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1301.5145
Seyed Yaser Ayazi
Seyed Yaser Ayazi and Mojtaba Mohammadi Najafabadi
Impact of Torsion Space-Time on $t\bar{t}$ observables at Hadron Colliders
17 pages, 6 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1207.0643
J.Phys. G40 (2013) 095002
10.1088/0954-3899/40/9/095002
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Starting from the effective torsion space-time model, we study its effects on the top pair production cross section at hadron colliders. We also study the effect of this model on top pair asymmetries at the Tevatron and the LHC. We find that torsion space-time can explain forward-backward asymmetry according to measured anomaly at Tevatron. We find an allowed region in the parameters space which can satisfy simultaneously all $t\bar{t}$ observables measured at Tevatron and LHC.
[ { "created": "Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:12:10 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:26:46 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-12
[ [ "Ayazi", "Seyed Yaser", "" ], [ "Najafabadi", "Mojtaba Mohammadi", "" ] ]
Starting from the effective torsion space-time model, we study its effects on the top pair production cross section at hadron colliders. We also study the effect of this model on top pair asymmetries at the Tevatron and the LHC. We find that torsion space-time can explain forward-backward asymmetry according to measured anomaly at Tevatron. We find an allowed region in the parameters space which can satisfy simultaneously all $t\bar{t}$ observables measured at Tevatron and LHC.
1603.07053
Alan Chodos
Alan Chodos
Gauge Interactions and a Quantum Avatar in a Model with Light Cone Reflection Symmetry
12 pages, no figures
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We continue the development of a model of neutrinos that possesses a new symmetry, Light Cone Reflection, interchanging spacelike and timelike intervals. In this paper we introduce gauge interactions in which only the physical modes of the theory participate. We also find an avatar of the theory, involving spinors in two-dimensions that obey equations reproducing the spectrum of the original, four-dimensional theory, and we discuss the quantization of the avatar.
[ { "created": "Wed, 23 Mar 2016 02:36:58 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-03-24
[ [ "Chodos", "Alan", "" ] ]
We continue the development of a model of neutrinos that possesses a new symmetry, Light Cone Reflection, interchanging spacelike and timelike intervals. In this paper we introduce gauge interactions in which only the physical modes of the theory participate. We also find an avatar of the theory, involving spinors in two-dimensions that obey equations reproducing the spectrum of the original, four-dimensional theory, and we discuss the quantization of the avatar.
hep-ph/0203032
Apostolos Pilaftsis
Alexander M\"uck (W\"urzburg U.), Apostolos Pilaftsis (Manchester U.) and Reinhold R\"uckl (W\"urzburg U.)
Electroweak Constraints on Minimal Higher-Dimensional Extensions of the Standard Model
To appear in the proceedings of the Summer School on High Energy Physics in Corfu, Greece, September 2001
null
null
MC-TH-2002-01 and WUE-ITP-2002-001
hep-ph
null
We derive electroweak constraints on the compactification scale of minimal 5-dimensional extensions of the Standard Model, in which all or only some of the SU(2)$_L$ and U(1)$_Y$ gauge fields and Higgs bosons feel the presence of the fifth dimension. In our analysis, we assume that the fermions are always localized on a 3-brane. In this context, we also present the consistent quantization procedure of the higher-dimensional models in the generalized $R_\xi$ gauge. We find that the usually derived lower bound of $\sim 4$ TeV on the compactification scale may be significantly lowered to $\sim 3$ TeV if the SU(2)$_L$ gauge boson is the only particle that propagates in all 5 dimensions.
[ { "created": "Mon, 4 Mar 2002 20:06:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Mück", "Alexander", "", "Würzburg U." ], [ "Pilaftsis", "Apostolos", "", "Manchester U." ], [ "Rückl", "Reinhold", "", "Würzburg U." ] ]
We derive electroweak constraints on the compactification scale of minimal 5-dimensional extensions of the Standard Model, in which all or only some of the SU(2)$_L$ and U(1)$_Y$ gauge fields and Higgs bosons feel the presence of the fifth dimension. In our analysis, we assume that the fermions are always localized on a 3-brane. In this context, we also present the consistent quantization procedure of the higher-dimensional models in the generalized $R_\xi$ gauge. We find that the usually derived lower bound of $\sim 4$ TeV on the compactification scale may be significantly lowered to $\sim 3$ TeV if the SU(2)$_L$ gauge boson is the only particle that propagates in all 5 dimensions.
1912.02760
Ignacio Fabre
Daniel de Florian, Ignacio Fabre and Javier Mazzitelli
Triple Higgs production at hadron colliders at NNLO in QCD
22 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables; typos corrected, references added, matches published version
J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 155 (2020)
10.1007/JHEP03(2020)155
ICAS 046/19, ZU-TH 51/19, MPP-2019-245
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this work we analyse the triple Higgs boson production cross section at hadron colliders via gluon fusion, and present for the first time the full set of QCD NNLO corrections in the heavy top limit. In order to account for finite top mass effects we perform two different reweighting procedures, and study the dependence of the result on the choice of the approximation. Combining the most accurate predictions available to date, we present the following result for the total NNLO cross section for triple Higgs boson production at a 100 TeV collider: $\sigma_\text{NNLO}=5.56^{+5\%}_{-6\%} \pm 20\%$ fb, where the first uncertainty is an estimate for higher order effects from scale variations, while the last one is an estimate for the missing finite top mass effects.
[ { "created": "Thu, 5 Dec 2019 17:53:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:45:48 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-03-31
[ [ "de Florian", "Daniel", "" ], [ "Fabre", "Ignacio", "" ], [ "Mazzitelli", "Javier", "" ] ]
In this work we analyse the triple Higgs boson production cross section at hadron colliders via gluon fusion, and present for the first time the full set of QCD NNLO corrections in the heavy top limit. In order to account for finite top mass effects we perform two different reweighting procedures, and study the dependence of the result on the choice of the approximation. Combining the most accurate predictions available to date, we present the following result for the total NNLO cross section for triple Higgs boson production at a 100 TeV collider: $\sigma_\text{NNLO}=5.56^{+5\%}_{-6\%} \pm 20\%$ fb, where the first uncertainty is an estimate for higher order effects from scale variations, while the last one is an estimate for the missing finite top mass effects.
2104.07520
Jin Zhang
Jin Zhang
Scalar one-loop 4-point integral with one massless vertex in loop regularization
31 pages, 1 figure
null
10.1088/1572-9494/ac0ce2
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The scalar one-loop 4-point function with one massless vertex is evaluated analytically by employing the loop regularization method. According to the method a characteristic scale $\mu_{s}$ is introduced to regularize the divergent integrals. The infrared divergent parts, which take the form of $\ln^{2}(\lambda^{2}/\mu^{2}_{s})$ and $\ln(\lambda^{2}/\mu^{2}_{s})$ as $\mu_{s}\rightarrow 0$ where $\lambda$ is a constant and expressed in terms of masses and Mandelstam variables, and the infrared stable parts are well separated. The result is shown explicitly via $44$ dilogarithms in the kinematic sector in which our evaluation is valid.
