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Mixing-angle sensitivity of inclusive $\Xi_{bc} $ and $\Omega_{bc}$ lifetimes

We study the inclusive lifetimes of $\Xi_{bc}^{+}$, $\Xi_{bc}^{0}$, and $\Omega_{bc}^{0}$, with emphasis on the mixing between the spin-zero and spin-one $bc$-diquark configurations. The relevant hadronic matrix elements are evaluated in both the homogeneous bag model (HBM) and the nonrelativistic quark model (NRQM). At the benchmark mixing angles of $-23.0^\circ$ for $\Xi_{bc}$ and $-23.5^\circ$ for $\Omega_{bc}$, the corresponding lifetime triplets are $\left(\tau_{\Xi_{bc}^{+}},\tau_{\Xi_{bc}^{0}},\tau_{\Omega_{bc}^{0}}\right)=\left(0.421^{+0.093}_{-0.093},0.075^{+0.035}_{-0.010},0.223^{+0.074}_{-0.043}\right)\,\mathrm{ps}$ in the HBM and $\left(\tau_{\Xi_{bc}^{+}},\tau_{\Xi_{bc}^{0}},\tau_{\Omega_{bc}^{0}}\right)=\left(0.367^{+0.076}_{-0.070},0.100^{+0.032}_{-0.014},0.229^{+0.066}_{-0.042}\right)\,\mathrm{ps}$ in the NRQM. Relative to the unmixed spin-one reference points, the $\Xi_{bc}^{0}$ and $\Omega_{bc}^{0}$ lifetimes decrease by approximately $17\%$-$19\%$. Neither the minimum nor the maximum of the central lifetime curves occurs at a pure $S_{bc}=0$ or $S_{bc}=1$ configuration; the extrema instead lie at mixed angles with $\left|\phi_{\mathcal{B}}\right|\simeq27^\circ$-$63^\circ$. The two pure-spin limits alone are therefore insufficient to characterize the full mixing-angle dependence.

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Topological Diagram Analysis of Charmed Baryon Decays with Vector Mesons

In this work, we further develop the application of the topological diagram approach (TDA) to charmed baryon weak decays $\mathcal{B}_c \to \mathcal{B} V$ with a vector meson in the final state. By incorporating the Korner-Pati-Woo theorem, we show that only five independent sets of TDA parameters are required. Relations among different decay channels arising from isospin, U-spin, and V-spin symmetries are explicitly derived within the TDA framework. Partial wave contributions and form factors associated with different topological diagrams are extracted from global fits to the experimental data. It is found that the form factors $A_2$ and $B_2$ induced from the tensor interaction of the vector mreson with octet baryons are comparable in magnitude to $A_1$ and $B_1$, implying the importance of the tensor coupling in $\mathcal{B}_c \to \mathcal{B} V$ decays. Branching fractions for all $\mathcal{B}_c\to \mathcal{B} V$ channels are predicted, and most measured modes are found to be in good agreement with current data. More physical observables, including up-down asymmetries, longitudinal polarizations as well as observables in the subsequent decays are also predicted. Our results provide a systematic framework for understanding charmed baryon weak decays with vector mesons and can be further tested with future experiments.

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Light baryon static properties in dispersive approach

We extend our dispersive analyses on meson static properties to those of light baryons. The formalism treats the dispersion relation, which a baryonic correlation function obeys, as an inverse problem, solve for the involved spectral density with available operator-product-expansion (OPE) inputs directly, and extract baryon static properties from the spectral density. We observe that the simultaneous implementation of the chiral-even and chiral-odd dispersive constraints unambiguously determines baryon masses and pole residues. A common set of quark and gluon condensates, which appear in OPE factorization and are universal, is found to accommodate the masses of a $\rho$ meson, a proton and a $\Delta(1232)$ baryon. The advantage of our approach over the conventional handling of QCD sum rules is advocated. This work encourages broad applications of our nonperturbative analytical method to baryon systems.

