Ultralong range angular correlations have been recently reported by the ALICE collaboration in pp 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> below <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">d</mi><msub><mi>N</mi><mrow><mi>ch</mi></mrow></msub><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">d</mi><mi>η</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>7</mn></math>. The measurements have been performed as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity at midrapidity (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>N</mi><mrow><mi>ch</mi></mrow></msub></math> in <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>0.8</mn></math>), which is known to be strongly sensitive to local multiplicity fluctuations. The present work investigates the impact of the event-activity estimator on ultralong range angular correlations. The study is conducted in the framework of pythia8 with the string shoving mechanism since it gives a nonzero elliptic flow coefficient, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>V</mi><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi></mrow></msub></math>. Such collectivelike effects arise from repulsive interactions between overlapping color strings, without invoking hydrodynamic collectivity. The analysis is conducted as a function of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>N</mi><mrow><mi>ch</mi></mrow></msub></math>, the number of parton-parton scatterings (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>N</mi><mrow><mi>mpi</mi></mrow></msub></math>) and flattenicity. Surprisingly, for ultralong range correlations, pp collisions with <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>N</mi><mrow><mi>mpi</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></math> (dijets) seem to be the most sensitive to string shoving. The effect diminishes with increasing <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>N</mi><mrow><mi>mpi</mi></mrow></msub></math>. While in data, within uncertainties, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>V</mi><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi></mrow></msub></math> exhibits a weak multiplicity dependence; the string shoving mechanism gives a <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>V</mi><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi></mrow></msub></math> that decreases with the increase in <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>N</mi><mrow><mi>ch</mi></mrow></msub></math>. The present work therefore supports the picture stating that mechanisms such as string shoving might explain the low multiplicity limit, whereas, hydro becomes relevant in high-multiplicity pp collisions. This work also suggests that flattenicity might be more effective than <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>N</mi><mrow><mi>ch</mi></mrow></msub></math> to better handle collectivelike effects.

Mexico

Antonio Ortiz

Dushmanta Sahu

Gyula Bencedi

Finite <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>V</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math> puzzle in low-multiplicity <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>p</mi><mi>p</mi></math> collisions from ultralong-range azimuthal correlations in the string-shoving model

We present an investigation of the structural properties of heavy-light ( $$D, D_s, B, B_s$$ ) and heavy-heavy ( $$B_c$$ ) mesons by incorporating the $\textit{V}$-scheme strong coupling constant $$\alpha _V$$ up to the third-loop order ( $$N^3$$ LO). The inclusion of three-loop radiative corrections is critical to achieving perturbative convergence and effectively canceling renormalon-induced instabilities. A central feature of this work is the rigorous calibration of the string tension $\textit{b}$ using the universal scaling ratio $$R_{n_f} = \Lambda _{\overline{\text {MS}}}^{(n_f)}/\sqrt{b}$$ , matched to the non-perturbative Sommer scale $$r_0$$ from FLAG 2024 averages. By integrating these flavor-dependent $$N^3$$ LO refinements ( $$b \approx 0.1951 \pm 0.0369$$ GeV $$^2$$ ) into a variational Cornell potential framework, we demonstrate a systematic“stiffening”of the internal structure and a physical spatial contraction across successive loop orders. Our $$N^3$$ LO results for root-mean-square (RMS) matter radii and charge radii exhibit remarkable agreement with established benchmarks: specifically, the $$B_c$$ charge radius (0.191 fm) and matter radius (0.2967 fm) align closely with light-front predictions and relativistic quark model studies. Evaluation of the Isgur–Wise function reveals that while higher-order corrections primarily reshape the light-quark spectator cloud, the heavy core localization remains dominated by the constituent mass scale.