[ { "created": "Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:18:16 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-09-01
[ [ "Zhang", "Jin", "" ] ]
The scalar one-loop 4-point function with one massless vertex is evaluated analytically by employing the loop regularization method. According to the method a characteristic scale $\mu_{s}$ is introduced to regularize the divergent integrals. The infrared divergent parts, which take the form of $\ln^{2}(\lambda^{2}/\mu^{2}_{s})$ and $\ln(\lambda^{2}/\mu^{2}_{s})$ as $\mu_{s}\rightarrow 0$ where $\lambda$ is a constant and expressed in terms of masses and Mandelstam variables, and the infrared stable parts are well separated. The result is shown explicitly via $44$ dilogarithms in the kinematic sector in which our evaluation is valid.
hep-ph/9803493
Oleg Veretin
J. Fleischer, F. Jegerlehner, O.V. Tarasov, O.L. Veretin
Two-loop QCD corrections of the massive fermion propagator
18 pages LaTeX, misprints in formula (12) are corrected
Nucl.Phys. B539 (1999) 671-690; Erratum-ibid. B571 (2000) 511-512
10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00705-6
null
hep-ph
null
The off-shell two-loop correction to the massive quark propagator in an arbitrary covariant gauge is calculated and results for the bare and renormalized propagator are presented. The calculations were performed by means of a set of new generalized recurrence relations proposed recently by one of the authors. From the position of the pole of the renormalized propagator we obtain the relationship between the pole mass and the \bar{MS} mass. This relation confirms the known result by Gray et al.. The bare amplitudes are given for an arbitrary gauge group and for arbitrary space-time dimensions.
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2009-10-31
[ [ "Fleischer", "J.", "" ], [ "Jegerlehner", "F.", "" ], [ "Tarasov", "O. V.", "" ], [ "Veretin", "O. L.", "" ] ]
The off-shell two-loop correction to the massive quark propagator in an arbitrary covariant gauge is calculated and results for the bare and renormalized propagator are presented. The calculations were performed by means of a set of new generalized recurrence relations proposed recently by one of the authors. From the position of the pole of the renormalized propagator we obtain the relationship between the pole mass and the \bar{MS} mass. This relation confirms the known result by Gray et al.. The bare amplitudes are given for an arbitrary gauge group and for arbitrary space-time dimensions.
2407.07142
Yu-Dai Tsai
Yu-Dai Tsai, Insung Hwang, Ryan Schmitz, Matthew Citron, Kranti Gunthoti, Jacob Steenis, Hoyong Jeong, Hyunki Moon, Jae Hyeok Yoo, Ming Xiong Liu
LANSCE-mQ: Dedicated search for milli/fractionally charged particles at LANL
8 pages, 8 figures
null
null
FERMILAB-PUB-24-0357-T-V; LA-UR-24-27441
hep-ph astro-ph.CO hep-ex hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper, we propose an experiment, LANSCE-mQ, aiming to detect fractionally charged and millicharged particles (mCP) using an 800 MeV proton beam fixed target at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) facility. This search can shed new light on numerous fundamental questions, including charge quantization, the predictions of string theories and grand unification theories, the gauge symmetry of the Standard Model, dark sector models, and the tests of cosmic reheating. We propose to install two-layer scintillation detectors made of plastic (such as EJ-200) or CeBr3 to search for mCPs. Dedicated Geant4 detector simulations and in situ measurements have been conducted to obtain a preliminary determination of the background rate. The dominant backgrounds are beam-induced neutrons and coincident dark current signals from the photomultiplier tubes, while beam-induced gammas and cosmic muons are subdominant. We determined that LANSCE-mQ, the dedicated mCP experiment, has the leading mCP sensitivity for mass between ~ 1 MeV to 300 MeV.
[ { "created": "Tue, 9 Jul 2024 18:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-07-19
[ [ "Tsai", "Yu-Dai", "" ], [ "Hwang", "Insung", "" ], [ "Schmitz", "Ryan", "" ], [ "Citron", "Matthew", "" ], [ "Gunthoti", "Kranti", "" ], [ "Steenis", "Jacob", "" ], [ "Jeong", "Hoyong", "" ], [ "Moo...
In this paper, we propose an experiment, LANSCE-mQ, aiming to detect fractionally charged and millicharged particles (mCP) using an 800 MeV proton beam fixed target at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) facility. This search can shed new light on numerous fundamental questions, including charge quantization, the predictions of string theories and grand unification theories, the gauge symmetry of the Standard Model, dark sector models, and the tests of cosmic reheating. We propose to install two-layer scintillation detectors made of plastic (such as EJ-200) or CeBr3 to search for mCPs. Dedicated Geant4 detector simulations and in situ measurements have been conducted to obtain a preliminary determination of the background rate. The dominant backgrounds are beam-induced neutrons and coincident dark current signals from the photomultiplier tubes, while beam-induced gammas and cosmic muons are subdominant. We determined that LANSCE-mQ, the dedicated mCP experiment, has the leading mCP sensitivity for mass between ~ 1 MeV to 300 MeV.
1404.2572
Sandra Robles
D. G. Cerdeno, M. Peiro, S. Robles
Low-mass right-handed sneutrino dark matter: SuperCDMS and LUX constraints and the Galactic Centre gamma-ray excess
31 pages, 13 figures. Discussion extended, matches JCAP accepted version
JCAP 08 (2014) 005
10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/005
IFT-UAM/CSIC-14-031; FTUAM-14-14
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Recent results from direct and indirect searches for dark matter (DM) have motivated the study of particle physics models that can provide weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the mass range 1-50 GeV. Viable candidates for light WIMP DM must fulfil stringent constraints. On the one hand, the observation at the LHC of a Higgs boson with Standard Model properties set an upper bound on the coupling of light DM particles to the Higgs, thereby making it difficult to reproduce the correct relic abundance. On the other hand, the recent results from direct searches in the CDMSlite, SuperCDMS and LUX experiments have set upper constraints on the DM scattering cross section. In this paper, we investigate the viability of light right-handed sneutrino DM in the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Model (NMSSM) in the light of these constraints. To this aim, we have carried out a scan in the NMSSM parameter space, imposing experimental bounds on the Higgs sector and low-energy observables, such as the muon anomalous magnetic moment and branching ratios of rare decays. We demonstrate that the enlarged Higgs sector of the NMSSM, together with the flexibility provided by the RH sneutrino parameters, make it possible to obtain viable RH sneutrino DM with a mass as light as 2 GeV. We have also considered the upper bounds on the annihilation cross section from Fermi LAT data on dwarf spheroidal galaxies, and extracted specific examples with mass in the range 8-50 GeV that could account for the apparent low-energy excess in the gamma-ray emission at the Galactic Centre. Then, we have computed the theoretical predictions for the elastic scattering cross-section of RH sneutrinos. Finally, after imposing the recent bounds from SuperCDMS and LUX, we have found a wide area of the parameter space that could be probed by future low-threshold direct detection experiments.
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2014-08-05
[ [ "Cerdeno", "D. G.", "" ], [ "Peiro", "M.", "" ], [ "Robles", "S.", "" ] ]
Recent results from direct and indirect searches for dark matter (DM) have motivated the study of particle physics models that can provide weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the mass range 1-50 GeV. Viable candidates for light WIMP DM must fulfil stringent constraints. On the one hand, the observation at the LHC of a Higgs boson with Standard Model properties set an upper bound on the coupling of light DM particles to the Higgs, thereby making it difficult to reproduce the correct relic abundance. On the other hand, the recent results from direct searches in the CDMSlite, SuperCDMS and LUX experiments have set upper constraints on the DM scattering cross section. In this paper, we investigate the viability of light right-handed sneutrino DM in the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Model (NMSSM) in the light of these constraints. To this aim, we have carried out a scan in the NMSSM parameter space, imposing experimental bounds on the Higgs sector and low-energy observables, such as the muon anomalous magnetic moment and branching ratios of rare decays. We demonstrate that the enlarged Higgs sector of the NMSSM, together with the flexibility provided by the RH sneutrino parameters, make it possible to obtain viable RH sneutrino DM with a mass as light as 2 GeV. We have also considered the upper bounds on the annihilation cross section from Fermi LAT data on dwarf spheroidal galaxies, and extracted specific examples with mass in the range 8-50 GeV that could account for the apparent low-energy excess in the gamma-ray emission at the Galactic Centre. Then, we have computed the theoretical predictions for the elastic scattering cross-section of RH sneutrinos. Finally, after imposing the recent bounds from SuperCDMS and LUX, we have found a wide area of the parameter space that could be probed by future low-threshold direct detection experiments.