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Lattice QCD calculation of charmed baryon decay constants at continuum limit and physical mass

We present the first principle calculation of charmed baryon decay constants employing 2+1 flavor gauge ensembles with lattice spacings ranging from 0.05 to 0.1 fm and pion masses between 136 and 310 MeV. Under $SU(3)$ flavor symmetry, we construct the charmed baryon interpolating operators and compute the corresponding hadronic matrix elements to extract the bare decay constants for each ensemble. The non-perturbative renormalization is performed via the symmetric momentum-subtraction scheme. After performing systematic chiral and continuum extrapolations, we obtain the decay constants with a precision of $8\sim 16\%$ from first principles.

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Probing neutrino-night-quark effective scalar interactions from neutrino masses

In this work, we use neutrino masses as a probe of the neutrino-light-quark effective scalar interactions. It is found that neutrinos can acquire masses not only from the usual light quark loop corrections but also from the light quark condensates. The latter contribution has been overlooked in the literature. We show that both contributions are comparable for operators involving $u$ and $d$ quarks, while quark loop corrections dominate for operators involving the $s$ quark. Using the low-energy effective field theory extended with light right-handed neutrinos and matching to chiral perturbation theory, we systematically analyze these contributions, deriving constraints on the corresponding Wilson coefficients from neutrino mass bounds, coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering, and light pseudoscalar meson invisible decays. Our analysis shows that electron neutrino mass measurements provide the most stringent constraints on these scalar couplings, significantly improving upon limits from other observables. The results highlight the importance of including both perturbative and nonperturbative contributions in complete phenomenological analyses of neutrino mass generation mechanisms.

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Tensor-current contributions to B Anomalies

Tensor-current operators, potentially generated by scalar leptoquarks in grand unified theories (GUTs), are among the plausible new physics (NP) candidates suggested by the anomalies observed in $B$-meson decays. As experimental data continue to accumulate, exploring this possibility remains timely and well motivated. In this work, we present a systematic analysis of representative tensor-current Wilson coefficients ($C_T, C_{T5}$) in $b \to s \ell^+ \ell^-$ transitions. By incorporating contributions from the high-$q^2$ region, our framework fully exploits the available experimental data across the entire $q^2$ range. Within this setup, five distinct lepton-flavor-universal (LFU) scenarios are proposed and tested through global fits. Our results show that it is difficult to resolve the tension between experimental measurements and theoretical predictions using only $C_T$ and $C_{T5}$. Meanwhile, the significance of $ΔC_9$ remains essentially unchanged, even in the presence of tensor contributions. In one representative scenario (S-III), we obtain $[C_9,C_{10}, C_T, C_{T5}] \simeq [-1.05,\,0.22,\,0.02,\,0.01]$, with a reduced chi-squared statistic $\tildeχ^2 \equiv χ^2_{\rm min}/{\rm d.o.f.} = 708.7/486 = 1.46$. Furthermore, we derive a stringent 95$\%$ C.L. constraint on tensor operators, $$ F(x,y)\Big|^{\text{S-I}}_{x=ΔC_T,\,y=ΔC_{T5}} = x^2 + 0.063\,xy + 0.989\,y^2 + 0.034\,x + 0.043\,y \leq 0.003, $$ which provides one of the strongest bounds to date on $C_T$ and $C_{T5}$.

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CP Violation in Hadronic Weak Decays of Charmed Baryons in the Topological Diagrammatic Approach

CP violation in the charmed baryon sector is generally expected to be very small, of order $10^{-4}$ or even smaller. Nevertheless, large long-distance penguin topologies can be induced through final-state rescattering. At the hadron level, they are manifested as the triangle and bubble diagrams. However, these diagrams consist of not only the penguin but also other tree topologies. Therefore, we focus on the flavor structure of the these diagrams and project out their contributions to penguin and tree topologies. The analysis is performed within the framework of the topological diagram approach and the irreducible SU(3) approach in which the SU(3) flavor symmetry of QCD is realized to describe the nonleptonic decays of charmed baryons. CP violation at the per mille level is found in the following decay modes: $Λ_c^+ \to p π^0,~Λ_c^+ \to p η', ~Ξ_c^0 \to Σ^0η$ and $Ξ_c^+ \to Σ^+ η$. CP asymmetries in the last three modes receive sizable contributions from the SU(3)-flavor-singlet hairpin diagram.

