Research summary
The ENDF/B-VIII.0 evaluated nuclear reaction data library incorporates the IAEA standards, improved thermal neutron scattering data, and new CIELO-project evaluations for n + 1H, 16O, 56Fe, 235U, 238U and 239Pu, with updated evaluations for light nuclei, structural materials and actinides plus revised fission energy release, prompt fission neutron and gamma spectra [1]. MARK-J data at PETRA reported the first unambiguous observation of three-jet structure in e+ e- to hadrons, with the spatial energy 'oblateness' described by QCD predictions for qqbar production accompanied by hard non-collinear gluons [2]. A Standard Model extension with a singlet scalar coupled to the Higgs was analysed for electroweak baryogenesis, identifying regions where gravitational-wave signals would be detectable while collider searches would not [3]. The scalar singlet dark matter model was reassessed across the parameter space, finding that only above about 1 TeV (and in a fine-tuned low-mass resonance region) can the singlet account for all dark matter [4]. The GAMBIT framework underpins multiple global analyses: Higgs portal singlet, vector, Majorana and Dirac fermion dark matter models with up-to-date relic, invisible-Higgs and direct/indirect constraints including XENON1T, and Bayesian model comparison across the four [5]; the open-source GAMBIT package itself combines a hierarchical model database, automatic analysis-building and a multi-method statistical layer with hooks to external codes [6]; global fits of three GUT-scale SUSY models (CMSSM, NUHM1, NUHM2) combine direct/indirect dark matter limits with electroweak precision, flavour, LEP/LHC SUSY searches and Higgs observables [8]; and a weak-scale MSSM7 fit identifies co-annihilation regions of neutralinos with charginos, stops and sbottoms [9]. The Dark Machines anomaly score challenge produced more than one billion simulated LHC events corresponding to 10 fb^-1 and benchmarked unsupervised anomaly-detection algorithms for model-independent LHC signal regions [7].
Recent publications
- ENDF/B-VIII.0: The 8 th Major Release of the Nuclear Reaction Data Library with CIELO-project Cross Sections, New Standards and Thermal Scattering DataDOI
- Discovery of Three-Jet Events and a Test of Quantum Chromodynamics at PETRADOI
- Gravitational wave, collider and dark matter signals from a scalar singlet electroweak baryogenesisDOI
- Status of the scalar singlet dark matter modelDOI
- Global analyses of Higgs portal singlet dark matter models using GAMBITDOI
- High-Performance Bi-2212 Round Wires Made With Recent PowdersDOI
- GAMBIT: the global and modular beyond-the-standard-model inference toolDOI
- The Dark Machines Anomaly Score Challenge: Benchmark Data and Model Independent Event Classification for the Large Hadron ColliderDOI
- Global fits of GUT-scale SUSY models with GAMBITDOI
- A global fit of the MSSM with GAMBITDOI
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