Nuclear physics
View article: Carbon isotope discrimination and yield of winter wheat in an agrivoltaic system (Heggelbach, Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany) from 2016/17 - 2019/20
Carbon isotope discrimination and yield of winter wheat in an agrivoltaic system (Heggelbach, Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany) from 2016/17 - 2019/20 Open
View article: Carbon isotope discrimination and yield of winter wheat in an agrivoltaic system (Heggelbach, Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany) from 2016/17 - 2019/20
Carbon isotope discrimination and yield of winter wheat in an agrivoltaic system (Heggelbach, Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany) from 2016/17 - 2019/20 Open
View article: NORC2017-05-tracer data version 1
NORC2017-05-tracer data version 1 Open
View article: Performance of the prototype Silicon Tracking System of the CBM experiment tested with heavy-ion beams at SIS18
Performance of the prototype Silicon Tracking System of the CBM experiment tested with heavy-ion beams at SIS18 Open
The Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment at the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) is a heavy-ion experiment designed to study nuclear matter at the highest baryonic density. For high-statistics measurements of r…
View article: Dynamical development of strength and stability of asteroid material under 440 GeV proton beam irradiation
Dynamical development of strength and stability of asteroid material under 440 GeV proton beam irradiation Open
LDV displacement data are included in tdms files (each comprising an index file). The acquisition of LDV data was done as follows: 40 ms of pretrigger at 4 kHz After the trigger: 4 MHz for first 5 ms and for 1 ms at 5, 10, 20, and 30 s. 4 …
View article: Dynamical development of strength and stability of asteroid material under 440 GeV proton beam irradiation
Dynamical development of strength and stability of asteroid material under 440 GeV proton beam irradiation Open
LDV displacement data are included in tdms files (each comprising an index file). The acquisition of LDV data was done as follows: 40 ms of pretrigger at 4 kHz …
View article: Virtual screening, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulation reveal new insights into RNA polymerase inhibition for anti-tuberculosis drug discovery.
Virtual screening, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulation reveal new insights into RNA polymerase inhibition for anti-tuberculosis drug discovery. Open
This study highlights the effectiveness of combining virtual screening, molecular docking, MD simulations, and MM-PBSA analysis in identifying promising RNAP inhibitors. The results establish a strong foundation for further experimental va…
View article: Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy
Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy Open
View article: Theoretical Stages of Thermonuclear Device Design: Advanced Hydrodynamic and Nuclear Calculations
Theoretical Stages of Thermonuclear Device Design: Advanced Hydrodynamic and Nuclear Calculations Open
View article: Status of the SCONE Monte Carlo neutron transport code
Status of the SCONE Monte Carlo neutron transport code Open
View article: Ion Jump Motion as the Background for Muon Diffusion in Battery Materials Research Using $μ$SR
Ion Jump Motion as the Background for Muon Diffusion in Battery Materials Research Using $μ$SR Open
It is shown by numerical simulations of muon spin relaxation ($μ$SR) spectra and analysis of these using the Kubo-Toyabe relaxation function $G_z^{\rm KT}(t)$ that the anomalous peak in the fluctuation rate $ν_{\rm KT}$ around a specific t…
View article: Production of excited $Λ_c^+$ baryons through $Λ_b$ hadronic weak decays
Production of excited $Λ_c^+$ baryons through $Λ_b$ hadronic weak decays Open
In this work, to establish a more abundant $Λ_c$ baryon spectrum, we discuss the production potentials of the excited $Λ_c$ baryons through $Λ_b$ hadronic weak decays within a constituent quark model. Based on our successful explanations o…
View article: First multi-institutional systematic comparison of the neutron ambient dose equivalent produced by proton therapy systems
First multi-institutional systematic comparison of the neutron ambient dose equivalent produced by proton therapy systems Open
Objective. Isochronous cyclotrons, synchrocyclotrons, and synchrotrons are used to accelerate protons for proton therapy. An accurate measurement of neutron doses generated by these accelerators and associated delivery systems and its clin…
View article: A Geometric Explanation of Baryonic CP Violation: An AWUT Interpretation of the 2025 CERN Λb Result
A Geometric Explanation of Baryonic CP Violation: An AWUT Interpretation of the 2025 CERN Λb Result Open
The LHCb Collaboration has reported a 2.5% matter–antimatter asymmetry in Λb baryon decays with 5.2σ significance. This is the first confirmed observation of CP violation in baryons. The Standard Model predicts baryonic CP violation at the…
View article: The 20 GeV Fermi Halo Excess: Why Dark Matter Is Not the Only Explanation
The 20 GeV Fermi Halo Excess: Why Dark Matter Is Not the Only Explanation Open
A recent analysis of 15 years of Fermi–LAT data by Totani (2025) reports a statistically significant, approximately spherical gamma-ray excess in the Milky Way halo, with a characteristic spectral peak near 20 GeV. This result has been wid…
View article: Effective LFV couplings at the electron-proton collider
Effective LFV couplings at the electron-proton collider Open
We estimate the accuracy with which the coefficient of the lepton flavour-violating dimension-six operators can be measured at the proposed electron-proton collider. Cuts-based analysis is performed to compute the signal significance at th…
View article: Isotope Production in Muon-Catalyzed-Fusion Systems
