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The Preprints collection aims to cover as far as possible all the grey literature in particle physics and its related technologies. The collection contains something like 400,000 documents, out of which about 50% can be accessed electronically. The documents originate from a variety of institutes all over the world. The collection, currently available, starts in 1979 and it has a full coverage of the arXiv.org e-Print archive since its beginning in 1991.

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2026-01-16
08:39
Updates from the AWAKE Helicon Plasma Source: Plasma Diagnostics Driving Advances in Particle Acceleration / Stollberg, C (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne ; CERN) ; Karimov, R (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne ; CERN) ; Furno, I (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne ; CERN) ; Guittienne, P (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Baquero, M (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Sublet, A (CERN) ; Santos, M V Dos (CERN) ; Amoedo, C (CERN) ; Buttenschön, B (Greifswald, Max Planck Inst. ; CERN)
The Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE), hosted at CERN, offers an innovative alternative to conventional radio frequency accelerators. [...]
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08:39
A New Solid-State Pulse Generator for the CERN PS Multi Turn Extraction Using an Inductive Adder Topology / Kramer, Thomas (CERN) ; Ruf, Johannes (CERN) ; Standen, Dylan (CERN) ; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis (Norwegian U. Sci. Tech.)
The Inductive Adder topology has been intensively studied at CERN and conceptual designs have been developed for the CLIC and FCC projects. [...]
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2026-01-15
21:50
μRWELL-PICOSEC: Precision Timing with Resistive Micro-Well Detector / Gnanvo, K. (Jefferson Lab) ; Aleksan, R. (IRFU, Saclay) ; Angelis, Y. (Aristotle U., Thessaloniki ; Thessaloniki U.) ; Aune, S. (IRFU, Saclay) ; Bortfeldt, J. (LMU Munich (main)) ; Brunbauer, F. (CERN) ; Brunoldi, M. (Pavia U. ; INFN, Pavia) ; Chatzianagnostou, E. (Aristotle U., Thessaloniki ; Thessaloniki U.) ; Datta, J. (SUNY, Stony Brook) ; Dehmelt, K. (Jefferson Lab) et al.
The PICOSEC detector concept uses a micro-pattern gaseous detector (MPGD) amplification structure combined with a Cerenkov radiator coated with a semi-transparent photocathode to provide below tens of picosecond-level precision timing capabilities with minimum ionizing particles. [...]
arXiv:2512.10137.
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21:50
First comments on a descoped/staged FCC-ee / Blondel, Alain (LPNHE, Paris) ; Grojean, Christophe (DESY ; Humboldt U., Berlin) ; Janot, Patrick (CERN) ; Wilkinson, Guy (Oxford U.)
In response to its remit, the European Strategy Group (ESG) recommended the electron-positron Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee) as the preferred option for the next flagship collider at CERN; and a descoped FCC-ee as the preferred alternative option (with reduced synchrotron radiation (SR) power, without a run at the $\rm t \bar t$ threshold, and with only two interaction regions) in the event that the preferred option turns out not to be feasible. [...]
arXiv:2601.05283.
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2026-01-15
19:07
Nuclear collectivity and the harmonic spectrum of two-body correlations / Blaizot, Jean-Paul (IPhT, Saclay) ; Giacalone, Giuliano (CERN) ; Lovato, Alessandro (Trento U. ; Argonne, PHY)
High-energy nuclear collisions have opened a new experimental method to reveal collective behavior in nuclear ground states through the lens of many-body correlations of nucleons. [...]
arXiv:2512.18926.
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2026-01-15
18:53
AMBER -- A Strong-Interaction Facility at CERN / Ketzer, Bernhard (Bonn U., HISKP) ; Chiosso, Michela (INFN, Turin ; Turin U. ; CERN)
AMBER (NA66) is a fixed-target facility at the M2 beam line of CERN SPS, which performs worldwide unique research on the internal structure and the excitation spectrum of hadrons. [...]
arXiv:2601.06570.
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2026-01-15
16:51
An Optimal Observable Machine for reinterpretable measurements in high-energy physics / Mohr, Torben (KIT, Karlsruhe ; Gent U.) ; Quiroga Triviño, Alejandro (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Riemer, Fabian (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Monsch, Artur (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Defranchis, Matteo (CERN) ; Knolle, Joscha (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Mehta, Ankita (CERN) ; Kieseler, Jan (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Klute, Markus (KIT, Karlsruhe)
A machine-learning-based framework for constructing generator-level observables optimized for parameter extraction in particle physics analyses is introduced, referred to as the Optimal Observable Machine (OOM). [...]
arXiv:2601.08813.
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2026-01-15
16:45
Study of $\boldsymbolβ$ Decay Shape Factors in First-Forbidden Transitions with $\boldsymbol{ΔI^π= 0^-}$ for Reactor Antineutrino Spectra Predictions / Alcalá, G.A. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Algora, A. (Valencia U., IFIC ; KLTE-ATOMKI) ; Estienne, M. (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Fallot, M. (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Guadilla, V. (SUBATECH, Nantes ; Warsaw U.) ; Beloeuvre, A. (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Gelletly, W. (Surrey U.) ; Kean, R. (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Porta, A. (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Bouvier, S. (SUBATECH, Nantes) et al.
The electron spectra of the $β$ decays of $^{92}$Rb and $^{142}$Cs, key contributors to the reactor antineutrino spectrum, were measured at the IGISOL facility using radioactive beams of high isotopic purity. [...]
arXiv:2601.05804.
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2026-01-15
14:51
Inclusive and exclusive semileptonic decays of heavy mesons on the lattice / Hu, Zhi (KEK, Tsukuba) ; Barone, Alessandro (U. Mainz, PRISMA) ; Elgaziari, Ahmed (Southampton U.) ; Hashimoto, Shoji (Sokendai, Tsukuba ; KEK, Tsukuba) ; Jüttner, Andreas (U. Southampton (main) ; CERN) ; Kaneko, Takashi (Sokendai, Tsukuba ; KEK, Tsukuba) ; Kellermann, Ryan (KEK, Tsukuba)
We report the recent progress from our group in extracting observables of both inclusive and exclusive semileptonic heavy-meson decays directly from lattice QCD four-point correlators. [...]
arXiv:2601.09480 ; KEK-CP-0410.
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2026-01-15
10:27
Search for a boosted Higgs boson decaying to bottom quark pairs in association with a W or Z boson in proton-proton collisions at $ \sqrt{s} = $ 13 TeV / CMS Collaboration
A search is conducted for standard model Higgs bosons with large transverse momentum ($ p_{\mathrm{T}} $) decaying to bottom quark pairs and produced in association with a hadronically decaying W or Z boson at the LHC. [...]
arXiv:2601.05362 ; CMS-HIG-24-017 ; CERN-EP-2025-280 ; CMS-HIG-24-017-003.
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