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Part of the energy created in deuterium-tritium fusion reactors is carried away from plasma by a high-intensity neutron flux, which is then absorbed by the inner walls of the reactor. The interactions of neutrons with the materials within the walls can result in the production of dark sector particles, feebly interacting light scalars or pseudoscalars, via nuclear transitions. We estimate the potential size of such dark sector flux and consider possible detection methods at current and future thermonuclear fusion reactors.

We speculate on the (unlikely but tantalizing) possibility that minimization of quantum entanglement might be a fundamental principle that determines particle physics input parameters.

The emission of collinear radiation off an elementary lepton can be factorised from the hard scattering process by introducing Parton Distribution Functions of a Lepton (LePDF), which, contrary to protons, can be derived from first principles. In case of multi-TeV lepton colliders, such as the muon colliders currently being proposed, the complete structure of Standard Model interactions must be taken into account.