{"total":41,"items":[{"citing_arxiv_id":"2606.20558","ref_index":58,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Observation of electroweak production of pairs of Z bosons in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2026-06-18T17:59:33+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":7.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"CMS provides first evidence for electroweak ZZjj production in the ℓℓννjj final state with measured cross section 0.37 fb agreeing with SM prediction 0.39 fb at 3.1σ (5.0σ combined), plus limits on anomalous quartic gauge couplings.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2606.08316","ref_index":25,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Some Inverse Problems in Particle Physics","primary_cat":"hep-lat","submitted_at":"2026-06-06T20:01:31+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":2.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"Lectures reviewing three established numerical methods for inverse problems in extracting PDFs and spectral functions from lattice QCD and experimental data.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.31357","ref_index":42,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Signals of New Resonances from Di-Lepton Non-Universality in the Bottomonium Mass Region at the Large Hadron Collider","primary_cat":"hep-ph","submitted_at":"2026-05-29T14:30:57+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":3.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"Narrow spin-zero bosons with chirality-violating couplings can produce large di-tau non-universality in the bottomonium mass region at the LHC while preserving universality at e+e- colliders.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.31205","ref_index":19,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Measurement of the cross-section for the production of a $W$ boson in association with $b$-jets in $pp$ collisions at $\\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2026-05-29T12:11:25+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":4.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"Fiducial cross-section for W+b-jets at 13 TeV measured as 16.6±1.9 pb, consistent with NLO QCD prediction of 16.8±2.3 pb with twice the previous precision.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.28538","ref_index":44,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Search for pair-produced vector-like $T$-quarks decaying into $Ht$ final states in the lepton-plus-jets channel in $pp$ collisions at $\\sqrt{s}$=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2026-05-27T14:33:13+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":3.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"No excess observed in search for vector-like T-quarks in Ht channel; 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These matrix elements are matched and merged with theSherpaparton shower, based on Catani-Seymour dipole factorisation [90, 91], using the MEPS@NLO prescription [92-95]. Virtual QCD corrections are provided by theOpenLoopslibrary [96-98]. TheNNPDF3.0nnloPDF set [99] is used, together with the dedicated tune. An alternative 𝑞𝑞𝑍 𝑍 ∗ sample is simulated using theMadGraph5_aMC@NLOgenerator with the NNPDF3.0nnlo, accurate to NLO in QCD for zero and one additional parton merged using theFxFx scheme. In this case, parton showering, hadronisation, and underlying-event modelling are performed with Pythia8.308 using the A14 tune with theNNPDF2."},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.15023","ref_index":21,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Search for new physics in triple boson production in proton-proton collisions at $\\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV using the effective field theory approach","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2026-05-14T16:22:47+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":3.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"No excess in VVV production; bounds set on c_W/Λ² (-0.13 to 0.12 TeV^{-2}) and c_Hq3/Λ² (-0.24 to 0.21 TeV^{-2}) at 95% CL.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.14245","ref_index":65,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Constraints on anomalous Higgs boson couplings to vector bosons and fermions using the $\\gamma\\gamma$ final state in proton-proton collisions at $\\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2026-05-14T01:22:19+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":4.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"Updated constraints from the full Run 2 dataset show no evidence for anomalous Higgs couplings in gluon fusion, vector boson fusion, and associated production modes decaying to two photons.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"background","top_context_polarity":"background","context_text":"Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is used to model signal and background processes and their reconstruction in the CMS detector. All parton-level samples are interfaced withPYTHIA8 version 8.226 (8.230) [62] for parton showering and hadronization, with the CUETP8M1 [63] (CP5 [64]) tune used for the simulation of 2016 (2017 and 2018) data. The PDFs are taken from the NNPDF 3.0 [65] (3.1 [66]) set, when simulating 2016 (2017 and 2018) data. The produc- tion cross sections and branching fractions recommended by the LHC Higgs Working Group are used, computed at next-to-next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and including next-to-leading order electroweak (EW) corrections, as reported in Ref. [67]. In the analysis targeting the measurement of the HVV anomalous couplings, the relative fraction of"},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.13819","ref_index":40,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Search for charginos and neutralinos with $B-L$ $R$-parity violating decays in $\\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV and $13.6$ TeV $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2026-05-13T17:43:53+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"MODERATE","novelty_score":4.