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hep-ph/0104028
Hans Volker Klapdor
H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus (MPI-Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany)
New Underground Neutrino Observatory - GENIUS- in the New Millenium : for Solar Neutrinos, Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay
16 pages, revtex, 8 figures,, Talk was presented at International Workshop on Low Energy Solar Neutrinos (LowNu2), December 4 and 5, 2000, Tokyo, Japan, to be published in World Scientific (2001) (eds) Y. Suzuki et al., Conference Info - http://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/neutlowe/2/transparency/index.html, Home Page of Heidelberg Non-Accelerator Particle Physics Group: http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/non_acc/
null
10.1142/9789812778000_0013
null
hep-ph
null
Double beta decay is indispensable to solve the question of the neutrino mass matrix together with $\nu$ oscillation experiments. The most sensitive experiment since eight years - the Heidelberg-Moscow experiment in Gran-Sasso - already now, with the experimental limit of < m_\nu > < 0.26 eV excludes degenerate $\nu$ mass scenarios allowing neutrinos as hot dark matter in the universe for the small angle MSW solution of the solar neutrino problem. It probes cosmological models including hot dark matter already now on the level of future satellite experiments MAP and PLANCK. It further probes many topics of beyond Standard Model physics at the TeV scale. Future experiments should give access to the multi-TeV range and complement on many ways the search for new physics at future colliders like LHC and NLC. For neutrino physics GENIUS will allow to test almost all neutrino mass scenarios allowed by the present neutrino oscillation experiments. At the same time GENIUS will cover a wide range of the parameter space of predictions of SUSY for neutralinos as cold dark matter. Further it has the potential to be a real-time detector for low-energy (pp and 7Be) solar neutrinos. A GENIUS Test Facility has just been funded and will come into operation by end of 2001.
[ { "created": "Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:11:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-08-23
[ [ "Klapdor-Kleingrothaus", "H. V.", "", "MPI-Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany" ] ]
Double beta decay is indispensable to solve the question of the neutrino mass matrix together with $\nu$ oscillation experiments. The most sensitive experiment since eight years - the Heidelberg-Moscow experiment in Gran-Sasso - already now, with the experimental limit of < m_\nu > < 0.26 eV excludes degenerate $\nu$ mass scenarios allowing neutrinos as hot dark matter in the universe for the small angle MSW solution of the solar neutrino problem. It probes cosmological models including hot dark matter already now on the level of future satellite experiments MAP and PLANCK. It further probes many topics of beyond Standard Model physics at the TeV scale. Future experiments should give access to the multi-TeV range and complement on many ways the search for new physics at future colliders like LHC and NLC. For neutrino physics GENIUS will allow to test almost all neutrino mass scenarios allowed by the present neutrino oscillation experiments. At the same time GENIUS will cover a wide range of the parameter space of predictions of SUSY for neutralinos as cold dark matter. Further it has the potential to be a real-time detector for low-energy (pp and 7Be) solar neutrinos. A GENIUS Test Facility has just been funded and will come into operation by end of 2001.
hep-ph/0309085
Xiangdong Ji
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Xiangdong Ji, Feng Yuan
Probing Quark Distribution Amplitudes Through Generalized Parton Distributions at Large Momentum Transfer
7 pages, 4 figures; new references and figure added, errors corrected
Phys.Rev.Lett. 92 (2004) 012003
10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.012003
DOE/ER/40762-292, UM-PP#04-001
hep-ph
null
In the large momentum transfer limit, generalized parton distributions can be calculated through a QCD factorization theorem which involves perturbatively-calculable hard kernels and light-cone parton distribution amplitudes of hadrons. We illustrate this through the $H_q(x,\xi,t)$ distribution for the pion and proton, presenting the hard kernels at leading order. As a result, experimental data on the generalized parton distributions in this regime can be used to determine the functional form of the parton distribution amplitudes which has thus far been quite challenging to obtain. Our result can also be used as a constraint in phenomenological GPD parametrizations.
[ { "created": "Mon, 8 Sep 2003 21:59:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:34:58 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Hoodbhoy", "Pervez", "" ], [ "Ji", "Xiangdong", "" ], [ "Yuan", "Feng", "" ] ]
In the large momentum transfer limit, generalized parton distributions can be calculated through a QCD factorization theorem which involves perturbatively-calculable hard kernels and light-cone parton distribution amplitudes of hadrons. We illustrate this through the $H_q(x,\xi,t)$ distribution for the pion and proton, presenting the hard kernels at leading order. As a result, experimental data on the generalized parton distributions in this regime can be used to determine the functional form of the parton distribution amplitudes which has thus far been quite challenging to obtain. Our result can also be used as a constraint in phenomenological GPD parametrizations.
hep-ph/9409439
Kfti
Igor A. Bandos, Aleksey Yu. Nurmagambetov Dmitrij P. Sorokin and Dmitrij V. Volkov
On another version of the twistor--like approach to superparticles
8 pages, LATEX
JETP Lett. 60 (1994) 621-626
null
null
hep-ph
null
Considered is a worldsheet supersymmetric generalization of the D=3 Ferber--Schirafuji twistor--superparticle action.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Sep 1994 08:40:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Bandos", "Igor A.", "" ], [ "Sorokin", "Aleksey Yu. Nurmagambetov Dmitrij P.", "" ], [ "Volkov", "Dmitrij V.", "" ] ]
Considered is a worldsheet supersymmetric generalization of the D=3 Ferber--Schirafuji twistor--superparticle action.
hep-ph/0203131
George Lazarides
M.E. Gomez (IST, Lisbon), G. Lazarides (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), C. Pallis (SISSA)
Yukawa Quasi-Unification
27 pages including 10 figures, Revtex, minor corrections, version to appear in Nucl. Phys. B
Nucl.Phys.B638:165-185,2002
10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00483-2
UT-STPD-1/02, FISIST/05-2002/CFIF
hep-ph
null
We construct concrete supersymmetric grand unified theories based on the Pati-Salam gauge group SU(4)_c x SU(2)_L x SU(2)_R which naturally lead to a moderate violation of "asymptotic" Yukawa unification and thus can allow an acceptable b-quark mass even with universal boundary conditions. We consider the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model which emerges from one of these theories with a deviation from Yukawa unification which is adequate for mu>0. We show that this model possesses a wide and natural range of parameters which is consistent with the data on b --> s gamma, the muon anomalous magnetic moment, the cold dark matter abundance in the universe, and the Higgs boson masses. The lightest supersymmetric particle can be as light as about 107 GeV.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:45:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:33:58 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 16 Jul 2002 16:04:23 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Gomez", "M. E.", "", "IST, Lisbon" ], [ "Lazarides", "G.", "", "Aristotle University of\n Thessaloniki" ], [ "Pallis", "C.", "", "SISSA" ] ]
We construct concrete supersymmetric grand unified theories based on the Pati-Salam gauge group SU(4)_c x SU(2)_L x SU(2)_R which naturally lead to a moderate violation of "asymptotic" Yukawa unification and thus can allow an acceptable b-quark mass even with universal boundary conditions. We consider the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model which emerges from one of these theories with a deviation from Yukawa unification which is adequate for mu>0. We show that this model possesses a wide and natural range of parameters which is consistent with the data on b --> s gamma, the muon anomalous magnetic moment, the cold dark matter abundance in the universe, and the Higgs boson masses. The lightest supersymmetric particle can be as light as about 107 GeV.
hep-ph/0004260
Nobuhiro Maekawa
Nobuhiro Maekawa
Vacuum selection by recollapsing
17 pages, no figure,argument on PBH formation is revised, typos are corrected
null
null
KUNS-1660
hep-ph astro-ph
null
We discuss the possibility that the vacuum is dynamically determined in the history of the universe. The point is that some of the bubbles with a certain vacuum shrink by the evolution of the universe via gravity and may become black holes. When the temperature of the phase transition T_{PT} is higher than 10^9 GeV, these black holes evaporate until now. If T_{PT}<10^9 GeV, we may see these black holes in our universe. It is interesting that in many cases false vacua are favored in the context of cosmology. By using this argument, supersymmetry(SUSY), if it exists, can be broken cosmologically. We can guess the SUSY breaking scale from the mass of the black holes.
[ { "created": "Fri, 28 Apr 2000 01:45:32 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:26:01 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Maekawa", "Nobuhiro", "" ] ]
We discuss the possibility that the vacuum is dynamically determined in the history of the universe. The point is that some of the bubbles with a certain vacuum shrink by the evolution of the universe via gravity and may become black holes. When the temperature of the phase transition T_{PT} is higher than 10^9 GeV, these black holes evaporate until now. If T_{PT}<10^9 GeV, we may see these black holes in our universe. It is interesting that in many cases false vacua are favored in the context of cosmology. By using this argument, supersymmetry(SUSY), if it exists, can be broken cosmologically. We can guess the SUSY breaking scale from the mass of the black holes.
2202.01228
Ennio Salvioni
Gauthier Durieux, Matthew McCullough, Ennio Salvioni
Gegenbauer's Twin
7 pages, 2 figures; v2: minor changes and added Figure 1, matches published version
JHEP 05 (2022) 140
10.1007/JHEP05(2022)140
CERN-TH-2022-012
hep-ph hep-ex
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In Twin Higgs models the dominant source of fine-tuning is the cancellation of order $v^2/f^2$ required to obtain a Standard Model-like Higgs, where $v$ and $f$ are the electroweak and new physics scales, respectively. Recently proposed Gegenbauer Goldstone models naturally realise $v^2/f^2 \ll 1$ and hence remove this source of fine-tuning. By combining the two into `Gegenbauer's Twin', we obtain a symmetry-based model for Higgs sector naturalness consistent with current collider measurements without fine-tuning of parameters. Single-Higgs coupling deviations of a few percent and trilinear self-coupling deviations of order one are irreducible in the natural parameter space. Thus, notably, the fingerprints of Gegenbauer's Twin could emerge first through di-Higgs measurements at the High-Luminosity LHC.
[ { "created": "Wed, 2 Feb 2022 19:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 24 May 2022 20:46:58 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-05-26
[ [ "Durieux", "Gauthier", "" ], [ "McCullough", "Matthew", "" ], [ "Salvioni", "Ennio", "" ] ]
In Twin Higgs models the dominant source of fine-tuning is the cancellation of order $v^2/f^2$ required to obtain a Standard Model-like Higgs, where $v$ and $f$ are the electroweak and new physics scales, respectively. Recently proposed Gegenbauer Goldstone models naturally realise $v^2/f^2 \ll 1$ and hence remove this source of fine-tuning. By combining the two into `Gegenbauer's Twin', we obtain a symmetry-based model for Higgs sector naturalness consistent with current collider measurements without fine-tuning of parameters. Single-Higgs coupling deviations of a few percent and trilinear self-coupling deviations of order one are irreducible in the natural parameter space. Thus, notably, the fingerprints of Gegenbauer's Twin could emerge first through di-Higgs measurements at the High-Luminosity LHC.
1010.4131
Scientific Information Service Cern
P. Hernandez
Neutrino physics
49 pages, 47 figures, Lectures given at the 5th CERN-Latin-American School of High-Energy Physics, Recinto Quirama, Colombia, 15 - 28 Mar 2009
CERN Yellow Report CERN-2010-001, pp. 229-278
null
CERN-2010-001-4
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The topics discussed in this lecture include: general properties of neutrinos in the SM, the theory of neutrino masses and mixings (Dirac and Majorana), neutrino oscillations both in vacuum and in matter, an overview of the experimental evidence for neutrino masses and of the prospects in neutrino oscillation physics. We also briefly review the relevance of neutrinos in leptogenesis and in beyond-the-Standard-Model physics.
[ { "created": "Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:47:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-10-21
[ [ "Hernandez", "P.", "" ] ]
The topics discussed in this lecture include: general properties of neutrinos in the SM, the theory of neutrino masses and mixings (Dirac and Majorana), neutrino oscillations both in vacuum and in matter, an overview of the experimental evidence for neutrino masses and of the prospects in neutrino oscillation physics. We also briefly review the relevance of neutrinos in leptogenesis and in beyond-the-Standard-Model physics.
1310.4380
Wayne W. Repko
Duane A. Dicus, Chung Kao and Wayne W. Repko
Comparison of $H\to\ell\bar{\ell}\gamma$ and $H\to\gamma\,Z, Z\to\ell\bar{\ell}$ including the ATLAS cuts
4 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables
Phys. Rev. D 89, 033013 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.89.033013
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A precise comparison is made between the Dalitz decay $H\to\ell\bar{\ell}\gamma$ and the two body decay $H\to\gamma Z,Z\to\ell\bar{\ell}$ for electrons and for muons including experimental cuts appropriate for the ATLAS detector. The widths for these two processes differ by 8% for electrons and 3% for muons. Given that there remain QCD radiative corrections of this order that are not included, this suggests that the isolation of the Dalitz decay will be challenging.
[ { "created": "Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:57:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-03-05
[ [ "Dicus", "Duane A.", "" ], [ "Kao", "Chung", "" ], [ "Repko", "Wayne W.", "" ] ]
A precise comparison is made between the Dalitz decay $H\to\ell\bar{\ell}\gamma$ and the two body decay $H\to\gamma Z,Z\to\ell\bar{\ell}$ for electrons and for muons including experimental cuts appropriate for the ATLAS detector. The widths for these two processes differ by 8% for electrons and 3% for muons. Given that there remain QCD radiative corrections of this order that are not included, this suggests that the isolation of the Dalitz decay will be challenging.
1808.09311
Tom\'a\v{s} Je\v{z}o
Tom\'a\v{s} Je\v{z}o
NLO matching for $t\bar{t}b\bar{b}$ production with massive $b$ quarks
Proceedings of XXVI International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects (DIS2018), 16-20 April 2018, Kobe, Japan
null
null
ZU-TH 34/18
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Measurements of $t\bar{t} H$ production in the $H\to b\bar{b}$ channel depend in a critical way on the theoretical uncertainty associated with the irreducible QCD $t\bar{t}+b$-jet background. We introduce a new $pp\to t\bar{t}b\bar{b}$ POWHEG generator in the 4F scheme based on POWHEG-BOX-RES and on OpenLoops for fast evaluation of the scattering amplitudes. We present predictions and uncertainties for $t\bar{t}+b$-jet observables at the 13 TeV LHC. We also consider theoretical uncertainties related to the POWHEG matching method and to the parton shower (PS) modelling, with emphasis on $g\to b\bar{b}$ splittings. In general, matching and shower uncertainties turn out to be remarkably small. This is confirmed by a consistent comparison against SHERPA+OpenLoops.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:07:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-08-29
[ [ "Ježo", "Tomáš", "" ] ]
Measurements of $t\bar{t} H$ production in the $H\to b\bar{b}$ channel depend in a critical way on the theoretical uncertainty associated with the irreducible QCD $t\bar{t}+b$-jet background. We introduce a new $pp\to t\bar{t}b\bar{b}$ POWHEG generator in the 4F scheme based on POWHEG-BOX-RES and on OpenLoops for fast evaluation of the scattering amplitudes. We present predictions and uncertainties for $t\bar{t}+b$-jet observables at the 13 TeV LHC. We also consider theoretical uncertainties related to the POWHEG matching method and to the parton shower (PS) modelling, with emphasis on $g\to b\bar{b}$ splittings. In general, matching and shower uncertainties turn out to be remarkably small. This is confirmed by a consistent comparison against SHERPA+OpenLoops.
hep-ph/9207226
null
Thomas Appelquist and George Triantaphyllou
Technicolor Enhancement of $t \bar{t}$ Production at TeV-Colliders
12 pages
Phys.Rev.Lett. 69 (1992) 2750-2753
10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2750
YCTP-P26-92
hep-ph
null
It is shown that a technicolor theory containing a color-octet technipion, usually denoted by $P^{0'}_{8}$, will give rise to an enhancement of $t \bar t$ production at the Tevatron, LHC and SSC, via the process $gg \rightarrow P^{0'}_{8} \rightarrow t \bar t$. The relevant cross-sections are computed taking into account the large lower bound on the top mass coming from the "top search" experiments at LEP and CDF. At the LHC and SSC, the signal is found to be comparable to the QCD background, making the process quite accesible.
[ { "created": "Thu, 9 Jul 1992 15:19:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-22
[ [ "Appelquist", "Thomas", "" ], [ "Triantaphyllou", "George", "" ] ]
It is shown that a technicolor theory containing a color-octet technipion, usually denoted by $P^{0'}_{8}$, will give rise to an enhancement of $t \bar t$ production at the Tevatron, LHC and SSC, via the process $gg \rightarrow P^{0'}_{8} \rightarrow t \bar t$. The relevant cross-sections are computed taking into account the large lower bound on the top mass coming from the "top search" experiments at LEP and CDF. At the LHC and SSC, the signal is found to be comparable to the QCD background, making the process quite accesible.
hep-ph/0112293
Akaki Rusetsky
J. Gasser (Bern University), A. Rusetsky (Bern University and Tbilisi University), J. Schacher (Bern University)
HadAtom01
30 pages, 5 postscript figures
null
null
Preprints BUTP-2001/23, BUHE-2001-07
hep-ph
null
These are the proceedings of the workshop "HadAtom01", held at the Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Bern, October 11 - 12, 2001. The main topics discussed at the workshop were the physics of hadronic atoms and in this context recent results in experiment and theory. Included here are the list of participants, the scientific program and a short contribution from each speaker.
[ { "created": "Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:49:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Gasser", "J.", "", "Bern University" ], [ "Rusetsky", "A.", "", "Bern University and Tbilisi\n University" ], [ "Schacher", "J.", "", "Bern University" ] ]
These are the proceedings of the workshop "HadAtom01", held at the Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Bern, October 11 - 12, 2001. The main topics discussed at the workshop were the physics of hadronic atoms and in this context recent results in experiment and theory. Included here are the list of participants, the scientific program and a short contribution from each speaker.
hep-ph/9711436
Ruben A. Alanakyan
R.A. Alanakyan, V.H.Grabski
Single Charged and Neutral Supersymmetric Higgs Bosons Production with Jet at pp Colliders
7 pages, LaTeX file, using eps.sty, 1 ps figures included
null
null
Preprint YerPHI 1496(13)-97
hep-ph
null
In the framework of Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model Higgs bosons production via gluino/squark loop in the processes $gu \to H^{+}d$, $gd \to H^{-}u$,$gq \to H^{0}_iq$ are studied.
[ { "created": "Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:27:59 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-08-17
[ [ "Alanakyan", "R. A.", "" ], [ "Grabski", "V. H.", "" ] ]
In the framework of Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model Higgs bosons production via gluino/squark loop in the processes $gu \to H^{+}d$, $gd \to H^{-}u$,$gq \to H^{0}_iq$ are studied.
0811.2969
Are R. Raklev
N.-E. Bomark, S. Lola, P. Osland and A.R. Raklev
Gravitino Dark Matter and the Flavour Structure of R-violating Operators
20 pages, 7 figures; v2 also includes photons from three-body decays in coupling limits, one additional author, matches version to appear in PLB
Phys.Lett.B677:62-70,2009
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.05.011
NORDITA-2008-51, CAVENDISH-HEP-2008-12, DAMTP-2008-88
hep-ph astro-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study gravitino dark matter and slow gravitino decays within the framework of R-violating supersymmetry, with particular emphasis on the flavour dependence of the branching ratios and the allowed R-violating couplings. The dominant decay modes and final state products turn out to be very sensitive to the R-violating hierarchies. Mixing effects can be crucial in correctly deriving the relative magnitude of the various contributions, particularly for heavy flavours with phase space suppression. The study of the strength of different decay rates for the gravitino is also correlated to collider signatures expected from decays of the Next-to-Lightest Supersymmetric Particle (NLSP) and to single superparticle production.
[ { "created": "Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:00:24 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 1 May 2009 17:29:34 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-06-11
[ [ "Bomark", "N. -E.", "" ], [ "Lola", "S.", "" ], [ "Osland", "P.", "" ], [ "Raklev", "A. R.", "" ] ]
We study gravitino dark matter and slow gravitino decays within the framework of R-violating supersymmetry, with particular emphasis on the flavour dependence of the branching ratios and the allowed R-violating couplings. The dominant decay modes and final state products turn out to be very sensitive to the R-violating hierarchies. Mixing effects can be crucial in correctly deriving the relative magnitude of the various contributions, particularly for heavy flavours with phase space suppression. The study of the strength of different decay rates for the gravitino is also correlated to collider signatures expected from decays of the Next-to-Lightest Supersymmetric Particle (NLSP) and to single superparticle production.
hep-ph/0212373
Cai-Dian Lu
Cai-Dian Lu and Mao-Zhi Yang (IHEP, Beijing)
B to light meson transition form factors calculated in perturbative QCD approach
21 pages, with 2 figures
Eur.Phys.J.C28:515-523,2003
10.1140/epjc/s2003-01199-y
BIHEP-TH-2002-62
hep-ph hep-ex
null
We calculate the $B\to P$, $B\to V$ (P: light pseudoscalar meson, V light vector meson) form factors in the large-recoil limit in perturbative QCD approach, including both the vector (axial vector) and tensor operators. In general there are two leading components $\phi_B$ and $\bar{\phi}_B$ for $B$ meson wave functions. We consider both contributions of them. Sudakov effects ($k_{\perp}$ and threshold resummation) are included to regulate the soft end-point singularity. By choosing the hard scale as the maximum virtualities of internal particles in the hard $b$-quark decay amplitudes, Sudakov factors can effectively suppress the long-distance soft contribution. Hard contribution can be dominant in these approaches.
[ { "created": "Thu, 26 Dec 2002 15:35:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 31 Dec 2002 04:26:09 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Lu", "Cai-Dian", "", "IHEP, Beijing" ], [ "Yang", "Mao-Zhi", "", "IHEP, Beijing" ] ]
We calculate the $B\to P$, $B\to V$ (P: light pseudoscalar meson, V light vector meson) form factors in the large-recoil limit in perturbative QCD approach, including both the vector (axial vector) and tensor operators. In general there are two leading components $\phi_B$ and $\bar{\phi}_B$ for $B$ meson wave functions. We consider both contributions of them. Sudakov effects ($k_{\perp}$ and threshold resummation) are included to regulate the soft end-point singularity. By choosing the hard scale as the maximum virtualities of internal particles in the hard $b$-quark decay amplitudes, Sudakov factors can effectively suppress the long-distance soft contribution. Hard contribution can be dominant in these approaches.
