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We continue our endeavor to investigate lepton number violating (LNV) processes at low energy in the framework of effective field theory (EFT). In this work we study the LNV tau decays $\tau^+\rightarrow \ell^-P_i^{+}P_j^{+}$, where…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-08-02 Yi Liao , Xiao-Dong Ma , Hao-Lin Wang

Previous studies of the reaction ${}^{3}\mathrm{He} +{}^{4}\mathrm{He} \rightarrow {}^{7}\mathrm{Be} + \gamma$ have focused on providing the best central value and error bar for the $S$ factor at solar energies. Measurements of this capture…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-04-22 Xilin Zhang , Kenneth M. Nollett , D. R. Phillips

We present the explicit construction of the effective field theory (EFT) of standard model mass eigenstates. The EFT, which is invariant under $U(1)_{\text{e.m.}}\times SU(3)_c$, is constructed based on the on-shell method and Young Tableau…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-09-22 Zi-Yu Dong , Teng Ma , Jing Shu , Zi-Zheng Zhou

The scattering of dark matter particles off nuclei in direct detection experiments can be described in terms of a multidimensional effective field theory (EFT). A new systematic analysis technique is developed using the EFT approach and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 H. E. Rogers , D. G. Cerdeno , P. Cushman , F. Livet , V. Mandic

We develop an effective field theory (EFT) for nuclear vibrations. The key ingredients - quadrupole degrees of freedom, rotational invariance, and a breakdown scale around the three-phonon level - are taken from data. The EFT is developed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-12-15 E. A. Coello Pérez , T. Papenbrock

Chiral effective field theory (EFT) provides a systematic and controlled approach to low-energy nuclear physics. Here, we use chiral EFT to calculate low-energy weak Gamow-Teller transitions. We put special emphasis on the role of two-body…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Doron Gazit

We have studied the 7Be(p,photon)8B reaction in the Halo effective field theory (EFT) framework. The leading order (LO) results were published in Phys.Rev.C89,051602(2014) after the isospin mirror process, 7Li(n,photon)8Li, was addressed in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-08-28 Xilin Zhang , Kenneth M. Nollett , D. R. Phillips

We compute the $S$-factor of the proton-proton ($pp$) fusion reaction using chiral effective field theory ($\chi$EFT) up to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) and perform a rigorous uncertainty analysis of the results. We quantify the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-07-27 B. Acharya , B. D. Carlsson , A. Ekström , C. Forssén , L. Platter

The superheavy nuclei push the periodic table of the elements and the chart of the nuclides to their limits, providing a unique laboratory for studies of the electron-nucleus interactions. The most important weak decay mode in known…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 A. Ravlić , P. Schwerdtfeger , W. Nazarewicz

We present a systematic, quasi-automated methodology for generating electronic models in the framework of second-principles density functional theory (SPDFT). This approach enables the construction of accurate and computationally efficient…

We compute the electric form factors of one-neutron halo nuclei with shallow D-wave states up to next-to-leading order and the E2 transition from the S-wave to the D-wave state up to leading order in Halo Effective Field Theory (Halo EFT).…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-10-04 J. Braun , W. Elkamhawy , R. Roth , H. -W. Hammer

The cross section for the thermal neutron capture by the deuteron is calculated with pionless Effective Field Theory(EFT). No new Three-Nucleon forces are needed up to next-to-next-to-leading order in order to achieve cut-off independent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 H. Sadeghi , S. Bayegan , Harald W. Griesshammer

We present a comprehensive re-evaluation of the $ft$ values in superallowed nuclear $\beta$ decays crucial for the precise determination of $V_{ud}$ and low-energy tests of the electroweak Standard Model. It consists of the first, fully…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-11 Chien-Yeah Seng , Mikhail Gorchtein

Chiral effective field theory (EFT) predictions are necessarily truncated at some order in the EFT expansion, which induces an error that must be quantified for robust statistical comparisons to experiment. In previous work, a Bayesian…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-28 J. A. Melendez , S. Wesolowski , R. J. Furnstahl

We introduce an efficient finite-element approach for large-scale real-space pseudopotential density functional theory (DFT) calculations incorporating noncollinear magnetism and spin-orbit coupling. The approach, implemented within the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-11 Nikhil Kodali , Phani Motamarri

Effective Field Theory (EFT) stands as a cornerstone in modern theoretical physics, offering a powerful framework for describing the dynamics of physical systems across a wide range of energy scales. This article provides an in-depth…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-15 Waqas Riaz

We present a more efficient method for constructing the complete EFT operator basis for particles of any mass and spin, based on on-shell method and Young tableaux. By classifying the amplitude bases according to the polarization…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-12-31 Ziyu Dong , Teng Ma , Chengjie Yang , Zizheng Zhou

The stationary functional of the all-electron density functional plus dynamical mean field theory (DFT+DMFT) formalism to perform free energy calculations and structural relaxations is implemented for the first time. Here, the first order…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-12-23 Kristjan Haule , Turan Birol

The nuclear-electronic orbital (NEO) method is a well-established approach for treating nuclei quantum mechanically in molecular systems beyond the usual Born-Oppenheimer approximation. In this work, we present a strategy to implement the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-06-29 Jianhang Xu , Ruiyi Zhou , Zhen Tao , Christopher Malbon , Volker Blum , Sharon Hammes-Schiffer , Yosuke Kanai

I review the main features of the effective field theory (EFT) behind scenarios of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking, placing particular emphasis on the systematics and the parallels that can be drawn with Chiral Perturbation Theory.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-12-23 Oscar Cata