India

Rishan Choudhury

Pritom Nath

Jugal Lahkar

Variationally improved structure of heavy-light mesons at $$N^3$$ LO: stiffening effects and universal form factors in the $\textit{V}$-scheme

We present BSkG5, the latest entry in the Brussels-Skyrme-on-a-Grid (BSkG) series and the first large-scale nuclear structure model based on next-to-next-to-leading order (N2LO) Skyrme energy density functional (EDF). By extending the traditional Skyrme EDF ansatz with central terms containing up to four gradients, we are able to combine an excellent global description of nuclear ground state properties with a stiff equation of state for pure neutron matter that is consistent with astronomical observations of neutron stars. More precisely, the new model matches the accuracy of earlier BSkG models but with two parameters less: we achieve root-mean-square deviations of 0.649 MeV for 2457 atomic masses, 0.0267 fm for 810 charge radii, and 0.43 MeV for 45 primary fission barriers of actinide nuclei. We demonstrate that the complexities of N2LO EDFs are not insurmountable, even for demanding many-body calculations.

Belgium

Germany

G. Grams

W. Ryssens

A. Sánchez-Fernández

N.N. Shchechilin

L. González-Miret Zaragoza

P. Demol

N. Chamel

S. Goriely

France

M. Bender

Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass models on a 3D mesh: V. The N2LO extension of the Skyrme EDF

We study correlation numbers in Virasoro minimal string [ ]. Using analytic properties of correlation functions in spacelike and timelike Liouville theories, we verify exact expressions for correlation numbers for the four punctured sphere and the once punctured torus conjectured in [ (2024) 057 ].

Russia

Dmitry Khromov

Alexey Litvinov

On correlation numbers $\textit{V}$ 0$\textit{,}$4 and $\textit{V}$ 1$\textit{,}$1 in Virasoro minimal string theory

Within the framework of nonrelativistic QCD (NRQCD) factorization, and based on the Collins-Soper operator definition of fragmentation functions, we present a systematic calculation of the fragmentation functions for a heavy quark fragmenting into color-singlet $\textit{P}$-wave quarkonium states. After reproducing and confirming the known leading-order results, we further compute the relativistic corrections up to order $$ \mathcal{O}\left({v}^2\right) $$ . Our analysis applies both to quarkonium systems composed of heavy quarks with the same flavor and to $\textit{B}$ -type mesons formed by heavy quarks of different flavors. Numerical results show that, for all color-singlet $\textit{P}$-wave channels, the $$ \mathcal{O}\left({v}^2\right) $$ relativistic corrections give sizable negative contributions over most of the momentum-fraction $\textit{z}$ region. We further compute inclusive cross sections for $\textit{P}$-wave quarkonium plus charmed hadrons in $\textit{e}$ $\textit{e}$ annihilation via the single photon process up to $$ \mathcal{O}\left({v}^2\right) $$ by applying our obtained fragmentation functions, and the resulting predictions are consistent with the full fixed-order results in the high-energy region.

China

Sai Cui

Sheng-Juan Jiang

Guang-Zhi Xu

Kui-Yong Liu

Order-$\textit{v}$ 2 relativistic corrections to heavy-quark fragmentation into $\textit{P}$-wave quarkonium states

The Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR) in 51V has been a long-term conflicting interpretation, with existing photoneutron cross section data suggesting either a single peak or a pronounced splitting, leading to opposite conclusions on nuclear deformation. A new measurement of the 51V( <italic>&#947;</italic>,1n) cross section, performed at the Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source (SLEGS) facility, employs a refined monochromatic cross section extraction method. By integrating Polynomial Regression and Support Vector Regression (SVR) for robust interpolation and extrapolation, the new extracted monoenergetic cross sections exhibit a single, broad peak with no evidence of GDR splitting. Re-analysis of the reported splitting shows that any deformation extracted from such a structure would be relatively weaker than those of neighboring nuclei, providing a support for a spherical or near-spherical shape of 51V. Furthermore, we found that deliberately overfitting the data using an SVR model reproduces multi-peak structures similar to those reported in historical datasets, implying that the previously claimed splitting might originated from analysis artifacts rather than physical phenomena.

