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Emilie Passemar

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Coupled-channel Omn\`es matrix for the $D$-wave isoscalar $\pi\pi/K\bar K$ system and its application to $J/\psi\to\pi^{0}\pi^{0}\gamma,\,K_{S}K_{S}\gamma$

In this work, we construct the $D$-wave isoscalar $\pi\pi/K\bar K$ coupled-channel Omn\`es matrix, formulated to satisfy unitarity, analyticity, and the appropriate asymptotic behavior. We employ a two-channel $K$-matrix model containing poles associated with the $f_{2}(1270)$ and $f_{2}'(1525)$ resonances. The resulting unitary scattering matrix, which reproduces the experimental $\pi\pi\to\pi\pi$ and $\pi\pi\to K\bar K$ data and PDG information, serves as input to the homogeneous two-channel Muskhelishvili-Omn\`es equation. We compare our Omn\`es matrix with previous constructions based on $\pi\pi\to K\bar K$ phases extracted from sums of Breit-Wigner amplitudes. The Omn\`es matrix developed here provides a reliable dispersive input for form-factor calculations and resonance studies in the tensor-meson sector. As an application, we show that it enables a simultaneous and accurate description of the BESIII $J/\psi\to\pi^{0}\pi^{0}\gamma$ and $J/\psi\to K_{S}K_{S}\gamma$ spectra in the $J=2$ electric-dipole (E1) partial wave.

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The Electric Dipole Moment of the electron in the decoupling limit of the aligned Two-Higgs Doublet Model

We present a discussion of model-independent contributions to the EDM of the electron. We focus on those contributions that emerge from a heavy scalar sector that is linearly realized. In particular, we explore the decoupling limit of the aligned 2HDM. In this model, Barr-Zee diagrams with a fermion loop produce logarithmically-enhanced contributions that are proportional to potentially large new sources of CP violation. In the decoupling limit these contributions are generated by effective dimension-6 operators via the mixing of four-fermion operators into electroweak dipole operators. These logarithmic contributions are not present in more constrained versions of the 2HDM where a $\mathcal Z_2$ symmetry is imposed, which then controls the basis of effective operators needed to describe the new physics contributions to the electron EDM. Thus, the $\mathcal Z_2$ symmetry provides a suppression mechanism. In the course of the comparison of the results from the aligned 2HDM with the leading logarithms from SMEFT, we needed to specify or correct signs of expressions found in the literature. We then study how the experimental bounds on the electron EDM constrain the set of parameters of the aligned 2HDM.

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The electron EDM in the decoupling limit of the aligned 2HDM

We discuss model-independent contributions to the electron EDM, focusing on those contributions emerging from a heavy scalar sector linearly realized. To provide a concrete new physics realization, we investigate the aligned 2HDM in the decoupling limit. We point out that logarithmically enhanced contributions generated from Barr-Zee diagrams with a fermion loop are present in the aligned 2HDM, an effect encoded in the decoupling limit by effective dimension-6 operators, through the mixing of four-fermion into dipole operators. The same large logarithms are absent in specific 2HDMs where a $\mathcal Z_2$ symmetry is enforced, which thus controls the basis of effective operators relevant for calculating new physics contributions to EDMs. In other words, the $\mathcal Z_2$ symmetry acts as a suppression mechanism. In the aligned 2HDM these contributions are proportional to sources of CP violation that are potentially large, and absent in presence of the $\mathcal Z_2$ symmetry. We then investigate the impact on the electron EDM of this extended set of free parameters.

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Hadronic Decays of a Higgs-mixed Scalar

One of the portals to new physics is a light scalar coupled to the Standard Model (SM) Higgs. In this paper we focus on hadronic decays of such a scalar in the regime where QCD dynamics is nonperturbative, resulting, e.g., in decays to pairs of pions or kaons, while also allowing for scalar couplings to the SM fermions to deviate from the Higgs-mixed light scalar limit. Representations of the corresponding form factors can be obtained using dispersive techniques, however, several sources of uncertainty affect the final results. We reexamine these decays, paying special attention to the quantification of uncertainties. For the light Higgs-mixed scalar scenario, we compare our results with previous works. For a general set of couplings of the light scalar to Standard Model fields, we provide a public code, {\tt hipsofcobra}, to compute the decay widths.