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"No evidence for charginos and neutralinos in R-parity violating Higgs-decay channels; masses 150-1100 GeV excluded at 95% CL assuming equal lepton branching fractions.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"method","top_context_polarity":"use_method","context_text":"1) production at a chargino and neutralino mass of150GeV to about 0.62 fb (1.34 fb) for ˜𝜒± 1 ˜𝜒∓ 1 ( ˜𝜒± 1 ˜𝜒0 1) production at1000GeV for Run 2, with slightly higher cross sections for Run 3. The decay branching ratios are set toB ( ˜𝜒± 1 →ℎℓ ±)=100% and B ( ˜𝜒0 1 →ℎ𝜈)=100% , with equal branching fractions to each lepton generation. Samples were generated withMadGraph5_aMC@NLO3.5.3 [39] with theNNPDF3.0nlo[40] parton distribution function (PDF). The parton shower, hadronization, and underlying event were modeled usingPythia8.310 [41] with the A14 set of tuned parameters (tune) [42]. The MC setup for the signal, along with the SM background processes, is shown in Table 1. The dominant background in this analysis is from top-quark pair production (tt). The production oftt"},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.13614","ref_index":66,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Search for pair production of additional neutral scalars within the Inert Doublet Model in a final state with two electrons or two muons in proton-proton collisions at $\\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV and 13.6 TeV","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2026-05-13T14:45:01+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":5.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"No significant excess found; new exclusion limits reach m_H = 108 GeV for m_H - m_A = 78 GeV in the Inert Doublet Model.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"dataset","top_context_polarity":"use_dataset","context_text":"Single top quark processes are also normalised to available NNLO calcula- tions [64, 65]. The following subdominant contributions are also considered: t tW, t tZ and triboson (WWW, WWZ, WZZ) production, simulated with MADGRAPH5 aMC@NLOv2.6.5 at NLO in pQCD [50, 54]. All signal and background processes are simulated using similar Monte Carlo (MC) generator configurations, utilising theNNPDF3.1 [66] NNLO parton distribution functions. All gener- ators are interfaced withPYTHIAv8.240 [67] (v8.306 [68]) for the parton shower simulation, hadronisation, and fragmentation processes for the Run 2 (Run 3) samples, using the CP5 un- derlying event tune [69]. Interactions of the final-state particles with the CMS detector are simulated using GEANT4 [70]."},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.06994","ref_index":1,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.9,"is_internal_anchor":false,"paper_title":"Neural Network Representation of Generalized Parton Distributions (NNGPD)","primary_cat":"hep-ph","submitted_at":"2026-05-07T22:18:01+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":5.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"A neural network trained solely on integral observables from a known GPD model recovers the main features of the underlying distributions in a closure test.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"background","top_context_polarity":"background","context_text":"By demonstrating that a neural network can faithfully reconstruct GPDs from global integral infor- mation alone, this work lays the foundation for future phenomenological applications that combine experimen- tal measurements and lattice-QCD calculations within a 15 unified, data-driven framework. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was done under DOE grants DE-SC0016286, DE-SC0024644. [1] R. D. Ballet al.(NNPDF), Parton distributions for the LHC Run II, JHEP04, 040, arXiv:1410.8849 [hep-ph]. [2] S. Carrazza and J. Cruz-Martinez, Towards a new gener- ation of parton densities with deep learning models, Eur. Phys. J. C79, 676 (2019), arXiv:1907.05075 [hep-ph]. [3] R. D. Ballet al.(NNPDF), The path to proton struc- ture at 1% accuracy, Eur."},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.02341","ref_index":22,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.9,"is_internal_anchor":false,"paper_title":"Study of $t\\bar{t}$ threshold effects in $e\\mu$ differential distributions measured in $\\sqrt{s}=13$\\,TeV $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2026-05-04T08:44:34+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":4.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"ATLAS data on eμ invariant mass and angle distributions in 13 TeV collisions are better described by ttbar models that include color-singlet quasi-bound states near threshold, with fits showing over 3 sigma evidence and a cross-section matching dedicated threshold studies.