Zi-Rui Hao

Gong-Tao Fan

Chen Chen

Qian-Kun Sun

Hong-Wei Wang

Yi-Fei Niu

Hang-Hua Xu

Long-Xiang Liu

Yue Zhang

Yu-Xuan Yang

Kai-Jie Chen

Zhi-Cai Li

Pu Jiao

Meng-Die Zhou

Shan Ye

Zhen-Wei Wang

Xiang-Fei Wang

Meng-Ke Xu

Yu-Long Shen

Chang Yang

Jia-Wen Ding

New measurement of 51V( <italic>&#947;</italic>,1n) cross section through the refined monochromatic cross section extraction method

We consider the V-A Fermi interaction and apply an earlier developed method for summing up the leading asymptotics for scattering amplitudes in non-renormalizable theories. We consider the amplitude of fermion-antifermion scattering and derive the corresponding RG equation that sums the leading logarithmic contributions just like in renormalizable models. Numerical solution of this equation in the asymptotic regime <italic>s</italic>&#8239;&#8764;&#8239; <italic>t</italic>&#8239;&#8764;&#8239; <italic>u</italic>&#8239;&#8764;&#8239; <italic>E</italic> 2&#8239;&#8594;&#8239;&#8734; leads to amplitude logarithmically decreasing with energy, thus restoring the unitarity violated at the tree level.

Arthur Borlakov

Dmitry Kazakov

Asymptotic freedom of V-A Fermi interaction

In light of ongoing issues with the first-row unitarity test of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix, we showcase a global fit to measurements of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>K</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mo>ℓ</mo><mi>ν</mi></math>, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>K</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>π</mi><mo>ℓ</mo><mi>ν</mi></math>, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>τ</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>K</mi><mi>ν</mi></math>, and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>τ</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>K</mi><mi>π</mi><mi>ν</mi></math> decays for the first time. Fitting the semileptonic and three-body <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>τ</mi></math> decay data simultaneously becomes computationally feasible because we employ a simple form factor parametrization for the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>K</mi><mi>π</mi></math> form factor that manifestly connects the semileptonic and pair-production regions. We find good agreement with the data and use our analyses to infer <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mo stretchy="false">|</mo><msub><mi>V</mi><mrow><mi>u</mi><mi>s</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">|</mo></math> and the parameters for the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>K</mi><mi>π</mi></math> form factors. Our result for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mo stretchy="false">|</mo><msub><mi>V</mi><mrow><mi>u</mi><mi>s</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">|</mo></math> sits close to the results extracted from exclusive <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>K</mi><mrow><mo>ℓ</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math> and somewhat above the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>K</mi><mrow><mo>ℓ</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msub></math> decay and inclusive <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>τ</mi></math> decay result. Moreover, our results for the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>K</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>π</mi></math> vector form factor at zero momentum transfer are compatible with lattice QCD determinations, despite not using lattice QCD inputs for this quantity in our fit of the hadronic matrix elements. We are further able to determine some of the pole parameters of the individual scalar and vector <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>K</mi><mi>π</mi></math> resonances with masses below the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>τ</mi></math> mass. We caution that our results account only for short-distance electromagnetic corrections but not long-distance contributions; this is due to the lack of a consistent description of long-distance corrections to the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>K</mi><mi>π</mi></math> matrix elements both above and below threshold for an arbitrary model of the form factors.

United Kingdom

Matthew Kirk

Danny van Dyk

Global determination of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mo stretchy="false">|</mo><msub><mrow><mi>V</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>u</mi><mi>s</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">|</mo></mrow></math>

Within the framework of nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics (NRQCD) factorization, we compute the $$ \mathcal{O}\left({v}^4\right) $$ relativistic corrections to the fragmentation of a heavy quark into the color-singlet $$ {}^1{S}_0^{\left[1\right]} $$ and $$ {}^3{S}_1^{\left[1\right]} $$ quarkonium states. Using the Collins-Soper definition of the fragmentation function, we reproduce the known $$ \mathcal{O}\left({v}^2\right) $$ results. We find that the $$ \mathcal{O}\left({v}^4\right) $$ correction gives a positive contribution relative to the leading order result over a wide range of the light-cone momentum fraction $\textit{z}$, while its magnitude remains much smaller than that of the $$ \mathcal{O}\left({v}^2\right) $$ correction. This behavior indicates a good convergence of the NRQCD relativistic expansion in this process. We further extend the calculation to the fragmentation functions in the unequal-mass case at $$ \mathcal{O}\left({v}^4\right) $$ and obtain the corresponding analytical expressions.

