# The European Physical Journal C

## List of Papers (Total 3,173)

#### Heavy neutrino mixing in the T2HK, the T2HKK and an extension of the T2HK with a detector at Oki Islands

We study the discovery potential for the mixing of heavy isospin-singlet neutrinos in extensions of the Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) experiment, the Tokai-to-Hyper-Kamiokande (T2HK), the Tokai-to-Hyper-Kamiokande-to-Korea (T2HKK) with a Korea detector with $\simeq 1000$ km baseline length and $1^\circ$ off-axis angle, and a plan of adding a small detector at Oki Islands to the T2HK. ...

#### S- and T-self-dualities in dilatonic $f(R)$ theories

We search for theories, in general spacetime dimensions, that would incorporate a dilaton and higher powers of the scalar Ricci curvature such that they have exact S- or T-self-dualities. The theories we find are free of Ostrogradsky instabilities. We also show that within the framework we are confining ourselves, a theory of the form mentioned above cannot have both T- and ...

#### Impact of the heavy-quark matching scales in PDF fits

We investigate the impact of displaced heavy-quark matching scales in a global fit. The heavy-quark matching scale $\mu _{m}$ determines at which energy scale $\mu$ the QCD theory transitions from $N_{F}$ to $N_{F}+1$ in the variable flavor number scheme (VFNS) for the evolution of the parton distribution functions (PDFs) and strong coupling $\alpha _S(\mu )$. We study ...

#### Very heavy dark Skyrmions

A dark sector with a solitonic component provides a means to circumvent the problem of generically low annihilation cross sections of very heavy dark matter particles. At the same time, enhanced annihilation cross sections are necessary for indirect detection of very heavy dark matter components beyond 100 TeV. Non-thermally produced dark matter in this mass range could therefore ...

#### Electromagnetic dipole moments of charged baryons with bent crystals at the LHC

We propose a unique program of measurements of electric and magnetic dipole moments of charm, beauty and strange charged baryons at the LHC, based on the phenomenon of spin precession of channeled particles in bent crystals. Studies of crystal channeling and spin precession of positively- and negatively-charged particles are presented, along with feasibility studies and expected ...

#### Precise predictions for $V+$ jets dark matter backgrounds

High-energy jets recoiling against missing transverse energy (MET) are powerful probes of dark matter at the LHC. Searches based on large MET signatures require a precise control of the $Z(\nu {\bar{\nu }})+$ jet background in the signal region. This can be achieved by taking accurate data in control regions dominated by $Z(\ell ^+\ell ^-)+$ jet, $W(\ell \nu )+$ jet and ...

#### Two Ramond–Ramond corrections to type II supergravity via field-theory amplitude

Motivated by the standard form of the string-theory amplitude, we calculate the field-theory amplitude to complete the higher-derivative terms in type II supergravity theories in their conventional form. We derive explicitly the $O(\alpha '^3)$ interactions for the RR (Ramond–Ramond) fields with graviton, B-field and dilaton in the low-energy effective action of type II ...

#### Global fits of GUT-scale SUSY models with GAMBIT

We present the most comprehensive global fits to date of three supersymmetric models motivated by grand unification: the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model (CMSSM), and its Non-Universal Higgs Mass generalisations NUHM1 and NUHM2. We include likelihoods from a number of direct and indirect dark matter searches, a large collection of electroweak precision and flavour ...

#### Bouncing solutions from generalized EoS

We present an exact analytical bouncing solution for a closed universe filled with only one exotic fluid with negative pressure, obeying a generalized equation of state (GEoS) of the form $p(\rho )=A\rho +B\rho ^{\lambda }$, where A, B and $\lambda$ are constants. In our solution $A=-1/3$, $\lambda =1/2$, and $B<0$ is kept as a free parameter. For particular values of ...

#### Generating a resonance-like structure in the reaction $B_c\rightarrow B_s \pi \pi$

We investigate the process $B_c^+\rightarrow B_s^0\pi ^+\pi ^0$ via $B\bar{K}^*$ rescattering. The kinematic conditions for triangle singularities are perfectly satisfied in the rescattering diagrams. A resonance-like structure around the $B\bar{K}$ threshold, which we denote X(5777), is predicted to be present in the invariant mass distribution of $B_s^0 \pi ^+$. Because ...

#### Testing holographic conjectures of complexity with Born–Infeld black holes

In this paper, we use Born–Infeld black holes to test two recent holographic conjectures of complexity, the “Complexity = Action” (CA) duality and “Complexity = Volume 2.0” (CV) duality. The complexity of a boundary state is identified with the action of the Wheeler–deWitt patch in CA duality, while this complexity is identified with the spacetime volume of the WdW patch in CV ...

#### A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: III. De Sitter effect and the LARES 2 space experiment

In two previous papers we presented the LARES 2 space experiment aimed at a very accurate test of frame-dragging and at other tests of fundamental physics and measurements of space geodesy and geodynamics. We presented the error sources of the LARES 2 experiment, its error budget and Monte Carlo simulations and covariance analyses confirming an accuracy of a few parts in one ...

