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most citedAnomalies From the Covariant Derivative Expansion

8 citations · 10 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

hep-ph2026

Logarithmic Wavelets for Dark Matter--Phonon Scattering

Xu-Xiang Li, Zhengkang Zhang

Phonon excitations in crystals are a promising detection channel for sub-GeV dark matter (DM), and anisotropic targets add directional sensitivity through the daily modulation of t…

hep-ph2026

Astrophysical Uncertainties in Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detection via Single Phonon Excitations

Xu-Xiang Li, Navaneetha Valsan, Zhengkang Zhang

We present the first systematic study of how local dark matter velocity distribution uncertainties propagate into direct detection rates for dark matter--single phonon scattering.…

hep-th2026

Optimal Architecture and Fundamental Bounds in Neural Network Field Theory

Zhengkang Zhang

Neural network field theory (NNFT) represents fields as neural networks and samples field configurations by drawing network parameters from a probability distribution. We identify…

hep-th2025

Geometric Building Blocks of Effective Field Theory Amplitudes

Timothy Cohen, Xu-Xiang Li, Zhengkang Zhang

On-shell amplitudes are invariant under field redefinitions. Nonderivative field redefinitions have a natural interpretation as coordinate transformations on the target manifold. G…

hep-ph2024

The Geometric Universal One-Loop Effective Action

Xu-Xiang Li, Xiaochuan Lu, Zhengkang Zhang

We derive universal formulae for integrating out heavy degrees of freedom in scalar field theories up to one-loop level in terms of covariant quantities associated with the geometr…

hep-th2024

What is the Geometry of Effective Field Theories?

Timothy Cohen, Xiaochuan Lu, Zhengkang Zhang

We elaborate on a recently proposed geometric framework for scalar effective field theories. Starting from the action, a metric can be identified that enables the construction of g…