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B Anomalies in Two Higgs Doublet Model with Flavor Symmetry

The long-standing flavor anomalies in $b \to s \ell^+ \ell^-$ and $b \to c \ell ν$ persist. In this work, we explore a specific flavor-gauged two-Higgs doublet model (FG2HDM) extended by a scalar singlet, with an imposed $U(1)$ flavor symmetry. Compared to the Standard Model (SM), four additional scalars and one neutral gauge boson $Z'$ are added to the particle spectrum. The special Yukawa coupling matrices, due to the $U(1)$ symmetry, lead to flavor-changing neutral Higgs (FCNH) interactions uniquely occurring in the down-type quark sector, while the new gauge boson $Z'$ induces flavor-changing neutral current (FCNC) interactions in the down-type quark sector as well. The two distinct types of anomalies can be accommodated simultaneously in such a model. Incorporating scalar and vector contributions to $b \to s \ell^+ \ell^-$ and $B_s^0$-$\bar{B}_s^0$ mixing, along with charged Higgs contributions to $b \to c \ell ν$, we investigate the parameter space in FG2HDM and find substantial room in the solution space. Specifically, in the SM-like model setup, the data suggests that $m_{Z'} < 450\, \text{GeV}$, $\tanβ< 28$, and $g'/m_{Z'} > 3.5 \times 10^{-4} \, \text{GeV}^{-1}$, while there are fewer constraints on heavy scalars, which can be further tested by a combination of other observables.

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The Benchmark Mode $Ω_c \to Ω^-π^+$ and Its Related Processes

The benchmark mode $Ω_c^0\to Ω^- π^+$, which receives purely factorization contribution, is of great importance among all the decay channels of $Ω_c^0$ decays. In this work, within the framework of non-relativistic quark model (NRQM), we calculate all the 6 baryon transition form factors involving $\frac12 ^+\to \frac32 ^+$ decays. The absolute branching fractions of non-leptonic decays $Ω_c^0\to Ω^- π^+$, $Ω_c^0\to Ω^- ρ^+$ and $Ω_c^0\to Ξ^- π^+$ as well as semi-leptonic decays $Ω_c^0\to Ω^- \ell^+ ν_{\ell} \; (\ell=e,μ)$ are calculated although they cannot be measured directly by current experiment. Based on the prediction $\mathcal{B}(Ω_c^0\toΩ^-π^+)=(3.43\pm0.48)\%$ in our work, we further predict the ratios between interested modes and the benchmark mode, giving $R(Ξ^-π^+)=0.16\pm0.06$, $R(Ω^-ρ^+)=5.33\pm0.94$, $R(Ω^- e^+ν_e)=1.18\pm0.22$ and $R(Ω^- μ^+ν_μ)=1.11\pm0.20$. The predictions on $Ω_c^0\to Ξ^-π^+$ and $Ω_c^0\to Ω^- e^+ν$ agree well with recent measured ratios reported by LHCb in 2023 and ALICE in 2024, respectively.

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Hadronic Weak Decays of Charmed Baryons in the Topological Diagrammatic Approach: An Update

There exist two distinct ways in realizing the approximate SU(3) flavor symmetry of QCD to describe the two-body nonleptonic decays of charmed baryons: the irreducible SU(3) approach (IRA) and the topological diagram approach (TDA). The TDA has the advantage that it is more intuitive, graphic and easier to implement model calculations. We perform a global fit to the currently available data of two-body charmed baryon decays within the framework of the TDA and IRA. The number of the minimum set of tensor invariants in the IRA and the topological amplitudes in the TDA is the same, namely, five in the tree-induced amplitudes and four in the penguin amplitudes. Since we employ the new LHCb measurements to fix the sign ambiguity of the decay parameters $β$ and $γ$, the fit results for the magnitudes of $S$- and $P$-wave amplitudes and their phase shift $δ_P-δ_S$ in both the TDA and IRA are more trustworthy than our previous analyses with uncertainties substantially improved. These results can be tested in the near future. The perspective of having direct {\it CP} violation in the charmed baryon sector at the per mille level is briefly discussed.