2308.06812
Yang Li
Xianghui Cao, Yang Li, and James P. Vary
Forces inside a strongly-coupled scalar nucleon
30 pages, 21 figures
Phys. Rev. D 108, 056026 (2023)
10.1103/PhysRevD.108.056026
null
hep-ph hep-th nucl-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We investigate the gravitational form factors of a strongly coupled scalar theory that mimic the interaction between the nucleon and the pion. The non-perturbative calculation is based on the light-front Hamiltonian formalism. We renormalize the energy-momentum tensor with a Fock sector dependent scheme. We also systematically analyze the Lorentz structure of the energy-momentum tensor and identify the suitable hadron matrix elements to extract the form factors, avoiding the contamination of spurious contributions. We verify that the extracted form factors obey momentum conservation as well as the mechanical stability condition. From the gravitational form factors, we compute the energy and pressure distributions of the system. Furthermore, we show that utilizing the Hamiltonian eigenvalue equation, the off-diagonal Fock sector contributions from the interaction term can be converted to diagonal Fock sector contributions, yielding a systematic non-perturbative light-front wave function representation of the energies and forces inside the system.
[ { "created": "Sun, 13 Aug 2023 16:54:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 30 Sep 2023 12:14:36 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-10-03
[ [ "Cao", "Xianghui", "" ], [ "Li", "Yang", "" ], [ "Vary", "James P.", "" ] ]
We investigate the gravitational form factors of a strongly coupled scalar theory that mimic the interaction between the nucleon and the pion. The non-perturbative calculation is based on the light-front Hamiltonian formalism. We renormalize the energy-momentum tensor with a Fock sector dependent scheme. We also systematically analyze the Lorentz structure of the energy-momentum tensor and identify the suitable hadron matrix elements to extract the form factors, avoiding the contamination of spurious contributions. We verify that the extracted form factors obey momentum conservation as well as the mechanical stability condition. From the gravitational form factors, we compute the energy and pressure distributions of the system. Furthermore, we show that utilizing the Hamiltonian eigenvalue equation, the off-diagonal Fock sector contributions from the interaction term can be converted to diagonal Fock sector contributions, yielding a systematic non-perturbative light-front wave function representation of the energies and forces inside the system.
hep-ph/0310080
Simon Hands
Simon Hands (University of Wales Swansea)
High Density Effective Theory Confronts the Fermi Liquid
15 pages, 2 figures; conclusion expanded, reference added
Phys.Rev. D69 (2004) 014020
10.1103/PhysRevD.69.014020
SWAT/03/382
hep-ph hep-lat nucl-th
null
The high density effective theory recently introduced by Hong and Hsu to describe ultradense relativistic fermionic matter is used to calculate the tree-level forward scattering amplitude between two particles at the Fermi surface. While the direct term correctly reproduces that of the underlying gauge theory, the exchange term has the wrong sign. The physical consequences are discussed in the context of Landau's theoretical description of the Fermi liquid.
[ { "created": "Tue, 7 Oct 2003 08:55:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:04:24 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Hands", "Simon", "", "University of Wales Swansea" ] ]
The high density effective theory recently introduced by Hong and Hsu to describe ultradense relativistic fermionic matter is used to calculate the tree-level forward scattering amplitude between two particles at the Fermi surface. While the direct term correctly reproduces that of the underlying gauge theory, the exchange term has the wrong sign. The physical consequences are discussed in the context of Landau's theoretical description of the Fermi liquid.
hep-ph/0604042
Manuel Valverde
M. Valverde, J. E. Amaro and J. Nieves
Theoretical uncertainties on quasielastic charged-current neutrino-nucleus cross sections
10 pages, 6 figures. Few errors corrected. Accepted in Physics Letters B
Phys.Lett.B638:325-332,2006
10.1016/j.physletb.2006.05.053
null
hep-ph nucl-th
null
We estimate the theoretical uncertainties of the model developed in Phys. Rev. C70 055503 for inclusive quasielastic charged-current neutrino-nucleus reactions at intermediate energies. Besides we quantify the deviations of the predictions of this many body framework from those obtained within a simple Fermi gas model. An special attention has been paid to the ratio \sigma(\mu)/\sigma(e) of interest for experiments on atmospheric neutrinos. We show that uncertainties affecting this ratio are likely smaller than 5%
[ { "created": "Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:36:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 20 May 2006 14:54:56 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Valverde", "M.", "" ], [ "Amaro", "J. E.", "" ], [ "Nieves", "J.", "" ] ]
We estimate the theoretical uncertainties of the model developed in Phys. Rev. C70 055503 for inclusive quasielastic charged-current neutrino-nucleus reactions at intermediate energies. Besides we quantify the deviations of the predictions of this many body framework from those obtained within a simple Fermi gas model. An special attention has been paid to the ratio \sigma(\mu)/\sigma(e) of interest for experiments on atmospheric neutrinos. We show that uncertainties affecting this ratio are likely smaller than 5%
hep-ph/9905227
Jeonghyeon Song
Kang Young Lee, H.S. Song, JeongHyeon Song and Chaehyun Yu (SNU)
Large Extra Dimension Effects on the Spin Configuration of the Top Quark Pair at e^+ e^- Colliders
A discussion on the angular distribution is added with a table
Phys.Rev. D60 (1999) 093002
10.1103/PhysRevD.60.093002
SNUTP 99-022
hep-ph
null
Large extra dimension effects on the spin configuration of the top quark pair at the $e^+ e^-\to t\bar{t}$ process are studied. It is shown that the TeV scale quantum gravity effects cause significant deviations from the Standard Model predictions for the spin configuration in the off-diagonal basis: they lead to substantial cross sections of the like-spin states of the top quark pair, which vanish in the SM; they weaken the pure dominance of the processes, the Up-Down (Down-Up) spin states for the left-handed (right-handed) beam. In addition it is shown that the angular cut $-0.5<\cos\theta<0$ is very effective to determine the sign of the quantum gravity corrections.
[ { "created": "Tue, 4 May 1999 07:58:26 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 7 May 1999 07:29:00 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Lee", "Kang Young", "", "SNU" ], [ "Song", "H. S.", "", "SNU" ], [ "Song", "JeongHyeon", "", "SNU" ], [ "Yu", "Chaehyun", "", "SNU" ] ]
Large extra dimension effects on the spin configuration of the top quark pair at the $e^+ e^-\to t\bar{t}$ process are studied. It is shown that the TeV scale quantum gravity effects cause significant deviations from the Standard Model predictions for the spin configuration in the off-diagonal basis: they lead to substantial cross sections of the like-spin states of the top quark pair, which vanish in the SM; they weaken the pure dominance of the processes, the Up-Down (Down-Up) spin states for the left-handed (right-handed) beam. In addition it is shown that the angular cut $-0.5<\cos\theta<0$ is very effective to determine the sign of the quantum gravity corrections.
hep-ph/9605392
Vladimir Smirnov
J. Fleischer, V.A. Smirnov and O.V. Tarasov
Calculation of Feynman diagrams with zero mass threshold from their small momentum expansion
17 pages with figures and tables, PostScript file gzip'ed and uuencoded
Z.Phys. C74 (1997) 379-386
10.1016/S0920-5632(96)90039-0
BI-TP-9539
hep-ph hep-th
null
A method of calculating Feynman diagrams from their small momentum expansion [1] is extended to diagrams with zero mass thresholds. We start from the asymptotic expansion in large masses [2] (applied to the case when all $M_i^2$ are large compared to all momenta squared). Using dimensional regularization, a finite result is obtained in terms of powers of logarithms (describing the zero-threshold singularity) times power series in the momentum squared. Surprisingly, these latter ones represent functions, which not only have the expected physical `second threshold' but have a branchcut singularity as well below threshold at a mirror position. These can be understood as pseudothresholds corresponding to solutions of the Landau equations. In the spacelike region the imaginary parts from the various contributions cancel. For the two-loop examples with one mass $M$, in the timelike region for $q^2 \approx M^2$ we obtain approximations of high precision. This will be of relevance in particular for the calculation of the decay $Z \to b\bar{b}$ in the $m_b=0$ approximation.
[ { "created": "Fri, 24 May 1996 23:27:33 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-25
[ [ "Fleischer", "J.", "" ], [ "Smirnov", "V. A.", "" ], [ "Tarasov", "O. V.", "" ] ]
A method of calculating Feynman diagrams from their small momentum expansion [1] is extended to diagrams with zero mass thresholds. We start from the asymptotic expansion in large masses [2] (applied to the case when all $M_i^2$ are large compared to all momenta squared). Using dimensional regularization, a finite result is obtained in terms of powers of logarithms (describing the zero-threshold singularity) times power series in the momentum squared. Surprisingly, these latter ones represent functions, which not only have the expected physical `second threshold' but have a branchcut singularity as well below threshold at a mirror position. These can be understood as pseudothresholds corresponding to solutions of the Landau equations. In the spacelike region the imaginary parts from the various contributions cancel. For the two-loop examples with one mass $M$, in the timelike region for $q^2 \approx M^2$ we obtain approximations of high precision. This will be of relevance in particular for the calculation of the decay $Z \to b\bar{b}$ in the $m_b=0$ approximation.
1110.3729
Nikolaos Mavromatos
Nick E. Mavromatos
Neutrinos and the Universe
8 pages, latex, Invited talk at Nufact 11, CERN and U. of Geneva, 1-6 August 2011, submitted to IOP J. Conference Series
null
null
CERN-PH-TH/2011-252, KCL-PH-TH/2011-34, LCTS/2011-17
hep-ph gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this talk, I review the potential connection of neutrinos to the Physics of the Early Universe, in particular the r\^ole of (sterile) neutrinos to leptogenesis/baryogenesis and the dark sector of the Universe. The possibility of CPT Violation among active neutrinos at early times and its role in leptogenesis/baryogenesis without sterile neutrinos is also touched upon.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:50:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-10-24
[ [ "Mavromatos", "Nick E.", "" ] ]
In this talk, I review the potential connection of neutrinos to the Physics of the Early Universe, in particular the r\^ole of (sterile) neutrinos to leptogenesis/baryogenesis and the dark sector of the Universe. The possibility of CPT Violation among active neutrinos at early times and its role in leptogenesis/baryogenesis without sterile neutrinos is also touched upon.
hep-ph/0501039
Andre de Gouvea
Andre de Gouvea
See-Saw Energy Scale and the LSND Anomaly
revtex, 4 pages, no figures
Phys.Rev. D72 (2005) 033005
10.1103/PhysRevD.72.033005
NUHEP-TH/05-02
hep-ph
null
The most general, renormalizable Lagrangian that includes massive neutrinos contains ``right-handed neutrino'' Majorana masses of order M. While there are prejudices in favor of M much larger than the weak scale, virtually nothing is known about the magnitude of M. I argue that the LSND anomaly provides, currently, the only experimental hint: M around 1 eV. If this is the case, the LSND mixing angles are functions of the active neutrino masses and mixing and, remarkably, adequate fits to all data can be naturally obtained. I also discuss consequences of this ``eV-seesaw'' for supernova neutrino oscillations, tritium beta-decay, neutrinoless double-beta decay, and cosmology.
[ { "created": "Fri, 7 Jan 2005 00:02:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "de Gouvea", "Andre", "" ] ]
The most general, renormalizable Lagrangian that includes massive neutrinos contains ``right-handed neutrino'' Majorana masses of order M. While there are prejudices in favor of M much larger than the weak scale, virtually nothing is known about the magnitude of M. I argue that the LSND anomaly provides, currently, the only experimental hint: M around 1 eV. If this is the case, the LSND mixing angles are functions of the active neutrino masses and mixing and, remarkably, adequate fits to all data can be naturally obtained. I also discuss consequences of this ``eV-seesaw'' for supernova neutrino oscillations, tritium beta-decay, neutrinoless double-beta decay, and cosmology.
1401.2364
Petr Zavada
Petr Zavada
Spin-orbital composition in relativistic many-fermion systems
5 pages, 2 tables. Presented at the Workshop DSPIN 2013, October 8-11, 2013, Dubna, Russia
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The interplay of spins and orbital angular moments of the fermions play an important role for the structure of the many-fermion systems like atoms, nuclei, nucleons (baryons) or mesons. We start our study from the one-fermion eigenstates of angular momentum represented by the spinor spherical harmonics. Afterwards we study the properties of many-fermion states resulting from a multiple angular momentum composition of the one-fermion states, giving the total angular momentum $J=\left\langle L\right\rangle+ \left\langle S\right\rangle $, which is identified with the spin of the composite particle. We demonstrate how the composition rules affect the relativistic interplay between the sums of the spins $\left\langle S\right\rangle $ and orbital angular moments $\left\langle L\right\rangle $ of the constituents, which collectively generate the spin of composite particle. It is suggested that in a relativistic case, when the masses of the constituent fermions are much less than their energy (in the rest frame of the composite particle), then the spin of the composite particle is dominated by the orbital angular moments $\left\langle L\right\rangle $ of the constituents, while $\left\vert \left\langle \mathbb{S}\right\rangle \right\vert \leq$ $J/3$. A special attention is paid to the case $J=1/2$ that is related to the spin of proton generated by the composition of spins and orbital angular moments of the quarks.
[ { "created": "Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:07:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-01-13
[ [ "Zavada", "Petr", "" ] ]
The interplay of spins and orbital angular moments of the fermions play an important role for the structure of the many-fermion systems like atoms, nuclei, nucleons (baryons) or mesons. We start our study from the one-fermion eigenstates of angular momentum represented by the spinor spherical harmonics. Afterwards we study the properties of many-fermion states resulting from a multiple angular momentum composition of the one-fermion states, giving the total angular momentum $J=\left\langle L\right\rangle+ \left\langle S\right\rangle $, which is identified with the spin of the composite particle. We demonstrate how the composition rules affect the relativistic interplay between the sums of the spins $\left\langle S\right\rangle $ and orbital angular moments $\left\langle L\right\rangle $ of the constituents, which collectively generate the spin of composite particle. It is suggested that in a relativistic case, when the masses of the constituent fermions are much less than their energy (in the rest frame of the composite particle), then the spin of the composite particle is dominated by the orbital angular moments $\left\langle L\right\rangle $ of the constituents, while $\left\vert \left\langle \mathbb{S}\right\rangle \right\vert \leq$ $J/3$. A special attention is paid to the case $J=1/2$ that is related to the spin of proton generated by the composition of spins and orbital angular moments of the quarks.
0705.2275
Yoshio Koide
Yoshio Koide
S_4 Flavor Symmetry Embedded into SU(3) and Lepton Masses and Mixing
12 pages, no figure, to appear on JHEP
JHEP 0708:086,2007
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/08/086
null
hep-ph
null
Based on an assumption that an S_4 flavor symmetry is embedded into SU(3), a lepton mass matrix model is investigated. A Frogatt-Nielsen type model is assumed, and the flavor structures of the masses and mixing are caused by VEVs of SU(2)_L-singlet scalars \phi_u and \phi_d which are nonets (8+1) of the SU(3) flavor symmetry, and which are broken into 2+3+3' and 1 of S_4. If we require the invariance under the transformation (\phi^{(8)},\phi^{(1)}) \to (-\phi^{(8)},+\phi^{(1)}) for the superpotential of the nonet field \phi^{(8+1)}, the model leads to a beautiful relation for the charged lepton masses. The observed tribimaximal neutrino mixing is understood by assuming two SU(3) singlet right-handed neutrinos \nu_R^{(\pm)} and an SU(3) triplet scalar \chi.
[ { "created": "Wed, 16 May 2007 03:16:43 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 24 May 2007 08:23:30 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:55:01 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:29:52 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2009-01-06
[ [ "Koide", "Yoshio", "" ] ]
Based on an assumption that an S_4 flavor symmetry is embedded into SU(3), a lepton mass matrix model is investigated. A Frogatt-Nielsen type model is assumed, and the flavor structures of the masses and mixing are caused by VEVs of SU(2)_L-singlet scalars \phi_u and \phi_d which are nonets (8+1) of the SU(3) flavor symmetry, and which are broken into 2+3+3' and 1 of S_4. If we require the invariance under the transformation (\phi^{(8)},\phi^{(1)}) \to (-\phi^{(8)},+\phi^{(1)}) for the superpotential of the nonet field \phi^{(8+1)}, the model leads to a beautiful relation for the charged lepton masses. The observed tribimaximal neutrino mixing is understood by assuming two SU(3) singlet right-handed neutrinos \nu_R^{(\pm)} and an SU(3) triplet scalar \chi.
1108.2856
Artem Lipatov
S.P. Baranov, A.V. Lipatov, N.P. Zotov
Prompt J/Psi production at LHC: new evidence for the kt-factorization
14 pages, 3 figures
Phs. Rev. D 85, 014034 (2012)
10.1103/PhysRevD.85.014034
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the framework of the kt-factorization approach, the production and polarization of prompt J/Psi mesons in pp collisions at the LHC energy 7 TeV is studied. Both the direct production mechanism as well as feed-down contributions from chic1, chic2 and psi' decays are taken into account. Our consideration is based on the color singlet model supplemented with the off-shell matrix elements for the corresponding partonic subprocesses. The unintegrated gluon densities in a proton are determined using the CCFM evolution equation as well the Kimber-Martin-Ryskin prescription. We compare our numerical predictions with the first experimental data taken by the CMS, ATLAS and LHCb collaborations. The estimation of all polarization parameters which determine J/Psi spin density matrix is performed.
[ { "created": "Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:21:59 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-30
[ [ "Baranov", "S. P.", "" ], [ "Lipatov", "A. V.", "" ], [ "Zotov", "N. P.", "" ] ]
In the framework of the kt-factorization approach, the production and polarization of prompt J/Psi mesons in pp collisions at the LHC energy 7 TeV is studied. Both the direct production mechanism as well as feed-down contributions from chic1, chic2 and psi' decays are taken into account. Our consideration is based on the color singlet model supplemented with the off-shell matrix elements for the corresponding partonic subprocesses. The unintegrated gluon densities in a proton are determined using the CCFM evolution equation as well the Kimber-Martin-Ryskin prescription. We compare our numerical predictions with the first experimental data taken by the CMS, ATLAS and LHCb collaborations. The estimation of all polarization parameters which determine J/Psi spin density matrix is performed.
0806.4351
Frans Klinkhamer
F.R. Klinkhamer, M. Risse
Addendum: Ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray bounds on nonbirefringent modified-Maxwell theory
5 pages with revtex4
Phys.Rev.D77:117901,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.117901
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Nonbirefringent modified-Maxwell theory, coupled to standard Dirac particles, involves nine dimensionless parameters, which can be bounded by the inferred absence of vacuum Cherenkov radiation for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). With selected UHECR events, two-sided bounds on the eight nonisotropic parameters are obtained at the 10^{-18} level, together with an improved one-sided bound on the single isotropic parameter at the 10^{-19} level.
[ { "created": "Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:56:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Klinkhamer", "F. R.", "" ], [ "Risse", "M.", "" ] ]
Nonbirefringent modified-Maxwell theory, coupled to standard Dirac particles, involves nine dimensionless parameters, which can be bounded by the inferred absence of vacuum Cherenkov radiation for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). With selected UHECR events, two-sided bounds on the eight nonisotropic parameters are obtained at the 10^{-18} level, together with an improved one-sided bound on the single isotropic parameter at the 10^{-19} level.
hep-ph/0211187
Othmar Steinmann
Othmar Steinmann (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
What is the Magnetic Moment of the Electron?
24 pages, 4 figures, uses axodraw.sty
Commun.Math.Phys. 237 (2003) 181-201
10.1007/s00220-003-0847-z
null
hep-ph hep-th math-ph math.MP
null
A direct definition of the intrinsic magnetic moment of the electron is given, which does not use infrared regularizations and interactions with external fields. The expression does not depend on the unavoidable ambiguities of the definition of a 1-electron state (exact form of its soft photon cloud). The method leads to the same analytic expression as the conventional approach, thus preserving the excellent agreement between theory and experiment.
[ { "created": "Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:15:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Steinmann", "Othmar", "", "University of Bielefeld, Germany" ] ]
A direct definition of the intrinsic magnetic moment of the electron is given, which does not use infrared regularizations and interactions with external fields. The expression does not depend on the unavoidable ambiguities of the definition of a 1-electron state (exact form of its soft photon cloud). The method leads to the same analytic expression as the conventional approach, thus preserving the excellent agreement between theory and experiment.
2004.12877
Simone Biondini
Simone Biondini
Perturbative unitarity bounds for fermions composite models
10 pages, 3 figures, Contribution to Corfu Summer Institute 2019 "School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity" (CORFU2019). Drawn from arXiv:1903.12285
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Perturbative unitarity is a powerful tool for inferring the range of validity of a given effective field theory. Here, we study such a bound in the parameter space of dimension-5 and dimension-6 effective operators that arise in a scenario of fermion compositeness. These operators are routinely used in experimental searches at the LHC to constraint contact and gauge interactions between ordinary Standard Model fermions and excited states of mass $M$. We derive the unitarity bound for the production process of an excited neutrino, then we implement such bound and compare it with the recent experimental exclusion curves for Run 2, the High-Luminosity and High-Energy configurations of the LHC. The results also apply to the searches where a generic single excited state is produced via dimension-6 contact interactions. The unitarity bound, so far overlooked in these effective models, is quite compelling and can serve as a guide for exploring the parameter space ($M,\Lambda$) in addition to the standard request $M \le \Lambda$.
[ { "created": "Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:32:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-04-28
[ [ "Biondini", "Simone", "" ] ]
Perturbative unitarity is a powerful tool for inferring the range of validity of a given effective field theory. Here, we study such a bound in the parameter space of dimension-5 and dimension-6 effective operators that arise in a scenario of fermion compositeness. These operators are routinely used in experimental searches at the LHC to constraint contact and gauge interactions between ordinary Standard Model fermions and excited states of mass $M$. We derive the unitarity bound for the production process of an excited neutrino, then we implement such bound and compare it with the recent experimental exclusion curves for Run 2, the High-Luminosity and High-Energy configurations of the LHC. The results also apply to the searches where a generic single excited state is produced via dimension-6 contact interactions. The unitarity bound, so far overlooked in these effective models, is quite compelling and can serve as a guide for exploring the parameter space ($M,\Lambda$) in addition to the standard request $M \le \Lambda$.
