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TMDs in the Lens of Generative AI: A Pixel-Based Approach to Partonic Imaging

Marco Zaccheddu, Leonard Gamberg +others

hep-ph May 7, 2026

This work introduces a novel, nonparametric pixel-based framework for the Bayesian inference and imaging of transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distributions. The methodology is built upon a fu...

BRICKS: Compositional Neural Markov Kernels for Zero-Shot Radiation-Matter Simulation

Richard Hildebrandt, Evangelos Kourlitis +others

hep-ph May 7, 2026

We introduce a new strategy for compositional neural surrogates for radiation-matter interactions, a key task spanning domains from particle physics through nuclear and space engineering to medical ph...

Probing unknown nonperturbative effects in $b \to s \ell\ell$ with inclusive and exclusive observables

P. Alvarez-Cartelle, B. Capdevila +others

hep-ph May 7, 2026

In this paper we revisit, from a different perspective, a long-standing question: ``Is the systematic deficit observed in all branching ratios mediated by a $b\to s μμ$ transition due to New Physics, ...

$F_K/F_π$ as a precision test of a new four flavor Domain Wall Fermion action

Renwick J. Hudspith, Nicolas Garron +others

hep-ph May 7, 2026

We present a new set of lattice QCD ensembles with four flavors of smeared Möbius Domain Wall Fermions with good chiral symmetry and small fifth-dimensional extent. A modest amount of computing resour...

The strange and flavor-singlet axial form factors of the nucleon from lattice QCD

Alessandro Barone, Dalibor Djukanovic +others

hep-ph May 7, 2026

The singlet axial form factor of the nucleon provides essential input for a complete understanding of the nucleon axial structure. Together with the isovector and isoscalar octet channels, in the forw...

The Hagedorn Temperature as a Nonequilibrium Dynamical Bottleneck in String Thermodynamics

Cesar Damian, Oscar Loaiza-Brito

hep-ph May 7, 2026

The Hagedorn regime of string theory is usually understood as an equilibrium limiting phenomenon: the exponential growth of the density of states makes the canonical partition function singular at the...

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