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Weak Decays of Strange and Light Quarks

The present report of the RF2 Topical Group to Snowmass 2021 describes the physics case for the studies of weak decays of strange and light quarks. Ongoing and proposed precision measurements of kaon, hyperon, pion and $η^{(\prime)}$ meson decays allow for unique tests of the Standard Model (SM). This includes precision measurements of the elements of the CKM quark-mixing matrix leading to stringent unitarity tests; precision symmetry tests including lepton flavor and lepton number conservation; and precision lepton flavor universality tests. In the context of models beyond the SM description, strange and light quark decay experiments provide sensitivity to new physics up to the PeV mass scale, as well as leading sensitivities to scenarios involving feebly interacting hidden sectors below the GeV mass scale.

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Novel approaches in Hadron Spectroscopy

The last two decades have witnessed the discovery of a myriad of new and unexpected hadrons. The future holds more surprises for us, thanks to new-generation experiments. Understanding the signals and determining the properties of the states requires a parallel theoretical effort. To make full use of available and forthcoming data, a careful amplitude modeling is required, together with a sound treatment of the statistical uncertainties, and a systematic survey of the model dependencies. We review the contributions made by the Joint Physics Analysis Center to the field of hadron spectroscopy.

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Snowmass white paper: Need for amplitude analysis in the discovery of new hadrons

We highlight the need for the development of comprehensive amplitude analysis methods to further our understanding of hadron spectroscopy. Reaction amplitudes constrained by first principles of $S$-matrix theory and by QCD phenomenology are needed to extract robust interpretations of the data from experiments and from lattice calculations.

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Precision tests of fundamental physics with $η$ and $η^\prime$ mesons

Decays of the neutral and long-lived $η$ and $η'$ mesons provide a unique, flavor-conserving laboratory to test low-energy Quantum Chromodynamics and search for new physics beyond the Standard Model. They have drawn world-wide attention in recent years and have inspired broad experimental programs in different high-intensity-frontier centers. New experimental data will offer critical inputs to precisely determine the light quark mass ratios, $η$-$η'$ mixing parameters, and hadronic contributions to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. At the same time, it will provide a sensitive probe to test potential new physics. This includes searches for hidden photons, light Higgs scalars, and axion-like particles that are complementary to worldwide efforts to detect new light particles below the GeV mass scale, as well as tests of discrete symmetry violation. In this review, we give an update on theoretical developments, discuss the experimental opportunities, and identify future research needed in this field.

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Exotic to standard bottomonium transitions

We study the transition widths of $Υ(10753)$ and $Υ(11020)$ into standard bottomonium under the hypothesis that they correspond to the two lowest laying $1^{--}$ hybrid bottomonium states. We employ weakly coupled potential NRQCD an effective filed theory incorporating the heavy quark and multipole expansions. We consider the transitions generated by the leading order and next-to-leading order singlet-octet operators. In the multipole expansion the heavy quark matrix elements factorize from the production of light-quark mesons by gluonic operators. For the leading order operator we compute the widths with a single $π^0$, $η$ or $η'$ in the final state and for the next-to-leading operator for $π^+π^-$ or $K^+K^-$. The hadronization of the gluonic operators is obtained, in the first case, from the axial anomaly and a standard $π^0-η-η'$ mixing scheme and, in the second case, we employ a coupled-channel dispersive representation matched to chiral perturbation theory for both the $S$ and $D$ wave pieces of the gluonic operator. We compare with experimental values and semi-inclusive widths. Our results strongly suggest that $Υ(11020)$ is indeed a hybrid bottomonium state.