1311.1092
Jens Krog Mr.
Oleg Antipin, Jens Krog, Matin Mojaza, Francesco Sannino
Stable Extensions with(out) Gravity
12 pages, 4 figures
Nucl.Phys. B886 (2014) 125-134
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2014.06.023
CP3-Origins-2013-44, DIAS-2013-44
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the vacuum stability as well as the gravitational corrections in extensions of the Standard Model featuring a new complex scalar, and two Dirac fermions for different choices of the hypercharge of the scalar and one of the two fermions. The neutral fermion acquires loop-induced magnetic interactions with the Standard Model and could be identified with a dark matter candidate. To the lowest order in perturbation theory we show that these extensions can save the electroweak vacuum from being metastable. We then add the gravitational corrections to the different beta functions and discover that the models can be compatible with the asymptotically safe gravity scenario at the price of a heavier Higgs and lighter top mass.
[ { "created": "Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:44:15 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:04:50 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-07-31
[ [ "Antipin", "Oleg", "" ], [ "Krog", "Jens", "" ], [ "Mojaza", "Matin", "" ], [ "Sannino", "Francesco", "" ] ]
We investigate the vacuum stability as well as the gravitational corrections in extensions of the Standard Model featuring a new complex scalar, and two Dirac fermions for different choices of the hypercharge of the scalar and one of the two fermions. The neutral fermion acquires loop-induced magnetic interactions with the Standard Model and could be identified with a dark matter candidate. To the lowest order in perturbation theory we show that these extensions can save the electroweak vacuum from being metastable. We then add the gravitational corrections to the different beta functions and discover that the models can be compatible with the asymptotically safe gravity scenario at the price of a heavier Higgs and lighter top mass.
hep-ph/9602391
Biswa
Mar Bastero-Gil (SISSA) and Biswajoy Brahmachari (ICTP)
Two-loop renormalization group analysis of supersymmetric SO(10) models with an intermediate scale
31 pages and 12 figures, typographical errors are corrected, one new paragraph is added, local preprint number is corrected, some new references are added, conclusions are unchanged
Nucl.Phys. B482 (1996) 39-58
10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00472-5
IC/96/43
hep-ph
null
Two-loop evolutions of the gauge couplings in a class of intermediate scale supersymmetric SO(10) models including the effect of third generation Yukawa couplings are studied. The unification scale, the intermediate scale and the value of the unification gauge coupling in these models are calculated and the gauge boson mediated proton decay rates are estimated. In some cases the predicted proton lifetime turns out to be in the border-line of experimental limit. The predictions of the top quark mass, the mass ratio $m_b(m_b)/ m_\tau(m_\tau)$ from the two-loop evolution of Yukawa couplings and the mass of the left handed neutrino via see-saw mechanism are summarized. The lower bounds on the ratio of the VEVs of the two low energy doublets ($\tan\beta$) from the requirement of the perturbative unitarity of the top quark Yukawa coupling up to the grand unification scale are also presented. All the predictions have been compared with those of the one-step unified theory.
[ { "created": "Sun, 25 Feb 1996 20:00:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 21 Mar 1996 15:07:16 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Bastero-Gil", "Mar", "", "SISSA" ], [ "Brahmachari", "Biswajoy", "", "ICTP" ] ]
Two-loop evolutions of the gauge couplings in a class of intermediate scale supersymmetric SO(10) models including the effect of third generation Yukawa couplings are studied. The unification scale, the intermediate scale and the value of the unification gauge coupling in these models are calculated and the gauge boson mediated proton decay rates are estimated. In some cases the predicted proton lifetime turns out to be in the border-line of experimental limit. The predictions of the top quark mass, the mass ratio $m_b(m_b)/ m_\tau(m_\tau)$ from the two-loop evolution of Yukawa couplings and the mass of the left handed neutrino via see-saw mechanism are summarized. The lower bounds on the ratio of the VEVs of the two low energy doublets ($\tan\beta$) from the requirement of the perturbative unitarity of the top quark Yukawa coupling up to the grand unification scale are also presented. All the predictions have been compared with those of the one-step unified theory.
hep-ph/9511337
Tim Tait
Ehab Malkawi and Tim Tait (Michigan State University)
Top-Charm Strong Flavor-Changing Neutral Currents at the Tevatron
25 pages, 2 postscript figures using epsf.sty This replacement includes the correction of a few errors which have small effects on the results. It is the version to be published in Phys Rev D
Phys.Rev.D54:5758-5762,1996
10.1103/PhysRevD.54.5758
MSUHEP-51116
hep-ph
null
The possibility of an anomalous coupling between the top and charm quarks and the gluon field is explored in a model-independent way using an effective Lagrangian that is gauge-invariant under a non-linear realization of SU(3)$_{C} \times$ SU(2$)_{L} \times$ U(1$)_{Y}$. Even for the current 200 $pb^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity at the Tevatron, the new physics scale that strongly modifies the coupling of t-c-g must be larger than about 2.5 TeV if no signal is found within a 3$\sigma$ confidence limit. For 1 $fb^{-1}$ of data, this constraint can be pushed up to 3.8 TeV.
[ { "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 1995 05:19:42 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 12 Sep 1996 15:22:11 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Malkawi", "Ehab", "", "Michigan State University" ], [ "Tait", "Tim", "", "Michigan State University" ] ]
The possibility of an anomalous coupling between the top and charm quarks and the gluon field is explored in a model-independent way using an effective Lagrangian that is gauge-invariant under a non-linear realization of SU(3)$_{C} \times$ SU(2$)_{L} \times$ U(1$)_{Y}$. Even for the current 200 $pb^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity at the Tevatron, the new physics scale that strongly modifies the coupling of t-c-g must be larger than about 2.5 TeV if no signal is found within a 3$\sigma$ confidence limit. For 1 $fb^{-1}$ of data, this constraint can be pushed up to 3.8 TeV.
hep-ph/9802223
Kumar Gupta
Debrupa Chakraverty, Triptesh De, Binayak Dutta-Roy and K. S. Gupta (Saha Inst. of Nuclear Physics)
Dispersive Bounds on The Shape Of Lambda_b to Lambda_c l {\bar \nu_l} Formfactors
18 pages, 1 figure included via psfig
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A14 (1999) 2385-2396
10.1142/S0217751X99001196
SINP-TNP/98-04
hep-ph
null
We derive a theoretically allowed domain for the charge radius $\rho$ and curvature $c$ of the Isgur-Wise function describing the decay $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda_c l {\bar \nu_l}$. Our method uses crossing symmetry, dispersion relations and analyticity in the context of the Heavy Quark Effective Theory but is independent of the specifics of any given model. The experimentally determined values of the $\Upsilon$ masses have been used as input information. The results are of interest for testing different models employed to calculate the heavy baryon formfactors which are used for the extraction of $| V_{cb} |$ from the experimental data.
[ { "created": "Tue, 3 Feb 1998 08:23:49 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Chakraverty", "Debrupa", "", "Saha Inst. of Nuclear Physics" ], [ "De", "Triptesh", "", "Saha Inst. of Nuclear Physics" ], [ "Dutta-Roy", "Binayak", "", "Saha Inst. of Nuclear Physics" ], [ "Gupta", "K. S.", "", "Saha Inst. of Nuclear Ph...
