This study investigates the intrinsic electric dipole moment (EDM) of the $\textit{τ}$ lepton, which is an important quantity in the search for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). In preparation for future measurements at the Super Tau-Charm Facility (STCF), we employ Monte Carlo simulations of the $ e^+e^- \rightarrow \tau^+\tau^- $ process and optimize the analysis methodology for EDM extraction. Machine learning techniques are implemented to efficiently identify signal events ( $ \tau^\pm\rightarrow \pi^\pm\pi^0\nu_\tau $ ), which result in a significant improvement in signal-to-noise ratio. Our optimized event selection algorithm achieves 80.0% signal purity with 6.3% efficiency. We develop an analytical approach for $\textit{τ}$ lepton momentum reconstruction and derive the squared spin density matrix along with optimal observables, which maximize the sensitivity to $ d_\tau $ . The relationship between these observables and the EDM is established with the estimated sensitivity of $ |d_\tau| \lt 3.89\times 10^{-18}\,e\cdot\mathrm{cm} $ at a 68% confidence level. These results provide a foundation for future experimental measurements of the $\textit{τ}$ lepton EDM in STCF experiments.

China

Xulei Sun

Yongcheng Wu

Xiaorong Zhou

Sensitivity study of the tau lepton electric dipole moment at the Super Tau-Charm Facility * Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFA1602200, 2023YFA1607200); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (12341501, 12341503, 12341504); the international partnership program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (211134KYSB20200057). Xulei Sun is supported by the Undergraduate Research Program of the University of Science and Technology of China and the Xinhe Scholar Program of the School of the Gifted Young

In this study, we investigate a two-component scalar dark matter framework featuring two singlet scalar fields as dark matter candidates. To ensure vacuum stability, we employ copositive criteria for the scalar potential. We analyze four distinct copositive scenarios characterized by specific negative parameter configurations using direct detection constraints. A comprehensive parameter space scan is performed under joint constraints from the observed dark matter relic density and direct detection experiments. The different signs of couplings not only correspond to different copositive criteria but also contribute to different parameter spaces caused by interference. The allowed values of quartic couplings are different for the four different cases; however, they all require the new Higgs to play a dominant role in determining dark matter relic density within the viable parameter space.

Xin-Xin Qi

Hao Sun

Copositive criteria for a two-component dark matter model * Hao Sun is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12075043 and 12147205). XinXin Qi is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12447162)

Lepton flavor violation (LFV) offers a powerful probe of physics beyond the Standard Model, particularly in models addressing neutrino masses and the baryon asymmetry of the universe. In this study, we investigate LFV processes within the framework of type II seesaw leptogenesis, where the Standard Model is extended by an $S U(2)_L$ triplet Higgs field. We focus on key LFV processes, including $\mu^+\to e^+\gamma$ , $\mu^+ \to e^+e^-e^+$ , and $\mu \rightarrow e$ conversion in nuclei, deriving stringent constraints on the parameter space from current experimental data. We scan the 3$\textit{σ}$ range of neutrino oscillation parameters and identify the most conservative bounds consistent with existing measurements. Our results reveal that the MEG experiment currently provides the most stringent constraints in the normal ordering (NO) scenario, while the SINDRUM experiment offers comparable sensitivity in the inverted ordering (IO) case. Future experiments, such as MEG II, Mu3e, Mu2e, and COMET, are predicted to significantly improve the sensitivity, testing larger regions of the parameter space.

Chengcheng Han

Yijun Han

Sihui Huang

Zhanhong Lei

Probing type II seesaw leptogenesis through lepton flavor violation * Chengcheng Han acknowledges supports from the National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFA1606100), the Sun Yat-Sen University Science Foundation, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities at Sun Yat-sen University (24qnpy117) and the Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MOE) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Recent years have seen the development and growth of machine learning in high-energy physics. However, additional effort is required to continue exploring the use of machine learning to its full potential. To simplify the application of the existing algorithms and neural networks and to advance the reproducibility of the analysis, we developed HEP ML LAB ( $ \mathrm{hml}$ ), a Python-based, end-to-end framework for phenomenology studies. It covers the complete workflow from event generation to performance evaluation, and provides a consistent style of use for different approaches. We propose an observable naming convention to streamline the data extraction and conversion processes. In the KERAS style, we provide the traditional cut-and-count and boosted decision trees together with neural networks. We take the $W^+ $ tagging as an example and evaluate all built-in approaches with the metrics of significance and background rejection. With its modular design, HEP ML LAB is easy to extend and customize, and can be used as a tool for both beginners and experienced researchers.