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Higgs Decays to $Z\gamma$ and $\gamma\gamma$ in the Flavor-Gauged Two Higgs Doublet Model

This work examines the $h\to Z\gamma$ and $h\to\gamma\gamma$ decays in the flavor-gauged two Higgs doublet model (FG2HDM), which augments the Standard Model (SM) with an additional scalar doublet, a singlet, and a $U(1)'$ flavor gauge symmetry. Beyond the SM spectrum, FG2HDM predicts five additional physical scalars and a new neutral gauge boson, $Z'$. We demonstrate that while both decay channels are sensitive to charged Higgs loops, $h \to Z\gamma$ is uniquely modified by fermion-antifermion-$Z$ ($f\bar{f}Z$) vertex corrections. These vertex corrections further impact top-quark observables and the flavor-changing neutral current (FCNC) process $b\to s\ell^+\ell^-$. Our analysis identifies a viable parameter space ($m_{H^\pm}>200$~GeV and $\lambda_{hH^+H^-}<0$) consistent with current $1\sigma$ experimental limits, where the signal strength $\mu_{\gamma\gamma}$ remains the primary constraint on scalar sector parameters. Regarding the $f\bar{f}Z$ couplings, we delineate the allowed regions in the $\mathcal{Q}_{tL}$-$\mathcal{Q}_{tR}$ plane by evaluating the leading top-quark contributions, revealing that $b\to s\ell^+\ell^-$ imposes the most stringent bounds. Finally, we highlight that the $14\%$ projected precision for $\mu_{Z\gamma}$ at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) will significantly enhance sensitivity to the FG2HDM.

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Tetraquark nature of the $a_0(980)$ meson in hadronic $D$ decays

The internal structure of the light scalar meson $a_0(980)$ is explored in the three-body $D$ decays of $D\to a_0(980)P\to P_1P_2P$ through the intermediate state $a_0(980)$, where $P$ denotes a pseudoscalar meson. The quasi-two-body $D\to a_0(980)^+P$ decays are governed by the external $W$-emission diagram in which $a_0(980)^+$ is emitted. The predicted branching fractions in the $q\bar q$ model of $a_0(980)$ are too small by one to two orders of magnitude compared to experiment as the amplitude is suppressed by the smallness of the $a_0(980)^+$ decay constant, while those for $D^+\to a_0(980)^0 P$ and $D^0\to a_0(980)^{-}P$ are usually too large. These discrepancies can be resolved provided that $a_0(980)$ is a tetraquark state. In this case, there exist two additional $T$-like topological amplitudes, denoted by $\overline{T}$ and $\tilde T$ which readily account for the discrepancies. An important implication of the tetraquark model is that the $D_s^+\to a_0(980)^+π^0+a_0(980)^0π^+$ decay is not a purely $W$-annihilation process as in the diquark model of $a_0(980)$; it receives dominant contributions from $\overline{T}$ newly noticed in this work. Therefore, measurements of $(D,D_s^+)\to a_0(980)P$ decays lend strong support to the tetraquark picture of $a_0(980)$.