We derive a theoretically allowed domain for the charge radius $\rho$ and curvature $c$ of the Isgur-Wise function describing the decay $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda_c l {\bar \nu_l}$. Our method uses crossing symmetry, dispersion relations and analyticity in the context of the Heavy Quark Effective Theory but is independent of the specifics of any given model. The experimentally determined values of the $\Upsilon$ masses have been used as input information. The results are of interest for testing different models employed to calculate the heavy baryon formfactors which are used for the extraction of $| V_{cb} |$ from the experimental data.
1104.5123
Tobias Hurth
Tobias Hurth
Interpretation of charged Higgs effects in low energy flavour physics
14 pages, 16 figures
null
null
MZ-TH/11-06
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss two-Higgs-doublet models in view of the present flavour data, in particular present indirect bounds and different techniques of flavour protection
[ { "created": "Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:33:09 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-04-28
[ [ "Hurth", "Tobias", "" ] ]
We discuss two-Higgs-doublet models in view of the present flavour data, in particular present indirect bounds and different techniques of flavour protection
1112.4501
Guillaume Beuf
Guillaume Beuf
NLO corrections for the dipole factorization of DIS structure functions at low x
21 pages, 4 figures. Some corrections to the bibliography and to Eq.(29) are done in the version 2
Phys. Rev. D 85, 034039 (2012)
10.1103/PhysRevD.85.034039
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The NLO generalization of the dipole factorization formula for the structure functions F_2 and F_L at low x is calculated using light front perturbation theory. That result gives some interesting insight into the kinematics of initial state parton showers in mixed space.
[ { "created": "Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:23:57 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:58:11 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2012-03-13
[ [ "Beuf", "Guillaume", "" ] ]
The NLO generalization of the dipole factorization formula for the structure functions F_2 and F_L at low x is calculated using light front perturbation theory. That result gives some interesting insight into the kinematics of initial state parton showers in mixed space.
1010.1471
Bhupal Dev
Steve Blanchet, P. S. Bhupal Dev, R. N. Mohapatra
Leptogenesis with TeV Scale Inverse Seesaw in SO(10)
References and a few comments added, improved figures; version to be published in PRD
Phys.Rev.D82:115025,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.82.115025
UMD-PP-10-016, IFT-UAM/CSIC-10-53, FTUAM-10-14
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss leptogenesis within a TeV-scale inverse seesaw model for neutrino masses where the seesaw structure is guaranteed by an SO(10) symmetry. Contrary to the TeV-scale type-I gauged seesaw, the constraints imposed by successful leptogenesis in these models are rather weak and allow for the extra gauge bosons W_R and Z' to be in the LHC accessible range. The key differences in the inverse seesaw compared to the type I case are: (i) decay and inverse decay rates larger than the scatterings involving extra gauge bosons due to the large Yukawa couplings and (ii) the suppression of the washout due to very small lepton number breaking.
[ { "created": "Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:14:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 7 Dec 2010 15:07:07 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-01-20
[ [ "Blanchet", "Steve", "" ], [ "Dev", "P. S. Bhupal", "" ], [ "Mohapatra", "R. N.", "" ] ]
We discuss leptogenesis within a TeV-scale inverse seesaw model for neutrino masses where the seesaw structure is guaranteed by an SO(10) symmetry. Contrary to the TeV-scale type-I gauged seesaw, the constraints imposed by successful leptogenesis in these models are rather weak and allow for the extra gauge bosons W_R and Z' to be in the LHC accessible range. The key differences in the inverse seesaw compared to the type I case are: (i) decay and inverse decay rates larger than the scatterings involving extra gauge bosons due to the large Yukawa couplings and (ii) the suppression of the washout due to very small lepton number breaking.
1107.3970
He Zhang
Werner Rodejohann, He Zhang, Shun Zhou
Systematic search for successful lepton mixing patterns with nonzero theta_13
10 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables; version to be published in Nuclear Physics B
null
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.10.017
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We perform a systematic search for simple but viable lepton mixing patterns. Our main criterion is that the mixing matrix can be parameterized by three rotation angles, which are simple fractions of pi. These simple rotation angles possess exact expressions for their sines and cosines, and often arise in the flavor symmetry models. All possible parameterizations of the mixing matrix are taken into account. In total, twenty successful mixing patterns are found to be consistent with the latest neutrino oscillation data (including the recent T2K results) in the CP conserving case, whereas fifteen mixing patterns are allowed in the maximal CP violating case. Potential radiative corrections to the constant mixing patterns are also calculated by solving the renormalization group equations.
[ { "created": "Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:24:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:32:47 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-05-28
[ [ "Rodejohann", "Werner", "" ], [ "Zhang", "He", "" ], [ "Zhou", "Shun", "" ] ]
We perform a systematic search for simple but viable lepton mixing patterns. Our main criterion is that the mixing matrix can be parameterized by three rotation angles, which are simple fractions of pi. These simple rotation angles possess exact expressions for their sines and cosines, and often arise in the flavor symmetry models. All possible parameterizations of the mixing matrix are taken into account. In total, twenty successful mixing patterns are found to be consistent with the latest neutrino oscillation data (including the recent T2K results) in the CP conserving case, whereas fifteen mixing patterns are allowed in the maximal CP violating case. Potential radiative corrections to the constant mixing patterns are also calculated by solving the renormalization group equations.
hep-ph/9801292
Nils Hammon
N. Hammon, A. Dumitru, H. Stoecker, W. Greiner
Nuclear Shadowing Effects on Prompt Photons at RHIC and LHC
15 pages, Latex, 10 eps-figures
Phys.Rev.C57:3292-3298,1998
10.1103/PhysRevC.57.3292
null
hep-ph nucl-th
null
The transverse momentum distribution of prompt photons coming from the very early phase of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions for the RHIC and LHC energies is calculated by means of perturbative QCD. We calculate the single photon cross section ($A+B\to \gamma +X$) by taking into account the partonic sub processes $q+ \bar{q}\to \gamma +g$ and $q+g\to\gamma +q$ as well as the Bremsstrahlung corrections to those processes. We choose a lower momentum cut-off $k_0 =2$ GeV separating the soft physics from perturbative QCD. We compare the results for those primary collision with the photons produced in reactions of the thermalized secondary particles, which are calculated within scaling hydrodynamics. The QCD processes are taken in leading order. Nuclear shadowing corrections, which alter the involved nuclear structure functions are explicitly taken into account and compared to unshadowed results. Employing the GRV parton distribution parametrizations we find that at RHIC prompt QCD-photons dominate over the thermal radiation down to transverse momenta $k_T \approx 2$ GeV. At LHC, however, thermal radiation from the QGP dominates for photon transverse momenta $k_T \leq 5$ GeV, if nuclear shadowing effects on prompt photon production are taken into account.
[ { "created": "Wed, 14 Jan 1998 10:32:28 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Hammon", "N.", "" ], [ "Dumitru", "A.", "" ], [ "Stoecker", "H.", "" ], [ "Greiner", "W.", "" ] ]
The transverse momentum distribution of prompt photons coming from the very early phase of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions for the RHIC and LHC energies is calculated by means of perturbative QCD. We calculate the single photon cross section ($A+B\to \gamma +X$) by taking into account the partonic sub processes $q+ \bar{q}\to \gamma +g$ and $q+g\to\gamma +q$ as well as the Bremsstrahlung corrections to those processes. We choose a lower momentum cut-off $k_0 =2$ GeV separating the soft physics from perturbative QCD. We compare the results for those primary collision with the photons produced in reactions of the thermalized secondary particles, which are calculated within scaling hydrodynamics. The QCD processes are taken in leading order. Nuclear shadowing corrections, which alter the involved nuclear structure functions are explicitly taken into account and compared to unshadowed results. Employing the GRV parton distribution parametrizations we find that at RHIC prompt QCD-photons dominate over the thermal radiation down to transverse momenta $k_T \approx 2$ GeV. At LHC, however, thermal radiation from the QGP dominates for photon transverse momenta $k_T \leq 5$ GeV, if nuclear shadowing effects on prompt photon production are taken into account.