1209.0701
Victor Goncalves
V.P. Goncalves, D. T. da Silva, W. K. Sauter
Meson production in two-photon interactions at energies available at CERN Large Hadron Collider
5 pages, 1 figure, 4 tables. Version published in Physical Review C
Phys. Rev. C87, 028201 (2013)
10.1103/PhysRevC.87.028201
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The meson production cross sections are estimated considering photon-photon interactions in hadron - hadron collisions at CERN LHC energies. We consider a large number of mesons with photon-photon partial decay width well constrained by the experiment and some mesons which are currently considered as hadronic molecule and glueball candidates. Our results demonstrate that the experimental analysis of these states is feasible at CERN - LHC.
[ { "created": "Tue, 4 Sep 2012 16:47:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 5 Jul 2013 14:35:24 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-05-27
[ [ "Goncalves", "V. P.", "" ], [ "da Silva", "D. T.", "" ], [ "Sauter", "W. K.", "" ] ]
The meson production cross sections are estimated considering photon-photon interactions in hadron - hadron collisions at CERN LHC energies. We consider a large number of mesons with photon-photon partial decay width well constrained by the experiment and some mesons which are currently considered as hadronic molecule and glueball candidates. Our results demonstrate that the experimental analysis of these states is feasible at CERN - LHC.
2205.05950
Jorge Segovia
B. Mart\'in-Gonz\'alez, P. G. Ortega, D. R. Entem, F. Fern\'andez and J. Segovia
Towards the discovery of novel $B_c$ states: radiative and hadronic transitions
13 pages, 9 tables. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1601.05093
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.106.054009
null
hep-ph hep-ex hep-lat nucl-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The properties of the $B_c$-meson family ($c\bar b$) are still not well determined experimentally because the specific mechanisms of formation and decay remain poorly understood. Unlike heavy quarkonia, i.e. the hidden heavy quark-antiquark sectors of charmonium ($c\bar c$) and bottomonium ($b\bar b$), the $B_c$-mesons cannot annihilate into gluons and they are, consequently, more stable. The excited $B_c$ states, lying below the lowest strong-decay $BD$-threshold, can only undergo through radiative decays and hadronic transitions to the $B_c$ ground state, which then decays weakly. As a result of this, a rich spectrum of narrow excited states below the $BD$-threshold appear, whose total widths are two orders of magnitude smaller than those of the excited levels of charmonium and bottomonium. In a different article, we determined bottom-charmed meson masses using a non-relativistic constituent quark model which has been applied to a wide range of hadron physical observables, and thus the model parameters are completely constrained. Herein, continuing to our study of the $B_c$ sector, we calculate the relevant radiative decay widths and hadronic transition rates between $c\bar b$ states which are below $BD$-threshold. This shall provide the most promising signals for discovering excited $B_c$ states that are below the lowest strong-decay $BD$-threshold. Finally, our results are compared with other models to measure the reliability of the predictions and point out differences.
[ { "created": "Thu, 12 May 2022 08:38:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 16 May 2022 13:16:02 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-10-05
[ [ "Martín-González", "B.", "" ], [ "Ortega", "P. G.", "" ], [ "Entem", "D. R.", "" ], [ "Fernández", "F.", "" ], [ "Segovia", "J.", "" ] ]
The properties of the $B_c$-meson family ($c\bar b$) are still not well determined experimentally because the specific mechanisms of formation and decay remain poorly understood. Unlike heavy quarkonia, i.e. the hidden heavy quark-antiquark sectors of charmonium ($c\bar c$) and bottomonium ($b\bar b$), the $B_c$-mesons cannot annihilate into gluons and they are, consequently, more stable. The excited $B_c$ states, lying below the lowest strong-decay $BD$-threshold, can only undergo through radiative decays and hadronic transitions to the $B_c$ ground state, which then decays weakly. As a result of this, a rich spectrum of narrow excited states below the $BD$-threshold appear, whose total widths are two orders of magnitude smaller than those of the excited levels of charmonium and bottomonium. In a different article, we determined bottom-charmed meson masses using a non-relativistic constituent quark model which has been applied to a wide range of hadron physical observables, and thus the model parameters are completely constrained. Herein, continuing to our study of the $B_c$ sector, we calculate the relevant radiative decay widths and hadronic transition rates between $c\bar b$ states which are below $BD$-threshold. This shall provide the most promising signals for discovering excited $B_c$ states that are below the lowest strong-decay $BD$-threshold. Finally, our results are compared with other models to measure the reliability of the predictions and point out differences.
hep-ph/9508278
Douglas O. Carlson
Douglas O. Carlson
Physics of Single-Top Quark Production at Hadron Colliders
Thesis, 102 pages, Latex, needs 45 figures (not included). All Tex files and the associated analysis package ONETOP may be obtained via anonymous ftp at ftp://cteq14.pa.msu.edu/pub/carlson_d/
null
null
MSUHEP-050795
hep-ph
null
We discuss the physics of single-top quark production and decay at hadron colliders, such as the Tevatron, the \tevstar~and the LHC. Our study includes how to measure the mass and the width of the top quark produced from a {\hbox{single-$t$}} or a single-$\bar t$ process. We also show how to probe new physics by studying the couplings of $t$-${b}$-$W$ and show what can be improved from measuring the production rate of single-top events. We also discuss how to probe CP properties of the top quark by measuring the single-top production rate. Finally, we present a Monte Carlo study on the detection of single-top events in hadron collisions.
[ { "created": "Wed, 9 Aug 1995 21:23:45 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Carlson", "Douglas O.", "" ] ]
We discuss the physics of single-top quark production and decay at hadron colliders, such as the Tevatron, the \tevstar~and the LHC. Our study includes how to measure the mass and the width of the top quark produced from a {\hbox{single-$t$}} or a single-$\bar t$ process. We also show how to probe new physics by studying the couplings of $t$-${b}$-$W$ and show what can be improved from measuring the production rate of single-top events. We also discuss how to probe CP properties of the top quark by measuring the single-top production rate. Finally, we present a Monte Carlo study on the detection of single-top events in hadron collisions.
1510.08261
Poonam Mehta
Mehedi Masud, Animesh Chatterjee, Poonam Mehta
Probing CP violation signal at DUNE in presence of non-standard neutrino interactions
v2 : to appear in J. Phys. G
Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 43, 9, 095005 (2016)
10.1088/0954-3899/43/9/095005
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the impact of non-standard neutrino matter interactions (NSI) in propagation on the determination of CP phase in the context of the long baseline accelerator experiments such as Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). DUNE will mainly address the issue of CP violation in the leptonic sector. Here we study the role of NSI and its impact on the question of observing the CP violation signal at DUNE. We consider two scenarios of oscillation with three active neutrinos in absence and presence of NSI. We elucidate the importance of ruling out subdominant new physics effects introduced by NSI in inferring CP violation signal at DUNE by considering NSI terms collectively as well as by exploiting the non-trivial interplay of moduli and phases of the NSI terms. We demonstrate the existence of NSI-SI degeneracies which need to be eliminated in reliable manner in order to make conclusive statements about the CP phase.
[ { "created": "Wed, 28 Oct 2015 11:31:56 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:12:21 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-08-24
[ [ "Masud", "Mehedi", "" ], [ "Chatterjee", "Animesh", "" ], [ "Mehta", "Poonam", "" ] ]
We discuss the impact of non-standard neutrino matter interactions (NSI) in propagation on the determination of CP phase in the context of the long baseline accelerator experiments such as Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). DUNE will mainly address the issue of CP violation in the leptonic sector. Here we study the role of NSI and its impact on the question of observing the CP violation signal at DUNE. We consider two scenarios of oscillation with three active neutrinos in absence and presence of NSI. We elucidate the importance of ruling out subdominant new physics effects introduced by NSI in inferring CP violation signal at DUNE by considering NSI terms collectively as well as by exploiting the non-trivial interplay of moduli and phases of the NSI terms. We demonstrate the existence of NSI-SI degeneracies which need to be eliminated in reliable manner in order to make conclusive statements about the CP phase.
hep-ph/9512274
null
Piotr Zenczykowski (Inst.Nucl.Physics, Krakow)
The puzzle of the quark model: Weak radiative hyperon decays
10 pages, LaTeX, reformatted to dispense with the use of the espcrc2.sty file, to appear in the Proceedings of the conference "Production and Decay of Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons", Strasbourg, September 5-8, 1995
Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 50 (1996) 211-215
10.1016/0920-5632(96)00393-3
1702/PH - INP, Krakow, November 1995
hep-ph
null
Weak radiative hyperon decays present us with a long-standing puzzle, namely the question of validity of a hadron-level theorem proved by Hara. We briefly discuss the conflict between expectations based on Hara's theorem and experiment as well as the way in which the quark model evades the theorem. Violation of Hara's theorem in the quark model is traced back to the issue of hadron compositeness and the nonequivalence of standard ways of imposing gauge-invariance condition at quark and hadron levels. This suggests that our understanding of nonlocal composite nature of hadrons may require some important change.
[ { "created": "Mon, 11 Dec 1995 13:36:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 14 Dec 1995 12:09:00 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Zenczykowski", "Piotr", "", "Inst.Nucl.Physics, Krakow" ] ]
Weak radiative hyperon decays present us with a long-standing puzzle, namely the question of validity of a hadron-level theorem proved by Hara. We briefly discuss the conflict between expectations based on Hara's theorem and experiment as well as the way in which the quark model evades the theorem. Violation of Hara's theorem in the quark model is traced back to the issue of hadron compositeness and the nonequivalence of standard ways of imposing gauge-invariance condition at quark and hadron levels. This suggests that our understanding of nonlocal composite nature of hadrons may require some important change.
0907.3403
Marco Ruggieri
Marco Ruggieri
On the critical end point of the QCD and the NJL model phase diagrams
6 pages, 1 figure. Talk given at IFAE 2009, Bari, 15-17 April 2009. The original publication is available at: http://www.sif.it/SIF/en/portal/journals
Nuovo Cim.C32N3-4:77-80,2009
10.1393/ncc/i2009-10441-5
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this talk I compare the knowledge on the critical end point of the QCD phase diagram grasped from lattice calculations, with that obtained from Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model computations. The original publication is available at http://www.sif.it/SIF/en/portal/journals
[ { "created": "Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:56:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-20
[ [ "Ruggieri", "Marco", "" ] ]
In this talk I compare the knowledge on the critical end point of the QCD phase diagram grasped from lattice calculations, with that obtained from Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model computations. The original publication is available at http://www.sif.it/SIF/en/portal/journals
1001.3432
Ho-Meoyng Choi
Ho-Meoyng Choi (Kyungpook National University)
Light-front quark model analysis of the exclusive rare $B_c\to D_{(s)}(\ell^+\ell^-,\nu_{\ell}\bar{\nu}_{\ell})$ decays
11 pages, 8figures, version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D81:054003,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.054003
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the exclusive rare $B_c\to D_{(s)}\nu_{\ell}\bar{\nu_{\ell}}$ and $B\to D_{(s)}\ell^+\ell^-$ ($\ell=e,\mu,\tau$) decays within the standard model and the light-front quark model constrained by the variational principle for the QCD motivated effective Hamiltonian. The form factors $f_{\pm}(q^2)$ and $f_T(q^2)$ are obtained from the analytic continuation method in the $q^+=0$ frame. While the form factors $f_+(q^2)$ and $f_T(q^2)$ are free from the zero-mode, the form factor $f_-(q^2)$ is not free from the zero-mode in the $q^+=0$ frame. We discuss the covariance(i.e. frame-independence) of our model calculation and quantify the zero-mode contributions to $f_-(q^2)$ for $B_c\to D_{(s)}$ decays. The branching ratios and the longitudinal lepton polarization asymmetries are calculated with and without the long-distance contributions. Our numerical results for the non-resonant branching ratios for $B_c\to D(D_s)\sum\nu_{\ell}\bar{\nu_{\ell}}$ and $B_c\to D(D_s)\ell^+\ell^-$ are in the order of $10^{-8} (10^{-7})$ and $10^{-9} (10^{-8})$, respectively. The averaged values of the lepton polarization asymmetries obtained from the linear (harmonic oscillator) potential parameters are found to be $-0.99 (-0.99)$ for $B_c\to D\mu^+\mu^-$ and $-0.16 (-0.15)$ for $B_c\to D\tau^+\tau^-$, and $-0.98 (-0.98)$ for $B_c\to D_s\mu^+\mu^-$ and $-0.14 (-0.12)$ for $B_c\to D_s\tau^+\tau^-$, respectively.
[ { "created": "Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:34:34 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:28:15 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:48:41 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2010-04-06
[ [ "Choi", "Ho-Meoyng", "", "Kyungpook National University" ] ]
We investigate the exclusive rare $B_c\to D_{(s)}\nu_{\ell}\bar{\nu_{\ell}}$ and $B\to D_{(s)}\ell^+\ell^-$ ($\ell=e,\mu,\tau$) decays within the standard model and the light-front quark model constrained by the variational principle for the QCD motivated effective Hamiltonian. The form factors $f_{\pm}(q^2)$ and $f_T(q^2)$ are obtained from the analytic continuation method in the $q^+=0$ frame. While the form factors $f_+(q^2)$ and $f_T(q^2)$ are free from the zero-mode, the form factor $f_-(q^2)$ is not free from the zero-mode in the $q^+=0$ frame. We discuss the covariance(i.e. frame-independence) of our model calculation and quantify the zero-mode contributions to $f_-(q^2)$ for $B_c\to D_{(s)}$ decays. The branching ratios and the longitudinal lepton polarization asymmetries are calculated with and without the long-distance contributions. Our numerical results for the non-resonant branching ratios for $B_c\to D(D_s)\sum\nu_{\ell}\bar{\nu_{\ell}}$ and $B_c\to D(D_s)\ell^+\ell^-$ are in the order of $10^{-8} (10^{-7})$ and $10^{-9} (10^{-8})$, respectively. The averaged values of the lepton polarization asymmetries obtained from the linear (harmonic oscillator) potential parameters are found to be $-0.99 (-0.99)$ for $B_c\to D\mu^+\mu^-$ and $-0.16 (-0.15)$ for $B_c\to D\tau^+\tau^-$, and $-0.98 (-0.98)$ for $B_c\to D_s\mu^+\mu^-$ and $-0.14 (-0.12)$ for $B_c\to D_s\tau^+\tau^-$, respectively.
hep-ph/9411252
Mikko Laine
M. Laine
Gauge Dependence of the High-Temperature 2-Loop Effective Potential for the Higgs Field
13 LaTeX-pages + 2 ps-figure (Instructions added to uudecode the ps-file.)
Phys.Rev.D51:4525-4532,1995
10.1103/PhysRevD.51.4525
HU-TFT-94-46
hep-ph
null
The high-temperature limit of the 2-loop effective potential for the Higgs field is calculated from an effective 3d theory, in a general covariant gauge. It is shown explicitly that a gauge-independent result can be extracted for the equation of state from the gauge-dependent effective potential. The convergence of perturbation theory is estimated in the broken phase, utilizing the gauge dependence of the effective potential.
[ { "created": "Wed, 9 Nov 1994 14:29:38 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 10 Nov 1994 08:42:53 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-11-01
[ [ "Laine", "M.", "" ] ]
The high-temperature limit of the 2-loop effective potential for the Higgs field is calculated from an effective 3d theory, in a general covariant gauge. It is shown explicitly that a gauge-independent result can be extracted for the equation of state from the gauge-dependent effective potential. The convergence of perturbation theory is estimated in the broken phase, utilizing the gauge dependence of the effective potential.
2101.12111
Thomas Heinzl
T. Heinzl, A. Ilderton and B. King
Classical resummation and breakdown of strong-field QED
8 pages, 2 figures; v2: Journal version with Supplementaries added
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 061601 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.061601
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
QED perturbation theory has been conjectured to break down in sufficiently strong backgrounds, obstructing the analysis of strong-field physics. We show that the breakdown occurs even in classical electrodynamics, at lower field strengths than previously considered, and that it may be cured by resummation. As a consequence, an analogous resummation is required in QED. A detailed investigation shows, for a range of observables, that unitarity removes diagrams previously believed to be responsible for the breakdown of QED perturbation theory.
[ { "created": "Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:58:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:26:13 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-08-11
[ [ "Heinzl", "T.", "" ], [ "Ilderton", "A.", "" ], [ "King", "B.", "" ] ]
QED perturbation theory has been conjectured to break down in sufficiently strong backgrounds, obstructing the analysis of strong-field physics. We show that the breakdown occurs even in classical electrodynamics, at lower field strengths than previously considered, and that it may be cured by resummation. As a consequence, an analogous resummation is required in QED. A detailed investigation shows, for a range of observables, that unitarity removes diagrams previously believed to be responsible for the breakdown of QED perturbation theory.
2110.14826
Alfredo Vega Dr.
Alfredo Vega and Amanda Rodriguez
Effects of beta function on mass and melting temperature for scalar glueballs in AdS/QCD models at finite temperature
6 pages, 3 figures
null
10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00807-6
null
hep-ph hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
We consider an extension to finite temperature in an AdS/ QCD model, which regards anomalous dimension contributions to get a bulk mass depending on beta function. We study the effect of beta function on mass as a function of temperature and melting temperature for scalar glueballs.
[ { "created": "Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:27:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-09-21
[ [ "Vega", "Alfredo", "" ], [ "Rodriguez", "Amanda", "" ] ]
We consider an extension to finite temperature in an AdS/ QCD model, which regards anomalous dimension contributions to get a bulk mass depending on beta function. We study the effect of beta function on mass as a function of temperature and melting temperature for scalar glueballs.
0908.0251
Ted Rogers
T.C. Rogers, M. Strikman
Multiple Hard Partonic Collisions with Correlations in Proton-Proton Scattering
Typos fixed, Figures 2,9 and 10 added, matches version published in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D81:016013,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.016013
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose a simple method for incorporating correlations into the impact parameter space description of multiple (semi-)hard partonic collisions in high energy hadron-hadron scattering. The perturbative QCD input is the standard factorization theorem for inclusive dijet production with a lower cutoff on transverse momentum. The width of the transverse distribution of hard partons is fixed by parameterizations of the two-gluon form factor. We then reconstruct the hard contribution to the total inelastic profile function and obtain corrections due to correlations to the more commonly used eikonal description. Estimates of the size of double correlation corrections are based on the rate of double collisions measured at the Tevatron. We find that, if typical values for the lower transverse momentum cutoff are used in the calculation of the inclusive hard dijet cross section, then the correlation corrections are necessary for maintaining consistency with expectations for the total inelastic proton-proton cross section at LHC energies.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:50:07 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:55:02 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-04-06
[ [ "Rogers", "T. C.", "" ], [ "Strikman", "M.", "" ] ]
We propose a simple method for incorporating correlations into the impact parameter space description of multiple (semi-)hard partonic collisions in high energy hadron-hadron scattering. The perturbative QCD input is the standard factorization theorem for inclusive dijet production with a lower cutoff on transverse momentum. The width of the transverse distribution of hard partons is fixed by parameterizations of the two-gluon form factor. We then reconstruct the hard contribution to the total inelastic profile function and obtain corrections due to correlations to the more commonly used eikonal description. Estimates of the size of double correlation corrections are based on the rate of double collisions measured at the Tevatron. We find that, if typical values for the lower transverse momentum cutoff are used in the calculation of the inclusive hard dijet cross section, then the correlation corrections are necessary for maintaining consistency with expectations for the total inelastic proton-proton cross section at LHC energies.
0905.1572
Vincent Tisserand
Vincent Tisserand (CKMFitter group)
CKM fits as of winter 2009 and sensitivity to New Physics
proceedings for the Moriond 2009 EW session
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present the status of the CKM matrix parameters in the framework of the Standard Model. We perform a model independent analysis to set constraints on additional effective parameters accounting for possible New Physics effects and to evaluate the present allowed space for these effects both from $B_d$ and $B_s$ mesons.
[ { "created": "Mon, 11 May 2009 08:48:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 25 May 2009 09:15:36 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-05-25
[ [ "Tisserand", "Vincent", "", "CKMFitter group" ] ]
We present the status of the CKM matrix parameters in the framework of the Standard Model. We perform a model independent analysis to set constraints on additional effective parameters accounting for possible New Physics effects and to evaluate the present allowed space for these effects both from $B_d$ and $B_s$ mesons.
1107.5925
Hayriye Sundu
K. Azizi, Y. Sarac, H. Sundu
Light cone QCD sum rules study of the semileptonic heavy $\Xi_{Q}$ and $\Xi'_{Q}$ transitions to $\Xi$ and $\Sigma $ baryons
30 Pages, 5 Figures and 18 Tables
null
10.1140/epja/i2012-12002-1
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The semileptonic decays of heavy spin--1/2, $\Xi_{b(c)}$ and $\Xi'_{b(c)}$ baryons to the light spin-- 1/2, $\Xi$ and $\Sigma $ baryons are investigated in the framework of the light cone QCD sum rules. In particular, using the most general form of the interpolating currents for the heavy baryons as well as the distribution amplitudes of the $\Xi$ and $\Sigma $ baryons, we calculate all form factors entering the matrix elements of the corresponding effective Hamiltonians in full QCD. Having calculated the responsible form factors, we evaluate the decay rates and branching fractions of the related transitions.
[ { "created": "Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:51:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:53:42 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-05-30
[ [ "Azizi", "K.", "" ], [ "Sarac", "Y.", "" ], [ "Sundu", "H.", "" ] ]
The semileptonic decays of heavy spin--1/2, $\Xi_{b(c)}$ and $\Xi'_{b(c)}$ baryons to the light spin-- 1/2, $\Xi$ and $\Sigma $ baryons are investigated in the framework of the light cone QCD sum rules. In particular, using the most general form of the interpolating currents for the heavy baryons as well as the distribution amplitudes of the $\Xi$ and $\Sigma $ baryons, we calculate all form factors entering the matrix elements of the corresponding effective Hamiltonians in full QCD. Having calculated the responsible form factors, we evaluate the decay rates and branching fractions of the related transitions.
