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We discuss the possibility of performing precise tests of $\mu/e$ universality in $B \to\pi \ell^+\ell^-$ decays. We show that in wide regions of the dilepton invariant mass spectrum the ratio between muonic and electronic decay widths can…
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We propose a geometric framework where dispersion relations are viewed as parametric surfaces in energy-momentum space. Within this picture, the presence and type of critical points of the surface emerge as clear geometric signatures of…
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Highlights are presented mainly from two recent measurements of the diffractive Deep Inelastic Scattering cross section at HERA. In the first, the process $ep\to eXp$ is studied by tagging the leading final state proton. In the second,…
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