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We present the status of an ongoing project aimed at the inclusion of isospin-breaking corrections arising from the non-degeneracy of the light quark masses and electromagnetic interactions in calculations of the low-lying octet and decuplet baryon masses. Our ultimate goal is to perform a precision determination of the lattice scale including isospin-breaking effects. [...]

When designing lattice actions, gauge field smearing is frequently used to define the lattice Dirac operator. Since the smearing procedure removes effects of ultraviolet fluctuations, the fermions effectively see a larger lattice spacing than the gauge fields. [...]

In this contribution, we present the design of a resonant slow extraction based on the radio-frequency knockout (rf-KO) scheme, where we make use of the transverse resonance islands bucket (TRIB) optics. The generation of the TRIB optics is presented in two example lattices, which are considered for the potential upgrade of the current booster at DESY. [...]

Matrix models, as quantum mechanical systems without explicit spatial dependence, provide valuable insights into higher-dimensional gauge and gravitational theories, especially within the framework of string theory, where they can describe quantum black holes via the holographic principle. Simulating these models allows for exploration of their kinematic and dynamic properties, particularly in parameter regimes that are analytically intractable. [...]

The accurate identification of heavy-flavour jets — those which originate from bottom or charm quarks — is crucial for precision studies of the Standard Model and searches for new physics. However, assigning flavour to jets presents significant challenges, primarily due to issues with infrared and collinear (IRC) safety. [...]

Thin film solar cell technologies are mainly based on polycrystalline absorber layers, which is also the case for kesterite-based photovoltaic devices. An alternative technology, which is promising and low cost, is based on kesterite-type C⁢u$_2$⁢ZnSn⁢(S,Se)$_4$ (CZTSSe) monograins as absorbers, which are fixed in a polymer matrix to form a flexible solar cell. [...]

High-temperature dielectric polymers are in high demand for powering applications in extreme environments. Here, we have developed high-temperature homopolymer dielectrics with anisotropy by leveraging the hierarchical structure in semicrystalline polymers [...]

Lithium-ion conductors are one of the key features of all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries. To modify their properties and enable their implementation in high-performance devices, an understanding of the relationship between the crystal structure and the transport properties of the mobile species is important [...]

Exotic quasiparticle states have been proposed in mixed-valent compounds exhibiting valence transitions. However, clear spectroscopic evidence identifying these states has remained elusive [...]

We measure the time- and phase-space-integrated $CP$ asymmetry $A_{CP}$ in $D^0\toπ^+π^-π^0$ decays reconstructed in $e^+e^-\to c\bar c$ events collected by the Belle II experiment from 2019 to 2022. This sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 428 fb$^{-1}$. [...]