Jing Li

HEP ML LAB: An end-to-end framework for applying machine learning to phenomenology studies * Hao Sun is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12075043)

The IceCube Upgrade will provide unprecedented sensitivity to dark matter particles annihilating in the core of the Sun. For dark matter candidates with spin-dependent couplings to nuclei and that annihilate significantly to tau leptons or neutrinos, we find that the IceCube Upgrade will be capable of testing parameter space that is beyond the reach of existing direct detection experiments. After calculating the sensitivity of the IceCube Upgrade to dark matter annihilation in the Sun, we explore dark matter models that could be tested by this experiment, identifying two classes of scenarios as promising targets for such searches.

United States

Dan Hooper

Fabrizio Vassallo

Searching for dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the IceCube Upgrade

The high-temperature plasma in the solar interior generates stochastic gravitational waves (GWs). Owing to its significance as the primary source of high-frequency GWs in the Solar System, we reexamine this phenomenon by highlighting some physical processes, including the contribution of macroscopic hydrodynamic fluctuations. Our analysis builds upon several studies of axion emission from the Sun, particularly in relation to the treatment of plasma effects. The resulting GW spectrum is comparable to many well-motivated early-Universe signals, yet orders of magnitude below the current sensitivities of axion helioscopes such as (Baby)IAXO.

Spain

Camilo García-Cely

Germany

Andreas Ringwald

Complete Gravitational-Wave Spectrum of the Sun

We probe dark matter-electron scattering using high-energy neutrino observations from the Sun. Dark matter (DM) interacting with electrons can get captured inside the Sun. These captured DM may annihilate to produce different Standard Model (SM) particles. Neutrinos produced from these SM states can be observed in IceCube and DeepCore. Although there is no excess of neutrinos in the solar direction, we find that the current datasets of IceCube and DeepCore set the strongest constraint on the DM-electron scattering cross section in the DM mass range 10–<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mn>10</mn><mn>5</mn></msup><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>GeV</mi></math>. Therefore our work implies that future observations of the Sun by neutrino telescopes have the potential to discover the DM-electron interaction.

India

Australia

Tarak Nath Maity

Akash Kumar Saha

Sagnik Mondal

Ranjan Laha

Neutrinos from the Sun can discover dark matter-electron scattering

The solar steady emission in gamma rays is due to the interactions of Galactic cosmic rays with the solar atmosphere and with the low-energy solar photon field via inverse Compton scattering. The emission is sensitive to the magnetic field nearby the Sun and to the cosmic-ray transport in the magnetic field in the inner Solar System. Modeling the inverse Compton emission in the presence of a magnetic field is, therefore, crucial to better interpret the observations. In a previous work, we have presented a comprehensive calculation of the secondary productions due to the collision of cosmic rays with the solar atmosphere in the presence of magnetic fields. In this paper, we present a general approach to calculate the (anisotropic) inverse Compton scattering in a 3D Monte Carlo simulation, also in the presence of magnetic and electric fields. After a short review of the scattering process of photons with electrons, examples of inverse Compton emission are presented, including the predictions for the Sun.

Italy

M.N. Mazziotta

3D Monte Carlo calculation of the inverse Compton emission from the Sun and stars in the presence of magnetic and electric fields

The discovery of solar neutrinos confirmed that the inner workings of the Sun generally match our theoretical understanding of the fusion process. Solar neutrinos have also played a role in discovering that neutrinos have mass and that they oscillate. We combine the latest solar neutrino data along with other oscillation data from reactors to determine the Sun's density profile. We derive constraints given the current data and show the anticipated improvements with more reactor neutrino data from JUNO constraining the true oscillation parameters and more solar neutrino data from DUNE which should provide a crucial measurement of <italic>hep</italic> neutrinos.

Peter B. Denton

Charles Gourley

Determining the density of the sun with neutrinos

In this study, we investigate the $R^2$ corrections to the dissociation of heavy quarkonium in the Gauss-Bonnet gravitational background. We analyze the impact of the Gauss-Bonnet parameter $\lambda_{\rm GB}$ on the spectral function of charmonium and bottomonium and examine the effect of $\lambda_{\rm GB}$ on the dissociation of heavy quarkonium. Our results show that $\lambda_{\rm GB}$ reduces the peak height and increases the peak width of the spectral function, suggesting that $\lambda_{\rm GB}$ enhances the dissociation of heavy quarkonium. We also discuss the variation in the dissociation of heavy quarkonium with the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density and observe that the dissociation is easier in more perfect plasma. Additionally, we observe that the temperature decreases the peak height and widens the peak, thereby accelerating the dissociation.

Zhou-Run Zhu

Manman Sun

Rui Zhou

Jinzhong Han

$\textit{R}$ $^{2}$ corrections to holographic heavy quarkonium dissociation * Rui Zhou supported by the Science and Technology Development Plan Project of Henan Province, China (242102230085), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12404470), the High Level Talents Research and Startup Foundation Projects for Doctors of Zhoukou Normal University, China (ZKNUC2023017). Manman Sun supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12305076). Zhou-Run Zhu supported by the High Level Talents Research and Startup Foundation Projects for Doctors of Zhoukou Normal University, China (ZKNUC2023018)