1904.05893
Jeong Han Kim
Jeong Han Kim, Samuel D. Lane, Hye-Sung Lee, Ian M. Lewis, and Matthew Sullivan
Searching for Dark Photons with Maverick Top Partners
40 pages and 11 figures
Phys. Rev. D 101, 035041 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.101.035041
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper, we present a model in which an up-type vector-like quark (VLQ) is charged under a new $U(1)_d$ gauge force which kinetically mixes with the SM hypercharge. The gauge boson of the $U(1)_d$ is the dark photon, $\gamma_d$. Traditional searches for VLQs rely on decays into Standard Model electroweak bosons $W,Z$ or Higgs. However, since no evidence for VLQs has been found at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), it is imperative to search for other novel signatures of VLQs beyond their traditional decays. As we will show, if the dark photon is much less massive than the Standard Model electroweak sector, $M_{\gamma_d}\ll M_Z$, for the large majority of the allowed parameter space the VLQ predominately decays into the dark photon and the dark Higgs that breaks the $U(1)_d$ . That is, this VLQ is a `maverick top partner' with nontraditional decays. One of the appeals of this scenario is that pair production of the VLQ at the LHC occurs through the strong force and the rate is determined by the gauge structure. Hence, the production of the dark photon at the LHC only depends on the strong force and is largely independent of the small kinetic mixing with hypercharge. This scenario provides a robust framework to search for a light dark sector via searches for heavy colored particles at the LHC.
[ { "created": "Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:26:38 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-04-25
[ [ "Kim", "Jeong Han", "" ], [ "Lane", "Samuel D.", "" ], [ "Lee", "Hye-Sung", "" ], [ "Lewis", "Ian M.", "" ], [ "Sullivan", "Matthew", "" ] ]
In this paper, we present a model in which an up-type vector-like quark (VLQ) is charged under a new $U(1)_d$ gauge force which kinetically mixes with the SM hypercharge. The gauge boson of the $U(1)_d$ is the dark photon, $\gamma_d$. Traditional searches for VLQs rely on decays into Standard Model electroweak bosons $W,Z$ or Higgs. However, since no evidence for VLQs has been found at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), it is imperative to search for other novel signatures of VLQs beyond their traditional decays. As we will show, if the dark photon is much less massive than the Standard Model electroweak sector, $M_{\gamma_d}\ll M_Z$, for the large majority of the allowed parameter space the VLQ predominately decays into the dark photon and the dark Higgs that breaks the $U(1)_d$ . That is, this VLQ is a `maverick top partner' with nontraditional decays. One of the appeals of this scenario is that pair production of the VLQ at the LHC occurs through the strong force and the rate is determined by the gauge structure. Hence, the production of the dark photon at the LHC only depends on the strong force and is largely independent of the small kinetic mixing with hypercharge. This scenario provides a robust framework to search for a light dark sector via searches for heavy colored particles at the LHC.
hep-ph/9806541
Sharon Jensen
John R. Hiller and Stanley J. Brodsky
Nonperturbative renormalization and the electron's anomalous moment in large-alpha QED
RevTex, 35 pages
Phys.Rev.D59:016006,1999
10.1103/PhysRevD.59.016006
SLAC-PUB-7833 and UMN-D-98-2
hep-ph
null
We study the physical electron in quantum electrodynamics expanded on the light-cone Fock space in order to address two problems: (1) the physics of the electron's anomalous magnetic moment $a_e$ in nonperturbative QED, and (2) the practical problems of ultraviolet regularization and renormalization in truncated nonperturbative light-cone Hamiltonian theory. We present results for $a_e$ computed in a light-cone gauge Fock space truncated to include one bare electron and at most two photons; i.e., up to two photons in flight. The calculational scheme uses an invariant mass cutoff, discretized light-cone quantization (DLCQ), a Tamm--Dancoff truncation of the Fock space, and a photon mass regulator. We introduce new weighting methods which greatly improve convergence to the continuum within DLCQ. Nonperturbative renormalization of the coupling and electron mass are carried out, and a limit on the magnitude of the effective physical coupling strength is computed. A large renormalized coupling strength $\alpha_R= 0.1$ is then used to make the nonperturbative effects in the electron anomalous moment from the one-electron, two-photon Fock state sector numerically detectable.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:25:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-09-11
[ [ "Hiller", "John R.", "" ], [ "Brodsky", "Stanley J.", "" ] ]
We study the physical electron in quantum electrodynamics expanded on the light-cone Fock space in order to address two problems: (1) the physics of the electron's anomalous magnetic moment $a_e$ in nonperturbative QED, and (2) the practical problems of ultraviolet regularization and renormalization in truncated nonperturbative light-cone Hamiltonian theory. We present results for $a_e$ computed in a light-cone gauge Fock space truncated to include one bare electron and at most two photons; i.e., up to two photons in flight. The calculational scheme uses an invariant mass cutoff, discretized light-cone quantization (DLCQ), a Tamm--Dancoff truncation of the Fock space, and a photon mass regulator. We introduce new weighting methods which greatly improve convergence to the continuum within DLCQ. Nonperturbative renormalization of the coupling and electron mass are carried out, and a limit on the magnitude of the effective physical coupling strength is computed. A large renormalized coupling strength $\alpha_R= 0.1$ is then used to make the nonperturbative effects in the electron anomalous moment from the one-electron, two-photon Fock state sector numerically detectable.
hep-ph/9305246
Kim Milton
Carl M. Bender, Lawrence R. Mead, and Kimball A. Milton
Discrete Time Quantum Mechanics
52 pages, OKHEP-93-07
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
This paper summarizes a research program that has been underway for a decade. The objective is to find a fast and accurate scheme for solving quantum problems which does not involve a Monte Carlo algorithm. We use an alternative strategy based on the method of finite elements. We are able to formulate fully consistent quantum-mechanical systems directly on a lattice in terms of operator difference equations. One advantage of this discretized formulation of quantum mechanics is that the ambiguities associated with operator ordering are eliminated. Furthermore, the scheme provides an easy way in which to obtain the energy levels of the theory numerically. A generalized version of this discretization scheme can be applied to quantum field theory problems. The difficulties normally associated with fermion doubling are eliminated. Also, one can incorporate local gauge invariance in the finite-element formulation. Results for some field theory models are summarized. In particular, we review the calculation of the anomaly in two-dimensional quantum electrodynamics (the Schwinger model). Finally, we discuss nonabelian gauge theories.
[ { "created": "Tue, 11 May 1993 21:25:42 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Bender", "Carl M.", "" ], [ "Mead", "Lawrence R.", "" ], [ "Milton", "Kimball A.", "" ] ]
This paper summarizes a research program that has been underway for a decade. The objective is to find a fast and accurate scheme for solving quantum problems which does not involve a Monte Carlo algorithm. We use an alternative strategy based on the method of finite elements. We are able to formulate fully consistent quantum-mechanical systems directly on a lattice in terms of operator difference equations. One advantage of this discretized formulation of quantum mechanics is that the ambiguities associated with operator ordering are eliminated. Furthermore, the scheme provides an easy way in which to obtain the energy levels of the theory numerically. A generalized version of this discretization scheme can be applied to quantum field theory problems. The difficulties normally associated with fermion doubling are eliminated. Also, one can incorporate local gauge invariance in the finite-element formulation. Results for some field theory models are summarized. In particular, we review the calculation of the anomaly in two-dimensional quantum electrodynamics (the Schwinger model). Finally, we discuss nonabelian gauge theories.
1207.5771
K. S. Babu
K. S. Babu, R. N. Mohapatra
B-L Violating Proton Decay Modes and New Baryogenesis Scenario in SO(10)
To be published in Phys. Rev. Lett., 9 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1203.5544
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.091803
OSU-HEP-12-08
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show that grand unified theories based on SO(10) generate quite naturally baryon number violating dimension seven operators that violate (B-L), and lead to novel nucleon decay modes such as n \to e^-K^+, e^- \pi^+ and p \to \nu \pi^+. We find that in two-step breaking schemes of non-supersymmetric SO(10), the partial lifetimes for these modes can be within reach of experiments. The interactions responsible for these decay modes also provide a new way to understand the origin of matter in the universe via the decays of GUT scale scalar bosons of SO(10). Their (B-L)-violating nature guarantees that the GUT scale induced baryon asymmetry is not washed out by the electroweak sphaleron interactions. In minimal SO(10) models this asymmetry is closely tied to the masses of quarks, leptons and the neutrinos.
[ { "created": "Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:59:27 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-05
[ [ "Babu", "K. S.", "" ], [ "Mohapatra", "R. N.", "" ] ]
We show that grand unified theories based on SO(10) generate quite naturally baryon number violating dimension seven operators that violate (B-L), and lead to novel nucleon decay modes such as n \to e^-K^+, e^- \pi^+ and p \to \nu \pi^+. We find that in two-step breaking schemes of non-supersymmetric SO(10), the partial lifetimes for these modes can be within reach of experiments. The interactions responsible for these decay modes also provide a new way to understand the origin of matter in the universe via the decays of GUT scale scalar bosons of SO(10). Their (B-L)-violating nature guarantees that the GUT scale induced baryon asymmetry is not washed out by the electroweak sphaleron interactions. In minimal SO(10) models this asymmetry is closely tied to the masses of quarks, leptons and the neutrinos.
1911.00213
Jiajun Liao
Jiajun Liao, Newton Nath, TseChun Wang, Ye-Ling Zhou
Nonstandard neutrino interactions and mu-tau reflection symmetry
24 pages, 6 figures. Version to appear in PRD
Phys. Rev. D 101, 095036 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.101.095036
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Nonstandard interactions (NSIs), possible subleading effects originating from new physics beyond the Standard Model, may affect the propagation of neutrinos and eventually contribute to measurements of neutrino oscillations. Besides this, $ \mu-\tau $ reflection symmetry, naturally predicted by non-Abelian discrete flavor symmetries, has been very successful in explaining the observed leptonic mixing patterns. In this work, we study the combined effect of both. We present an $S_4$ flavor model with $\mu-\tau$ reflection symmetry realized in both neutrino masses and NSIs. Under this formalism, we perform a detailed study for the upcoming neutrino experiments DUNE and T2HK. Our simulation results show that under the $\mu-\tau $ reflection symmetry, NSI parameters are further constrained and the mass ordering sensitivity is less affected by the presence of NSIs.
[ { "created": "Fri, 1 Nov 2019 05:58:35 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 27 May 2020 09:13:13 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-06-03
[ [ "Liao", "Jiajun", "" ], [ "Nath", "Newton", "" ], [ "Wang", "TseChun", "" ], [ "Zhou", "Ye-Ling", "" ] ]
Nonstandard interactions (NSIs), possible subleading effects originating from new physics beyond the Standard Model, may affect the propagation of neutrinos and eventually contribute to measurements of neutrino oscillations. Besides this, $ \mu-\tau $ reflection symmetry, naturally predicted by non-Abelian discrete flavor symmetries, has been very successful in explaining the observed leptonic mixing patterns. In this work, we study the combined effect of both. We present an $S_4$ flavor model with $\mu-\tau$ reflection symmetry realized in both neutrino masses and NSIs. Under this formalism, we perform a detailed study for the upcoming neutrino experiments DUNE and T2HK. Our simulation results show that under the $\mu-\tau $ reflection symmetry, NSI parameters are further constrained and the mass ordering sensitivity is less affected by the presence of NSIs.
hep-ph/0011144
Liangsb
Chongxing Yue, Guoli Liu, Jiantao Li
The bound on the mass of the new gauge boson $Z^{\prime}$ from the process $\mu\longrightarrow 3e$
Latex file, 9 Pages 2 eps figures. to be published Phys.Lett.B
Phys.Lett. B496 (2000) 89-92
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01257-0
null
hep-ph
null
The new gauge boson $Z^{\prime}$ predicted by the strong top dynamical symmetry breaking models has significant contributions to the lepton flavor changing process $\mu\longrightarrow 3e $. We consider the bound on the mass of the new gauge boson $Z^{\prime}$ from the experimental value of the branching ratio $Br(\mu\longrightarrow 3e)$ in the framework of topcolor assisted technicolor models. We find that the precision experimental value of $Br(\mu\longrightarrow 3e)$ gives a severe bound on the $Z^{\prime}$ mass $M_{Z^{\prime}}$. For $k_1 \leq 1$, $M_{Z^{\prime}}$ must be larger than 1.64 $TeV$.
[ { "created": "Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:40:55 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Yue", "Chongxing", "" ], [ "Liu", "Guoli", "" ], [ "Li", "Jiantao", "" ] ]
The new gauge boson $Z^{\prime}$ predicted by the strong top dynamical symmetry breaking models has significant contributions to the lepton flavor changing process $\mu\longrightarrow 3e $. We consider the bound on the mass of the new gauge boson $Z^{\prime}$ from the experimental value of the branching ratio $Br(\mu\longrightarrow 3e)$ in the framework of topcolor assisted technicolor models. We find that the precision experimental value of $Br(\mu\longrightarrow 3e)$ gives a severe bound on the $Z^{\prime}$ mass $M_{Z^{\prime}}$. For $k_1 \leq 1$, $M_{Z^{\prime}}$ must be larger than 1.64 $TeV$.
2008.10742
Cristian Villavicencio
C. A. Dominguez, Luis A. Hern\'andez, Marcelo Loewe, Cristian Villavicencio, R. Zamora
Magnetic field dependence of nucleon parameters from QCD sum rules
Note added in proof. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Phys. Rev. D 102, 094007 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.102.094007
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Finite energy QCD sum rules involving nucleon current correlators are used to determine several QCD and hadronic parameters in the presence of an external, uniform, large magnetic field. The continuum hadronic threshold $s_0$, nucleon mass $m_N$, current-nucleon coupling $\lambda_N$, transverse velocity $v_\perp$, the spin polarization condensate $\langle\bar q\sigma_{12} q\rangle$, and the magnetic susceptibility of the quark condensate $\chi_q$, are obtained for the case of protons and neutrons. Due to the magnetic field, and charge asymmetry of light quarks up and down, all the obtained quantities evolve differently with the magnetic field, for each nucleon or quark flavor. With this approach it is possible to obtain the evolution of the above parameters up to a magnetic field strength $eB < 1.4$ GeV$^2$.
[ { "created": "Mon, 24 Aug 2020 23:14:42 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:05:38 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 6 Nov 2020 04:47:06 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2020-11-18
[ [ "Dominguez", "C. A.", "" ], [ "Hernández", "Luis A.", "" ], [ "Loewe", "Marcelo", "" ], [ "Villavicencio", "Cristian", "" ], [ "Zamora", "R.", "" ] ]
Finite energy QCD sum rules involving nucleon current correlators are used to determine several QCD and hadronic parameters in the presence of an external, uniform, large magnetic field. The continuum hadronic threshold $s_0$, nucleon mass $m_N$, current-nucleon coupling $\lambda_N$, transverse velocity $v_\perp$, the spin polarization condensate $\langle\bar q\sigma_{12} q\rangle$, and the magnetic susceptibility of the quark condensate $\chi_q$, are obtained for the case of protons and neutrons. Due to the magnetic field, and charge asymmetry of light quarks up and down, all the obtained quantities evolve differently with the magnetic field, for each nucleon or quark flavor. With this approach it is possible to obtain the evolution of the above parameters up to a magnetic field strength $eB < 1.4$ GeV$^2$.
2107.09493
Rui Santos
Felipe F. Freitas, Carlos A. R. Herdeiro, Ant\'onio P. Morais, Ant\'onio Onofre, Roman Pasechnik, Eugen Radu, Nicolas Sanchis-Gual, Rui Santos
Ultralight bosons for strong gravity applications from simple Standard Model extensions
27 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1088/1475-7516/2021/12/047
null
hep-ph astro-ph.HE gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We construct families, and concrete examples, of simple extensions of the Standard Model that can yield ultralight {real or} complex vectors or scalars with potential astrophysical relevance. Specifically, the mass range for these putative fundamental bosons ($\sim 10^{-10}-10^{-20}$ eV) would lead dynamically to both new non-black hole compact objects (bosonic stars) and new non-Kerr black holes, with masses of $\sim M_\odot$ to $\sim 10^{10} M_\odot$, corresponding to the mass range of astrophysical black hole candidates (from stellar mass to supermassive). For each model, we study the properties of the mass spectrum and interactions after spontaneous symmetry breaking, discuss its theoretical viability and caveats, as well as some of its potential and most relevant phenomenological implications {linking them to the} physics of compact objects.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:42:40 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:04:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-01-05
[ [ "Freitas", "Felipe F.", "" ], [ "Herdeiro", "Carlos A. R.", "" ], [ "Morais", "António P.", "" ], [ "Onofre", "António", "" ], [ "Pasechnik", "Roman", "" ], [ "Radu", "Eugen", "" ], [ "Sanchis-Gual", "Nicolas", "" ], [ "Santos", "Rui", "" ] ]
We construct families, and concrete examples, of simple extensions of the Standard Model that can yield ultralight {real or} complex vectors or scalars with potential astrophysical relevance. Specifically, the mass range for these putative fundamental bosons ($\sim 10^{-10}-10^{-20}$ eV) would lead dynamically to both new non-black hole compact objects (bosonic stars) and new non-Kerr black holes, with masses of $\sim M_\odot$ to $\sim 10^{10} M_\odot$, corresponding to the mass range of astrophysical black hole candidates (from stellar mass to supermassive). For each model, we study the properties of the mass spectrum and interactions after spontaneous symmetry breaking, discuss its theoretical viability and caveats, as well as some of its potential and most relevant phenomenological implications {linking them to the} physics of compact objects.
1209.6403
Alexander Kusenko
Alexander Kusenko, Michael Loewenstein, Tsutomu T. Yanagida
Moduli dark matter and the search for its decay line using Suzaku X-ray telescope
8 pages, 5 figures, revtex
Phys. Rev. D 87, 043508 (2013)
10.1103/PhysRevD.87.043508
IPMU12-0180
hep-ph astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Light scalar fields called moduli arise from a variety of different models involving supersymmetry and/or string theory; thus their existence is a generic prediction of leading theories for physics beyond the standard model. They also present a formidable, long-standing problem for cosmology. We argue that an anthropic solution to the moduli problem exists in the case of small moduli masses, and that it automatically leads to dark matter in the form of moduli. The recent discovery of the 125 GeV Higgs boson implies a lower bound on the moduli mass of about a keV. This form of dark matter is consistent with the observed properties of structure formation, and it is amenable to detection with the help of X-ray telescopes. We present the results of a search for such dark matter particles using spectra extracted from the first deep X-ray observations of the Draco and Ursa Minor dwarf spheroidal galaxies, which are dark matter dominated systems with extreme mass-to-light ratios and low intrinsic backgrounds. No emission line is positively detected, and we set new constraints on the relevant new physics.
[ { "created": "Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:07:47 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 3 May 2013 22:53:31 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2013-05-07
[ [ "Kusenko", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Loewenstein", "Michael", "" ], [ "Yanagida", "Tsutomu T.", "" ] ]
Light scalar fields called moduli arise from a variety of different models involving supersymmetry and/or string theory; thus their existence is a generic prediction of leading theories for physics beyond the standard model. They also present a formidable, long-standing problem for cosmology. We argue that an anthropic solution to the moduli problem exists in the case of small moduli masses, and that it automatically leads to dark matter in the form of moduli. The recent discovery of the 125 GeV Higgs boson implies a lower bound on the moduli mass of about a keV. This form of dark matter is consistent with the observed properties of structure formation, and it is amenable to detection with the help of X-ray telescopes. We present the results of a search for such dark matter particles using spectra extracted from the first deep X-ray observations of the Draco and Ursa Minor dwarf spheroidal galaxies, which are dark matter dominated systems with extreme mass-to-light ratios and low intrinsic backgrounds. No emission line is positively detected, and we set new constraints on the relevant new physics.
1905.04865
Jun Gao
Jun Gao
Higgs boson decay into four bottom quarks in the SM and beyond
references added; version to appear on JHEP
null
10.1007/JHEP08(2019)174
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present predictions for the Higgs boson decay into four bottom quarks in the standard model and via light exotic scalars retaining full bottom-quark mass dependence. In the SM the decay can be induced either by the Yukawa couplings of bottom quarks and top quarks or the electroweak couplings. We calculate the partial decay width and various differential distributions up to next-to-leading order in QCD. We find large QCD corrections for decay via Yukawa couplings, as large as 90% for the partial decay width, and reduced scale variations. The results of this paper are therefore helpful for the measurement of this multi-jets final state at future Higgs factory of electron-positron colliders. We also propose several observables that can differentiate the SM decay channel and the exotic decay channel and compare their next-to-leading order predictions.
[ { "created": "Mon, 13 May 2019 05:22:45 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 17 May 2019 13:50:39 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 3 Sep 2019 05:51:34 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2019-10-02
[ [ "Gao", "Jun", "" ] ]
We present predictions for the Higgs boson decay into four bottom quarks in the standard model and via light exotic scalars retaining full bottom-quark mass dependence. In the SM the decay can be induced either by the Yukawa couplings of bottom quarks and top quarks or the electroweak couplings. We calculate the partial decay width and various differential distributions up to next-to-leading order in QCD. We find large QCD corrections for decay via Yukawa couplings, as large as 90% for the partial decay width, and reduced scale variations. The results of this paper are therefore helpful for the measurement of this multi-jets final state at future Higgs factory of electron-positron colliders. We also propose several observables that can differentiate the SM decay channel and the exotic decay channel and compare their next-to-leading order predictions.
hep-ph/0111328
George Lazarides
G. Lazarides (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Inflationary Cosmology
40 pages; uses svmult.cls, physprbb.sty, subeqnar.sty, cropmark.sty, sprmindx.sty; minor corrections; lectures given at the "First Aegean Summer School on Cosmology", September 21-29 2001, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece (to appear in the proceedings)
Lect.NotesPhys.592:351-391,2002
null
UT-STPD-3-01
hep-ph
null
The big bang model and the history of the early universe according to the grand unified theories are introduced. The shortcomings of big bang are discussed together with their resolution by inflationary cosmology. Inflation, the subsequent oscillation and decay of the inflaton, and the resulting "reheating" of the universe are studied. The density perturbations produced by inflation and the temperature fluctuations of the cosmic background radiation are discussed. The hybrid inflationary model is described. Two "natural" extensions of this model which avoid the disaster encountered in its standard realization from the overproduction of monopoles are presented. Successful "reheating" satisfying the gravitino constraint takes place after the end of inflation in all three versions of hybrid inflation. Adequate baryogenesis via a primordial leptogenesis occurs consistently with the solar and atmospheric neutrino oscillation data. The primordial lepton asymmetry is turned partly into baryon asymmetry via the sphalerons which are summarized.