1906.10821
Markos Maniatis
M. Maniatis
Application of BCFW-recursion relations and the Feynman-tree theorem to the four gluon amplitude with all plus helicities
9 pages
Phys. Rev. D 100, 096022 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevD.100.096022
null
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Recently it has been shown that in gauge theories amplitudes to any perturbation order can be obtained by glueing together simple three-point on-shell amplitudes. These three-point amplitudes in turn are fixed by locality and Lorentz invariance. This factorization into three-point on-shell amplitudes follows from the BCFW recursion relations and the Feynman-tree theorem. In an explicit example, that is, the four-gluon amplitude with all plus helicities, we illustrate the method. In conventional calculation this amplitude corresponds to one-loop box diagrams.
[ { "created": "Wed, 26 Jun 2019 02:54:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-12-04
[ [ "Maniatis", "M.", "" ] ]
Recently it has been shown that in gauge theories amplitudes to any perturbation order can be obtained by glueing together simple three-point on-shell amplitudes. These three-point amplitudes in turn are fixed by locality and Lorentz invariance. This factorization into three-point on-shell amplitudes follows from the BCFW recursion relations and the Feynman-tree theorem. In an explicit example, that is, the four-gluon amplitude with all plus helicities, we illustrate the method. In conventional calculation this amplitude corresponds to one-loop box diagrams.
2106.15371
Miguel \'Angel Escobedo Espinosa
Jean-Paul Blaizot and Miguel \'Angel Escobedo
Phenomenological study of quarkonium suppression and the impact of the energy gap between singlets and octets
Published version. 25 pages, 11 figures
Phys. Rev. D 104, 054034 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.104.054034
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The study of heavy quarkonium suppression in heavy-ion collisions represents an important source of information about the properties of the quark-gluon plasma produced in such collisions. In a previous paper, we have considered how to model the evolution of a quarkonium in such a way that the solution of the resulting equations evolves toward the correct thermal equilibrium distribution for an homogeneous and static medium. We found that it is crucial to take into account the energy gap between singlet and octet configurations when the temperature is not much greater than this energy gap. In this manuscript, we explore in more detail the phenomenological consequences of this observation in the more realistic situation of an expanding system. We consider two different scenarios, based on the same approximation scheme, but on different choices of parameters. In the first case, we rely on a Hard Thermal Loop approximation, while the second case is based on a recent determination of the static potential in lattice QCD. In both cases, we compute the decay width and the nuclear modification factor, both taking the energy gap into account and ignoring it. We find that the impact on the predictions is as large in the expanding medium as it is in the static case. Our conclusion is that this energy gap should be taken into account in phenomenological studies.
[ { "created": "Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:56:09 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 1 Oct 2021 13:51:19 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-10-04
[ [ "Blaizot", "Jean-Paul", "" ], [ "Escobedo", "Miguel Ángel", "" ] ]
The study of heavy quarkonium suppression in heavy-ion collisions represents an important source of information about the properties of the quark-gluon plasma produced in such collisions. In a previous paper, we have considered how to model the evolution of a quarkonium in such a way that the solution of the resulting equations evolves toward the correct thermal equilibrium distribution for an homogeneous and static medium. We found that it is crucial to take into account the energy gap between singlet and octet configurations when the temperature is not much greater than this energy gap. In this manuscript, we explore in more detail the phenomenological consequences of this observation in the more realistic situation of an expanding system. We consider two different scenarios, based on the same approximation scheme, but on different choices of parameters. In the first case, we rely on a Hard Thermal Loop approximation, while the second case is based on a recent determination of the static potential in lattice QCD. In both cases, we compute the decay width and the nuclear modification factor, both taking the energy gap into account and ignoring it. We find that the impact on the predictions is as large in the expanding medium as it is in the static case. Our conclusion is that this energy gap should be taken into account in phenomenological studies.
hep-ph/0103304
Alexey Gulov
A. V. Gulov and V. V. Skalozub
Renormalizability and searching for Z' gauge bosons
5 pages, 4 figures
Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 102 (2001) 363-368
10.1016/S0920-5632(01)01580-8
null
hep-ph
null
New observables for searching for Z' virtual states in processes e^+e^-\to\bar{f}f are proposed. They are based on the relations following due to renormalizability of an underlying theory between the parameters of the low-energy effective Lagrangian. Two types of the Z' interactions are considered. The observables allow to pick up uniquely the signals of both Z' bosons. The search for the Z' at future linear colliders and the treating of the LEP data are discussed.
[ { "created": "Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:10:40 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Gulov", "A. V.", "" ], [ "Skalozub", "V. V.", "" ] ]
New observables for searching for Z' virtual states in processes e^+e^-\to\bar{f}f are proposed. They are based on the relations following due to renormalizability of an underlying theory between the parameters of the low-energy effective Lagrangian. Two types of the Z' interactions are considered. The observables allow to pick up uniquely the signals of both Z' bosons. The search for the Z' at future linear colliders and the treating of the LEP data are discussed.
1110.4268
Partha Pratim Bhaduri
Partha Pratim Bhaduri, A. K. Chaudhuri and Subhasis Chattopadhyay
J/Psi production in proton induced collisions at FAIR
17 pages, 37 figures. To appear in Physical Review C
null
10.1103/PhysRevC.84.054914
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We have examined the production of J/$\psi$ mesons in high energy proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions at beam energies in the range from 158 GeV to 920 GeV, available from different fixed target experiments. In the employed model J/$\psi$ production in hadronic collisions is assumed to be a factorisable two step process: (i) production of a $c\bar{c}$ pair which can be reliably described by perturbative QCD, and (ii) formation of J/$\psi$ resonance from the $c\bar{c}$ pair, which can be conveniently parameterized incorporating different existing physical mechanisms of color neutralization. We show that, for lower collision energies, J/$\psi$ production through quark-anti-quark annihilation gives larger contribution at higher $x_F$, while gluon-gluon fusion dominates the production at smaller $x_F$. For proton-nucleus collisions the model takes into account both the initial state modification of parton distributions in nuclei and the final state interaction of the produced $c\bar{c}$ pairs with the target nucleons. The model is found to give reasonable description of data on J/$\psi$ production in protonic and proton-nucleus collisions, for different existing fixed target experiments. In case of proton-nucleus collisions, our calculations show a non-negligible dependence of the final state nuclear dissociation of J/$\psi$ mesons on the energy of the incident proton beam. The model has been applied to predict the J/$\psi$ production and suppression expected in proton-nucleus collisions at energies relevant to FAIR, the upcoming accelerator facility at Darmstadt, Germany. The amount of suppressions, for different mechanisms of J/$\psi$ hadronization has been found to be distinguishably different which might help an experimental settlement of the much controversial issue of color neutralization.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:57:37 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-30
[ [ "Bhaduri", "Partha Pratim", "" ], [ "Chaudhuri", "A. K.", "" ], [ "Chattopadhyay", "Subhasis", "" ] ]
We have examined the production of J/$\psi$ mesons in high energy proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions at beam energies in the range from 158 GeV to 920 GeV, available from different fixed target experiments. In the employed model J/$\psi$ production in hadronic collisions is assumed to be a factorisable two step process: (i) production of a $c\bar{c}$ pair which can be reliably described by perturbative QCD, and (ii) formation of J/$\psi$ resonance from the $c\bar{c}$ pair, which can be conveniently parameterized incorporating different existing physical mechanisms of color neutralization. We show that, for lower collision energies, J/$\psi$ production through quark-anti-quark annihilation gives larger contribution at higher $x_F$, while gluon-gluon fusion dominates the production at smaller $x_F$. For proton-nucleus collisions the model takes into account both the initial state modification of parton distributions in nuclei and the final state interaction of the produced $c\bar{c}$ pairs with the target nucleons. The model is found to give reasonable description of data on J/$\psi$ production in protonic and proton-nucleus collisions, for different existing fixed target experiments. In case of proton-nucleus collisions, our calculations show a non-negligible dependence of the final state nuclear dissociation of J/$\psi$ mesons on the energy of the incident proton beam. The model has been applied to predict the J/$\psi$ production and suppression expected in proton-nucleus collisions at energies relevant to FAIR, the upcoming accelerator facility at Darmstadt, Germany. The amount of suppressions, for different mechanisms of J/$\psi$ hadronization has been found to be distinguishably different which might help an experimental settlement of the much controversial issue of color neutralization.
