup><msup><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math>, where <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msubsup><mi>D</mi><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup></math> denotes both <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>D</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2420</mn><msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0</mn></msup></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msubsup><mi>D</mi><mn>2</mn><mo>*</mo></msubsup><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2460</mn><msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0</mn></msup></math> contributions, is measured to be <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mo stretchy="false">[</mo><mn>0.051</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.013</mn><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>stat</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>±</mo><mn>0.006</mn><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>syst</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>±</mo><mn>0.009</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ext</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">]</mo><mo>%</mo></mrow></math>, where the last uncertainty reflects that of the branching fraction of the normalization channel <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>B</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mrow><msubsup><mi>D</mi><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup><msup><msubsup><mi>D</mi><mi>s</mi><mo>−</mo></msubsup><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo>*</mo><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></msup></mrow></math>. The ratio between the tauonic and muonic semileptonic <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>B</mi></math> decays, with the latter taken from world average values, is also determined and found to be <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mi mathvariant="script">R</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msubsup><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><mn>0.13</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.03</mn><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>stat</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>±</mo><mn>0.01</mn><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>syst</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>±</mo><mn>0.02</mn><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ext</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math>.

Netherlands

R. Aaij

United Kingdom

A.S.W. Abdelmotteleb

Switzerland

C. Abellan Beteta

F. Abudinén

T. Ackernley

United States

A.A. Adefisoye

Spain

B. Adeva

M. Adinolfi

P. Adlarson

France

C. Agapopoulou

C.A. Aidala

Z. Ajaltouni

S. Akar

K. Akiba

Italy

P. Albicocco

Germany

J. Albrecht

CERN

F. Alessio

Z. Aliouche

P. Alvarez Cartelle

R. Amalric

Brazil

S. Amato

J.L. Amey

Y. Amhis

China

L. An

L. Anderlini

M. Andersson

A. Andreianov

P. Andreola

M. Andreotti

D. Andreou

A. Anelli

D. Ao

F. Archilli

M. Argenton

Costa Rica

S. Arguedas Cuendis

A. Artamonov

M. Artuso

E. Aslanides

R. Ataíde Da Silva

M. Atzeni

B. Audurier

D. Bacher

I. Bachiller Perea

S. Bachmann

M. Bachmayer

J.J. Back

P. Baladron Rodriguez

V. Balagura

A. Balboni

W. Baldini

L. Balzani

H. Bao

J. Baptista de Souza Leite

C. Barbero Pretel

M. Barbetti

I.R. Barbosa

R.J. Barlow

M. Barnyakov

S. Barsuk

W. Barter

M. Bartolini

J. Bartz

J.M. Basels

Poland

S. Bashir

G. Bassi

B. Batsukh

P.B. Battista

A. Bay

A. Beck

M. Becker

F. Bedeschi

I.B. Bediaga

N.A. Behling

S. Belin

K. Belous

I. Belov

I. Belyaev

G. Benane

G. Bencivenni

E. Ben-Haim

A. Berezhnoy

R. Bernet

S. Bernet Andres

A. Bertolin

C. Betancourt

F. Betti

J. Bex

Ia. Bezshyiko

J. Bhom

M.S. Bieker

N.V. Biesuz

P. Billoir

A. Biolchini

M. Birch

F.C.R. Bishop

A. Bitadze

A. Bizzeti

T. Blake

F. Blanc

J.E. Blank

Evidence for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>B</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mi>D</mi><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup><msup><mi>τ</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mover accent="true"><msub><mi>ν</mi><mi>τ</mi></msub><mo stretchy="true">¯</mo></mover></math> Decays

A search for cascade decays of charged sleptons and sneutrinos using final states characterized by three leptons (electrons or muons) and missing transverse momentum is presented. The analysis is based on a dataset with <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>140</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><msup><mi>fb</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></math> of proton-proton (pp) collisions at a center-of-mass energy of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msqrt><mi>s</mi></msqrt><mo>=</mo><mn>13</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>TeV</mi></math> recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. This paper focuses on a supersymmetric scenario that is motivated by the muon anomalous magnetic moment observation, dark-mattter relic density abundance, and electroweak naturalness. A mass spectrum involving light Higgsinos and heavier sleptons with a bino at intermediate mass is targeted. No significant deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed. This search enables us to place stringent constraints on this model, excluding at the 95% confidence level charged slepton and sneutrino masses up to 450 GeV when assuming a lightest neutralino mass of 100 GeV and mass-degenerate selectrons, smuons and sneutrinos.

G. Aad

Norway

E. Aakvaag

B. Abbott

United Arab Emirates

S. Abdelhameed

K. Abeling

N.J. Abicht

S.H. Abidi

M. Aboelela

Morocco

A. Aboulhorma

Israel

H. Abramowicz

Y. Abulaiti

B.S. Acharya

A. Ackermann

C. Adam Bourdarios

L. Adamczyk

S.V. Addepalli

M.J. Addison

J. Adelman

Türkiye

A. Adiguzel

T. Adye

A.A. Affolder

Y. Afik

M.N. Agaras

A. Aggarwal

Romania

C. Agheorghiesei

F. Ahmadov

S. Ahuja

X. Ai

G. Aielli

A. Aikot

M. Ait Tamlihat

B. Aitbenchikh

M. Akbiyik

Sweden

T.P.A. Åkesson

A.V. Akimov

Japan

D. Akiyama

N.N. Akolkar

S. Aktas

G.L. Alberghi

Canada

J. Albert

G.L. Albouy

S. Alderweireldt

Z.L. Alegria

M. Aleksa

I.N. Aleksandrov

C. Alexa

Greece

T. Alexopoulos

F. Alfonsi

M. Algren

M. Alhroob

Czechia

B. Ali

H.M.J. Ali

S. Ali

S.W. Alibocus

South Africa

M. Aliev

G. Alimonti

W. Alkakhi

C. Allaire

B.M.M. Allbrooke

J.S. Allen

J.F. Allen

P.P. Allport

A. Aloisio

Search for cascade decays of charged sleptons and sneutrinos in final states with three leptons and missing transverse momentum in <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>p</mi><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>13</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>TeV</mi></math> with the ATLAS detector