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"dataset","top_context_polarity":"use_dataset","context_text":"5 , thePowhegbb4l+Pythia8sample was also considered. This sample was generated with thePowheg𝑏𝑏4𝑙 generator [21], which includes the complete set of ℓℓ′𝜈¯𝜈𝑏¯𝑏 final states, taking into account interference between the𝑡¯𝑡 and 𝑊𝑡 final states as well as off-shell and non-resonant effects. All these samples use the NNPDF3.0 parton distribution function (PDF) set [22] in the matrix element calculation, thePythia8A14 tune [23],EvtGen[24] to handle the decay of𝑏- and 𝑐-flavoured hadrons, and assume𝑚𝑡 =172.5GeV. The quasi-bound-state effects were modelled using the two approaches described in Ref. [2], in each case adding to the pQCD𝑡¯𝑡 predictions discussed above. The first approach describes the formation of a quasi-bound colour-singlet𝑡¯𝑡 state using the Green's function of non-relativistic QCD (NRQCD) in the"},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2604.28154","ref_index":39,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.9,"is_internal_anchor":false,"paper_title":"Mapping data sensitivities in global QCD analysis with linear response and influence functions","primary_cat":"hep-ph","submitted_at":"2026-04-30T17:42:12+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":7.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"A framework based on linear response and influence functions maps data sensitivities in global QCD analyses to show how experiments determine central values, uncertainties, and correlations of non-perturbative functions.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"background","top_context_polarity":"background","context_text":"014013 (2001), arXiv:hep-ph/0101032. [37] R. D. Ball, L. Del Debbio, S. Forte, A. Guffanti, J. I. Latorre, A. 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In the VBF, 𝐻→𝑏 ¯𝑏 analysis, thePowheg Boxgenerator with the NNPDF3.0 [79] set of Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) is used to simulate theggFandVBFproduction processes, interfaced to Pythiafor parton showering. NLO electroweak corrections are calculated using MadGraph and applied as afunctionofthegeneratedHiggsbosontransversemomentum. Contributionsfrom 𝑉 𝐻and 𝑡𝑡𝐻 production are generated usingPowheg Boxwith theNNPDF3."},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2604.19495","ref_index":37,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.9,"is_internal_anchor":false,"paper_title":"Search for quantum black holes in lepton+jet final states using proton-proton collisions at $\\sqrt{s}=13.6$ TeV with the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2026-04-21T14:18:08+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":4.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"No significant excess of high-mass lepton+jet events is observed in 164 fb^{-1} of 13.6 TeV pp collisions, setting 95% CL upper limits on quantum black hole production cross-section times branching ratio that reach a mass scale of 9.4 TeV.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"dataset","top_context_polarity":"use_dataset","context_text":"The production cross-section is significantly lower for the RS model than for the ADD model. Samples were produced in0.5TeV steps through threshold mass ranges of𝑀th ∈ [6,8.5]TeV and [8,10.5]TeV for the RS and ADD models, respectively. Background events from𝑊+jets, 𝑍+jets and 𝑉𝑉(𝑊𝑊, 𝑍 𝑍, 𝑊 𝑍) production were modelled with the Sherpa2.2.14 generator [36] using theNNPDF3.0nnloPDF set [37]. The𝑡¯𝑡 and single-top processes were modelled using thePowheg Boxv2 [38-41] generator at NLO with theNNPDF3.0nlo[37] PDF set. The 𝑡¯𝑡𝑊 process was modelled usingSherpa2.2.14, while other𝑡¯𝑡𝑉 samples were produced with MadGraph5_aMC@NLO2.3.3 [42] interfaced toPythia8 [43]. Dijet MC samples were produced withPythia8 [34].EvtGen2.1.1 [44] was used to perform bottom- and charm-quark decays except"},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2604.12613","ref_index":90,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.9,"is_internal_anchor":false,"paper_title":"Next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections to photon-pair production","primary_cat":"hep-ph","submitted_at":"2026-04-14T11:41:25+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":7.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"N³LO QCD predictions for photon-pair production are presented, demonstrating perturbative convergence.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"method","top_context_polarity":"use_method","context_text":"044007 (2017), arXiv:1611.07226 [hep-ph]. [88] X. Chen, T. Gehrmann, N. Glover, M. H¨ ofer, and A. Huss, Isolated photon and photon+jet production at NNLO QCD accuracy, JHEP04, 166, arXiv:1904.01044 [hep-ph]. [89] A. von Manteuffel and R. M. 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Moch,The ABM parton distributions tuned to LHC"},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2604.09485","ref_index":51,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.9,"is_internal_anchor":false,"paper_title":"Threshold Top-Quark Pair-Production: Cross Sections and Key Uncertainties","primary_cat":"hep-ph","submitted_at":"2026-04-10T16:51:37+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":3.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"Near-threshold top-quark pair production cross section at 13 TeV LHC is 11.67 pb with +1.43/-1.47 pb uncertainty, including NRQCD Green's function effects and comparison to POWHEG-BOX.