Yi-Jie Li

Order-$\textit{v}$ 4 corrections to heavy quark fragmentation to $\textit{S}$-wave heavy quarkonium

This paper presents a search for new physics through the process where a massive particle, X, decays into a Higgs boson and a second particle, Y. The Higgs boson subsequently decays into a bottom quark–antiquark pair, which is reconstructed as a single large-radius jet. The decay products of Yare also assumed to produce a single large-radius jet. The identification of the Yparticle is enhanced by computing the anomaly score of its candidate jet using an autoencoder, which measures deviations from typical quark- or gluon-induced jets. This allows a simultaneous search for multiple Ydecay scenarios within a single analysis. In the main benchmark process, Yis a scalar particle that decays into a Wboson pair. Two other scalar Ydecay processes are also considered as benchmarks: decays to a light quark–antiquark pair, and decays to a top quark–antiquark pair. A fourth benchmark process considers Yas a hadronically decaying top quark, arising from the decay of a vector-like quark into a top quark and a Higgs boson. Data recorded by the CMS experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 $$\,\text {Te}\hspace{-.08em}\text {V}$$ in 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 $$\,\text {fb}^{-1}$$ , are analyzed. The search covers Xmasses between 1.4 and 3.0 $$\,\text {Te}\hspace{-.08em}\text {V}$$ and Ymasses between 90 and 400 $$\,\text {Ge}\hspace{-.08em}\text {V}$$ , with all simulated signals produced in the narrow-width approximation. No significant excess above the standard model background expectation is observed. The most stringent upper limits to date are placed on benchmark signal cross sections for various masses of X and Y particles

Armenia

A. Hayrapetyan

V. Makarenko

A. Tumasyan

Austria

W. Adam

J. Andrejkovic

L. Benato

T. Bergauer

M. Dragicevic

C. Giordano

P. Hussain

M. Jeitler

N. Krammer

A. Li

D. Liko

M. Matthewman

I. Mikulec

J. Schieck

R. Schöfbeck

D. Schwarz

M. Shooshtari

M. Sonawane

W. Waltenberger

C.E. Wulz

T. Janssen

H. Kwon

D. Ocampo Henao

T. Laer

P. Mechelen

J. Bierkens

N. Breugelmans

J. D’Hondt

S. Dansana

A. Moor

M. Delcourt

F. Heyen

Y. Hong

P. Kashko

S. Lowette

I. Makarenko

D. Müller

J. Song

S. Tavernier

M. Tytgat

G. Onsem

S. Putte

D. Vannerom

B. Bilin

B. Clerbaux

A. Das

I. Bruyn

G. Lentdecker

H. Evard

L. Favart

P. Gianneios

A. Khalilzadeh

F. Khan

A. Malara

M. Shahzad

L. Thomas

M. Vanden Bemden

C. Vander Velde

P. Vanlaer

F. Zhang

M. Coen

D. Dobur

G. Gokbulut

J. Knolle

D. Marckx

K. Skovpen

N. Bossche

J. Linden

J. Vandenbroeck

L. Wezenbeek

S. Bein

A. Benecke

A. Bethani

G. Bruno

A. Cappati

J. Favereau De Jeneret

C. Delaere

A. Giammanco

A. Guzel

V. Lemaitre

J. Lidrych

P. Malek

P. Mastrapasqua

S. Turkcapar

Brazil

G. Alves

M. Barroso Ferreira Filho

E. Coelho

C. Hensel

T. Oliveira

C. Mora Herrera

P. Rebello Teles

M. Soeiro

E. Tonelli Manganote

A. Vilela Pereira

W. Aldá Júnior

H. Brandao Malbouisson

W. Carvalho

Search for resonances decaying to an anomalous jet and a Higgs boson in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=13\,\text {Te}\hspace{-.08em}\text {V} $$