hep-ph/0104033
Edmond Iancu
J.-P. Blaizot, E. Iancu, and A. Rebhan
The thermodynamics of the quark-gluon plasma: Self-consistent resummations vs. lattice data
4 pages LaTeX2e, contribution to the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (QM 2001), Long Island, New York, January 15 - 20, 2001
Nucl.Phys. A698 (2002) 404-407
10.1016/S0375-9474(01)01390-2
Saclay-T01/038, TUW-01-09
hep-ph
null
We discuss a recent approach for overcoming the poor convergence of the perturbative expansion for the thermodynamic potential of QCD. This approach is based on self-consistent approximations which allow for a gauge-invariant and manifestly ultraviolet-finite resummation of the essential physics of the hard thermal/dense loops. The results thus obtained are in good agreement with available lattice data down to temperatures of about twice the critical temperature. Calculations for a plasma with finite quark density (i.e., with a non-zero chemical potential $\mu$) are no more difficult than at $\mu=0$.
[ { "created": "Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:08:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Blaizot", "J. -P.", "" ], [ "Iancu", "E.", "" ], [ "Rebhan", "A.", "" ] ]
We discuss a recent approach for overcoming the poor convergence of the perturbative expansion for the thermodynamic potential of QCD. This approach is based on self-consistent approximations which allow for a gauge-invariant and manifestly ultraviolet-finite resummation of the essential physics of the hard thermal/dense loops. The results thus obtained are in good agreement with available lattice data down to temperatures of about twice the critical temperature. Calculations for a plasma with finite quark density (i.e., with a non-zero chemical potential $\mu$) are no more difficult than at $\mu=0$.
2012.03733
Yong-Liang Ma
Qing-Sen Chen, Hui-Feng Fu, Yong-Liang Ma and Qing Wang
Chiral effective Lagrangian for heavy-light mesons from QCD: $1/m_{Q}$ correction
10 pages
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
As a successive work to [Phys.Rev.D 102 (2020), 034034], we derive the $1/m_Q$ corrections to chiral effective Lagrangian for heavy-light mesons from QCD under proper approximations. The low energy constants in the effective Lagrangian are expressed in terms of the light quark self-energy and heavy quark mass $m_Q$. Numerical results of the low energy constants with $1/m_Q$ corrections are given. We find that the results of pion decay constant and the masses of heavy-light mesons are improved coherently compared to that obtained in the heavy quark limit.
[ { "created": "Mon, 7 Dec 2020 14:32:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-12-08
[ [ "Chen", "Qing-Sen", "" ], [ "Fu", "Hui-Feng", "" ], [ "Ma", "Yong-Liang", "" ], [ "Wang", "Qing", "" ] ]
As a successive work to [Phys.Rev.D 102 (2020), 034034], we derive the $1/m_Q$ corrections to chiral effective Lagrangian for heavy-light mesons from QCD under proper approximations. The low energy constants in the effective Lagrangian are expressed in terms of the light quark self-energy and heavy quark mass $m_Q$. Numerical results of the low energy constants with $1/m_Q$ corrections are given. We find that the results of pion decay constant and the masses of heavy-light mesons are improved coherently compared to that obtained in the heavy quark limit.
hep-ph/9810449
Asmaa Abada
A. Abada, O. Pene and J. Rodriguez-Quintero
Addendum to Finite-size effects on multibody neutrino exchange
Latex file (Revtex), 9 pages, 1 figure, one reference changed
Phys. Rev. D 59, 077302 (1999)
10.1103/PhysRevD.59.077302
CERN-TH/98-309, FAMNSE-98/37, LPTHE Orsay-98/60
hep-ph
null
The interaction energy of the neutrons due to massless neutrino exchange in a neutron star has recently been proved, using an effective theory, to be extremely small and infrared-safe. Our comment here is of conceptual order: two approaches to compute the total interaction energy density have recently been proposed. Here, we study the connection between these two approaches. From CP invariance, we argue that the resulting interaction energy has to be even in the parameter $b=-G_F n_n /\sqrt{2}$, which expresses the static neutrino potential created by a neutron medium of density $n_n$.
[ { "created": "Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:12:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:26:24 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-08-25
[ [ "Abada", "A.", "" ], [ "Pene", "O.", "" ], [ "Rodriguez-Quintero", "J.", "" ] ]
The interaction energy of the neutrons due to massless neutrino exchange in a neutron star has recently been proved, using an effective theory, to be extremely small and infrared-safe. Our comment here is of conceptual order: two approaches to compute the total interaction energy density have recently been proposed. Here, we study the connection between these two approaches. From CP invariance, we argue that the resulting interaction energy has to be even in the parameter $b=-G_F n_n /\sqrt{2}$, which expresses the static neutrino potential created by a neutron medium of density $n_n$.
1409.4339
Yutaka Tobita
Kenzo Ishikawa, Toshiki Tajima, and Yutaka Tobita
Anomalous radiative transitions
47 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, typos corrected
null
10.1093/ptep/ptu168
EPHOU-14-016
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Anomalous transitions involving photons derived by many-body interaction of the form, $\partial_{\mu} G^{\mu}$, in the standard model are studied. This does not affect the equation of motion in the bulk, but makes wave functions modified, and causes the unusual transition characterized by the time-independent probability. In the transition probability at a time-interval $T$ expressed generally in the form $P=T \Gamma_0 +P^{(d)}$, now with $ P^{(d)} \neq 0 $. The diffractive term $P^{(d)}$ has the origin in the overlap of waves of the initial and final states, and reveals the characteristics of waves. In particular, the processes of the neutrino-photon interaction ordinarily forbidden by Landau-Yang's theorem ($\Gamma_0=0$) manifests itself through the boundary interaction. The new term leads to physical processes over a wide energy range to have finite probabilities. New methods of detecting neutrinos using laser are proposed that are based on this difractive term, which enhance the detectability of neutrinos by many orders of magnitude.
