Nuclear Theory·nucl-th

Thursday·October 24, 2024

6 papers—3 primary·3 cross-listed

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Exploring Particle Production and Thermal-Like Behavior through Quantum Entanglement
Alek Hutson🇺🇸 · Rene Bellwied🇺🇸
Recent studies have shown a potential correlation between the entanglement of initial state partons in elementary particle collisions, as conceptualized by contemporary quantum and particle theory, and the final state multiplicity distribution of hadrons produced in experiments like those at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It has been proposed that this relation between states can be demonstrated in a measurement of entropy. By showing equality between entanglement entropy in the initial state and thermodynamic entropy in the final state, we hope to demonstrate that not only is entanglement the driving mechanism behind matter generation, but also the thermal-like behavior seen in high energy particle collisions.
↳ hep-phhep-thnucl-exnucl-thUniverse(2026)·2 citations
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Overview on the theory and phenomenology of generalized parton distributions
Jian-Wei Qiu🇺🇸 · Zhite Yu🇺🇸
We give a brief overview on the theory and phenomenology of generalized parton distributions (GPDs), including the recently developed framework of single-diffractive hard exclusive process for matching GPDs to experimental observables. We concentrate on the extraction of GPDs from experimental processes, especially on the challenges and potential solutions regarding the separation of different GPDs and the extraction of $x$ -dependence of GPDs, which is critically important for constructing the tomographic images and matching the $x$ -moments of GPDs to various emergent hadron properties.
↳ hep-phnucl-exnucl-thPoS(2024)·1 citation
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Novel approach to investigate ATOMKI anomaly using Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills detectors
Bhaskar Dutta🇺🇸 · Bai-Shan Hu🇺🇸 · Wei-Chih Huang🇺🇸 · Richard G. Van de Water🇺🇸
ATOMKI nuclear anomaly has suggested a new BSM (Beyond the Standard Model) boson with mass $\sim 17$ MeV emitted from excited nuclei and quickly decays into a pair of $e^{+} e^{-}$ . In order to search for the new particle, we propose a new approach that utilizes the ongoing Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) 10-ton LAr (liquid argon) detectors. The neutrons from the Lujan target can scatter inelastically by the PMT glass in the CCM detector can produce the new boson which solves the ATOMKI anomaly. The new boson can be detected from its decay to a $e^{+} e^{-}$ pair. We find that CCM probes a large area of the anomaly-allowable parameter space. We also show the prediction for a 100-ton LAr detector and 5-ton EOS water detector.
↳ hep-phnucl-thPRL(2025)·7 citations

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Exploring Particle Production and Thermal-Like Behavior through Quantum Entanglement

Overview on the theory and phenomenology of generalized parton distributions

Novel approach to investigate ATOMKI anomaly using Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills detectors

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