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"background","top_context_polarity":"background","context_text":"be chosen independently of the hard scaleµ R,0 =µ F,0 appearing inF i j→T in Eq. (4). The multi- ple Coulomb-like virtual gluon exchanges encoded in the Green's functions probe progressively lower momentum scales and therefore correspond to larger values ofαs than those associated with the hard-scattering vertex at scaleµ R,0 =µ F,0 =m t. In line with previous studies, we adopt the prescription of Ref. [51] for the central value ofµ s, yielding approximatelyµ s ≈32GeV. Varying µs in the rangeµ s ∈[20,40]GeV induces a change of roughly+3% and−9% in the peak region, with the smallest cross section obtained for the smallest scale. As shown in the bottom panels of Fig. 2, this behaviour remains essentially unchanged when varying the hard scaleµ R,0 =µ F,0 =m t"},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2604.03511","ref_index":59,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.9,"is_internal_anchor":false,"paper_title":"Monte Carlo Event Generation with Continuous Normalizing Flows","primary_cat":"hep-ph","submitted_at":"2026-04-03T23:18:12+00:00","verdict":"CONDITIONAL","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":6.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"Continuous normalizing flows improve unweighting efficiency in Monte Carlo event generation for high-jet-multiplicity collider processes by factors up to 184, with wall-time gains of about ten when combined with coupling-layer flows.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"dataset","top_context_polarity":"use_dataset","context_text":"optimization, we jointly optimize phase-space and helic- ity sampling, exploiting correlations between them, by introducing the helicities as a conditioning variable for the networks. For this study we have added a simple and straightforward file-based interface toPepperfor train- ing and evaluating Machine Learning models, based on the scalable LHEH5 format [57, 58]. For the PDFs, we use theNNPDF3.0 [59] set via LHAPDF6 [40]. The renormalization and factorization scales are set toµ 2 R =µ 2 F =H ′2 T /2 for lepton pair pro- duction, and toH 2 T /2 for top-quark pair production [60]. The following electroweak parameters are used: sin2 θw = 0.23155,α= 1/128.80,m Z = 91.1876 GeV, Γ Z = 2.4952 GeV, and the top-quark massm t = 173.21 GeV. All other quarks are massless."},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2604.02906","ref_index":57,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.9,"is_internal_anchor":false,"paper_title":"Probing Proton Structure via Physics-Guided Neural Networks in Holographic QCD","primary_cat":"hep-ph","submitted_at":"2026-04-03T09:25:09+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":7.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"A physics-guided neural network embedding AdS5 Dirac equation and holographic Pomeron fits SLAC proton F2 data with chi-squared per degree of freedom of 0.91 and identifies a kinematic crossover at x approximately 0.19 while recovering Pomeron intercept of 1.0786.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"baseline","top_context_polarity":"baseline","context_text":"Rojo (NNPDF), Unbiased determination of the pro- ton structure function F(2)**p with faithful uncertainty estimation, JHEP03, 080, arXiv:hep-ph/0501067. [55] R. D. 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Li, Machine learning transforms the"},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2602.11359","ref_index":59,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"High-level hadronic tau lepton triggers of the CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions at $\\sqrt{s}$ = 13.6 TeV","primary_cat":"physics.ins-det","submitted_at":"2026-02-11T20:46:53+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":4.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"CMS deployed ML-based high-level triggers for hadronic tau leptons with high efficiency and low compute cost, validated on 62 fb^{-1} of 2022-2023 data.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2601.11780","ref_index":60,"ref_count":4,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Observation of a cross-section enhancement near the $t\\bar{t}$ production threshold in $\\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2026-01-16T21:05:04+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":8.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"ATLAS reports an 8+ sigma excess in ttbar production near threshold, consistent with NRQCD quasi-bound states and measuring 9.3 pb.","context_count":2,"top_context_role":"background","top_context_polarity":"background","context_text":"1 Modelling of𝒕 ¯𝒕production in pQCD 3.1.1 Models based onPowheg v2hvq+Pythia8 (hvq) The production of𝑡¯𝑡 events is modelled using thePowheg Boxv2 [55-59] generator with thehvq model (Powheg v2 hvq), which provides ME predictions for the production process𝑝 𝑝→𝑡 ¯𝑡 at NLO accuracy in pQCD. For brevity, these samples are referred to in the text ashvq. TheNNPDF3.0nlo[60] PDF set is used and theℎdamp parameter, which effectively regulates the high𝑝T radiation against which the𝑡¯𝑡 system recoils, is set to 1.5𝑚𝑡 [61]. The value of the strong coupling constant𝛼s is taken at the reference value measured at the𝑍-boson mass scale,𝛼s(𝑚 𝑍 )=0.118 , and is consistently evolved to the relevant scales. The renormalisation (𝜇𝑅) and factorisation (𝜇𝐹) scales are dynamic, using the functional form:√︃"},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2511.23091","ref_index":40,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Measurement of the top-quark mass using decays with a $J/\\psi$ meson at $\\sqrt{s}=$13 TeV with the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2025-11-28T11:23:03+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":6.