Roy–Steiner-equation analysis of pion–nucleon scattering

M Hoferichter, JR de Elvira, B Kubis, UG Meißner - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
We review the structure of Roy–Steiner equations for pion–nucleon scattering, the solution
for the partial waves of the t-channel process π π→ N ̄ N, as well as the high-accuracy …

QCD and strongly coupled gauge theories: challenges and perspectives

N Brambilla, S Eidelman, P Foka, S Gardner… - The European Physical …, 2014 - Springer
We highlight the progress, current status, and open challenges of QCD-driven physics, in
theory and in experiment. We discuss how the strong interaction is intimately connected to a …

High-Precision Determination of the Pion-Nucleon Term from Roy-Steiner Equations

M Hoferichter, J Ruiz de Elvira, B Kubis, UG Meißner - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
We present a determination of the pion-nucleon (π N) σ term σ π N based on the Cheng-
Dashen low-energy theorem (LET), taking advantage of the recent high-precision data from …

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering: EFT analysis and nuclear responses

M Hoferichter, J Menéndez, A Schwenk - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
The cross section for coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE ν NS) depends on the
response of the target nucleus to the external current, in the Standard Model (SM) mediated …

Matching pion-nucleon Roy-Steiner equations to chiral perturbation theory

M Hoferichter, J Ruiz de Elvira, B Kubis, UG Meißner - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
We match the results for the subthreshold parameters of pion-nucleon scattering obtained
from a solution of Roy-Steiner equations to chiral perturbation theory up to next-to-next-to …

Pion-nucleon sigma term from lattice QCD

R Gupta, S Park, M Hoferichter, E Mereghetti, B Yoon… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
We present an analysis of the pion-nucleon σ-term σ π N using six ensembles with 2+ 1+ 1-
flavor highly improved staggered quark action generated by the MILC Collaboration. The …

Accurate evaluation of hadronic uncertainties in spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering: Disentangling two-and three-flavor effects

A Crivellin, M Hoferichter, M Procura - Physical Review D, 2014 - APS
We show how to avoid unnecessary and uncontrolled assumptions usually made in the
literature about soft SU (3) flavor symmetry breaking in determining the two-flavor nucleon …

Extracting the σ-term from low-energy pion-nucleon scattering

JR de Elvira, M Hoferichter, B Kubis… - Journal of Physics G …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an extraction of the pion-nucleon ($\pi N $) scattering lengths from low-energy
$\pi N $ scattering, by fitting a representation based on Roy–Steiner equations to the low …

Elastic nucleon-pion scattering at mπ= 200 MeV from lattice QCD

J Bulava, AD Hanlon, B Hörz, C Morningstar… - Nuclear Physics B, 2023 - Elsevier
Elastic nucleon-pion scattering amplitudes are computed using lattice QCD on a single
ensemble of gauge field configurations with N f= 2+ 1 dynamical quark flavors and m π= 200 …

Improved limits for Higgs-portal dark matter from LHC searches

M Hoferichter, P Klos, J Menéndez, A Schwenk - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
Searches for invisible Higgs decays at the Large Hadron Collider constrain dark matter
Higgs-portal models, where dark matter interacts with the standard model fields via the …