#### Two particle entanglement and its geometric duals

We show that for a system of two entangled particles, there is a dual description to the particle equations in terms of classical theory of conformally stretched spacetime. We also connect these entangled particle equations with Finsler geometry. We show that this duality translates strongly coupled quantum equations in the pilot-wave limit to weakly coupled geometric equations.

#### Updated search for long-lived particles decaying to jet pairs

A search is presented for long-lived particles with a mass between 25 and 50$\,\mathrm{GeV}/c^{2}$ and a lifetime between 2 and 500 ps, using proton–proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.0$\,\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$, collected by the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The particles are assumed to be pair-produced in the decay of a ...

#### Higgs mass prediction in the MSSM at three-loop level in a pure $\overline{{\text {DR}}}$ context

The impact of the three-loop effects of order $\alpha _t\alpha _s^2$ on the mass of the light CP-even Higgs boson in the ${\text {MSSM}}$ is studied in a pure $\overline{{\text {DR}}}$ context. For this purpose, we implement the results of Kant et al. (JHEP 08:104, 2010) into the C++ module Himalaya and link it to FlexibleSUSY, a Mathematica and C++ package to create spectrum ...

#### The effective action of a BPS Alice string

Recently a BPS Alice string has been found in a $U(1)\times SO(3)$ gauge theory coupled with three charged complex scalar fields in the triplet representation (in JHEP 1709:046 arXiv:​1703.​08971 [hep-th], 2017). It is a half BPS state preserving a half of the supercharges when embedded into a supersymmetric gauge theory. In this paper, we study zero modes of a BPS Alice string. ...

#### Bianchi type I expanding universe in Weyl-invariant gravity with a quartic interaction term

We will focus on the effect of a Weyl-invariant model with a quadratic interaction term and a free scalar field $\psi$. A set of analytic solutions will be obtained for this model. This model provides a dynamical alternative to the standard $\Lambda$CDM model. In particular, we will show that the quartic Weyl-invariant model prediction is consistent with the Hubble diagram ...

#### Towards tomography of quark–gluon plasma using double inclusive forward-central jets in Pb–Pb collision

We propose a new framework, merging High Energy Factorization with final-state jet quenching effects due to interactions in a quark–gluon plasma, to compute di-jet rates at mid-rapidity and forward rapidity. It allows one to consistently study the interplay of initial-state effects with medium interactions, opening the possibility for understanding the dynamics of hard probes in ...

#### Two Higgs doublet models and $b\rightarrow s$ exclusive decays

We computed the leading order Wilson coefficients relevant to all the exclusive $b\rightarrow s\ell ^+\ell ^-$ decays in the framework of the two Higgs doublet model (2HDM) with a softly broken $\mathbb {Z}_2$ symmetry by including the $\mathcal {O}(m_b)$ corrections. We elucidate the issue of appropriate matching between the full and the effective theory when dealing with ...

#### Development of $^{100}\hbox {Mo}$ -containing scintillating bolometers for a high-sensitivity neutrinoless double-beta decay search

This paper reports on the development of a technology involving $^{100}\hbox {Mo}$-enriched scintillating bolometers, compatible with the goals of CUPID, a proposed next-generation bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Large mass ($\sim 1~\hbox {kg}$), high optical quality, radiopure $^{100}\hbox {Mo}$-containing zinc and lithium molybdate ...

#### Maxi-sizing the trilinear Higgs self-coupling: how large could it be?

In order to answer the question on how much the trilinear Higgs self-coupling could deviate from its Standard Model value in weakly coupled models, we study both theoretical and phenomenological constraints. As a first step, we discuss this question by modifying the Standard Model using effective operators. Considering constraints from vacuum stability and perturbativity, we show ...

#### Horndeski gravity and the violation of reverse isoperimetric inequality

We consider Einstein–Horndeski–Maxwell gravity, together with a cosmological constant and multiple Horndeski axions. We construct charged AdS planar black holes in general dimensions where the Horndeski axions span over the planar directions. We analyze the thermodynamics and obtain the black hole volumes. We show that the reverse isoperimetric inequality can be violated, implying ...

#### FlavBit: a GAMBIT module for computing flavour observables and likelihoods

Flavour physics observables are excellent probes of new physics up to very high energy scales. Here we present FlavBit, the dedicated flavour physics module of the global-fitting package GAMBIT. FlavBit includes custom implementations of various likelihood routines for a wide range of flavour observables, including detailed uncertainties and correlations associated with LHCb ...

#### GAMBIT: the global and modular beyond-the-standard-model inference tool

We describe the open-source global fitting package GAMBIT: the Global And Modular Beyond-the-Standard-Model Inference Tool. GAMBIT combines extensive calculations of observables and likelihoods in particle and astroparticle physics with a hierarchical model database, advanced tools for automatically building analyses of essentially any model, a flexible and powerful system for ...