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On the Statistical Treatment of the Cabibbo Angle Anomaly

We point out that testing the equality of the Cabibbo angle as extracted from $Γ(K\rightarrow πlν)$, the ratio $Γ(K\rightarrow lν)/Γ(π\rightarrow lν)$ and nuclear $β$ decays is not identical to a test of first row unitarity of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix. The reason is that a CKM unitarity test involves only two parameters, while the degrees of freedom for the assessment of the goodness-of-fit of the universality of the Cabibbo angle entailed by the Standard Model (SM) is equal to the number of measurements minus one. Beyond the SM all different processes could in principle give different Cabibbo angles. Consequently, the difference between the two tests becomes relevant starting from three observables giving results for the Cabibbo angle that are in tension with each other. With current data, depending on the treatment of the nuclear $β$ decays, we find that New Physics is favored over the SM at $5.1\,σ$ or $3.6\,σ$ while CKM unitarity is rejected at $4.8σ$ or $3.0σ$, respectively. We argue that the best method to test the SM is to test the equality of the Cabibbo angle, because CKM unitarity is only one aspect of the SM.

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$τ\to μμμ$ at a rate of one out of $10^{14}$ tau decays?

We present in a full analytic form the partial widths for the lepton flavour violating decays $μ^\pm \to e^\pm e^+ e^-$ and $τ^\pm \to \ell^\pm \ell'^{+} \ell'^{-}$, with $\ell,\ell'=μ,e$, mediated by neutrino oscillations in the one-loop diagrams. Compared to the first result by Petcov in [1], obtained in the zero momentum limit $\mathcal{P}\ll m_ν \ll M_W$, we retain full dependence on $\mathcal{P}$, the momenta and masses of external particles, and we determine the branching ratios in the physical limit $m_ν\ll \mathcal{P} \ll M_W$. We show that the claim presented in [2] that the $τ\to \ell \ell' \ell'$ branching ratios could be as large as $10^{-14}$, as a consequence of keeping the $\mathcal{P}$ dependence, is flawed. We find rates of order $10^{-55}$, even smaller than those obtained in the zero momentum limit, as the latter prediction contains an unphysical logarithmic enhancement.

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Dispersive analysis of $\mathbfη\rightarrow 3 π$

The dispersive analysis of the decay $η\to3π$ is reviewed and thoroughly updated with the aim of determining the quark mass ratio ~$Q^2=(m_s^2-m_{ud}^2)/(m_d^2-m_u^2)$. With the number of subtractions we are using, the effects generated by the final state interaction are dominated by low energy $ππ$ scattering. Since the corresponding phase shifts are now accurately known, causality and unitarity determine the decay amplitude within small uncertainties -- except for the values of the subtraction constants. Our determination of these constants relies on the Dalitz plot distribution of the charged channel, which is now measured with good accuracy. The theoretical constraints that follow from the fact that the particles involved in the transition represent Nambu-Goldstone bosons of a hidden approximate symmetry play an equally important role. The ensuing predictions for the Dalitz plot distribution of the neutral channel and for the branching ratio $Γ_{η\to3π^0}/ Γ_{η\toπ^+π^-π^0}$ are in very good agreement with experiment. Relying on a known low-energy theorem that relates the meson masses to the masses of the three lightest quarks, our analysis leads to $Q=22.1(7)$, where the error covers all of the uncertainties encountered in the course of the calculation: experimental uncertainties in decay rates and Dalitz plot distributions, noise in the input used for the phase shifts, as well as theoretical uncertainties in the constraints imposed by chiral symmetry and in the evaluation of isospin breaking effects. Our result indicates that the current algebra formulae for the meson masses only receive small corrections from higher orders of the chiral expansion, but not all of the recent lattice results are consistent with this conclusion.