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Correlating $B\to K^{(\ast)} ν\barν$ and flavor anomalies in SMEFT

The recent measurement of $\mathcal{B}(B^+\to K^+ν\barν)$ by Belle-II reveals a $2.8~σ$ deviation from the Standard Model (SM) prediction. Combining this with a prior Belle measurement of $\mathcal{B}(B^{0}\to K^{\ast0}ν\barν)$, the upper bound of the ratio $\mathcal{B}(B^{0}\to K^{\ast0}ν\barν)/\mathcal{B}(B^+\to K^+ν\barν)$ is notably smaller than the SM prediction. In this work, tensions are solved within the framework of Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). Flavor observables, described by Low-Energy Effective Field Theory (LEFT) operators, are interconnected by SMEFT at the electroweak scale. Utilizing a set of only four SMEFT operators, the FCNC process $b\to sν\barν$ is correlated with $b\to s\ell^+\ell^-$, $b\to u_i\ell\barν$, $u_j\to s\ell\barν$, $u_j\to u_iν\barν$, and $u_j\to u_i\ell^+\ell^-$. Subsequently, we obtain the latest ranges of Wilson coefficients for these four operators through a global fit that accommodates flavor anomalies such as $R_{K^{(\ast)}}$, $R_{D^{(\ast)}}$, and $\mathcal{B}(B\to K^{(\ast)}ν\barν)$. Our findings reveal that predictions for $\mathcal{B}(B^+\to τ^+ν_τ)$ and $\mathcal{B}(D_s^+\to τ^+ν_τ)$ align well with measured values from Belle and BESIII, based on the fitted coefficients. The predicted branching fraction for $B^0\to K^{\ast0}ν\barν$ is $(1.42\pm 0.74)\times 10^{-5}$, closely approaching the current experimental upper limit. Anticipation surrounds the rare decay $B_s\to τ^+ τ^-$, expected in the near future with a branching fraction on the order of $10^{-4}$.

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Analysis of Hadronic Weak Decays of Charmed Baryons in the Topological Diagrammatic Approach

We perform a global fit to the experimental data of two-body charmed baryon decays based on the topological diagrammatic approach (TDA) and take into account the phase shifts between $S$- and $P$-wave amplitudes as inspired by the recent BESIII measurement of the decay asymmetry in the decay $Λ_c^+\to Ξ^0K^+$. The TDA has the advantage that it is more intuitive, graphic and easier to implement model calculations. The measured branching fractions and decay asymmetries are well accommodated in the TDA except for a few modes, in particular, the predicted ${\cal B}(Ξ_c^0\to Ξ^-π^+)=(2.83\pm0.10)\%$ is larger than its current value. The equivalence of the TDA and the irreducible SU(3) approach (IRA) is established. We show that the number of the minimum set of tensor invariants in the IRA and the topological amplitudes in the TDA is the same and present their relations. The predicted magnitudes of $S$- and $P$-wave amplitudes and their phase shifts are presented for measured and yet-to-be-measured modes in both the TDA and IRA which can be tested in the near future. Besides the decay $Λ_c^+\to Ξ^0 K^+$, there exist several modes which proceed only through $W$-exchange. In particular, the observed channel $Ξ_c^0\to Σ^+ K^-$ should have phase shifts similar to that in $Λ_c^+\to Ξ^0 K^+$ and its decay asymmetry is predicted to be $-0.21\pm0.17$ which can be used to test our theoretical framework. In contrast, the TDA leads to a large $α$ of order $-0.93$ for the decay $Ξ_c^+\to Ξ^0π^+$ even after the phase-shift effect is incorporated in the fit.

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New Contributions to $b \to s γ$ in Minimal G2HDM

We study the flavor-changing bottom quark radiative decay $b \to s γ$ induced at one-loop level within the minimal gauged two-Higgs-doublet model (G2HDM). Among the three new contributions to this rare process in G2HDM, we find that only the charged Higgs $\mathcal{H^\pm}$ contribution can be constrained by the current global fit data in $B$-physics. Other two contributions from the complex vectorial dark matter $\mathcal{W}$ and dark Higgs $\mathcal{D}$ are not sensitive to the current data. Combining with theoretical constraints imposed on the scalar potential and electroweak precision data for the oblique parameters, we exclude mass regions $m_{\mathcal{H}^\pm} \lesssim 250$ GeV and $m_{\mathcal{D}} \lesssim 100$ GeV at the 95\% confidence level.

