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arxiv: 2607.00229 · v1 · pith:XZZ46ALTnew · submitted 2026-06-30 · ✦ hep-ph · quant-ph

Production of Magic States via Z Bosons and Dark Photons

Carlos Alvarado , Alfredo Aranda , C\'esar Bonilla , Yahir Lua , Ethan Rodr\'iguez-Mart\'inez This is my paper

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keywords magic statesdark photonZ bosondark matterBhabha scatteringMoller scatteringpair annihilationelectroweak effects
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Magic distributions for scattering in a dark U(1) extension reach maximal value at SM-to-dark fermion mass ratios approaching 0 and 1.83929.

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The paper studies production of magic states in electroweak scattering within the Standard Model and in an extension with a new broken U(1) gauge symmetry plus a charged Dirac fermion acting as dark matter. Low-energy Standard Model results match earlier quantum electrodynamics calculations, while high-energy and Z-resonance regimes produce new magic distribution functions and reorganize stabilizer state classes, with Bhabha scattering most sensitive to the electroweak contributions. In the dark sector the new massive mediator generates distinct magic distribution functions for Moller-like, Bhabha-like, and inverse pair-annihilation processes in the low-energy limit. These functions attain the highest magic value precisely when the SM fermion to dark fermion mass ratio tends to zero or to 1.83929. A reader would care because the work links quantum-information measures of magic directly to particle-physics amplitudes and dark-matter annihilation channels.

Core claim

In the dark sector the low-energy effective theory produces new magic distribution functions for Moller-like, Bhabha-like, and inverse pair-annihilation processes that reach the maximal magic value at the SM-to-dark fermion mass ratios m_f/m_χ → 0 and m_f/m_χ → 1.83929; in the electroweak sector the Z boson introduces additional magic distributions at high energy and resonance while a subset of stabilizer states retain unchanged magic distributions across regimes.

What carries the argument

Magic distribution functions extracted from the scattering amplitudes of the chosen processes in the presence of the Z boson or the new dark gauge boson.

If this is right

  • Bhabha scattering shows the strongest sensitivity to electroweak effects among the processes considered.
  • A subset of fixed stabilizer states keep identical magic distributions in every energy regime examined.
  • The massive mediator in the dark sector produces entirely new magic distribution functions for the three listed processes at low energy.
  • Maximal magic is attained exactly at the two limiting mass ratios m_f/m_χ → 0 and m_f/m_χ → 1.83929.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The specific numerical value 1.83929 could serve as a benchmark ratio in other dark-sector models that incorporate quantum-resource measures.
  • If the magic distributions can be connected to measurable asymmetries, collider data on Bhabha or Moller scattering might indirectly constrain the dark-fermion mass.
  • The inverse pair-annihilation channel links the magic measure to the dark-matter annihilation rate, suggesting possible cross-checks between quantum-information quantities and relic-density calculations.
  • The reorganization of stabilizer classes at the Z resonance may indicate energy-dependent transitions in the quantum-resource content of scattering final states.

Load-bearing premise

The low-energy effective description together with the selected scattering channels is enough to determine the magic distributions without higher-order corrections or extra channels altering the reported maxima.

What would settle it

An explicit computation of any of the reported magic distribution functions at a mass ratio near 1.83929 that returns a value strictly below the claimed maximum.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2607.00229 by Alfredo Aranda, Carlos Alvarado, C\'esar Bonilla, Ethan Rodr\'iguez-Mart\'inez, Yahir Lua.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Angular dependence of the magic distributions obtained from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Angular dependence of the magic distributions obtained from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Angular dependence of the magic distributions obtained from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Angular dependence of the magic distributions obtained from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Comparison of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p022_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Angular dependence of the magic distributions obtained from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p022_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Angular dependence of the magic distributions obtained from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p024_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. Angular dependence of the magic distributions obtained from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p026_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9. Angular dependence of the magic distributions obtained from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p028_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: FIG. 10. Magic distributions for stabilizer state #43 in Møller scattering across the high energy [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p031_10.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: FIG. 11. Parameter dependence of the magic distribution functions featured in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p035_11.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: FIG. 12. Parameter dependence of the magic distribution functions featuring in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p036_12.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 13. Figure 13: FIG. 13. Parameter dependence of the magic distribution functions featuring in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p037_13.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 14. Figure 14: FIG. 14. Parameter dependence of the magic distribution functions featuring in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p039_14.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 15. Figure 15: FIG. 15. Constant magic distribution functions featured in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p039_15.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 16. Figure 16: FIG. 16. Parameter dependence of the magic distribution functions featuring in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p041_16.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 17. Figure 17: FIG. 17. Parameter dependence of the magic distribution functions featuring in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p043_17.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 18. Figure 18: FIG. 18. Family comparison plots between the different magic functions in pair annihilation scat [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p053_18.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 19. Figure 19: FIG. 19. Family comparison plots between the different magic functions in Møller scattering [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p054_19.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 20. Figure 20: FIG. 20. Family comparison plots between the different magic functions in Bhabha scattering [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p056_20.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 21. Figure 21: FIG. 21. Family comparison plots between the different magic functions in elastic scattering [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p057_21.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

