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

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

Japan

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 effect of D-instantons on closed string scattering amplitudes may be encoded into an effective action obtained by integrating out the (transient) open string fields. In order that this respects the gauge invariance of the theory, the sum of the perturbative closed string field theory action and the D-instanton induced effective action must satisfy the quantum Batalin-Vilkovisky master equation. In a previous paper this was proved for the effective action induced by up to two instantons. We generalize the proof for arbitrary number of D-instantons.

India

Ashoke Sen

D-instanton induced effective action and its gauge invariance

We show that on-shell DDF amplitudes are on-shell lightcone amplitudes and that Mandelstam maps emerge naturally with a precise normalization, and are intrinsic to the DDF states. Off-shell DDF and Mandelstam amplitudes à la Kaku–Kikkawa differ. In the process, we give a very explicit formula for the conformal transformation of a generic vertex in the form of a compact generating function for free theories.

Italy

Dripto Biswas

Igor Pesando

DDF amplitudes are lightcone amplitudes and the naturalness of Mandelstam maps

In this Letter, we study the collinear limit of the energy-energy correlator in single-inclusive jet production in proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions. We introduce a nonperturbative model that allows us to describe the energy-energy correlator in the entire angular region of the current experiments. Our results for proton-proton collisions show excellent agreement with CMS and ALICE data over a wide range of jet transverse momenta. For proton-nucleus collisions, we include modifications from the nuclear medium, and our predictions align well with the trends observed in recent ALICE measurements.

CERN

João Barata

Zhong-Bo Kang

Spain

Xoán Mayo López

Jani Penttala

Energy-Energy Correlator for Jet Production in <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>p</mi><mi>p</mi></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>p</mi><mi>A</mi></math> Collisions

This study investigates the deflection of light, Einstein rings, thermal fluctuations, and tidal force and geodesic deviation in a loop quantum black hole (LQBH) resulting from gravitational collapse. Initially, we employ the Gauss–Bonnet theorem (GBT) to examine the weak deflection angle of the LQBH. For the GBT, we used the Gibbons-Werner method to obtain the Gaussian optical curvature. We also determined the deflection angle for a spherically symmetric BH in the context of the non-plasma and plasma environments under weak field constraints. Furthermore, we graphically investigate the deflection angle of light in the scenario of the impact parameter and find that the impact parameter has a direct effect on the angle. Later, we compute the Einstein rings of the LQBH and examine the graphical impact of various parameters. Moreover, we employ corrected entropy to examine the effects of thermal fluctuations for small and large BHs. For both large and small BHs, we examine the impact of the correction terms on the thermodynamic system. We also study the geodesic deviation in LQBH, with a particular emphasis on how quantum factors affect the paths of neighboring geodesics. Angular geodesics, in contrast to radial geodesics, tend to converge as one moves away from the BH, a phenomenon that reflects the complicated consequences of space-time curvature in this scenario.

Farzan Mushtaq

Xia Tiecheng

Faisal Javed

Azerbaijan

Pakistan

Allah Ditta

Saudi Arabia

Bander Almutairi

G. Mustafa

Uzbekistan

Abdullo Hakimov

Impact of loop quantum gravity on gravitational lensing, thermal fluctuations, tidal force and geodesic deviation around a black hole

To provide reliable quantitative predictions for hot and dense QCD matter, a holographic model must be calibrated to match first-principles lattice results at vanishing baryon chemical potential. The equation of state from two leading lattice groups, HotQCD and the Wuppertal-Budapest (WB) collaboration, exhibits notable differences at high temperatures. We revisit the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton (EMD) holographic model for hot QCD with 2+1 flavors and physical quark masses, fitting the lattice QCD data from the WB collaboration. In particular, using the parameterization for the scalar potential and gauge coupling from our previous work [Phys. Rev. D (2022) L121902], we achieve quantitative agreement between the equation of state, chiral condensates, and state-of-the-art lattice results. Furthermore, higher-order baryon number susceptibilities are consistent with those for 2+1+1 flavor QCD. In particular, the critical endpoint (CEP) obtained from the WB collaboration data closely matches that from the combination of HotQCD and WB datasets, highlighting the robustness of the CEP location. Our holographic prediction for the location of the CEP also aligns with recent Bayesian analysis of multiple EMD models and an effective potential approach to QCD from gap equations.

Qingxuan Fu

Germany

Song He

Li Li

Zhibin Li

Revisiting holographic model for thermal and dense QCD with a critical point

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

Implementing the axion concept in the context of 3-3-1 extensions of the Standard Model leads to richer properties than in the simpler axion setups, and they are related to the Dirac neutrino seesaw mechanism. In this way, the smallness of neutrino masses, the strong <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mi>C</mi><mi>P</mi></mrow></math> problem, the nature of dark matter, and the number of families all have a common origin. Besides having an enhanced coupling to photons, our revamped axion can also be distinguished from both Dine-Fischler-Srednicki-Zhitnisky and Kim-Shifman-Vainshtein-Zakharov axions through its couplings to fermions. The latter lead to interesting phenomenological consequences, including flavor-changing axion-emitting two-body <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>K</mi></math>, <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> meson decays.

Anirban Karan

Julio Leite

José W.F. Valle

Flavor-changing axions and Dirac neutrino masses

We propose a novel method to experimentally access the gravitational form factors of the charged pion <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup></mrow></math> through the Sullivan process in electron-proton scattering. We demonstrate that the cross sections of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi></math> photoproduction and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>ϕ</mi></math> electroproduction near the respective thresholds are dominated by the gluon gravitational form factor of the pion to next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD. We predict cross sections for the Electron-Ion Collider and the Jefferson Lab experiments.

Yoshitaka Hatta

Jakob Schoenleber

Sullivan Process near Threshold and the Pion Gravitational Form Factors