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Topological Diagrams and Hadronic Weak Decays of Charmed Baryons

Inspired by the recent BESIII measurement of the decay asymmetry and the phase shift between $S$- and $P$-wave amplitudes in the decay $Λ_c^+\to Ξ^0K^+$, we perform a global fit to the experimental data of charmed baryon decays based on the topological diagrammatic approach (TDA) which has the advantage that it is more intuitive and easier to implement model calculations. The measured branching fractions and decay asymmetries are well accommodated in TDA except for three modes, in particular, the predicted ${\cal B}(Ξ_c^0\to Ξ^-π^+)=(2.83\pm0.10)\%$ is larger than its current value. The predicted magnitudes of $S$- and $P$-wave amplitudes and their phase shifts are presented for measured and yet-measured modes which can be tested in forthcoming experiments.

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The Global Fits of New Physics in $b \to s $ after $R_{K^{(*)}}$ 2022 Release

The measurement of lepton universality parameters $R_{K^{(*)}}$ was updated by LHCb in December 2022, which indicated that the well-known anomalies in flavor-changing neutral current (FCNC) processes of B meson decays have faded away. However, does this mean that all new physics possibilities related to $b\to s\ell^+\ell^-$ have been excluded? We aim to answer this question in this work. The state-of-the-art effective Hamiltonian is adopted to describe $b \to s$ transition, while BSM (beyond the Standard Model) new physics effects are encoded in Wilson coefficients (WCs). Using around 200 observables in leptonic and semileptonic decays of B mesons and bottom baryons, measured by LHCb, CMS, ATLAS, Belle, and BaBar, we perform global fits of these Wilson coefficients in four different scenarios. In particular, lepton flavors in WCs are specified in some of the working scenarios. To see the change of new physics parameters, we use both the data before and after the 2022 release of $R_{K^{(*)}}$ in two separate sets of fits. We find that in three of the four scenarios, $ΔC_9^μ$ still has a deviation around or more than $4σ$ from the Standard Model. The lepton flavor in WCs is distinguishable for $ΔC_{9}$ at the $1σ$ level, but at the $2σ$ level all the operators are flavor identical. We demonstrate numerically that there is no chirality for muon type of scalar operator and it is kept at the $1σ$ level for their electron type dual ones, while chiral difference exists for $\mathcal{O}_{9}^μ$ at least at the $2σ$ level. Moreover, it can be deduced that the scalar operators $\mathcal{O}_{S,P}^{(')μ}$ become null if new physics emerges in terms of SMEFT (Standard Model Effective Field Theory) up to dimension-6.

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Weak Decays of Antitriplet Charmed Baryons from the Perspective of Flavor Symmetry

In this work, we carry out a global fitting for the two-body weak decays of antitriplet charmed baryons in both SU(3) respected and broken scenarios incorporating all the available data up to date. In the SU(3) irreducible representation approach (IRA), more amplitudes for irreducible representation terms are taken into account and the ranges for their coefficients in each scenarios are predicted. By a comparison among various fitting schemes in this work, experimental data prefer the SU(3) symmetry breaking scenario. Observables of interest, branching fractions and decay asymmetries of all the Cabibbo-favored (CF), singly Cabibbo-suppresed (SCS) and doubly Cabibbo-suppressed (DCS) channels are calculated in the chosen fitting scheme. Most of our predictions are consistent well with experimental data. We further propose more ways to explore the SU(3) symmetry in charmed baryon decays. An improved measurement for $α(Λ_c^+\to p K_S)$ is called for since predictions from both fittings, including the one in current work and earlier works, and the pole model calculation prefer an opposite sign from previous experimental value. Given branching fractions of most of the CF modes and part of the SCS modes being measured, predictions for the remaining channels, including the DCS modes as well as more decay asymmetries, are anticipated to be checked by the upcoming experiments in BESIII, Belle/Belle-II and LHCb.

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