[ { "created": "Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:35:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:12:29 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Lazarides", "G.", "", "Aristotle University of Thessaloniki" ] ]
The big bang model and the history of the early universe according to the grand unified theories are introduced. The shortcomings of big bang are discussed together with their resolution by inflationary cosmology. Inflation, the subsequent oscillation and decay of the inflaton, and the resulting "reheating" of the universe are studied. The density perturbations produced by inflation and the temperature fluctuations of the cosmic background radiation are discussed. The hybrid inflationary model is described. Two "natural" extensions of this model which avoid the disaster encountered in its standard realization from the overproduction of monopoles are presented. Successful "reheating" satisfying the gravitino constraint takes place after the end of inflation in all three versions of hybrid inflation. Adequate baryogenesis via a primordial leptogenesis occurs consistently with the solar and atmospheric neutrino oscillation data. The primordial lepton asymmetry is turned partly into baryon asymmetry via the sphalerons which are summarized.
2406.01678
Mudit Jain
Mudit Jain, Angelo Maggi, Wen-Yuan Ai, David J.E. Marsh
New insights into axion freeze-in
18 pages, 10 figures, 3 appendices
null
null
KCL-PH-TH/2024-31
hep-ph astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Freeze-in via the axion-photon coupling, $g_{\phi\gamma}$, can produce axions in the early Universe. At low reheating temperatures close to the minimum allowed value $T_{\rm reh}\approx T_{\rm BBN}\approx 10\,{\rm MeV}$, the abundance peaks for axion masses $m_\phi\approx T_{\rm reh}$. Such heavy axions are unstable and subsequently decay, leading to strong constraints on $g_{\phi\gamma}$ from astrophysics and cosmology. In this work, we revisit the computation of the freeze-in abundance and clarify important issues. We begin with a complete computation of the collision terms for the Primakoff process, electron-positron annihilation, and photon-to-axion (inverse-)decay, while approximately taking into account plasma screening and threshold effects. We then solve the Boltzmann equation for the full axion distribution function. We confirm previous results about the importance of both processes to the effective "relic abundance" (defined as density prior to decay), and provide useful fitting formulae to estimate the freeze-in abundance from the equilibrium interaction rate. For the distribution function, we find an out-of-equilibrium population of axions and introduce an effective temperature for them. We follow the evolution right up until decay, and find that the average axion kinetic energy is larger than a thermal relic by between 20\% and 80\%, which may have implications for limits on decaying axions from X-ray spectra. We extend our study to a two-axion system with quartic cross-coupling, and find that for typical/expected couplings, freeze-in of a second axion flavour by annihilations leads to a negligibly small contribution to the relic density.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Jun 2024 18:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-06-05
[ [ "Jain", "Mudit", "" ], [ "Maggi", "Angelo", "" ], [ "Ai", "Wen-Yuan", "" ], [ "Marsh", "David J. E.", "" ] ]
Freeze-in via the axion-photon coupling, $g_{\phi\gamma}$, can produce axions in the early Universe. At low reheating temperatures close to the minimum allowed value $T_{\rm reh}\approx T_{\rm BBN}\approx 10\,{\rm MeV}$, the abundance peaks for axion masses $m_\phi\approx T_{\rm reh}$. Such heavy axions are unstable and subsequently decay, leading to strong constraints on $g_{\phi\gamma}$ from astrophysics and cosmology. In this work, we revisit the computation of the freeze-in abundance and clarify important issues. We begin with a complete computation of the collision terms for the Primakoff process, electron-positron annihilation, and photon-to-axion (inverse-)decay, while approximately taking into account plasma screening and threshold effects. We then solve the Boltzmann equation for the full axion distribution function. We confirm previous results about the importance of both processes to the effective "relic abundance" (defined as density prior to decay), and provide useful fitting formulae to estimate the freeze-in abundance from the equilibrium interaction rate. For the distribution function, we find an out-of-equilibrium population of axions and introduce an effective temperature for them. We follow the evolution right up until decay, and find that the average axion kinetic energy is larger than a thermal relic by between 20\% and 80\%, which may have implications for limits on decaying axions from X-ray spectra. We extend our study to a two-axion system with quartic cross-coupling, and find that for typical/expected couplings, freeze-in of a second axion flavour by annihilations leads to a negligibly small contribution to the relic density.
hep-ph/0701033
Jens O. Andersen
Jens O. Andersen and Lars Kyllingstad
Pion Condensation in a two-flavor NJL model: the role of charge neutrality
16 pages. 13 figs. Second version expanded significantly: Discussion and results now include finite quark masses as well as comparison with other approaches. More appropriate title. Third version matches published paper
J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 37 015003 (2010)
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study pion condensation and the phase structure in a two-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model in the presence of baryon chemical potential $\mu$ and isospin chemical potential $\mu_I$at zero and finite temperature. There is a competition between the chiral condensate and a Bose-Einstein condensate of charged pions. In the chiral limit, the chiral condensate vanishes for any finite value of the isospin chemical potential, while there is a charged pion condensate that depends on the chemical potentials and the temperature. At the physical point, the chiral condensate is always nonzero, while the charged pion condensate depends on $\mu_I$ and $T$. For $T=\mu=0$, the critical isospin chemical potential $\mu_I^c$ for the onset of Bose-Einstein condensation is always equal to the pion mass. For $\mu=0$, we compare our results with chiral perturbation theory, sigma-model calculations, and lattice simulations. We examine the effects of imposing electric charge neutrality and weak equilibrium on the phase structure of the model. In the chiral limit, there is a window of baryon chemical potential and temperature where the charged pions condense. At the physical point, the charged pions do not condense.
[ { "created": "Thu, 4 Jan 2007 20:00:26 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:54:16 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 2 Dec 2009 08:16:12 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-12-02
[ [ "Andersen", "Jens O.", "" ], [ "Kyllingstad", "Lars", "" ] ]
We study pion condensation and the phase structure in a two-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model in the presence of baryon chemical potential $\mu$ and isospin chemical potential $\mu_I$at zero and finite temperature. There is a competition between the chiral condensate and a Bose-Einstein condensate of charged pions. In the chiral limit, the chiral condensate vanishes for any finite value of the isospin chemical potential, while there is a charged pion condensate that depends on the chemical potentials and the temperature. At the physical point, the chiral condensate is always nonzero, while the charged pion condensate depends on $\mu_I$ and $T$. For $T=\mu=0$, the critical isospin chemical potential $\mu_I^c$ for the onset of Bose-Einstein condensation is always equal to the pion mass. For $\mu=0$, we compare our results with chiral perturbation theory, sigma-model calculations, and lattice simulations. We examine the effects of imposing electric charge neutrality and weak equilibrium on the phase structure of the model. In the chiral limit, there is a window of baryon chemical potential and temperature where the charged pions condense. At the physical point, the charged pions do not condense.
2111.14891
Avi Loeb
Abraham Loeb
A New Way to Limit the Interaction of Dark Matter with Baryons
Submitted to Physical Review Letters
Physical Review D, 105, 9 (2022)
10.1103/PhysRevD.105.L091903
null
hep-ph astro-ph.CO hep-ex
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Recently, there had been renewed interest in limiting the interaction between dark matter particles and known particles. I propose a new way to set upper limits on the coupling of ions or electrons to dark matter particles of arbitrary mass, based on Faraday's Law in a spinning conductor.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:02:13 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 1 Dec 2021 10:37:20 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:34:17 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2022-08-29
[ [ "Loeb", "Abraham", "" ] ]
Recently, there had been renewed interest in limiting the interaction between dark matter particles and known particles. I propose a new way to set upper limits on the coupling of ions or electrons to dark matter particles of arbitrary mass, based on Faraday's Law in a spinning conductor.
1807.08167
Nabarun Chakrabarty
Nabarun Chakrabarty, Cheng-Wei Chiang, Takahiro Ohata, Koji Tsumura
Charged scalars confronting neutrino mass and muon g-2 anomaly
4 tables, 14 captioned figures
null
10.1007/JHEP12(2018)104
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The present work introduces two possible extensions of the Standard Model Higgs sector. In the first case, the Zee-Babu type model for the generation of neutrino mass is augmented with a scalar triplet and additional singly charged scalar singlets. The second scenario, on the other hand, generalizes the Type-II seesaw model by replicating the number of the scalar triplets. A $\mathbb{Z}_3$ symmetry is imposed in case of both the scenarios, but, allowed to be violated by terms of mass dimension two and three for generating neutrino masses and mixings. We examine how the models so introduced can explain the experimental observation on the muon anomalous magnetic moment. We estimate the two-loop contribution to neutrino mass induced by the scalar triplet, in addition to what comes from the doubly charged singlet in the usual Zee-Babu framework, in the first model. On the other hand, the neutrino mass arises in the usual Type-II fashion in the second model. In addition, the role of the $\mathbb{Z}_3$ symmetry in suppressing lepton flavor violation is also elucidated.
[ { "created": "Sat, 21 Jul 2018 15:19:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-01-30
[ [ "Chakrabarty", "Nabarun", "" ], [ "Chiang", "Cheng-Wei", "" ], [ "Ohata", "Takahiro", "" ], [ "Tsumura", "Koji", "" ] ]
The present work introduces two possible extensions of the Standard Model Higgs sector. In the first case, the Zee-Babu type model for the generation of neutrino mass is augmented with a scalar triplet and additional singly charged scalar singlets. The second scenario, on the other hand, generalizes the Type-II seesaw model by replicating the number of the scalar triplets. A $\mathbb{Z}_3$ symmetry is imposed in case of both the scenarios, but, allowed to be violated by terms of mass dimension two and three for generating neutrino masses and mixings. We examine how the models so introduced can explain the experimental observation on the muon anomalous magnetic moment. We estimate the two-loop contribution to neutrino mass induced by the scalar triplet, in addition to what comes from the doubly charged singlet in the usual Zee-Babu framework, in the first model. On the other hand, the neutrino mass arises in the usual Type-II fashion in the second model. In addition, the role of the $\mathbb{Z}_3$ symmetry in suppressing lepton flavor violation is also elucidated.
1208.4104
Susanne Westhoff
Stefan Berge and Susanne Westhoff
Top-Quark Charge Asymmetry with a Jet Handle
29 pages, 12 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.86.094036
null
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Pairs of top and antitop quarks are produced at the LHC to a large extent in association with a hard jet. We investigate the charge asymmetry in top pair + jet production in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and with additional massive color-octet vector bosons. The total charge asymmetry at the LHC is suppressed by the large charge-symmetric background from gluon-gluon fusion. We show to what extent the asymmetry can be enhanced by suitable phase space cuts and, in particular, elaborate on the kinematics of the hard jet in the top pair + jet final state. We demonstrate that in QCD, the asymmetry amounts to -1.5% for central jets without an excessive reduction of the cross section. By applying additional kinematical cuts, the asymmetry can be enhanced to -4%, but at the cost of a strong reduction of the cross section. Massive color-octet states can generate sizeable effects in top pair + jet production, both on the charge asymmetry and on the cross section. The charge asymmetry probes both vector and axial-vector couplings to quarks. We show that massive color octets can generate asymmetries up to +-10% for moderate and up to +-30% for strong kinematical cuts to be used in experimental analyses at the LHC. Jet kinematics can be used to obtain further information about the nature of the couplings and thereby to discriminate between different models.
[ { "created": "Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:00:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 9 Nov 2012 14:15:00 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2013-05-30
[ [ "Berge", "Stefan", "" ], [ "Westhoff", "Susanne", "" ] ]
Pairs of top and antitop quarks are produced at the LHC to a large extent in association with a hard jet. We investigate the charge asymmetry in top pair + jet production in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and with additional massive color-octet vector bosons. The total charge asymmetry at the LHC is suppressed by the large charge-symmetric background from gluon-gluon fusion. We show to what extent the asymmetry can be enhanced by suitable phase space cuts and, in particular, elaborate on the kinematics of the hard jet in the top pair + jet final state. We demonstrate that in QCD, the asymmetry amounts to -1.5% for central jets without an excessive reduction of the cross section. By applying additional kinematical cuts, the asymmetry can be enhanced to -4%, but at the cost of a strong reduction of the cross section. Massive color-octet states can generate sizeable effects in top pair + jet production, both on the charge asymmetry and on the cross section. The charge asymmetry probes both vector and axial-vector couplings to quarks. We show that massive color octets can generate asymmetries up to +-10% for moderate and up to +-30% for strong kinematical cuts to be used in experimental analyses at the LHC. Jet kinematics can be used to obtain further information about the nature of the couplings and thereby to discriminate between different models.
1608.08205
Oleksii Gryniuk
Oleksii Gryniuk and Marc Vanderhaeghen
Accessing the real part of the forward $J/\psi$-p scattering amplitude from $J/\psi$ photo-production on protons around threshold
null
Phys. Rev. D 94, 074001 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.94.074001
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We provide an updated analysis of the forward $J/\psi$-p scattering amplitude, relating its imaginary part to $\gamma p \to J/\psi p$ and $\gamma p \to c \bar c X$ cross section data, and calculating its real part through a once-subtracted dispersion relation. From a global fit to both differential and total cross section data, we extract a value for the spin-averaged $J/\psi$-p s-wave scattering length $a_{\psi p} = 0.046 \pm 0.005$ fm, which can be translated into a $J/\psi$ binding energy in nuclear matter of $B_\psi = 2.7 \pm 0.3$ MeV. We estimate the forward-backward asymmetry to the $\gamma p \to e^- e^+ p$ process around the $J/\psi$ resonance, which results from interchanging the leptons in the interference between the $J/\psi$ production and the Bethe-Heitler mechanisms. We show that to good approximation this asymmetry depends linearly on $a_{\psi p}$, and can reach values around -25% for forthcoming $J/\psi$ threshold production experiments at Jefferson Lab. Its measurement can thus provide a very sensitive observable for a refined extraction of $a_{\psi p}$.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:58:16 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-10-12
[ [ "Gryniuk", "Oleksii", "" ], [ "Vanderhaeghen", "Marc", "" ] ]
We provide an updated analysis of the forward $J/\psi$-p scattering amplitude, relating its imaginary part to $\gamma p \to J/\psi p$ and $\gamma p \to c \bar c X$ cross section data, and calculating its real part through a once-subtracted dispersion relation. From a global fit to both differential and total cross section data, we extract a value for the spin-averaged $J/\psi$-p s-wave scattering length $a_{\psi p} = 0.046 \pm 0.005$ fm, which can be translated into a $J/\psi$ binding energy in nuclear matter of $B_\psi = 2.7 \pm 0.3$ MeV. We estimate the forward-backward asymmetry to the $\gamma p \to e^- e^+ p$ process around the $J/\psi$ resonance, which results from interchanging the leptons in the interference between the $J/\psi$ production and the Bethe-Heitler mechanisms. We show that to good approximation this asymmetry depends linearly on $a_{\psi p}$, and can reach values around -25% for forthcoming $J/\psi$ threshold production experiments at Jefferson Lab. Its measurement can thus provide a very sensitive observable for a refined extraction of $a_{\psi p}$.
1106.5739
Claude Duhr
Stephan Buehler, Claude Duhr
CHAPLIN - Complex Harmonic Polylogarithms in Fortran
29 pages, 1 figure, 5 tables
null
null
IPPP/11/36, DCPT/11/72
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a new Fortran library to evaluate all harmonic polylogarithms up to weight four numerically for any complex argument. The algorithm is based on a reduction of harmonic polylogarithms up to weight four to a minimal set of basis functions that are computed numerically using series expansions allowing for fast and reliable numerical results.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:43:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-06-29
[ [ "Buehler", "Stephan", "" ], [ "Duhr", "Claude", "" ] ]
We present a new Fortran library to evaluate all harmonic polylogarithms up to weight four numerically for any complex argument. The algorithm is based on a reduction of harmonic polylogarithms up to weight four to a minimal set of basis functions that are computed numerically using series expansions allowing for fast and reliable numerical results.
hep-ph/0612032
Makoto Sakaguchi
Holger B. Nielsen and Masao Ninomiya
Future Dependent Initial Conditions from Imaginary Part in Lagrangian
48 pages
null
null
YITP-06-62, OIQP-06-18
hep-ph hep-th
null
We want to unify usual equation of motion laws of nature with "laws" about initial conditions, second law of thermodynamics, cosmology. By introducing an imaginary part -- of a similar form but different parameters as the usual real part -- for the action to be used in the Feynmann path way integral we obtain a model determining (not only equations of motion but) also the initial conditions, for say a quantum field theory. We set up the formalism for e.g. expectation values, classical approximation in such a model and show that provided the imaginary part gets unimportant except in the Big Bang era the model can match the usual theory. Speculatively requiring that there be place for Dirac strings and thus in principle monopoles in the model we can push away the effects of the imaginary part to be involved only with particles not yet found. Most promising for seeing the initial condition determining effects from the imaginary part is thus the Higgs particle. We predict that the width of the Higgs particle shall likely turn out to be (appreciably perhaps) broader than calculated by summing usual decay rates. Higgs machines will be hit by bad luck.
[ { "created": "Tue, 5 Dec 2006 00:53:20 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:14:23 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Nielsen", "Holger B.", "" ], [ "Ninomiya", "Masao", "" ] ]
We want to unify usual equation of motion laws of nature with "laws" about initial conditions, second law of thermodynamics, cosmology. By introducing an imaginary part -- of a similar form but different parameters as the usual real part -- for the action to be used in the Feynmann path way integral we obtain a model determining (not only equations of motion but) also the initial conditions, for say a quantum field theory. We set up the formalism for e.g. expectation values, classical approximation in such a model and show that provided the imaginary part gets unimportant except in the Big Bang era the model can match the usual theory. Speculatively requiring that there be place for Dirac strings and thus in principle monopoles in the model we can push away the effects of the imaginary part to be involved only with particles not yet found. Most promising for seeing the initial condition determining effects from the imaginary part is thus the Higgs particle. We predict that the width of the Higgs particle shall likely turn out to be (appreciably perhaps) broader than calculated by summing usual decay rates. Higgs machines will be hit by bad luck.
1602.05514
John Gracey
J.M. Bell, J.A. Gracey
Bilinear quark operator renormalization at generalized symmetric point
19 latex pages, 4 figures, anc directory contains electronic version of amplitudes
Phys. Rev. D 93, 065031 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.93.065031
LTH 1077
hep-ph hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We compute Green's functions with a bilinear quark operator inserted at non-zero momentum for a generalized momentum configuration to two loops. These are required to assist lattice gauge theory measurements of the same quantity in matching to the high energy behaviour. The flavour non-singlet operators considered are the scalar, vector and tensor currents as well as the second moment of the twist-2 Wilson operator used in deep inelastic scattering for the measurement of nucleon structure functions.
[ { "created": "Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:03:11 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-03-30
[ [ "Bell", "J. M.", "" ], [ "Gracey", "J. A.", "" ] ]
We compute Green's functions with a bilinear quark operator inserted at non-zero momentum for a generalized momentum configuration to two loops. These are required to assist lattice gauge theory measurements of the same quantity in matching to the high energy behaviour. The flavour non-singlet operators considered are the scalar, vector and tensor currents as well as the second moment of the twist-2 Wilson operator used in deep inelastic scattering for the measurement of nucleon structure functions.
hep-ph/0007116
Ian D. Lawrie
I. D. Lawrie and D. B. McKernan
Nonequilibrium perturbation theory for spin-1/2 fields
16 pages; no figures; submitted to Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 105032
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.105032
null
hep-ph gr-qc hep-th
null
A partial resummation of perturbation theory is described for field theories containing spin-1/2 particles in states that may be far from thermal equilibrium. This allows the nonequilibrium state to be characterized in terms of quasiparticles that approximate its true elementary excitations. In particular, the quasiparticles have dispersion relations that differ from those of free particles, finite thermal widths and occupation numbers which, in contrast to those of standard perturbation theory evolve with the changing nonequilibrium environment. A description of this kind is essential for estimating the evolution of the system over extended periods of time. In contrast to the corresponding description of scalar particles, the structure of nonequilibrium fermion propagators exhibits features which have no counterpart in the equilibrium theory.
[ { "created": "Wed, 12 Jul 2000 13:56:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Lawrie", "I. D.", "" ], [ "McKernan", "D. B.", "" ] ]
A partial resummation of perturbation theory is described for field theories containing spin-1/2 particles in states that may be far from thermal equilibrium. This allows the nonequilibrium state to be characterized in terms of quasiparticles that approximate its true elementary excitations. In particular, the quasiparticles have dispersion relations that differ from those of free particles, finite thermal widths and occupation numbers which, in contrast to those of standard perturbation theory evolve with the changing nonequilibrium environment. A description of this kind is essential for estimating the evolution of the system over extended periods of time. In contrast to the corresponding description of scalar particles, the structure of nonequilibrium fermion propagators exhibits features which have no counterpart in the equilibrium theory.
1704.02615
Michio Hashimoto
Michio Hashimoto
Revisiting Vector-like Quark Model with Enhanced Top Yukawa Coupling
21 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. Discussions of Sec.III are extended. References added. version published in PRD
Phys. Rev. D 96, 035020 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.96.035020
null
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We revisit a scenario with an enhanced top yukawa coupling in vector-like quark (VLQ) models, where the top yukawa coupling is larger than the standard model value and the lightest VLQ has a negative yukawa coupling. We find that the parameter space satisfying the LHC bounds of the Higgs signal strengths consistently with the precision measurements is rather wide. Because the Lagrangian parameters of the yukawa couplings are large, such scenario can be realized in some strongly interacting theories. It also turns out that there is a noticeable relation between the contributions of the triangle and box diagrams in the $gg \to hh$ process by using the lowest order of the $1/M$ expansion where $M$ is the heavy mass running in the loops.
