High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
The central objects in a quantum field theory are its n-point correlation functions and matrix elements. Their structure is determined by Lorentz invariance and leads to tensor decompositions whose Lorentz-invariant coefficient functions…
Next-generation neutrino oscillation experiments such as DUNE require percent-level knowledge of neutrino--nucleon interaction cross sections. The nucleon axial form factor $F_A(Q^2)$, parameterized by the axial mass $\MA$, is the dominant…
The singlet majoron $J$ is the pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson of a global, anomaly-free $U(1)_{B-L}$ symmetry whose spontaneous breaking generates Majorana masses for right-handed neutrinos. At tree level, the only direct coupling of $J$ to…
The recent observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering from solar $^8$B neutrinos in dark matter direct detection experiments has inaugurated the \emph{neutrino fog} era, highlighting the extended potential of these…
The transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) factorization theorem for dijet production in deep-inelastic scattering is used here to make predictions of the gluon Sivers function. We revise the previously studied unpolarized case and develop the…
First-order cosmological phase transitions (PT) can take place in a dark sector at relatively late times between the big-bang nucleosynthesis and recombination epochs. Because bubble nucleation is stochastic, the PT completes at different…
The dark photon is a new gauge boson that naturally arises in many beyond the Standard Model theoretical models, featuring interactions that resemble quantum electrodynamics. Due to this feature, it is often considered the portal between…
We use the EFT developed in \cite{Mehtar-Tani:2025xxd}, to understand the interference driven phenomenon of color decoherence in inclusive jet production in a dense nuclear medium such as Nuclei or Quark Gluon Plasma. Using the…
A compelling production mechanism for QCD axion dark matter is from the scaling dynamics of early universe axion strings. We show that in DFSZ-like models containing tree-level interactions between fermions and the axion, friction between…
The string axiverse predicts a unique connection between the high scales approachable only through theory and the low energies within reach of experimental verification: a multitude of light, feebly interacting axions. In order to capture…
Recent measurements of the CP asymmetry in the decay $D^0 \rightarrow K_S^0 K_S^0$ by the CMS collaboration, $A_{CP}(K_S^0 K_S^0) = (6.2 \pm 3.0 \pm 0.2 \pm 0.8)\%$, and by LHCb, $A_{CP}(D^0 \to K_S^0 K_S^0) = (1.86 \pm 1.04 \pm 0.41)\%$,…
Motivated by the successful application of Heavy Quark Effective Field Theory in describing decays from heavy to light mesons, this work explores its applicability to the semileptonic decays of charmed mesons. So in this paper we…
Leptophilic dark matter (DM) is a well-motivated thermal WIMP framework that can evade stringent nuclear-recoil searches while remaining testable via DM-induced heating of neutron stars (NS). In this work, we study leptophilic scalar DM in…
Recent experimental observations, most notably those reported by the ATOMKI and Positron Annihilation into Dark Matter Experiment (PADME) collaborations, have hinted anomalies that may indicate the presence of a new resonance with a mass…
We develop a differential-form approach to systematically derive the Newman-Penrose null-tetrad equations for Lorentz-violating extensions of Maxwell electrodynamics. The coordinate-independent nature of differential forms allows the…
Flavor hierarchies emerge from a single hierarchical parameter $B$ in a one-flavon Froggatt--Nielsen scheme. Fixing $B=5.357$ from charged-lepton ratios ($m_e:m_\mu:m_\tau\!\propto\!\epsilon^5:\epsilon^2:1$, $\epsilon=1/B$), we reproduce…
In this work, we study the effective running coupling constant of heavy quark pair and jet quenching parameter in the spinning background. Ultra-locally, the boosted fluid is described by the boosted parameter and dual to a globally…
This study investigates the discovery potential of a singly produced vector-like top quark ($T$) at a future muon-proton collider with center-of-mass energies of 5.29, 6.48, and 9.16 TeV, using a model-independent effective Lagrangian…
Using the next-to-leading order (NLO) coefficient functions for exclusive electroproduction of heavy vector mesons derived in our previous work, we perform various phenomenological studies of exclusive electroproduction in $ep$ collisions…
We discuss the production of $D \bar{D}$ pairs in $e^+ e^-$ collisions, where $D$ refers to either $D^0$ or $D^+$. The continuum mechanism with the $t/u$-channel vector-meson $D^*$ exchanges are considered. The results of the calculation…