[ { "created": "Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:23:42 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:31:13 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 30 Sep 2014 04:12:11 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2014-12-31
[ [ "Ishikawa", "Kenzo", "" ], [ "Tajima", "Toshiki", "" ], [ "Tobita", "Yutaka", "" ] ]
Anomalous transitions involving photons derived by many-body interaction of the form, $\partial_{\mu} G^{\mu}$, in the standard model are studied. This does not affect the equation of motion in the bulk, but makes wave functions modified, and causes the unusual transition characterized by the time-independent probability. In the transition probability at a time-interval $T$ expressed generally in the form $P=T \Gamma_0 +P^{(d)}$, now with $ P^{(d)} \neq 0 $. The diffractive term $P^{(d)}$ has the origin in the overlap of waves of the initial and final states, and reveals the characteristics of waves. In particular, the processes of the neutrino-photon interaction ordinarily forbidden by Landau-Yang's theorem ($\Gamma_0=0$) manifests itself through the boundary interaction. The new term leads to physical processes over a wide energy range to have finite probabilities. New methods of detecting neutrinos using laser are proposed that are based on this difractive term, which enhance the detectability of neutrinos by many orders of magnitude.
hep-ph/0206293
Michelangelo Mangano
M.L. Mangano, M. Moretti, F. Piccinini, R. Pittau and A.D. Polosa
ALPGEN, a generator for hard multiparton processes in hadronic collisions
1+38 pages, uses JHEP.cls. Documents code version 1.2: extended list of processes, updated documentation and bibliography
JHEP 0307 (2003) 001
10.1088/1126-6708/2003/07/001
CERN-TH/2002-129
hep-ph
null
This paper presents a new event generator, ALPGEN, dedicated to the study of multiparton hard processes in hadronic collisions. The code performs, at the leading order in QCD and EW interactions, the calculation of the exact matrix elements for a large set of parton-level processes of interest in the study of the Tevatron and LHC data. The current version of the code describes the following final states: (W -> ffbar') QQbar+ N jets (Q being a heavy quark, and f=l,q), with N<=4; (Z/gamma* -> f fbar)+QQbar+Njets (f=l,nu), with N<=4; (W -> ffbar') + charm + N jets (f=l,q), N<= 5; (W -> f fbar') + N jets (f=l,q) and (Z/gamma* -> f fbar)+ N jets (f=l,nu), with N<=6; nW+mZ+lH+N jets, with n+m+l+N<=8 and N<=3 including all 2-fermion decay modes of W and Z bosons, with spin correlations; Q Qbar+N jets (N<=6) with t -> b f fbar' decays and relative spin correlations included if Q=t; Q Qbar Q' Qbar'+N jets, with Q and Q' heavy quarks (possibly equal) and N<=4; H Q Qbar+N jets (N<=4) with t -> b f fbar' decays and relative spin correlations included if Q=t; N jets, with N<=6. Parton-level events are generated, providing full information on their colour and flavour structure, enabling the evolution of the partons into fully hadronised final states.
[ { "created": "Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:40:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 26 May 2003 15:13:24 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Mangano", "M. L.", "" ], [ "Moretti", "M.", "" ], [ "Piccinini", "F.", "" ], [ "Pittau", "R.", "" ], [ "Polosa", "A. D.", "" ] ]
This paper presents a new event generator, ALPGEN, dedicated to the study of multiparton hard processes in hadronic collisions. The code performs, at the leading order in QCD and EW interactions, the calculation of the exact matrix elements for a large set of parton-level processes of interest in the study of the Tevatron and LHC data. The current version of the code describes the following final states: (W -> ffbar') QQbar+ N jets (Q being a heavy quark, and f=l,q), with N<=4; (Z/gamma* -> f fbar)+QQbar+Njets (f=l,nu), with N<=4; (W -> ffbar') + charm + N jets (f=l,q), N<= 5; (W -> f fbar') + N jets (f=l,q) and (Z/gamma* -> f fbar)+ N jets (f=l,nu), with N<=6; nW+mZ+lH+N jets, with n+m+l+N<=8 and N<=3 including all 2-fermion decay modes of W and Z bosons, with spin correlations; Q Qbar+N jets (N<=6) with t -> b f fbar' decays and relative spin correlations included if Q=t; Q Qbar Q' Qbar'+N jets, with Q and Q' heavy quarks (possibly equal) and N<=4; H Q Qbar+N jets (N<=4) with t -> b f fbar' decays and relative spin correlations included if Q=t; N jets, with N<=6. Parton-level events are generated, providing full information on their colour and flavour structure, enabling the evolution of the partons into fully hadronised final states.
1311.6386
Ranjan Laha
Ranjan Laha, Eric Braaten
Direct detection of dark matter in universal bound states
v2: 14 pages, 5 figures. Added discussion on survival of bound state dark matter and bound state dark matter self-scattering. Conclusions unchanged. Journal version
Phys. Rev. D 89, 103510 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.89.103510
null
hep-ph astro-ph.CO astro-ph.GA
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the signatures for internal structure of dark matter in direct detection experiments in the context of asymmetric self-interacting dark matter. The self-interaction cross section of two dark matter particles at low energies is assumed to come close to saturating the S-wave unitarity bound, which requires the presence of a resonance near their scattering threshold. The universality of S-wave near-threshold resonances then implies that the low-energy scattering properties of a two-body bound state of dark matter particles are completely determined by its binding energy, irrespective of the underlying microphysics. The form factor for elastic scattering of the bound state from a nucleus and the possibility of breakup of the bound state produce new signatures in the nuclear recoil energy spectrum. If these features are observed in experiments, it will give a smoking-gun signature for the internal structure of dark matter.
[ { "created": "Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:07:13 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 10 May 2014 16:13:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-05-13
[ [ "Laha", "Ranjan", "" ], [ "Braaten", "Eric", "" ] ]
We study the signatures for internal structure of dark matter in direct detection experiments in the context of asymmetric self-interacting dark matter. The self-interaction cross section of two dark matter particles at low energies is assumed to come close to saturating the S-wave unitarity bound, which requires the presence of a resonance near their scattering threshold. The universality of S-wave near-threshold resonances then implies that the low-energy scattering properties of a two-body bound state of dark matter particles are completely determined by its binding energy, irrespective of the underlying microphysics. The form factor for elastic scattering of the bound state from a nucleus and the possibility of breakup of the bound state produce new signatures in the nuclear recoil energy spectrum. If these features are observed in experiments, it will give a smoking-gun signature for the internal structure of dark matter.
2312.05370
Eric S. Swanson
C. Farina and E.S. Swanson
A Constituent Model of Light Hybrid Meson Decays
30 pages, 8 figures
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
A model of light hybrid mesons and their strong decays is developed. The model employs a gluonic quasiparticle to describe low energy gluodynamics and uses the QCD Hamiltonian in Coulomb gauge to guide the construction of states and decay amplitudes. We compute the partial widths of the twelve low lying isovector and vector hybrids. Implications of these results on hybrid searches are also made, with the chief conclusions being that direct observation of the vector states will be difficult, that a hybrid $\pi(1800)$ has distinctive decay characteristics, a narrow $\eta(1900)$ hybrid should exist, an $\eta_1(1750)$ should be sought, and that the exotic nature of $J^{PC}= 2^{-+}$ hybrid mesons should be discernible with sufficient data. We argue that the isovector $\pi_2$ hybrid has been discovered, giving a total of four possible hybrid mesons, $\pi_1(1600)$, $\eta_1(1855)$, $\pi(1800)$, and $\pi_2(2360)$, which appear to be filling out the lowlying hybrid supermultiplet in the expected fashion.