[ { "created": "Sun, 9 Apr 2017 15:09:59 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 17 Apr 2017 11:07:20 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 3 Aug 2017 12:00:18 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2017-08-30
[ [ "Hashimoto", "Michio", "" ] ]
We revisit a scenario with an enhanced top yukawa coupling in vector-like quark (VLQ) models, where the top yukawa coupling is larger than the standard model value and the lightest VLQ has a negative yukawa coupling. We find that the parameter space satisfying the LHC bounds of the Higgs signal strengths consistently with the precision measurements is rather wide. Because the Lagrangian parameters of the yukawa couplings are large, such scenario can be realized in some strongly interacting theories. It also turns out that there is a noticeable relation between the contributions of the triangle and box diagrams in the $gg \to hh$ process by using the lowest order of the $1/M$ expansion where $M$ is the heavy mass running in the loops.
2210.09272
Wan-Li Ju
Wan-Li Ju, Marek Sch\"onherr
Projected transverse momentum resummation in top-antitop pair production at LHC
null
JHEP02(2023)075
10.1007/JHEP02(2023)075
IPPP/22/73 MCnet-22-20
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The transverse momentum distribution of the $t\bar{t}$ system is of both experimental and theoretical interest. In the presence of the azimuthally asymmetric divergences, pursuing the resummation at the high logarithmic precision is rather demanding in general. In this paper, we propose the projected transverse momentum spectrum $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} q_{\tau}$, which is derived from the classical $\vec{q}_{\mathrm{T}}$ spectrum by integrating out the rejection component $q_{\tau_{\perp}}$ with respect to a reference unit vector $\vec{\tau}$, to serve as an alternative resolution to curb those asymmetric influences, in additional to the azimuthally averaged case $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} |\vec{q}_{\mathrm{T}}|$. In the context of the effective field theories, SCET$_{\mathrm{II}}$ and HQET, we will demonstrate that in spite of the $q_{\tau_{\perp}}$ integrations, the leading asymptotic terms of $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} q_{\tau}$ still observe the factorization pattern in terms of the hard, beam, and soft functions in the vicinity of $ q_{\tau}=0$~GeV. With the help of the renormalisation group equation techniques, we evaluate the resummed spectra $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} q_{\mathrm{T,in}}$, $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} q_{\mathrm{T,out}}$, and $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} \Delta\Phi_{t\bar{t}}$ at NLL+NLO, NNLL+NNLO, and approximate NNLL'+NNLO accuracy. This is the first time the azimuthal spectrum $\Delta\Phi_{t\bar{t}}$ is appraised at or beyond the NNLL level including a consistent treatment of both beam collinear and soft radiation.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:22:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:49:02 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 11 Feb 2023 10:47:12 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2023-02-14
[ [ "Ju", "Wan-Li", "" ], [ "Schönherr", "Marek", "" ] ]
The transverse momentum distribution of the $t\bar{t}$ system is of both experimental and theoretical interest. In the presence of the azimuthally asymmetric divergences, pursuing the resummation at the high logarithmic precision is rather demanding in general. In this paper, we propose the projected transverse momentum spectrum $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} q_{\tau}$, which is derived from the classical $\vec{q}_{\mathrm{T}}$ spectrum by integrating out the rejection component $q_{\tau_{\perp}}$ with respect to a reference unit vector $\vec{\tau}$, to serve as an alternative resolution to curb those asymmetric influences, in additional to the azimuthally averaged case $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} |\vec{q}_{\mathrm{T}}|$. In the context of the effective field theories, SCET$_{\mathrm{II}}$ and HQET, we will demonstrate that in spite of the $q_{\tau_{\perp}}$ integrations, the leading asymptotic terms of $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} q_{\tau}$ still observe the factorization pattern in terms of the hard, beam, and soft functions in the vicinity of $ q_{\tau}=0$~GeV. With the help of the renormalisation group equation techniques, we evaluate the resummed spectra $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} q_{\mathrm{T,in}}$, $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} q_{\mathrm{T,out}}$, and $\mathrm{d}\sigma_{t\bar{t}}/\mathrm{d} \Delta\Phi_{t\bar{t}}$ at NLL+NLO, NNLL+NNLO, and approximate NNLL'+NNLO accuracy. This is the first time the azimuthal spectrum $\Delta\Phi_{t\bar{t}}$ is appraised at or beyond the NNLL level including a consistent treatment of both beam collinear and soft radiation.
hep-ph/9312255
Eletsky Vladimir
V.L. Eletsky and Ian I. Kogan
The Goldberger -- Treiman Relation, $g_A$ and $g_{\pi NN}$ at $T\neq 0$
7p, NSF-ITP-93-145, BUTP-93/27, PUTP-1433, November 1993
Phys.Rev.D49:3083-3086,1994
10.1103/PhysRevD.49.R3083
null
hep-ph nucl-th
null
The Goldberger-Treiman relation is shown to persist in the chiral limit at finite temperatures to order $O(T^2)$. The $T$ dependence of $g_A$ turns out to be the same as for $F_{\pi}$, $g_{A}(T)=g_{A}(0)(1-T^2/12F^2)$, while $g_{\pi NN}$ is temperature independent to this order. The baryon octet ${\cal D}$ and ${\cal F}$ couplings also behave as $F_{\pi}$ if only pions are massless in the pseudoscalar meson octet.
[ { "created": "Fri, 10 Dec 1993 00:53:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-12-30
[ [ "Eletsky", "V. L.", "" ], [ "Kogan", "Ian I.", "" ] ]
The Goldberger-Treiman relation is shown to persist in the chiral limit at finite temperatures to order $O(T^2)$. The $T$ dependence of $g_A$ turns out to be the same as for $F_{\pi}$, $g_{A}(T)=g_{A}(0)(1-T^2/12F^2)$, while $g_{\pi NN}$ is temperature independent to this order. The baryon octet ${\cal D}$ and ${\cal F}$ couplings also behave as $F_{\pi}$ if only pions are massless in the pseudoscalar meson octet.
hep-ph/0609134
Fulvia de Fazio
Fulvia De Fazio
Constraining Universal Extra Dimensions through B decays
Invited talk at "Continuous Advances in QCD 2006", May 11-14 2006, Minneapolis (Minnesota). LaTex, 7 pages, 8 Figures
null
10.1142/9789812708267_0015
BARI-TH/541-06
hep-ph
null
We analyze the exclusive rare $B \to K^{(*)} \ell^+ \ell^-$, $B \to K^{(*)} \nu \bar \nu$ and $B \to K^* \gamma$ decays in the Applequist-Cheng-Dobrescu model, an extension of the Standard Model in presence of universal extra dimensions. In the case of a single universal extra dimension, we study the dependence of several observables on the compactification parameter 1/R, and discuss whether the hadronic uncertainty due to the form factors obscures or not such a dependence. We find that, using present data, it is possible in many cases to put a sensible lower bound to 1/R, the most stringent one coming from $B \to K^* \gamma$.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:43:39 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-08-23
[ [ "De Fazio", "Fulvia", "" ] ]
We analyze the exclusive rare $B \to K^{(*)} \ell^+ \ell^-$, $B \to K^{(*)} \nu \bar \nu$ and $B \to K^* \gamma$ decays in the Applequist-Cheng-Dobrescu model, an extension of the Standard Model in presence of universal extra dimensions. In the case of a single universal extra dimension, we study the dependence of several observables on the compactification parameter 1/R, and discuss whether the hadronic uncertainty due to the form factors obscures or not such a dependence. We find that, using present data, it is possible in many cases to put a sensible lower bound to 1/R, the most stringent one coming from $B \to K^* \gamma$.
2109.10377
Timea Vitos
Rikkert Frederix and Timea Vitos
The colour matrix at next-to-leading-colour accuracy for tree-level multi-parton processes
36 pages, 6 figures, 10 tables
null
10.1007/JHEP12(2021)157
LU-TP 21-42
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the next-to-leading-colour (NLC) contributions to the colour matrix in the fundamental and the colour-flow decompositions for tree-level processes with all gluons, one quark pair and two quark pairs. By analytical examination of the colour factors, we find the non-zero elements in the colour matrix at NLC. At this colour order, together with the symmetry of the phase-space, it is reduced from factorial to polynomial the scaling of the contributing dual amplitudes as the number of partons participating in the scattering process is increased. This opens a path to an accurate tree-level matrix element generator of which all factorial complexity is removed, without resulting to Monte Carlo sampling over colour.
[ { "created": "Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:01:21 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 5 Nov 2021 16:01:31 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-01-05
[ [ "Frederix", "Rikkert", "" ], [ "Vitos", "Timea", "" ] ]
We investigate the next-to-leading-colour (NLC) contributions to the colour matrix in the fundamental and the colour-flow decompositions for tree-level processes with all gluons, one quark pair and two quark pairs. By analytical examination of the colour factors, we find the non-zero elements in the colour matrix at NLC. At this colour order, together with the symmetry of the phase-space, it is reduced from factorial to polynomial the scaling of the contributing dual amplitudes as the number of partons participating in the scattering process is increased. This opens a path to an accurate tree-level matrix element generator of which all factorial complexity is removed, without resulting to Monte Carlo sampling over colour.
hep-ph/0011026
Gerhard Ecker
G. Ecker
Strong interactions of light flavours
Lectures given at the Advanced School on QCD 2000, Benasque, Spain, July 2000, to appear in the Proceedings; 25 pages, 3 figures
null
null
UWThPh-2000-43
hep-ph
null
After an introduction to chiral perturbation theory, the effective field theory of the standard model at low energies, a brief overview is given of applications to light-flavour physics. Three topics in the strong interactions of pseudoscalar mesons are then discussed in some detail: loops and chiral logs, pion-pion scattering and isospin violation.
[ { "created": "Thu, 2 Nov 2000 10:22:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Ecker", "G.", "" ] ]
After an introduction to chiral perturbation theory, the effective field theory of the standard model at low energies, a brief overview is given of applications to light-flavour physics. Three topics in the strong interactions of pseudoscalar mesons are then discussed in some detail: loops and chiral logs, pion-pion scattering and isospin violation.
2408.08033
Kei Yagyu
Shinya Kanemura, Mariko Kikuchi, Kei Yagyu
New renormalization scheme in the two Higgs doublet models
22 pages, 4 figures
null
null
OU-HET-1239, NU-EHET 003
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We propose a new renormalization scheme in the two Higgs doublet models with a softly-broken $Z_2$ symmetry and CP-conservation in the Higgs sector. In this scheme, counterterms for mixing angles of the Higgs bosons are determined by using the decay rates of the discovered Higgs boson $h$, $i.e.$, $h \to \tau^+\tau^-$ and $h \to ZZ^* \to Z\ell^+\ell^-$ at next leading order (NLO) instead of using the renormalized two-point functions which are adopted in the previous scheme. We require that the decay rates at NLO are determined to be the corresponding predictions at NLO in the Standard Model (SM) times square of the scaling factor which describes the deviation of $h$ couplings at tree level from the SM value. The mixing angles then maintain the meaning of the ``alignmentness", $i.e.$, how the properties of $h$ are close to the SM predictions, while they lose such meaning in the previous scheme. We compare the predictions of the decay rates at NLO given in the new scheme and those in the previous scheme.
[ { "created": "Thu, 15 Aug 2024 08:59:34 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-08-16
[ [ "Kanemura", "Shinya", "" ], [ "Kikuchi", "Mariko", "" ], [ "Yagyu", "Kei", "" ] ]
We propose a new renormalization scheme in the two Higgs doublet models with a softly-broken $Z_2$ symmetry and CP-conservation in the Higgs sector. In this scheme, counterterms for mixing angles of the Higgs bosons are determined by using the decay rates of the discovered Higgs boson $h$, $i.e.$, $h \to \tau^+\tau^-$ and $h \to ZZ^* \to Z\ell^+\ell^-$ at next leading order (NLO) instead of using the renormalized two-point functions which are adopted in the previous scheme. We require that the decay rates at NLO are determined to be the corresponding predictions at NLO in the Standard Model (SM) times square of the scaling factor which describes the deviation of $h$ couplings at tree level from the SM value. The mixing angles then maintain the meaning of the ``alignmentness", $i.e.$, how the properties of $h$ are close to the SM predictions, while they lose such meaning in the previous scheme. We compare the predictions of the decay rates at NLO given in the new scheme and those in the previous scheme.
0906.1925
Bernd Kniehl
G. Cvetic, A.Yu. Illarionov, B.A. Kniehl, A.V. Kotikov
Small-x behavior of the structure function F_2 and its slope partial ln(F_2)/partial ln(1/x) for "frozen" and analytic strong-coupling constants
new curves added to Figs. 1 and 2, minor changes to the text, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B
Phys.Lett.B679:350-354,2009
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.07.057
DESY 09-086
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Using the leading-twist approximation of the Wilson operator product expansion with "frozen" and analytic versions of the strong-coupling constant, we show that the Bessel-inspired behavior of the structure function F_2 and its slope\break partial ln(F_2)/partial ln(1/x) at small values of x, obtained for a flat initial condition in the DGLAP evolution equations, leads to good agreement with experimental data of deep-inelastic scattering at DESY HERA.
[ { "created": "Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:49:23 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:16:09 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-02
[ [ "Cvetic", "G.", "" ], [ "Illarionov", "A. Yu.", "" ], [ "Kniehl", "B. A.", "" ], [ "Kotikov", "A. V.", "" ] ]
Using the leading-twist approximation of the Wilson operator product expansion with "frozen" and analytic versions of the strong-coupling constant, we show that the Bessel-inspired behavior of the structure function F_2 and its slope\break partial ln(F_2)/partial ln(1/x) at small values of x, obtained for a flat initial condition in the DGLAP evolution equations, leads to good agreement with experimental data of deep-inelastic scattering at DESY HERA.
0903.0317
Roberto Iengo
R. Iengo (SISSA, Trieste)
Sommerfeld enhancement for a Yukawa potential
5 pages, figures showing the P wave resonance pattern added
null
null
null
hep-ph astro-ph.HE hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show how easy it is to get the Sommerfeld enhancement for a Yukawa potential, for definite partial waves, beyond the S wave analyzed in previous literature. In particular, we report results for the P wave (for which there is a resonant pattern and the enhancement can be of several orders of magnitude even far from the resonance) that could be relevant for the analysis of experimental cosmic rays data possibly signaling the annihilation of dark matter particles.
[ { "created": "Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:19:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:32:36 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-03-19
[ [ "Iengo", "R.", "", "SISSA, Trieste" ] ]
We show how easy it is to get the Sommerfeld enhancement for a Yukawa potential, for definite partial waves, beyond the S wave analyzed in previous literature. In particular, we report results for the P wave (for which there is a resonant pattern and the enhancement can be of several orders of magnitude even far from the resonance) that could be relevant for the analysis of experimental cosmic rays data possibly signaling the annihilation of dark matter particles.
hep-ph/9812329
Gao Yanmin
Chen Gang, Liu Lianshou and Gao Yanmin
On the Factorial Moment Analysis of High Energy Experimental Data with Non-integer Partition Number
18 pages 8 PS figures Record-No: HZPP-9811
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A14 (1999) 3687-3698
null
null
hep-ph
null
It is pointed out that in doing the factorial moment analysis with non-integer partition $M$ of phase space, the influence of the phase-space variation of two- (or more-) particle correlations has to be considered carefully. In this paper this problem is studied and a systematic method is developed to minimize this influence. The efficiency and self-consistency of this method are shown using the data of 250 GeV/$c$ $\pi^+$p and K$^+$p collisions from the NA22 experiment as example.
[ { "created": "Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:02:08 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Gang", "Chen", "" ], [ "Lianshou", "Liu", "" ], [ "Yanmin", "Gao", "" ] ]
It is pointed out that in doing the factorial moment analysis with non-integer partition $M$ of phase space, the influence of the phase-space variation of two- (or more-) particle correlations has to be considered carefully. In this paper this problem is studied and a systematic method is developed to minimize this influence. The efficiency and self-consistency of this method are shown using the data of 250 GeV/$c$ $\pi^+$p and K$^+$p collisions from the NA22 experiment as example.
hep-ph/0511213
Alexander Dolgov
A.D. Dolgov
CP violation in cosmology
Lectures presented at Varenna School "CP Violation: From Quarks to Leptons", Varenna, Italy, July, 2005; a few references and discussion are added
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
Cosmological implications of asymmetry between particles and antiparticles are reviewed. Three possible mechanisms of CP-violation in cosmology are described. General features of kinetics of generation of cosmological charge asymmetry are discussed in detail. In particular, the cyclic balance condition, which plays the same role in time non-invariant theory as detailed balance does in T-invariant case, is derived. Several scenarios of baryogenesis are described with an emphasis on CP-violation mechanisms. Production of cosmic antimatter and a possibility of its ``living'' in our neighborhood is discussed.
[ { "created": "Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:13:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 3 Feb 2006 10:50:27 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Dolgov", "A. D.", "" ] ]
Cosmological implications of asymmetry between particles and antiparticles are reviewed. Three possible mechanisms of CP-violation in cosmology are described. General features of kinetics of generation of cosmological charge asymmetry are discussed in detail. In particular, the cyclic balance condition, which plays the same role in time non-invariant theory as detailed balance does in T-invariant case, is derived. Several scenarios of baryogenesis are described with an emphasis on CP-violation mechanisms. Production of cosmic antimatter and a possibility of its ``living'' in our neighborhood is discussed.
hep-ph/0103276
Alfred Tang
Alfred Tang and John W. Norbury
The Nystrom plus Correction Method for Solving Bound State Equations in Momentum Space
Revtex, 21 pages, 4 tables, to be published in Physical Review E
Phys.Rev. E63 (2001) 066703
10.1103/PhysRevE.63.066703
null
hep-ph physics.comp-ph
null
A new method is presented for solving the momentum-space Schrodinger equation with a linear potential. The Lande-subtracted momentum space integral equation can be transformed into a matrix equation by the Nystrom method. The method produces only approximate eigenvalues in the cases of singular potentials such as the linear potential. The eigenvalues generated by the Nystrom method can be improved by calculating the numerical errors and adding the appropriate corrections. The end results are more accurate eigenvalues than those generated by the basis function method. The method is also shown to work for a relativistic equation such as the Thompson equation.
[ { "created": "Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:22:32 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Tang", "Alfred", "" ], [ "Norbury", "John W.", "" ] ]
A new method is presented for solving the momentum-space Schrodinger equation with a linear potential. The Lande-subtracted momentum space integral equation can be transformed into a matrix equation by the Nystrom method. The method produces only approximate eigenvalues in the cases of singular potentials such as the linear potential. The eigenvalues generated by the Nystrom method can be improved by calculating the numerical errors and adding the appropriate corrections. The end results are more accurate eigenvalues than those generated by the basis function method. The method is also shown to work for a relativistic equation such as the Thompson equation.
1210.7863
Aleksander Kusina
S. Jadach, A. Kusina, M. Skrzypek, M. Slawinska
NLO parton shower for LHC physics - hard processes and beyond
Contribution to Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory 2012
PoS(LL2012)019
null
IFJPAN-IV-2012-10
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The new methodology of adding QCD NLO corrections in the initial state Monte Carlo parton shower (hard process part) is presented using process of the heavy boson production at the LHC as an example. Despite the simplified model of the process, presented numerical results prove that the basic concept of the new methodology works correctly in the numerical environment of the Monte Carlo parton shower event generator. The presented method is an alternative to the well established methods, MC@NLO and POWHEG. Refinements of the new method with better computer CPU time efficiency are also discussed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:12:53 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2012-10-31
[ [ "Jadach", "S.", "" ], [ "Kusina", "A.", "" ], [ "Skrzypek", "M.", "" ], [ "Slawinska", "M.", "" ] ]
The new methodology of adding QCD NLO corrections in the initial state Monte Carlo parton shower (hard process part) is presented using process of the heavy boson production at the LHC as an example. Despite the simplified model of the process, presented numerical results prove that the basic concept of the new methodology works correctly in the numerical environment of the Monte Carlo parton shower event generator. The presented method is an alternative to the well established methods, MC@NLO and POWHEG. Refinements of the new method with better computer CPU time efficiency are also discussed.
hep-ph/9511431
Tomohiro Hotta
T. Hotta, K.-I. Izawa and T. Yanagida
Quantum Restoration of the U(1)_Y Symmetry in Dynamically Broken SUSY-GUT's
12 pages, LaTeX, 1 Postscript figure
Phys.Lett.B409:245-250,1997
10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00797-1
UT-733
hep-ph
null
We propose a supersymmetric hypercolor SU(3)_H gauge theory interacting strongly at the grand unification scale, in which the hyperquark condensation breaks SU(5)_GUT down to SU(3)_C x SU(2)_L without unbroken U(1)_Y at the classical level. However, we show that the broken U(1)_Y symmetry is restored by quantum mechanical effects and hence there remains the standard-model gauge symmetry at the electroweak scale. The dynamics of the strong interactions also produces naturally a pair of massless Higgs doublets. In addition to these Higgs doublets, we have a pair of massless singlets which contributes to the renormalization-group equations of gauge coupling constants and hence affects the GUT unification. We discuss a simple solution to this problem.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Nov 1995 09:42:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-02-19
[ [ "Hotta", "T.", "" ], [ "Izawa", "K. -I.", "" ], [ "Yanagida", "T.", "" ] ]
We propose a supersymmetric hypercolor SU(3)_H gauge theory interacting strongly at the grand unification scale, in which the hyperquark condensation breaks SU(5)_GUT down to SU(3)_C x SU(2)_L without unbroken U(1)_Y at the classical level. However, we show that the broken U(1)_Y symmetry is restored by quantum mechanical effects and hence there remains the standard-model gauge symmetry at the electroweak scale. The dynamics of the strong interactions also produces naturally a pair of massless Higgs doublets. In addition to these Higgs doublets, we have a pair of massless singlets which contributes to the renormalization-group equations of gauge coupling constants and hence affects the GUT unification. We discuss a simple solution to this problem.
1708.05389
Yue Zhao
Aaron Pierce, Bibhushan Shakya, Yuhsin Tsai and Yue Zhao
Searching for Confining Hidden Valleys at the LHC(b)
6 pages, 3 figures
Phys. Rev. D 97, 095033 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.97.095033
MCTP-17-13, PP-017-28
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We explore strategies for probing Hidden Valley scenarios exhibiting confinement. Such scenarios lead to a multiplicity of light hidden hadrons from showering processes. Their decays are typically soft and displaced, making them challenging to probe with traditional LHC searches. We show the low trigger thresholds and excellent track and vertex reconstruction at LHCb provide an ideal environment to search for such signals -- in both muonic and hadronic channels. We also explore the potential of ATLAS/CMS and discuss modifications to present searches that might make these experiments competitive with the LHCb reach. Our proposed searches can probe $Z^{\prime}$ models with dominant decays to dark sectors as well as exotic Higgs boson decays in Twin Higgs models.