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"Top quark mass measured at 172.17 ± 1.56 GeV via unbinned maximum-likelihood fit to m(ℓ μ⁺μ⁻) in ATLAS Run 2 data using J/ψ decays.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"method","top_context_polarity":"use_method","context_text":"Events were processed using the same reconstruction algorithms as applied to data. An𝑚top value of 172.5GeVwas used in all simulated samples, unless stated otherwise. The production oftt events was simulated using thePowheg Boxv2 [36-39] generator, which provides matrix elements (ME) at next-to-leading order (NLO) in quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and the NNPDF3.0nnlo[40] set of PDFs. Theℎdamp parameter, which effectively regulates the high transverse momentum (𝑝T) radiation against which thett system recoils, was set to 1.5𝑚top [41]. The functional form of the renormalisation (𝜇r) and factorisation (𝜇f) scales was set to𝜇r =𝜇 f = √︃ (𝑚2 top +𝑝 2 T,𝑡 ), where the top-quark transverse momentum𝑝T,𝑡 was evaluated before radiation [42]."},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2511.21240","ref_index":51,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Search for signatures of electroweakinos with photons, jets, and large missing transverse momentum in $\\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2025-11-26T10:16:05+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":3.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"No significant excess observed; gauginos excluded up to 1.2 TeV in specific supersymmetric decay scenarios.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2511.10666","ref_index":58,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Jet fragmentation function and groomed substructure of bottom quark jets in proton-proton collisions at 5.02 TeV","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2025-11-06T19:14:31+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":7.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"CMS measures soft-drop groomed radius and momentum balance plus a charged fragmentation function for b jets, observing dead-cone suppression compared to inclusive jets.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2511.01995","ref_index":76,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Inclusive and differential measurements of the $\\mathrm{t\\bar{t}}\\gamma$ cross section and the $\\mathrm{t\\bar{t}}\\gamma$ / $\\mathrm{t\\bar{t}}$ cross section ratio in proton-proton collisions at $\\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2025-11-03T19:08:32+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":3.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"CMS reports fiducial and differential ttγ cross sections plus ttγ/tt ratios at 13 TeV that agree with Standard Model expectations within uncertainties.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2510.02857","ref_index":45,"ref_count":2,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Search for a resonance decaying into a scalar particle and a Higgs boson in the final state with two bottom quarks and two photons with 199 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected at $\\sqrt{s}$=13 and 13.6 TeV with the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2025-10-03T09:53:41+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":4.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"No significant excess observed in search for X → S(bb)H(γγ); 95% CL limits on σ×BR set from 9 fb to 0.06 fb over m_X 170-1000 GeV and m_S 15-500 GeV in 199 fb^{-1} of ATLAS data.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2509.14070","ref_index":28,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Observation of $W^{+}W^{-}\\gamma$ production in $pp$ collisions at $\\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector and constraints on anomalous quartic gauge-boson couplings","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2025-09-17T15:16:12+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":6.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"ATLAS reports the observation of W⁺W⁻γ triboson production with 5.9σ significance and derives constraints on anomalous quartic gauge-boson couplings via effective field theory.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2509.14005","ref_index":19,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Search for Higgs bosons produced in association with a high-energy photon via vector-boson fusion and decaying to a pair of $b$-quarks in the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2025-09-17T14:14:15+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":6.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"ATLAS reports a new measurement of the Higgs signal strength in the VBF plus photon channel with H to bb decay, obtaining 0.2 ± 0.7 using an improved neural-network-based analysis on 133 fb^{-1} of data.","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2509.13759","ref_index":49,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Measurement of the $W$-boson angular coefficients and transverse momentum in $pp$ collisions at $\\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2025-09-17T07:15:57+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":5.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"ATLAS reports the first measurement of the complete angular coefficients and pT-differential cross sections for W+ and W- bosons in full lepton phase space at 13 TeV, finding agreement with QCD predictions up to order α_S².","context_count":0,"top_context_role":null,"top_context_polarity":null,"context_text":null},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2508.06947","ref_index":69,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Search for light pseudoscalar boson pairs produced from Higgs boson decays using the 4$\\tau$ and 2$\\mu$2$\\tau$ final states in proton-proton collisions at $\\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV","primary_cat":"hep-ex","submitted_at":"2025-08-09T11:43:00+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":4.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"No excess observed in search for Higgs to a1 a1 decays; 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The MC samples for each Higgs boson production mode are generated with MAD- GRAPH5 aMC@NLO2.4.2 [57] at NLO accuracy in QCD. Events produced via the ggH pro- duction mode are weighted as a function of Higgs bosonp T and number of jets, to match the prediction from the NNLOPS program [58]. The NNPDF 3.0 [59] (3.1 [60]) parton distribution function (PDF) set is used for event samples compatible with the 2016 (2017 and 2018) data. Parton showering and hadronization are simulated withPYTHIA8.230 [61]. The samples are normalized to the production cross sections and branching fractions recommended in Ref. 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This contribution is suppressed by an event selection requirement, but it can not be completely removed to preserve the gauge invariance. Therefore, the signal process is represented by the EWKproductionanditsvector-boson-scattering(EWKVBS)contributionwillbeenhancedbytheanalysis selection. The NNPDF3.0nlo [43] parton distribution functions (PDF) set was used and the parton shower and hadronization were modelled with Pythia 8.186 [44] using the A14 set of tuned parameters (tune) for the underlying event [45]. Potential modifications to the SM processes introduced by the Eboli model operators are implemented in the BSM signal samples. For each operator two terms were considered, the one including the lagrangian"},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2103.05419","ref_index":79,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"Science Requirements and Detector Concepts for the Electron-Ion Collider: EIC Yellow Report","primary_cat":"physics.ins-det","submitted_at":"2021-03-08T17:24:34+00:00","verdict":"ACCEPT","verdict_confidence":"MODERATE","novelty_score":2.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"The EIC Yellow Report specifies the science goals, required detector capabilities, and technology concepts needed to realize a high-luminosity electron-ion collider program.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"background","top_context_polarity":"background","context_text":"s/sNNPDF Q2=5GeV2 NNPDF3.0 NNPDFrew -0.10 -0.05 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 (u--d-)/(u-+d-) xB (s+s-)/(u-+d-) √s=140 GeV 10-3 10-2 10-1 (s-s-)/(s+s-) xB Figure 7.8: Expected impact on the unpolarized (sea) quark PDFs when adding SIDIS infor- mation from pions and kaons inep collisions. The baseline NNPDFs were take from Ref. [79]. icant number of QCD global analyses, a definitive signal has long been elusive, with most analyses [81, 82] generally placing upper limits on the total nonpertur- bative charm momentum,⟨x⟩c+ ¯c, at the scale Q = mc. The EMC charm structure function measurements of 1983 [83] have been suggested as offering evidence for nonperturbative charm, but have been challenging to accommodate in a global fit."},{"citing_arxiv_id":"1906.11332","ref_index":50,"ref_count":1,"confidence":0.98,"is_internal_anchor":true,"paper_title":"VBSCan Thessaloniki 2018 Workshop Summary","primary_cat":"hep-ph","submitted_at":"2019-06-26T20:20:57+00:00","verdict":"UNVERDICTED","verdict_confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":1.0,"formal_verification":"none","one_line_summary":"The document reports the first year of activity of the VBSCan COST Action network on vector-boson scattering phenomenology and experiments from a 2018 workshop.","context_count":1,"top_context_role":"dataset","top_context_polarity":"use_dataset","context_text":"precise measurement of the center-of-mass energy of the scattering process through the invariant mass of the four final state leptons. On the other hand, the cross-section is very small. We present here results for the polarizedZZ scattering, in thepp→jje−e+µ−µ+ decay channel. Simulated events have been generated with PHANTOM 1.5b [49], using the NNPDF30_lo_as_0130 [50] with scale Q = m4l√ 2 . We consider only ElectroWeak processes atO(α6 EM ). All presented results refer to a center-f-mass energy of 13 TeV and have been obtained with the following set of cuts: 1. ⏐⏐ηj ⏐⏐< 5 2. pj t > 20 GeV 3. Mjj > 600 GeV 4. ⏐⏐∆ηjj ⏐⏐> 3.6 5. ηj1·ηj2< 0 6. MZZ > 2MZ 7. mll > 40 GeV 8. 86.2 GeV