Isotope Production in Muon-Catalyzed-Fusion Systems Open
Producing valuable isotopes with high-flux high-energy neutrons generated by muon-catalyzed fusion ($μ$CF) reactions could substantially improve the economic prospects for muon-catalyzed fusion. Because no external heating is required for …
View article: Preliminary calibration procedure for the Phase1 neutron and gamma-ray diagnostics of the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) facility
Preliminary calibration procedure for the Phase1 neutron and gamma-ray diagnostics of the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) facility Open
View article: Study of the reactions $\bar{n} p \to 2π^{+}π^{-}$, $2π^{+}π^{-}π^{0}$, and $2π^{+}π^{-}2π^{0}$ using $J/ψ\to p π^{-}\bar{n}$
Study of the reactions $\bar{n} p \to 2π^{+}π^{-}$, $2π^{+}π^{-}π^{0}$, and $2π^{+}π^{-}2π^{0}$ using $J/ψ\to p π^{-}\bar{n}$ Open
We report an experimental investigation of the reactions $\bar{n} p \to 2π^{+}π^{-}$, $\bar{n} p \to 2π^{+}π^{-}π^{0}$, and $\bar{n} p \to 2π^{+}π^{-}2π^{0}$ using $(10.087 \pm 0.044) \times 10^{9}$ $J/ψ$ events collected with the BESIII d…
View article: Negative fluxes and cell-miss errors in the random ray method
Negative fluxes and cell-miss errors in the random ray method Open
View article: Discovery prospects for photophobic axion-like particles in the $WWjj$ final state at the High-Luminosity LHC
Discovery prospects for photophobic axion-like particles in the $WWjj$ final state at the High-Luminosity LHC Open
We evaluate discovery prospects for photophobic axion-like particles (ALPs) in the $WWjj$ final state at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC; $\sqrt{s}=14$ TeV, $L=3$ ab$^{-1}$). In the photophobic limit ($g_{aγγ}=0$), ALPs couple to electrowe…
View article: Exploring muonphilic dark matter with the $Z_2$-even mediator at muon colliders
Exploring muonphilic dark matter with the $Z_2$-even mediator at muon colliders Open
The Galactic Center GeV Excess (GCE) remains a compelling but enigmatic signal from the inner region of our galaxy. Muonphilic dark matter (DM), which couples exclusively to muons via a new mediator, provides a viable explanation for the G…
View article: A Geometric Explanation of Baryonic CP Violation: An AWUT Interpretation of the 2025 CERN Λb Result
A Geometric Explanation of Baryonic CP Violation: An AWUT Interpretation of the 2025 CERN Λb Result Open
The LHCb Collaboration has reported a 2.5% matter–antimatter asymmetry in Λb baryon decays with 5.2σ significance. This is the first confirmed observation of CP violation in baryons. The Standard Model predicts baryonic CP violation at the…
View article: Atomic Structure from Geometric First Principles: The Aperture-Well Unification Theory
Atomic Structure from Geometric First Principles: The Aperture-Well Unification Theory Open
We present a complete derivation of atomic structure from the Aperture-Well Unification Theory (AWUT), a geometry-first framework requiring only five fundamental inputs: two bubble frequencies (fBlue = 12.37 GHz, fRed = 9.22 GHz), two Plan…
View article: A Unified Multi-Sector Dark Matter Framework: Sterile keV Neutrinos, Substrate GeV Resonances, and Entropy-Curvature Couplings in UFFT/SFT
A Unified Multi-Sector Dark Matter Framework: Sterile keV Neutrinos, Substrate GeV Resonances, and Entropy-Curvature Couplings in UFFT/SFT Open
This white paper integrates the first precision neutrino-oscillation measurements from the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) with two existing theoretical frameworks developed in the Unified Fluid Field Theory (UFFT) and Sub…
View article: Probing the strong interaction between charm hadrons and charged particles with femtoscopy measurements with ALICE
Probing the strong interaction between charm hadrons and charged particles with femtoscopy measurements with ALICE Open
Studies of strong interactions between hadrons provide a valuable opportunity to test Quantum Chromodynamics at nucleon-scale distances. The femtoscopy technique has proven to be an effective tool for studying interactions between unstable…
View article: Observation of a low energy nuclear recoil peak in the neutron calibration data of an <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Al</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> crystal in CRESST-III
Observation of a low energy nuclear recoil peak in the neutron calibration data of an crystal in CRESST-III Open
The current generation of cryogenic solid state detectors used in direct dark matter and CE ν NS searches typically reach energy thresholds of O ( 10 ) eV for nuclear recoils. For a reliable calibration in this energy regime a …
View article: Thermo-coalescence model for light nuclei production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
Thermo-coalescence model for light nuclei production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions Open
We employ a hybrid approach to describe the light nuclei production mechanism where the nucleons are assumed to be thermally produced, and are allowed to form light nuclei using a coalescence prescription. In this approach, we first fit tr…
View article: The phases of QCD reached in terrestrial and cosmic colliders
The phases of QCD reached in terrestrial and cosmic colliders Open
We review the current state of knowledge of the phase diagram of QCD through lattice, effective field theories, and chiral models. Several sections through the three dimensional phase diagram are known for $N_f=2+1$ with good precision. Du…
View article: Deuteron yields near the QCD phase transition
Deuteron yields near the QCD phase transition Open
We investigate the influence of QCD phase transition and critical fluctuations of the critical end point (CEP) on the deuteron yield within the functional renormalization group (fRG) approach, by using the nucleon coalescence model and a l…