The production of magic states is studied in two settings. The first is the electroweak (EW) sector of the Standard Model (SM). The second is an extension featuring a new broken $U(1)$ gauge symmetry and a Dirac fermion charged under it. This setup resembles a dark $U(1)$ scenario, with the additional fermion playing the role of a dark matter candidate that annihilates into SM particles through its coupling to the new gauge boson. In the EW sector, the low-energy regime reproduces earlier magic production results obtained for Quantum Electrodynamics, whereas the high-energy and $Z$-resonance regimes generate new magic distribution functions and non-trivially reorganize the stabilizer state classes, with Bhabha scattering exhibiting the strongest sensitivity to electroweak effects. Also, a subset of fixed stabilizer states is identified, for which the magic distributions remain unchanged across the different energy regimes. In the dark sector, the main effect of the new massive mediator is the appearance of new magic distributions functions for Moller-like, Bhabha-like, and inverse pair-annihilation processes in the low-energy limit. These reach the maximal magic value at the SM-to-dark fermion mass ratios $m_f/m_\chi \to 0$ and $m_f/m_\chi\to 1.83929$.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript examines magic-state production in electroweak scattering processes within the Standard Model and in a dark U(1) extension containing a Dirac fermion dark-matter candidate that annihilates via a new gauge boson. It asserts that the low-energy electroweak regime recovers prior QED results, that high-energy and Z-resonance regimes produce new magic distributions with Bhabha scattering most sensitive to electroweak corrections, that certain stabilizer states remain fixed across regimes, and that in the dark sector the new magic distributions for Moller-like, Bhabha-like, and inverse pair-annihilation channels attain their global maxima precisely at the mass ratios m_f/m_χ → 0 and m_f/m_χ → 1.83929.

Significance. If the reported extrema are shown to be robust, the work supplies concrete, falsifiable links between quantum-information measures of magic and calculable particle-physics amplitudes, including the first explicit dark-sector magic distributions and the identification of regime-independent stabilizer states. These results could motivate new observables in high-energy collisions or dark-matter searches.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim that the dark-sector magic distributions reach their maxima at m_f/m_χ → 1.83929 is stated without any derivation, analytic condition, or numerical procedure, rendering it impossible to verify whether the value is an extremum of the computed amplitudes or an artifact of the chosen low-energy effective theory.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract (dark-sector paragraph): the assertion that the listed channels suffice to extract the global maxima assumes that no additional diagrams, higher-order terms in the dark gauge coupling, or other annihilation channels alter the location or height of the reported extrema; no explicit stability check against such extensions is provided, yet this assumption is load-bearing for the quoted mass ratios.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract refers to “new magic distribution functions” without defining the precise functional form or the measure of magic employed; a brief statement of the definition used would improve readability.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and constructive comments. We respond point-by-point to the major comments on the abstract and indicate the revisions that will be incorporated.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim that the dark-sector magic distributions reach their maxima at m_f/m_χ → 1.83929 is stated without any derivation, analytic condition, or numerical procedure, rendering it impossible to verify whether the value is an extremum of the computed amplitudes or an artifact of the chosen low-energy effective theory.

    Authors: The value 1.83929 is the result of a numerical maximization of the magic distribution over the mass ratio m_f/m_χ performed on the low-energy amplitudes for the dark-sector channels; the procedure and the underlying expressions are given in the main text. We will revise the abstract to state that the reported maxima are obtained by numerical maximization of the computed distributions. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract (dark-sector paragraph): the assertion that the listed channels suffice to extract the global maxima assumes that no additional diagrams, higher-order terms in the dark gauge coupling, or other annihilation channels alter the location or height of the reported extrema; no explicit stability check against such extensions is provided, yet this assumption is load-bearing for the quoted mass ratios.

    Authors: The quoted results are obtained at tree level within the low-energy effective theory of the stated dark U(1) model, using only the diagrams for the three listed channels. We will add an explicit statement clarifying the perturbative order and model assumptions under which the extrema are reported, together with a note that extensions lie outside the present scope. revision: yes

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full rationale

The paper derives magic distribution functions from scattering amplitudes in the SM electroweak sector and a dark U(1) extension, then reports the mass ratios at which these functions attain their maxima (including the numerical value 1.83929). This is a direct computational outcome of the effective-theory matrix elements and the chosen magic measure, not a redefinition or fit renamed as a prediction. Prior QED results are reproduced as a consistency check rather than used as a load-bearing premise. No self-citation chains, ansatze smuggled via citation, or uniqueness theorems reduce the central claims to tautologies. The derivation chain is self-contained against the paper's own definitions and assumptions.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 1 invented entities

The central claims rest on the standard definition of magic measures applied to 2-to-2 scattering amplitudes, the validity of the low-energy effective theory for the dark U(1), and the assumption that the listed processes dominate magic production.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Magic state measures and stabilizer formalism can be directly applied to S-matrix elements of QFT scattering processes.
    Invoked throughout to define the magic distributions.
  • domain assumption The dark U(1) extension with Dirac fermion is a valid effective theory below the new gauge boson mass.
    Used to justify the low-energy limit calculations.
invented entities (1)
  • Dark U(1) gauge boson (dark photon) no independent evidence
    purpose: Mediator enabling dark fermion annihilation to SM particles and new scattering channels.
    Introduced as part of the model extension; no independent evidence supplied.

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