[ { "created": "Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-05-30
[ [ "Pierce", "Aaron", "" ], [ "Shakya", "Bibhushan", "" ], [ "Tsai", "Yuhsin", "" ], [ "Zhao", "Yue", "" ] ]
We explore strategies for probing Hidden Valley scenarios exhibiting confinement. Such scenarios lead to a multiplicity of light hidden hadrons from showering processes. Their decays are typically soft and displaced, making them challenging to probe with traditional LHC searches. We show the low trigger thresholds and excellent track and vertex reconstruction at LHCb provide an ideal environment to search for such signals -- in both muonic and hadronic channels. We also explore the potential of ATLAS/CMS and discuss modifications to present searches that might make these experiments competitive with the LHCb reach. Our proposed searches can probe $Z^{\prime}$ models with dominant decays to dark sectors as well as exotic Higgs boson decays in Twin Higgs models.
1005.0066
Xiang Liu
Dian-Yong Chen, Yu-Bing Dong and Xiang Liu
Long-distant contribution and $\chi_{c1}$ radiative decays to light vector meson
7 pages, 2 figures. Accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J. C
Eur.Phys.J.C70:177-182,2010
10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1449-5
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The discrepancy between the PQCD calculation and the CLEO data for $\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V$ ($V=\rho^0,\,\omega,\,\phi$) stimulates our interest in exploring extra mechanism of $\chi_{c1}$ decay. In this work, we apply an important non-perturbative QCD effect, i.e., hadronic loop mechanism, to study $\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V$ radiative decay. Our numerical result shows that the theoretical results including the hadronic loop contribution and the PQCD calculation of $\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V$ are consistent with the corresponding CLEO data of $\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V$. We expect further experimental measurement of $\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V$ at BES-III, which will be helpful to test the hadronic loop effect on $\chi_{c1}$ decay.
[ { "created": "Sat, 1 May 2010 12:57:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 5 May 2010 08:20:06 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:21:46 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Wed, 8 Sep 2010 04:59:04 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2010-11-23
[ [ "Chen", "Dian-Yong", "" ], [ "Dong", "Yu-Bing", "" ], [ "Liu", "Xiang", "" ] ]
The discrepancy between the PQCD calculation and the CLEO data for $\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V$ ($V=\rho^0,\,\omega,\,\phi$) stimulates our interest in exploring extra mechanism of $\chi_{c1}$ decay. In this work, we apply an important non-perturbative QCD effect, i.e., hadronic loop mechanism, to study $\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V$ radiative decay. Our numerical result shows that the theoretical results including the hadronic loop contribution and the PQCD calculation of $\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V$ are consistent with the corresponding CLEO data of $\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V$. We expect further experimental measurement of $\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V$ at BES-III, which will be helpful to test the hadronic loop effect on $\chi_{c1}$ decay.
1410.2417
Alfredo Vega Dr.
Alfredo Vega and Jorge Flores
Heavy quarkonium properties from Cornell potential using variational method and supersymmetric quantum mechanic
null
null
null
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Using the variational method and supersymmetric quantum mechanic we calculate in a approximate way eigenvalues, eigenfunctions and wave functions at origin of Cornell potential. We compare results with numerical solutions for heavy quarkonia $c\bar{c}$, $b\bar{b}$ y $b\bar{c}$.
[ { "created": "Thu, 9 Oct 2014 10:43:41 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-10-10
[ [ "Vega", "Alfredo", "" ], [ "Flores", "Jorge", "" ] ]
Using the variational method and supersymmetric quantum mechanic we calculate in a approximate way eigenvalues, eigenfunctions and wave functions at origin of Cornell potential. We compare results with numerical solutions for heavy quarkonia $c\bar{c}$, $b\bar{b}$ y $b\bar{c}$.
0812.2341
W. James Stirling
W. James Stirling
Progress in Parton Distribution Functions
9 pages, 5 figures, presented at ISMD08, DESY, Hamburg, September 2008
null
null
CAVENDISH-HEP-08-15
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Parton distribution functions (pdfs) are an important ingredient for LHC phenomenology. Recent progress in determining pdfs from global analyses is reviewed, and some of the most important outstanding issues are highlighted. Particular attention is paid to the precision with which predictions for LHC `standard-candle' cross sections can be made, and also to new information that LHC can provide on pdfs.
[ { "created": "Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:32:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-12-15
[ [ "Stirling", "W. James", "" ] ]
Parton distribution functions (pdfs) are an important ingredient for LHC phenomenology. Recent progress in determining pdfs from global analyses is reviewed, and some of the most important outstanding issues are highlighted. Particular attention is paid to the precision with which predictions for LHC `standard-candle' cross sections can be made, and also to new information that LHC can provide on pdfs.
hep-ph/9707384
Davison E. Soper
Davison E. Soper
Diffraction in DIS and Elsewhere
Talk at DIS97 Conference, Chicago, April 1997. Eleven pages including nine figures
null
10.1063/1.53586
null
hep-ph
null
I review some of the results presented in the working group on diffraction at DIS97, with a particular emphasis on the theory of diffractive hard scattering.
[ { "created": "Thu, 17 Jul 1997 22:32:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Soper", "Davison E.", "" ] ]
I review some of the results presented in the working group on diffraction at DIS97, with a particular emphasis on the theory of diffractive hard scattering.
2310.19853
Fabian Rennecke
Jens Braun, Yong-rui Chen, Wei-jie Fu, Fei Gao, Chuang Huang, Friederike Ihssen, Jan M. Pawlowski, Fabian Rennecke, Franz R. Sattler, Yang-yang Tan, Rui Wen, Shi Yin
Soft modes in hot QCD matter
7+8 pages, 5+4 figures
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-lat hep-th nucl-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The chiral crossover of QCD at finite temperature and vanishing baryon density turns into a second order phase transition if lighter than physical quark masses are considered. If this transition occurs sufficiently close to the physical point, its universal critical behaviour would largely control the physics of the QCD phase transition. We quantify the size of this region in QCD using functional approaches, both Dyson-Schwinger equations and the functional renormalisation group. The latter allows us to study both critical and non-critical effects on an equal footing, facilitating a precise determination of the scaling regime. We find that the physical point is far away from the critical region. Importantly, we show that the physics of the chiral crossover is dominated by soft modes even far beyond the critical region. While scaling functions determine all thermodynamic properties of the system in the critical region, the order parameter potential is the relevant quantity away from it. We compute this potential in QCD using the functional renormalisation group and Dyson-Schwinger equations and provide a simple parametrisation for phenomenological applications.
[ { "created": "Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:00:30 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-11-01
[ [ "Braun", "Jens", "" ], [ "Chen", "Yong-rui", "" ], [ "Fu", "Wei-jie", "" ], [ "Gao", "Fei", "" ], [ "Huang", "Chuang", "" ], [ "Ihssen", "Friederike", "" ], [ "Pawlowski", "Jan M.", "" ], [ "Rennecke", "Fabian", "" ], [ "Sattler", "Franz R.", "" ], [ "Tan", "Yang-yang", "" ], [ "Wen", "Rui", "" ], [ "Yin", "Shi", "" ] ]
The chiral crossover of QCD at finite temperature and vanishing baryon density turns into a second order phase transition if lighter than physical quark masses are considered. If this transition occurs sufficiently close to the physical point, its universal critical behaviour would largely control the physics of the QCD phase transition. We quantify the size of this region in QCD using functional approaches, both Dyson-Schwinger equations and the functional renormalisation group. The latter allows us to study both critical and non-critical effects on an equal footing, facilitating a precise determination of the scaling regime. We find that the physical point is far away from the critical region. Importantly, we show that the physics of the chiral crossover is dominated by soft modes even far beyond the critical region. While scaling functions determine all thermodynamic properties of the system in the critical region, the order parameter potential is the relevant quantity away from it. We compute this potential in QCD using the functional renormalisation group and Dyson-Schwinger equations and provide a simple parametrisation for phenomenological applications.
hep-ph/0612023
Vedat N. Senoguz
Mansoor ur Rehman, V. N. Senoguz, Qaisar Shafi
Supersymmetric And Smooth Hybrid Inflation In The Light Of WMAP3
21 pages, 12 figures, revtex4. v2: minor revisions, additional references, to appear in PRD
Phys.Rev.D75:043522,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.75.043522
BA-06-18
hep-ph
null
In their minimal form both supersymmetric and smooth hybrid inflation yield a scalar spectral index n_s close to 0.98, to be contrasted with the result n_s=0.951+0.015-0.019 from WMAP3. To realize better agreement, following hep-ph/0604198, we extend the parameter space of these models by employing a non-minimal Kaehler potential. We also discuss non-thermal leptogenesis by inflaton decay and obtain new bounds in these models on the reheat temperature to explain the observed baryon asymmetry.
[ { "created": "Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:33:18 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:03:57 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Rehman", "Mansoor ur", "" ], [ "Senoguz", "V. N.", "" ], [ "Shafi", "Qaisar", "" ] ]
In their minimal form both supersymmetric and smooth hybrid inflation yield a scalar spectral index n_s close to 0.98, to be contrasted with the result n_s=0.951+0.015-0.019 from WMAP3. To realize better agreement, following hep-ph/0604198, we extend the parameter space of these models by employing a non-minimal Kaehler potential. We also discuss non-thermal leptogenesis by inflaton decay and obtain new bounds in these models on the reheat temperature to explain the observed baryon asymmetry.
hep-ph/9712237
Ugo Aglietti UA
U. Aglietti (Rome I University), G. Corbo` (Rome I University), L. Trentadue (Parma University)
Leading Logarithms in Field Theory
Latex file, 20 pages, no figures, corrected some typos
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A14 (1999) 1769-1788
10.1142/S0217751X99000907
Rome I preprint ROME1 1187/97 and Parma preprint UPRF-97-020
hep-ph
null
We consider the Sudakov form factor in effective theories and we show that one can derive correctly the double logarithms of the original, high-energy, theory. We show that in effective theories it is possible to separate explicitely soft and hard dynamics being these two regimes related to velocity conserving and to velocity changing operators respectively. A new effective theory is sketched which extracts the leading collinear singularities of the full theory amplitudes. Finally, we show how all leading logarithmic effects in field theory can be obtained by means of simple effective theories, where they correspond to a renormalization effect.
[ { "created": "Tue, 2 Dec 1997 19:46:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 5 Dec 1997 14:22:22 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Aglietti", "U.", "", "Rome I University" ], [ "Corbo`", "G.", "", "Rome I University" ], [ "Trentadue", "L.", "", "Parma University" ] ]
We consider the Sudakov form factor in effective theories and we show that one can derive correctly the double logarithms of the original, high-energy, theory. We show that in effective theories it is possible to separate explicitely soft and hard dynamics being these two regimes related to velocity conserving and to velocity changing operators respectively. A new effective theory is sketched which extracts the leading collinear singularities of the full theory amplitudes. Finally, we show how all leading logarithmic effects in field theory can be obtained by means of simple effective theories, where they correspond to a renormalization effect.
2203.11736
Sumit Ghosh
James B. Dent, Bhaskar Dutta, Sumit Ghosh, Jason Kumar, Jack Runburg
Sensitivity to Dark Sector Scales from Gravitational Wave Signatures
Matches the journal version. Minor updates in text
JHEP 08 (2022) 300
10.1007/JHEP08(2022)300
MI-HET-774, KIAS-P22016
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We consider gravitational wave signals produced by a first-order phase transition in a theory with a generic renormalizable thermal effective potential of power law form. We find the frequency and amplitude of the gravitational wave signal can be related in a straightforward manner to the parameters of the thermal effective potential. This leads to a general conclusion; if the mass of the dark Higgs is less than 1% of the dark Higgs vacuum expectation value, then the gravitational wave signal will be unobservable at all upcoming and planned gravitational wave observatories.
[ { "created": "Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:44:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 7 Sep 2022 06:21:11 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-09-08
[ [ "Dent", "James B.", "" ], [ "Dutta", "Bhaskar", "" ], [ "Ghosh", "Sumit", "" ], [ "Kumar", "Jason", "" ], [ "Runburg", "Jack", "" ] ]
We consider gravitational wave signals produced by a first-order phase transition in a theory with a generic renormalizable thermal effective potential of power law form. We find the frequency and amplitude of the gravitational wave signal can be related in a straightforward manner to the parameters of the thermal effective potential. This leads to a general conclusion; if the mass of the dark Higgs is less than 1% of the dark Higgs vacuum expectation value, then the gravitational wave signal will be unobservable at all upcoming and planned gravitational wave observatories.
2110.07199
Toru Nishimura
Toru Nishimura, Masakiyo Kitazawa and Teiji Kunihiro
Dilepton production rate near the critical temperature of color superconductivity
6 pages, 9 figures. Proceedings for the International Conference on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement - CPOD2021, 15 - 19 March 2021, Online - zoom
null
null
J-PARC-TH-0251
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We investigate modification of the dilepton production rate by the diquark fluctuations that form well-developed collective modes near the critical temperature of color superconductivity. Through the analysis of the photon self-energy called the Aslamasov-Larkin, Maki-Thompson and density of states terms in the theory of metalic superconductivity, it is shown that the collective mode in the diquark channel affects the photon self-energy significantly and thereby gives rise to an anomalous enhacement of the dilepton production rate in the low invariant-mass region.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Oct 2021 07:47:32 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-10-15
[ [ "Nishimura", "Toru", "" ], [ "Kitazawa", "Masakiyo", "" ], [ "Kunihiro", "Teiji", "" ] ]
We investigate modification of the dilepton production rate by the diquark fluctuations that form well-developed collective modes near the critical temperature of color superconductivity. Through the analysis of the photon self-energy called the Aslamasov-Larkin, Maki-Thompson and density of states terms in the theory of metalic superconductivity, it is shown that the collective mode in the diquark channel affects the photon self-energy significantly and thereby gives rise to an anomalous enhacement of the dilepton production rate in the low invariant-mass region.
2209.10902
Volodymyr Takhistov
Muping Chen, Graciela B. Gelmini, Volodymyr Takhistov
Halo-Independent Dark Matter Electron Scattering Analysis with In-Medium Effects
9 pages, 5 figures
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137922
KEK-QUP-2022-0002, KEK-TH-2450, KEK-Cosmo-0296, IPMU22-0048
hep-ph astro-ph.CO hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Dark matter (DM)-electron scattering is a prime target of a number of direct DM detection experiments and constitutes a promising avenue for exploring interactions of DM in the sub-GeV mass-range, challenging to probe with nuclear recoils. We extend the recently proposed halo-independent analysis method for DM-electron scattering, which allows to infer the local DM halo properties without any additional assumptions about them, to include in-medium effects through dielectric functions of the target material. We show that in-medium effects could significantly affect halo-independent analysis response functions for germanium and silicon and thus are essential for proper inference of local DM halo characteristics from direct DM detection data.
[ { "created": "Thu, 22 Sep 2022 10:19:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-05-17
[ [ "Chen", "Muping", "" ], [ "Gelmini", "Graciela B.", "" ], [ "Takhistov", "Volodymyr", "" ] ]
Dark matter (DM)-electron scattering is a prime target of a number of direct DM detection experiments and constitutes a promising avenue for exploring interactions of DM in the sub-GeV mass-range, challenging to probe with nuclear recoils. We extend the recently proposed halo-independent analysis method for DM-electron scattering, which allows to infer the local DM halo properties without any additional assumptions about them, to include in-medium effects through dielectric functions of the target material. We show that in-medium effects could significantly affect halo-independent analysis response functions for germanium and silicon and thus are essential for proper inference of local DM halo characteristics from direct DM detection data.
1307.6764
Federico Marquez
M. Loewe, F. Marquez and C. Villavicencio
The nNJL model with a fractional Lorentzian regulator in the real time formalism
New figures, new references and new comments were added to the manuscript. To appear in Phys. Rev. D
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.88.056004
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this article we study the finite temperature and chemical potential effects in a nonlocal Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (nNJL) model in the real time formalism. We make the usual Wick rotation to get from imaginary to real time formalism. In doing so, we need to define our regulator in the complex plane q^2. This deffinition will be crucial in our later analysis. We study the poles in the propagator of this model and conclude that only some of them are of interst to us. Once we have a well defined model in real time formalism, we look at the chiral condensate to find the temperature at which chiral symmetry restoration will occur. We find a second order phase transition that turns to a first order one for high enough values of the chemical potential.
[ { "created": "Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:56:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:57:17 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:03:07 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2013-09-11
[ [ "Loewe", "M.", "" ], [ "Marquez", "F.", "" ], [ "Villavicencio", "C.", "" ] ]
In this article we study the finite temperature and chemical potential effects in a nonlocal Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (nNJL) model in the real time formalism. We make the usual Wick rotation to get from imaginary to real time formalism. In doing so, we need to define our regulator in the complex plane q^2. This deffinition will be crucial in our later analysis. We study the poles in the propagator of this model and conclude that only some of them are of interst to us. Once we have a well defined model in real time formalism, we look at the chiral condensate to find the temperature at which chiral symmetry restoration will occur. We find a second order phase transition that turns to a first order one for high enough values of the chemical potential.
1809.06175
Adolfo Guevara
Adolfo Guevara, Pablo Roig, JJ Sanz Cillero
Pseudoscalar pole contribution to the hadronic light-by-light piece of $a_\mu$
7 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings for the workshop QCD@Work
null
10.1051/epjconf/201819200027
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We have studied the $P\to\gamma^\star\gamma^\star$ form factor in Resonance Chiral Theory, with $P = \pi^0,\eta,\eta'$, to compute the contribution of the pseudoscalar pole to the hadronic light-by-light piece of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. In this work we allow the leading $U(3)$ chiral symmetry breaking terms, obtaining the most general expression for the form factor of order $\mathcal{O}(m_P^2)$. The parameters of the Effective Field Theory are obtained by means of short distance constraints on the form factor and matching with the expected behavior from QCD. Those parameters that cannot be fixed in this way are fitted to experimental determinations of the form factor within the spacelike momentum region of the virtual photon. Chiral symmetry relations among the transition form factors for $\pi^0,\eta$ and $\eta'$ allow for a simultaneous fit to experimental data for the three mesons. This shows an inconsistency between the BaBar $\pi^0$ data and the rest of the experimental inputs. Thus, we find a total pseudoscalar pole contribution of $a_\mu^{P,HLbL}=(8.47\pm 0.16)\cdot 10^{-10}$ for our best fit (neglecting the BaBar $\pi^0$ data). Also, a preliminary rough estimate of the impact of NLO in $1/N_C$ corrections and higher vector multiplets (asym) enlarges the uncertainty up to $a_\mu^{P,HLbL}=(8.47\pm 0.16_{\rm stat}\pm 0.09_{N_C}{}^{+0.5}_{-0.0_{\rm asym}})$
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:04:30 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-12-05
[ [ "Guevara", "Adolfo", "" ], [ "Roig", "Pablo", "" ], [ "Cillero", "JJ Sanz", "" ] ]
We have studied the $P\to\gamma^\star\gamma^\star$ form factor in Resonance Chiral Theory, with $P = \pi^0,\eta,\eta'$, to compute the contribution of the pseudoscalar pole to the hadronic light-by-light piece of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. In this work we allow the leading $U(3)$ chiral symmetry breaking terms, obtaining the most general expression for the form factor of order $\mathcal{O}(m_P^2)$. The parameters of the Effective Field Theory are obtained by means of short distance constraints on the form factor and matching with the expected behavior from QCD. Those parameters that cannot be fixed in this way are fitted to experimental determinations of the form factor within the spacelike momentum region of the virtual photon. Chiral symmetry relations among the transition form factors for $\pi^0,\eta$ and $\eta'$ allow for a simultaneous fit to experimental data for the three mesons. This shows an inconsistency between the BaBar $\pi^0$ data and the rest of the experimental inputs. Thus, we find a total pseudoscalar pole contribution of $a_\mu^{P,HLbL}=(8.47\pm 0.16)\cdot 10^{-10}$ for our best fit (neglecting the BaBar $\pi^0$ data). Also, a preliminary rough estimate of the impact of NLO in $1/N_C$ corrections and higher vector multiplets (asym) enlarges the uncertainty up to $a_\mu^{P,HLbL}=(8.47\pm 0.16_{\rm stat}\pm 0.09_{N_C}{}^{+0.5}_{-0.0_{\rm asym}})$
1603.09691
George De Conto
G. De Conto and V. Pleitez
Electron and muon anomalous magnetic dipole moment in a 3-3-1 model
34 pages, 19 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP05(2017)104
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We calculate, in the context of a 3-3-1 model with heavy charged leptons, constraints on some parameters of the extra particles in the model by imposing that their contributions to both the electron and muon $(g-2)$ factors are in agreement with experimental data up to 1$\sigma$-3$\sigma$. In order to obtain realistic results we use some of the possible solutions of the left- and right- unitary matrices that diagonalize the lepton mass matrices, giving the observed lepton masses and at the same time allowing to accommodate the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (PMNS) mixing matrix. We show that, at least up to 1-loop order, in the particular range of the space parameter that we have explored, it is not possible to fit the observed electron and muon $(g-2)$ factors at the same time unless one of the extra leptons has a mass of the order of 20-40 GeVs and the energy scale of the 331 symmetry to be of around 60-80 TeVs.
[ { "created": "Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:21:41 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 22 May 2017 15:06:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-05-23
[ [ "De Conto", "G.", "" ], [ "Pleitez", "V.", "" ] ]
We calculate, in the context of a 3-3-1 model with heavy charged leptons, constraints on some parameters of the extra particles in the model by imposing that their contributions to both the electron and muon $(g-2)$ factors are in agreement with experimental data up to 1$\sigma$-3$\sigma$. In order to obtain realistic results we use some of the possible solutions of the left- and right- unitary matrices that diagonalize the lepton mass matrices, giving the observed lepton masses and at the same time allowing to accommodate the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (PMNS) mixing matrix. We show that, at least up to 1-loop order, in the particular range of the space parameter that we have explored, it is not possible to fit the observed electron and muon $(g-2)$ factors at the same time unless one of the extra leptons has a mass of the order of 20-40 GeVs and the energy scale of the 331 symmetry to be of around 60-80 TeVs.