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$η^{\prime}\toηππ$ decays in unitarized resonance chiral theory

We study the hadronic $η^{\prime}\toηππ$ decays within the framework of $U(3)_{L}\otimes U(3)_{R}$ Chiral Perturbation Theory including resonance states and the complete one-loop corrections. The amplitude is projected in partial waves and unitarized by means of the $N/D$ method resumming both the important $S$-and $D$-wave $ππ$ and the subleading $S$-wave $πη$ final-state interactions. The participating scalar multiplet mass and coupling strengths are determined from fits to the Dalitz plot experimental data recently released by the A2 collaboration. As a byproduct of our analysis, the associated Dalitz-plot slope parameters are found to be $a=-0.072(7)_{\rm{stat}}(8)_{\rm{syst}}\,, b=-0.052(1)_{\rm{stat}}(2)_{\rm{syst}}\,, d=-0.051(8)_{\rm{stat}}(6)_{\rm{syst}}$, which lie in the ballpark of the current experimental and theoretical determinations.

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$a_1$ properties in hadronic tau decays

Hadronic tau decays belong to the processes that show a resonance-like structure in the axial vector current in the $1-2$ GeV range. This structure, often denoted as the $a_1$ meson, seems to show different properties in different processes. The process $τ\rightarrow 3πν_τ$ allows for a clean separation of weak and strong effects and a clear production mechanism. We examine how this structure can be related to interactions between the three pions that emerge in the final state. In particular we start from the interactions between all two body combinations.

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The decay $η\to 3 π$: study of the Dalitz plot and extraction of the quark mass ratio $Q$

The $η\to 3 π$ amplitude is sensitive to the quark mass difference $m_u-m_d$ and offers a unique way to determine the quark mass ratio $Q^2 \equiv (m_s^2-m_{ud}^2)/(m_d^2-m_u^2)$ from experiment. We calculate the amplitude dispersively and fit the KLOE data on the charged mode, varying the subtraction constants in the range allowed by chiral perturbation theory. The parameter-free predictions obtained for the neutral Dalitz plot and the neutral-to-charged branching ratio are in excellent agreement with experiment. Our representation of the transition amplitude implies $Q = 22.0 \pm 0.7$.

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A Dispersive Treatment of $K_{\ell4}$ Decays

$K_{\ell4}$ decays offer several reasons of interest: they allow an accurate measurement of $ππ$-scattering lengths; they provide the best source for the determination of some low-energy constants of ChPT; one form factor is directly related to the chiral anomaly, which can be measured here. We present a dispersive treatment of $K_{\ell4}$ decays that provides a resummation of $ππ$- and $Kπ$-rescattering effects. The free parameters of the dispersion relation are fitted to the data of the high-statistics experiments E865 and NA48/2. The matching to ChPT at NLO and NNLO enables us to determine the LECs $L_1^r$, $L_2^r$ and $L_3^r$. With recently published data from NA48/2, the LEC $L_9^r$ can be determined as well. In contrast to a pure chiral treatment, the dispersion relation describes the observed curvature of one of the form factors, which we understand as a rescattering effect beyond NNLO.

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Disentangling new physics contributions in lepton flavour violating tau decays

The possibility to discriminate between different operators contributing to lepton flavour violating tau decays is discussed within an effective field theory framework. Correlations among decay rates in different channels as well as differential distributions in many-body decays are considered. Recent developments in the determination of the hadronic form factors for $τ\rightarrow \ell ππ$ ($\ell = e, μ$) decays are incorporated in the analysis. The above issues are exemplified by considering a Higgs-like boson with lepton flavour violating couplings. Implications of the search for lepton flavour violating Higgs decays performed recently by the CMS collaboration are also discussed.

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The model-discriminating power of lepton flavor violating tau decays

Within an effective field theory framework, we discuss the possibility to discriminate among different operators that contribute to lepton flavor violating (LFV) tau decays. Correlations among decay rates in different channels are shown to provide a basic handle to unravel the origin of LFV in these processes. More information about the underlying dynamics responsible for LFV can be gathered from differential distributions in three-body decays like tau -> mu pi pi or tau -> 3 mu: these are considered in some detail. We incorporate in our analysis recent developments in the determination of the hadronic form factors for tau -> mu pi pi. Future prospects for the observation of LFV tau decays and its interpretation are also discussed.

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