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Subhajit Kala

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Anomalous Dimensions, Matching, and Phenomenology of Dirac Fermionic Dark Matter Effective Interactions

We explore a fermionic dark matter (DM) extension of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) and establish a complete renormalisation-group framework for its phenomenological investigation. We derive the anomalous-dimension matrix of all relevant dimension-five and dimension-six operators involving Standard Model (SM) and DM fields, enabling the consistent evolution of the associated Wilson coefficients (WCs) across energy scales. By combining renormalisation-group running with matching at the relevant thresholds, we construct a robust bridge between high-scale new physics and experimental observables. We then perform a comprehensive phenomenological analysis, evaluating the contributions of these operators to observables spanning a wide range of energies and deriving constraints on the WCs from current data. We obtain stringent and complementary bounds on the DM effective field theory (DMEFT) WCs from electroweak precision observables, flavour processes, lepton-flavour-violating decays, top-quark flavour-changing neutral-current decays, and invisible meson decays. Interpreted in terms of the effective scale of new physics, the resulting limits demonstrate that current precision measurements probe energy scales ranging from the TeV regime to several tens or even hundreds of TeV, highlighting the remarkable sensitivity of indirect searches to dark-sector interactions.

hep-ph

Exploring $Z/\gamma$-mediated heavy FCNCs at the FCC-ee

The flavor structure of the Standard Model (SM) remains one of the most compelling questions in particle physics, with the third generation being particularly intriguing due to its significantly larger masses and comparatively less precisely measured properties. These features make third-generation flavor transitions particularly interesting in context of search for physics beyond the SM. In this work, we investigate flavor-violating transitions between the third and the first two generations, mediated by the neutral gauge bosons ($Z/\gamma$), within the framework of the SM Effective Field Theory (SMEFT), using dipole and Higgs-current operators. We determine the optimal sensitivities using the optimal observable technique (OOT) at different center-of-mass energies of the upcoming Future Circular Collider in the $e^+e^-$ mode (FCC-ee). We further derive complementary constraints on the relevant SMEFT operators from low-energy flavor-violating observables and heavy fermion decay channels. Our analysis also reveals characteristic interference patterns among the dipole contributions, which depend on the underlying flavor transition and exhibit distinct behavior between the $Z$ pole and higher-energy FCC-ee stages. The FCC-ee provides a complementary and direct probe of flavor-violating interactions at the electroweak scale, with the projections showing improved sensitivity for several interactions and comparable sensitivity to existing flavor constraints for several others. This highlights the importance of a systematic assessment across the different FCC-ee energy stages, which provides a comprehensive picture of its potential to explore flavor-violating phenomena and its complementarity with low-energy flavor experiments.

hep-ph

A Study on Top Quark FCNC Interactions in SMEFT Framework

We present a model-independent study of rare flavour-changing neutral current (FCNC) interactions of the top quark within the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). Matching a general top-FCNC parametrisation onto the SMEFT basis, we perform a global fit including low-energy flavour observables, electroweak precision data, Higgs measurements, collider limits on top-FCNC decays, and electric dipole moment constraints. Allowing for complex dipole operators, we derive stringent bounds on the real and imaginary parts of the top-FCNC couplings and, independently, obtain robust constraints on the corresponding SMEFT Wilson coefficients. We further provide predictions for rare top-FCNC branching ratios and CP asymmetries, and identify benchmark scenarios illustrating the complementary role of CP-violating observables in probing top-quark flavour dynamics.

hep-ph

Constraining anomalous $W tb$ and related SMEFT couplings using low-energy and electroweak precision observables

We investigate constraints on couplings of Standard Model effective field theory (SMEFT) operators contributing to $Wtb$ effective vertex at tree level. We study the one-loop level impact of these couplings on the low-energy flavour changing charged and neutral current processes and on the electroweak precision observables. We use the available data on these relevant processes to constrain the associated SMEFT/$Wtb$ couplings. Solving the renormalisation group equations, we connect the SMEFT couplings at different scales and use the bounds at low energy to obtain the relevant bounds at the large scale $\Lambda$. Our findings indicate significantly improved constraints on the couplings compared to existing constraints on $Wtb$ couplings by ATLAS and CMS. Additionally, we predict branching ratios for various top-FCNC processes, which exceed SM expectations by several orders of magnitude but remain within the reach of future colliders. These SMEFT couplings, or anomalous couplings of the effective $Wtb$ vertex, can further constrain different UV-complete and simplified models that generate such interactions at the tree or loop level.

hep-ph

Quantum ballet by gravitational waves: Generating entanglement's dance of revival-collapse and memory within the quantum system

Recent proposals are emerging for the experimental detection of entanglement mediated by classical gravity, carrying significant theoretical and observational implications. In fact, the detection of gravitational waves (GWs) in LIGO provides an alternative laboratory for testing various gravity-related properties. By employing LIGO's arms as oscillators interacting with gravitational waves (GWs), our study demonstrates the potential for generating quantum entanglement between two mutually orthogonal modes of simple harmonic oscillators. Our findings reveal unique entanglement dynamics, including periodic "collapse and revival" influenced by GW oscillations, alongside a distinct "quantum memory effect." Effectively, each harmonic oscillator feels a temperature. We believe that these forecasts may hold significance towards both theoretically probing and experimentally verifying various properties of classical gravitational waves.

gr-qc

Magnetically Induced Schr\"odinger Cat States: The Shadow of a Quantum Space

Schr\"odinger cat states, which are superpositions of macroscopically distinct states, are potentially critical resources for upcoming quantum information technologies. In this paper, we introduce a scheme to generate entangled Schr\"odinger cat states in a non-relativistic electric dipole system situated on a two-dimensional plane, along with an external potential and a uniform strong magnetic field perpendicular to the plane. Additionally, our findings demonstrate that this setup can lead to the phenomenon of collapse and revival of entanglement for a specific range of our model parameters

hep-th