2309.04055
Rafael Cardoso MSc
William R. Tavares, Sidney S. Avancini, Ricardo L. S. Farias and Rafael P. Cardoso
Artificial first-order phase transition in a magnetized Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model with a quark anomalous magnetic moment
Typos corrected, comments added and new structure. Matches published version
Phys. Rev. D 109 (2024) 016011
10.1103/PhysRevD.109.016011
null
hep-ph hep-lat hep-th nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Recently, first-order phase transitions have been predicted as an effect of the inclusion of quark anomalous magnetic moment (AMM) in the hot and magnetized Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model (NJL). These transitions appear in the chiral condensate for different combinations of AMM and magnetic fields and could lead to inverse magnetic catalysis. However, in this work, we show that the predicted first-order phase transitions are related to regularization-dependent issues. To show this, we explore, in the context of the vacuum magnetic regularization (VMR) scheme, two different scenarios: when mass-dependent (MD) and mass-independent (MI) terms are present in the subtraction of the divergences. In the MD case, as we increase the AMM value, it is observed the appearance of a nonmassive minimum in the thermodynamical potential, which induces a first-order phase transition from the massive minimum. We argue that the MD terms must be avoided in order to satisfy the predictions of Lattice QCD, and we propose a MI solution that is valid in the limit which the magnetic fields are smaller than the squared of vacuum effective quark mass.
[ { "created": "Fri, 8 Sep 2023 01:03:23 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 9 Jan 2024 18:35:19 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-01-10
[ [ "Tavares", "William R.", "" ], [ "Avancini", "Sidney S.", "" ], [ "Farias", "Ricardo L. S.", "" ], [ "Cardoso", "Rafael P.", "" ] ]
Recently, first-order phase transitions have been predicted as an effect of the inclusion of quark anomalous magnetic moment (AMM) in the hot and magnetized Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model (NJL). These transitions appear in the chiral condensate for different combinations of AMM and magnetic fields and could lead to inverse magnetic catalysis. However, in this work, we show that the predicted first-order phase transitions are related to regularization-dependent issues. To show this, we explore, in the context of the vacuum magnetic regularization (VMR) scheme, two different scenarios: when mass-dependent (MD) and mass-independent (MI) terms are present in the subtraction of the divergences. In the MD case, as we increase the AMM value, it is observed the appearance of a nonmassive minimum in the thermodynamical potential, which induces a first-order phase transition from the massive minimum. We argue that the MD terms must be avoided in order to satisfy the predictions of Lattice QCD, and we propose a MI solution that is valid in the limit which the magnetic fields are smaller than the squared of vacuum effective quark mass.
1404.1033
Andreas Metz
K. Kanazawa, Y. Koike, A. Metz, D. Pitonyak
Towards an explanation of transverse single-spin asymmetries in proton-proton collisions: the role of fragmentation in collinear factorization
minor changes, matches journal version
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.89.111501
RBRC-1065
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the transverse single-spin asymmetry for single-hadron production in proton-proton collisions within the framework of collinear twist-3 factorization in Quantum Chromodynamics. By taking into account the contribution due to parton fragmentation we obtain a very good description of all high transverse-momentum data for neutral and charged pion production from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Our study may provide the crucial step towards a final solution to the longstanding problem of what causes transverse single-spin asymmetries in hadronic collisions within Quantum Chromodynamics. We show for the first time that it is possible to simultaneously describe spin/azimuthal asymmetries in proton-proton collisions, semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering, and electron-positron annihilation by using collinear twist-3 factorization in the first process along with transverse momentum dependent functions extracted from the latter two reactions.
[ { "created": "Thu, 3 Apr 2014 18:35:46 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 30 May 2014 12:26:38 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-19
[ [ "Kanazawa", "K.", "" ], [ "Koike", "Y.", "" ], [ "Metz", "A.", "" ], [ "Pitonyak", "D.", "" ] ]
We study the transverse single-spin asymmetry for single-hadron production in proton-proton collisions within the framework of collinear twist-3 factorization in Quantum Chromodynamics. By taking into account the contribution due to parton fragmentation we obtain a very good description of all high transverse-momentum data for neutral and charged pion production from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Our study may provide the crucial step towards a final solution to the longstanding problem of what causes transverse single-spin asymmetries in hadronic collisions within Quantum Chromodynamics. We show for the first time that it is possible to simultaneously describe spin/azimuthal asymmetries in proton-proton collisions, semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering, and electron-positron annihilation by using collinear twist-3 factorization in the first process along with transverse momentum dependent functions extracted from the latter two reactions.
2006.11938
Motoo Suzuki
Keisuke Harigaya, Yuichiro Nakai, Motoo Suzuki
Inelastic Dark Matter Electron Scattering and the XENON1T Excess
7 pages, 5 figures, version to be published in Physics Letters B
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135729
null
hep-ph astro-ph.CO hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Detection of electron recoils by dark matter (DM) may reveal the structure of the dark sector. We consider a scenario where a heavier DM particle inelastically scatters off an electron and is converted into a lighter DM particle. A small mass difference between the two DM particles is transferred into electron recoil energy. We investigate the DM-electron interaction mediated by a massive dark photon and evaluate the inelastic DM scattering rate, taking account of the atomic structure. It is found that the scattering rate is significantly enhanced because of the small mass splitting, which allows for a small momentum transfer matched with the size of the electron wave function. We show that there exists a viable parameter space which explains the excess of electron recoil events around 2-3 keV recently reported by the XENON1T experiment.
[ { "created": "Sun, 21 Jun 2020 23:35:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:19:04 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 28 Aug 2020 04:42:35 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2020-09-02
[ [ "Harigaya", "Keisuke", "" ], [ "Nakai", "Yuichiro", "" ], [ "Suzuki", "Motoo", "" ] ]
Detection of electron recoils by dark matter (DM) may reveal the structure of the dark sector. We consider a scenario where a heavier DM particle inelastically scatters off an electron and is converted into a lighter DM particle. A small mass difference between the two DM particles is transferred into electron recoil energy. We investigate the DM-electron interaction mediated by a massive dark photon and evaluate the inelastic DM scattering rate, taking account of the atomic structure. It is found that the scattering rate is significantly enhanced because of the small mass splitting, which allows for a small momentum transfer matched with the size of the electron wave function. We show that there exists a viable parameter space which explains the excess of electron recoil events around 2-3 keV recently reported by the XENON1T experiment.
2103.04576
Ushak Rahaman
Ushak Rahaman
Looking for Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) in the latest long baseline accelerator neutrino oscillation data
25 pages, 12 figures, Accepted in EPJC
null
10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09598-4
null
hep-ph hep-ex hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In this paper, we have analysed the latest data from NO$\nu$A and T2K with the Lorentz invariance violation along with the standard oscillation hypothesis. We have found that the NO$\nu$A data cannot distinguish between the two hypotheses at $1\, \sigma$ confidence level. T2K data and the combined data analysis excluded standard oscillation at $1\, \sigma$. All three cases do not have any hierarchy sensitivity when analysed with LIV. There is a mild tension between the two experiments, when analysed with LIV, as $\theta_{23}$ at \nova best-fit is at higher octant but the same for T2K is at lower octant. NO$\nu$A has a new degeneracy over $\sin^2 \theta_{23}$ value, when analysed with LIV.
[ { "created": "Mon, 8 Mar 2021 07:09:30 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 28 Aug 2021 09:58:19 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-02-22
[ [ "Rahaman", "Ushak", "" ] ]
In this paper, we have analysed the latest data from NO$\nu$A and T2K with the Lorentz invariance violation along with the standard oscillation hypothesis. We have found that the NO$\nu$A data cannot distinguish between the two hypotheses at $1\, \sigma$ confidence level. T2K data and the combined data analysis excluded standard oscillation at $1\, \sigma$. All three cases do not have any hierarchy sensitivity when analysed with LIV. There is a mild tension between the two experiments, when analysed with LIV, as $\theta_{23}$ at \nova best-fit is at higher octant but the same for T2K is at lower octant. NO$\nu$A has a new degeneracy over $\sin^2 \theta_{23}$ value, when analysed with LIV.
1106.4538
Amir Fariborz
Amir H. Fariborz, Renata Jora, Joseph Schechter, M. Naeem Shahid
Chiral Nonet Mixing in pi pi Scattering
null
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.84.113004
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Pion pion scattering is studied in a generalized linear sigma model which contains two scalar nonets (one of quark-antiquark type and the other of diquark-antidiquark type) and two corresponding pseudoscalar nonets. An interesting feature concerns the mixing of the four isosinglet scalar mesons which yield poles in the scattering amplitude. Some realism is introduced by enforcing exact unitarity via the K-matrix method. It is shown that a reasonable agreement with experimental data is obtained up to about 1 GeV. The poles in the unitarized scattering amplitude are studied in some detail. The lowest pole clearly represents the sigma meson (or f0(600)) with a mass and decay width around 500 MeV. The second pole invites comparison with the f0(980) which has a mass around 1 GeV and decay width around 100 MeV. The third and fourth poles, resemble some of the isosinglet state in the complicated 1-2 GeV region. Some comparison is made to the situation in the usual SU(3) linear sigma model with a single scalar nonet.
[ { "created": "Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:33:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-28
[ [ "Fariborz", "Amir H.", "" ], [ "Jora", "Renata", "" ], [ "Schechter", "Joseph", "" ], [ "Shahid", "M. Naeem", "" ] ]
Pion pion scattering is studied in a generalized linear sigma model which contains two scalar nonets (one of quark-antiquark type and the other of diquark-antidiquark type) and two corresponding pseudoscalar nonets. An interesting feature concerns the mixing of the four isosinglet scalar mesons which yield poles in the scattering amplitude. Some realism is introduced by enforcing exact unitarity via the K-matrix method. It is shown that a reasonable agreement with experimental data is obtained up to about 1 GeV. The poles in the unitarized scattering amplitude are studied in some detail. The lowest pole clearly represents the sigma meson (or f0(600)) with a mass and decay width around 500 MeV. The second pole invites comparison with the f0(980) which has a mass around 1 GeV and decay width around 100 MeV. The third and fourth poles, resemble some of the isosinglet state in the complicated 1-2 GeV region. Some comparison is made to the situation in the usual SU(3) linear sigma model with a single scalar nonet.
1607.00701
Zhi-Gang Wang
Zhi-Gang Wang
Reanalysis of the $X(4140)$ as axialvector tetraquark state with QCD sum rules
20 pages, 15 figures
Eur. Phys. J. C76 (2016) 657
10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4515-9
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this article, we take the $X(4140)$ as the diquark-antidiquark type $cs\bar{c}\bar{s}$ tetraquark state with $J^{PC}=1^{++}$, and study the mass and pole residue with the QCD sum rules in details by constructing two types interpolating currents. The numerical results $M_{X_{L,+}}=3.95\pm0.09\,\rm{GeV}$ and $M_{X_{H,+}}=5.00\pm0.10\,\rm{GeV}$ disfavor assigning the $X(4140)$ to be the $J^{PC}=1^{++}$ diquark-antidiquark type $cs\bar{c}\bar{s}$ tetraquark state. Moreover, we obtain the masses of the $J^{PC}=1^{+-}$ diquark-antidiquark type $cs\bar{c}\bar{s}$ tetraquark states as a byproduct. The present predictions can be confronted to the experimental data in the future.
[ { "created": "Sun, 3 Jul 2016 23:49:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 9 Aug 2016 12:38:36 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 26 Oct 2016 02:04:56 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2016-11-30
[ [ "Wang", "Zhi-Gang", "" ] ]
In this article, we take the $X(4140)$ as the diquark-antidiquark type $cs\bar{c}\bar{s}$ tetraquark state with $J^{PC}=1^{++}$, and study the mass and pole residue with the QCD sum rules in details by constructing two types interpolating currents. The numerical results $M_{X_{L,+}}=3.95\pm0.09\,\rm{GeV}$ and $M_{X_{H,+}}=5.00\pm0.10\,\rm{GeV}$ disfavor assigning the $X(4140)$ to be the $J^{PC}=1^{++}$ diquark-antidiquark type $cs\bar{c}\bar{s}$ tetraquark state. Moreover, we obtain the masses of the $J^{PC}=1^{+-}$ diquark-antidiquark type $cs\bar{c}\bar{s}$ tetraquark states as a byproduct. The present predictions can be confronted to the experimental data in the future.
1807.01453
Carlos Alvarado
Carlos Alvarado and Alfredo Aranda
Standard Model Extension with Flipped Generations
8 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Discussion on W' boson and RH neutrinos extended, references added, typos corrected, title changed. Matches published version in PLB
Phys. Lett. B 787 (2018) 1-7
10.1016/j.physletb.2018.10.047
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
An extension of the Standard Model is presented that leads to the possible existence of new gauge bosons with masses in the range of a few TeV. Due to the fact that their couplings to Standard Model fermions are strongly suppressed, it is possible for them to be hidden from current searches. The model contains additional generations of fermions with quantum numbers resembling those of the Standard Model fermion generations but with a twist: their charge assignments are such that their electric charges and chiralities are flipped with respect to those of their corresponding Standard Model counterparts. This feature provides a way to obtain potential dark matter candidates and the interesting possibility for a Lepton number conserving dimension-five operator for Dirac neutrino masses. The model implications associated to electroweak precision parameters, flavor changing neutral currents, and diphoton rate contributions are briefly discussed. The general assumptions of this set up are also used to sketch a couple of variants of the model with peculiar features that could motivate further study.
[ { "created": "Wed, 4 Jul 2018 05:32:26 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 30 Oct 2018 07:37:00 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-10-31
[ [ "Alvarado", "Carlos", "" ], [ "Aranda", "Alfredo", "" ] ]
An extension of the Standard Model is presented that leads to the possible existence of new gauge bosons with masses in the range of a few TeV. Due to the fact that their couplings to Standard Model fermions are strongly suppressed, it is possible for them to be hidden from current searches. The model contains additional generations of fermions with quantum numbers resembling those of the Standard Model fermion generations but with a twist: their charge assignments are such that their electric charges and chiralities are flipped with respect to those of their corresponding Standard Model counterparts. This feature provides a way to obtain potential dark matter candidates and the interesting possibility for a Lepton number conserving dimension-five operator for Dirac neutrino masses. The model implications associated to electroweak precision parameters, flavor changing neutral currents, and diphoton rate contributions are briefly discussed. The general assumptions of this set up are also used to sketch a couple of variants of the model with peculiar features that could motivate further study.
1602.04798
Daniel Nowakowski
Daniel Nowakowski and Stefano Carignano
Color-superconductivity and inhomogeneous chiral symmetry breaking in isospin-asymmetric quark matter
14 pages and 7 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of Modern Physics of Compact Stars 2015-Yerevan
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the effects of isospin asymmetry on the competition between color-superconductivity and inhomogeneous chiral symmetry breaking in dense two-flavor quark matter using an extended Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model. We confirm the appearance of a coexistence window where chiral symmetry is inhomogeneously broken and a nonzero spatially homogeneous diquark gap is present, consistently with previous works, and show that such a phase survives at nonzero isospin chemical potentials. We also discuss how the model phase structure becomes modified as large isospin asymmetries are considered.
[ { "created": "Mon, 15 Feb 2016 20:42:03 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-02-16
[ [ "Nowakowski", "Daniel", "" ], [ "Carignano", "Stefano", "" ] ]
We investigate the effects of isospin asymmetry on the competition between color-superconductivity and inhomogeneous chiral symmetry breaking in dense two-flavor quark matter using an extended Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model. We confirm the appearance of a coexistence window where chiral symmetry is inhomogeneously broken and a nonzero spatially homogeneous diquark gap is present, consistently with previous works, and show that such a phase survives at nonzero isospin chemical potentials. We also discuss how the model phase structure becomes modified as large isospin asymmetries are considered.
hep-ph/9902245
G. Baur
Gerhard Baur and Albrecht Leuschner
Bethe-Heitler cross-section for very high photon energies and large muon scattering angles
9 pages, 2 figures, to be published in Eur.Phys.J.C
Eur.Phys.J.C8:631-635,1999
10.1007/s100529900028
null
hep-ph
null
The cross-section for the process $\gamma + A \to \mu^+ + \mu^- + X$ is studied where the photon energy is of the order of several hundreds of GeV and where one of the leptons is scattered to large angles. This is of practical importance for muon shielding calculations at future linear electron colliders. In addition to the photon pole contribution which was previously considered especially by Y.S.Tsai, we identify another component due to the muon pole (equivalent photon and equivalent muon approximation). This is discussed following the usual Bethe-Heitler formula. Then we give practically useful formulae for inclusive lepton (muon) production along with some numerical examples.
[ { "created": "Fri, 5 Feb 1999 09:47:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-09-13
[ [ "Baur", "Gerhard", "" ], [ "Leuschner", "Albrecht", "" ] ]
The cross-section for the process $\gamma + A \to \mu^+ + \mu^- + X$ is studied where the photon energy is of the order of several hundreds of GeV and where one of the leptons is scattered to large angles. This is of practical importance for muon shielding calculations at future linear electron colliders. In addition to the photon pole contribution which was previously considered especially by Y.S.Tsai, we identify another component due to the muon pole (equivalent photon and equivalent muon approximation). This is discussed following the usual Bethe-Heitler formula. Then we give practically useful formulae for inclusive lepton (muon) production along with some numerical examples.
0805.0760
Alexander E. Dorokhov
Alexander E. Dorokhov, Wojciech Broniowski
Pion pole light-by-light contribution to g-2 of the muon in a nonlocal chiral quark model
15 pages, 7 figures
Phys.Rev.D78:073011,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.073011
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We calculate the pion pole term of the light-by-light contribution to the $g-2$ of the muon in the framework of an effective chiral quark model with instanton-like nonlocal quark--quark interaction. The full kinematic dependence of the pion-photon transition form factors is taken into account. The dependence of form factors on the pion virtuality decreases the result by about 15% in comparison to the calculation where this dependence is neglected. Further, it is demonstrated that the QCD constraints suggested by Melnikov and Vainshtein are satisfied within the model. The corresponding contributions originate from the box diagram as well from the pion-pole term. Our chiral nonlocal model result for the pion-pole light-by-light contribution to $(g-2)/2$ of the muon is $(6.3-6.7) \cdot10^{-10}$, which is in the ball park of other effective-model calculations.
[ { "created": "Tue, 6 May 2008 17:36:18 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:59:47 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:17:42 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Dorokhov", "Alexander E.", "" ], [ "Broniowski", "Wojciech", "" ] ]
We calculate the pion pole term of the light-by-light contribution to the $g-2$ of the muon in the framework of an effective chiral quark model with instanton-like nonlocal quark--quark interaction. The full kinematic dependence of the pion-photon transition form factors is taken into account. The dependence of form factors on the pion virtuality decreases the result by about 15% in comparison to the calculation where this dependence is neglected. Further, it is demonstrated that the QCD constraints suggested by Melnikov and Vainshtein are satisfied within the model. The corresponding contributions originate from the box diagram as well from the pion-pole term. Our chiral nonlocal model result for the pion-pole light-by-light contribution to $(g-2)/2$ of the muon is $(6.3-6.7) \cdot10^{-10}$, which is in the ball park of other effective-model calculations.
hep-ph/0412283
Walter Grimus
W. Grimus, L. Lavoura
On a model with two zeros in the neutrino mass matrix
13 pages, no figures, plain LaTeX; one equation added, published references updated, final version for J. Phys. G
J.Phys.G31:693-702,2005
10.1088/0954-3899/31/7/014
UWThPh-2004-35
hep-ph
null
We consider a Majorana neutrino mass matrix $\mathcal{M}_\nu$ with $(\mathcal{M}_\nu)_{\mu\mu} = (\mathcal{M}_\nu)_{\tau\tau} = 0$, in the basis where the charged-lepton mass matrix is diagonal. We show that this pattern for the lepton mass matrices can be enforced by extending the Standard Model with three scalar SU(2) triplets and by using a horizontal symmetry group $\mathbbm{Z}_4$. The Ma--Sarkar (type-II seesaw) mechanism leads to very small vacuum expectation values for the triplets, thus explaining the smallness of the neutrino masses; at the same time, that mechanism renders the physical scalars originating in the triplets very heavy. We show that the conditions $(\mathcal{M}_\nu)_{\mu\mu} = (\mathcal{M}_\nu)_{\tau\tau} = 0$ allow both for a normal neutrino mass spectrum and for an inverted one. In the first case, the neutrino masses must be larger than $0.1 {eV}$ and the atmospheric mixing angle $\theta_{23}$ must be practically equal to $45^\circ$. In the second case, the product $\sin{\theta_{13}} | \tan{2 \theta_{23}} |$ must be of order one or larger, thus correlating the large or maximal atmospheric neutrino mixing with the smallness of the mixing angle $\theta_{13}$.
[ { "created": "Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:02:10 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:54:18 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:51:20 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2011-07-19
[ [ "Grimus", "W.", "" ], [ "Lavoura", "L.", "" ] ]
We consider a Majorana neutrino mass matrix $\mathcal{M}_\nu$ with $(\mathcal{M}_\nu)_{\mu\mu} = (\mathcal{M}_\nu)_{\tau\tau} = 0$, in the basis where the charged-lepton mass matrix is diagonal. We show that this pattern for the lepton mass matrices can be enforced by extending the Standard Model with three scalar SU(2) triplets and by using a horizontal symmetry group $\mathbbm{Z}_4$. The Ma--Sarkar (type-II seesaw) mechanism leads to very small vacuum expectation values for the triplets, thus explaining the smallness of the neutrino masses; at the same time, that mechanism renders the physical scalars originating in the triplets very heavy. We show that the conditions $(\mathcal{M}_\nu)_{\mu\mu} = (\mathcal{M}_\nu)_{\tau\tau} = 0$ allow both for a normal neutrino mass spectrum and for an inverted one. In the first case, the neutrino masses must be larger than $0.1 {eV}$ and the atmospheric mixing angle $\theta_{23}$ must be practically equal to $45^\circ$. In the second case, the product $\sin{\theta_{13}} | \tan{2 \theta_{23}} |$ must be of order one or larger, thus correlating the large or maximal atmospheric neutrino mixing with the smallness of the mixing angle $\theta_{13}$.