Topological Confinement of Charm-Hadron Elliptic Flow Splitting and Exact Mass Predictions from the Al-Ani Fabric Theory

The ALICE Collaboration recently reported a structural 3.7σ splitting in the elliptic flow (v2) of prompt Λc+ baryons compared to D0 mesons in relativistic Pb-Pb collisions, an observation that poses severe naturalness and parameter-tuning challenges for standard hydrodynamic transport models. In this Letter, we demonstrate that this baryon-meson flow hierarchy is a direct, parameter-free consequence of the Al-Ani Fabric Theory. By mapping hadrons as localized topological knots within a discrete cubic Planck lattice, the elliptic flow scales explicitly with the "topological complexity" (C = f0 / Neff) of the underlying lattice representations. Furthermore, we deploy this strict geometric framework to calculate the deterministic invariant rest masses of the charm-hadron sector, yielding exact predictions for m(Λc+) and m(Ξc0) that match experimental Particle Data Group (PDG) averages within >99.8% precision. A decisive, parameter-free prediction for the unmeasured flow ratio of the Ξc0 baryon is provided as a crucial test for future LHC runs.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-11-01
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23858067
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Topological Confinement of Charm-Hadron Elliptic Flow Splitting and Exact Mass Predictions from the Al-Ani Fabric Theory

A. F. Al-Ani
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Topological Confinement of Charm-Hadron Elliptic Flow Splitting and Exact Mass Predictions from the Al-Ani Fabric Theory

A. F. Al-Ani
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The ALICE Collaboration recently reported a structural 3.7σ splitting in the elliptic flow (v2) of prompt Λc+ baryons compared to D0 mesons in relativistic Pb-Pb collisions, an observation that poses severe naturalness and parameter-tuning challenges for standard hydrodynamic transport models. In this Letter, we demonstrate that this baryon-meson flow hierarchy is a direct, parameter-free consequence of the Al-Ani Fabric Theory. By mapping hadrons as localized topological knots within a discrete cubic Planck lattice, the elliptic flow scales explicitly with the "topological complexity" (C = f0 / Neff) of the underlying lattice representations. Furthermore, we deploy this strict geometric framework to calculate the deterministic invariant rest masses of the charm-hadron sector, yielding exact predictions for m(Λc+) and m(Ξc0) that match experimental Particle Data Group (PDG) averages within >99.8% precision. A decisive, parameter-free prediction for the unmeasured flow ratio of the Ξc0 baryon is provided as a crucial test for future LHC runs.

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Topological Confinement of Charm-Hadron Elliptic Flow Splitting and Exact Mass Predictions from the Al-Ani Fabric Theory — A. F. Al-Ani · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS