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We present a toy model of a fuzzy Schwarzschild space slice (as a noncommutative manifold), in which quantum mean values and quantum quasi-coherent states (states minimizing the quantum uncertainties) have properties close to the classical slice of ( r, θ) Schwarzschild coordinates (the so-called Flamm’s paraboloid). This fuzzy Schwarzschild slice is built as a deformation of the noncommutative plane. Quantum time observables are introduced to add a time quantization in the model. We study the structure of the quasi-coherent state of the fuzzy Schwarzschild slice with respect to the quasi-coherent state and the deformation states of the noncommutative plane. The quantum dynamics of a fermion interacting with a fuzzy black hole described by the present model is studied. In particular, we study the decoherence effects appearing in the neighborhood of the fuzzy event horizon. An extension of the model to describe a quantum wormhole is also proposed, where we show that fermions cross the wormhole not by traveling by its internal space but by quantum tunneling, in accordance with the non-traversable character of classical Einstein–Rosen bridges.

We consider hamiltonian models representing an arbitrary number of spin $1/2$ fermion quantum fields interacting through arbitrary processes of creation or annihilation of particles. The fields may be massive or massless. The interaction form factors are supposed to satisfy some regularity conditions in both position and momentum space. Without any restriction on the strength of the interaction, we prove that the Hamiltonian identifies to a self-adjoint operator on a tensor product of anti-symmetric Fock spaces and we establish the existence of a ground state. Our results rely on new interpolated $N_\tau$ estimates. They apply to models arising from the Fermi theory of weak interactions, with ultraviolet and spatial cut-offs., Comment: 26 pages

Singlet scalar Dark Matter can naturally arise in composite Higgs models as an additional stable pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson. We study the properties of such a candidate in a model based on $SU(6)/SO(6)$, with the light quark masses generated by 4-fermion interactions. The presence of non-linearities in the couplings allows to saturate the relic density for masses $400 < m_{\rm DM} < 1000$ GeV, and survive the bound from Direct Detection and Indirect Detection. The viable parameter regions are in reach of the sensitivities of future upgrades, like XENONnT and LZ., 12 pages and 4 figures; v2 minor improvement

We propose a supersymmetrisation of the cosmological constant in ordinary $N=1$ supergravity that breaks supersymmetry spontaneously by a constant Fayet-Iliopoulos (FI) term associated to a $U(1)$ symmetry. This term is a variation of a new gauge invariant FI term proposed recently, which is invariant under K\"{a}hler transformations and can be written even for a gauged R-symmetry on top of the standard FI contribution. The two terms are the same in the absence of matter but differ in its presence. The proposed term is reduced to a constant FI-term up to fermion interactions that disappear in the unitary gauge in the absence of any F-term supersymmetry breaking. The constant FI term leads to a positive cosmological constant, uplifting the vacuum energy from the usual anti-de Sitter supergravity to any higher value., Comment: 12 pages, v2: published version

International audience; The newly discovered property of Effective Locality bears on QCD non-perturbative fermionic Green’s functions. It has produced a certain number of interesting tree level results, while remaining somewhat enigmatic. Recalling and enlarging its derivation, focus is put on a possible deep meaning of effective locality which turns out to be independent of any form of representation used for the interacting fermionic fields in a background gluonic configuration. As the latter are implemented though, other remarkable consequences of effective locality come about which will be discussed.

International audience; The Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model is a model of $q$ interacting fermions. Gross and Rosenhaus have proposed a generalization of the SYK model which involves fermions with different flavors. In terms of Feynman graphs, those flavors are reminiscent of the colors used in random tensor theory. This gives us the opportunity to apply some modern, yet elementary, tools developed in the context of random tensors to one particular instance of such colored SYK models. We illustrate our method by identifying all diagrams which contribute to the leading and next-to-leading orders of the 2-point and 4-point functions in the large $N$ expansion, and argue that our method can be further applied if necessary. In a second part we focus on the recently introduced Gurau-Witten tensor model and also extract the leading and next-to-leading orders of the 2-point and 4-point functions. This analysis turns out to be remarkably more involved than in the colored SYK model.

Where collider searches for resonant invisible particles loose steam, dark sectors might leave their trace as virtual effects in precision observables. Here we explore this option in the framework of Higgs portal models, where a sector of dark fermions interacts with the standard model through a strong renormalizable coupling to the Higgs boson. We show that precise measurements of Higgs-gauge and triple Higgs interactions can probe dark fermions up to the TeV scale through virtual corrections. Observation prospects at the LHC and future lepton colliders are discussed for the so-called singlet-doublet model of Majorana fermions, a generalization of the bino-higgsino scenario in supersymmetry. We advocate a two-fold search strategy for dark sectors through direct and indirect observables., Comment: 20 pages, 7 figures, 1 table