[ { "created": "Fri, 8 Dec 2023 21:14:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-12-12
[ [ "Farina", "C.", "" ], [ "Swanson", "E. S.", "" ] ]
A model of light hybrid mesons and their strong decays is developed. The model employs a gluonic quasiparticle to describe low energy gluodynamics and uses the QCD Hamiltonian in Coulomb gauge to guide the construction of states and decay amplitudes. We compute the partial widths of the twelve low lying isovector and vector hybrids. Implications of these results on hybrid searches are also made, with the chief conclusions being that direct observation of the vector states will be difficult, that a hybrid $\pi(1800)$ has distinctive decay characteristics, a narrow $\eta(1900)$ hybrid should exist, an $\eta_1(1750)$ should be sought, and that the exotic nature of $J^{PC}= 2^{-+}$ hybrid mesons should be discernible with sufficient data. We argue that the isovector $\pi_2$ hybrid has been discovered, giving a total of four possible hybrid mesons, $\pi_1(1600)$, $\eta_1(1855)$, $\pi(1800)$, and $\pi_2(2360)$, which appear to be filling out the lowlying hybrid supermultiplet in the expected fashion.
hep-ph/0509153
Ikaros Bigi
I.I. Bigi
Hadronization -- the Unsung Hero rather than the Alleged Villain in the Tale of CP Violation
15 pages, no figures; Invited Talk given at Hadron 05, Rio de Janeiro, August 22 - 26, 2005
null
10.1063/1.2176486
UND-HEP-05-BIG04
hep-ph
null
The novel successes scored by the Standard Model of High Energy Physics in the last few years concerning heavy flavour dynamics do not weaken the case for `New Physics' around the TeV scale. They do suggest however that one cannot {\em count} on that New Physics impacting heavy flavour decays in a numerically massive way. Yet studying this impact will be essential in diagnosing the features of the New Physics. In particular the decays of beauty hadrons have to be analyzed with considerable precision on the experimental as well as theoretical side. While hadronization effects often represent the main bottleneck in our understanding in the short run, they will provide powerful and discriminating tools in the long run, when applied comprehensively and judiciously. The expertise required to exhaust the discovery potential in $B$ decays does exist in the hadron physics community or can be developed without needing a new breakthrough -- yet a greater effort has to be made to communicate it to the heavy flavour community.
[ { "created": "Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:40:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-25
[ [ "Bigi", "I. I.", "" ] ]
The novel successes scored by the Standard Model of High Energy Physics in the last few years concerning heavy flavour dynamics do not weaken the case for `New Physics' around the TeV scale. They do suggest however that one cannot {\em count} on that New Physics impacting heavy flavour decays in a numerically massive way. Yet studying this impact will be essential in diagnosing the features of the New Physics. In particular the decays of beauty hadrons have to be analyzed with considerable precision on the experimental as well as theoretical side. While hadronization effects often represent the main bottleneck in our understanding in the short run, they will provide powerful and discriminating tools in the long run, when applied comprehensively and judiciously. The expertise required to exhaust the discovery potential in $B$ decays does exist in the hadron physics community or can be developed without needing a new breakthrough -- yet a greater effort has to be made to communicate it to the heavy flavour community.
2308.02808
Yu Seon Jeong
Yu Seon Jeong, Weidong Bai, Milind Diwan, Maria Vittoria Garzelli, Karan Kumar and Mary Hall Reno
Forward production of prompt neutrinos in the atmosphere and at high-energy colliders
8 pages, 4 figures, a proceeding for ICRC 2023
null
null
null
hep-ph astro-ph.HE
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The atmospheric neutrino flux at very high energies is dominated by prompt neutrinos, mostly contributed by the decays of charmed hadrons produced in the forward direction by cosmic ray interactions with air nuclei. Theoretical predictions of the prompt atmospheric neutrino flux have large uncertainties mainly related to charm hadron production. Prompt neutrinos can also be studied through high-energy colliders. In particular, two ongoing forward experiments and the proposed Forward Physics Facility at the LHC can detect forward prompt neutrinos. We will present the kinematic regions relevant to the prompt atmospheric neutrino flux in terms of collider kinematic variables, the collision energy $\sqrt{s}$ and the center-of-mass rapidity of charm hadrons $y$, and discuss implications of the forward experiments at the LHC on the theoretical predictions of the prompt atmospheric neutrino flux.
[ { "created": "Sat, 5 Aug 2023 06:47:28 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-08-08
[ [ "Jeong", "Yu Seon", "" ], [ "Bai", "Weidong", "" ], [ "Diwan", "Milind", "" ], [ "Garzelli", "Maria Vittoria", "" ], [ "Kumar", "Karan", "" ], [ "Reno", "Mary Hall", "" ] ]
The atmospheric neutrino flux at very high energies is dominated by prompt neutrinos, mostly contributed by the decays of charmed hadrons produced in the forward direction by cosmic ray interactions with air nuclei. Theoretical predictions of the prompt atmospheric neutrino flux have large uncertainties mainly related to charm hadron production. Prompt neutrinos can also be studied through high-energy colliders. In particular, two ongoing forward experiments and the proposed Forward Physics Facility at the LHC can detect forward prompt neutrinos. We will present the kinematic regions relevant to the prompt atmospheric neutrino flux in terms of collider kinematic variables, the collision energy $\sqrt{s}$ and the center-of-mass rapidity of charm hadrons $y$, and discuss implications of the forward experiments at the LHC on the theoretical predictions of the prompt atmospheric neutrino flux.
0706.2332
Marco Picariello
Marco Picariello, Bhag C. Chauhan, Joao Pulido, Emilio Torrente-Lujan
Predictions from non trivial Quark-Lepton complementarity
15 pages, 5 figures, ws-ijmpa class included, Proceedings of the CTP Symposium on Sypersymmetry at LHC
Int.J.Mod.Phys.A22:5860-5874,2007
10.1142/S0217751X07039080
null
hep-ph
null
The complementarity between the quark and lepton mixing matrices is shown to provide robust predictions. We obtain these predictions by first showing that the matrix V_M, product of the quark (CKM) and lepton (PMNS) mixing matrices, may have a zero (1,3) entry which is favored by experimental data. We obtain that any theoretical model with a vanishing (1,3) entry of V_M that is in agreement with quark data, solar, and atmospheric mixing angle leads to $\theta_{13}^{PMNS}=(9{^{+1}_{-2}})^\circ$. This value is consistent with the present 90% CL experimental upper limit. We also investigate the prediction on the lepton phases. We show that the actual evidence, under the only assumption that the correlation matrix V_M product of CKM and PMNS has a zero in the entry (1,3), gives us a prediction for the three CP-violating invariants J, S_1, and S_2. A better determination of the lepton mixing angles will give stronger prediction for the CP-violating invariants in the lepton sector. These will be tested in the next generation experiments. Finally we compute the effect of non diagonal neutrino mass in "l_i -> l_j gamma" in SUSY theories with non trivial Quark-Lepton complementarity and a flavor symmetry. The Quark-Lepton complementarity and the flavor symmetry strongly constrain the theory and we obtain a clear prediction for the contribution to "mu -> e gamma" and the "tau" decays "tau -> e gamma" and "tau -> mu gamma". If the Dirac neutrino Yukawa couplings are degenerate but the low energy neutrino masses are not degenerate, then the lepton decays are related among them by the V_M entries. On the other hand, if the Dirac neutrino Yukawa couplings are hierarchical or the low energy neutrino masses are degenerate, then the prediction for the lepton decays comes from the CKM hierarchy.
[ { "created": "Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:00:58 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-06-11
[ [ "Picariello", "Marco", "" ], [ "Chauhan", "Bhag C.", "" ], [ "Pulido", "Joao", "" ], [ "Torrente-Lujan", "Emilio", "" ] ]
The complementarity between the quark and lepton mixing matrices is shown to provide robust predictions. We obtain these predictions by first showing that the matrix V_M, product of the quark (CKM) and lepton (PMNS) mixing matrices, may have a zero (1,3) entry which is favored by experimental data. We obtain that any theoretical model with a vanishing (1,3) entry of V_M that is in agreement with quark data, solar, and atmospheric mixing angle leads to $\theta_{13}^{PMNS}=(9{^{+1}_{-2}})^\circ$. This value is consistent with the present 90% CL experimental upper limit. We also investigate the prediction on the lepton phases. We show that the actual evidence, under the only assumption that the correlation matrix V_M product of CKM and PMNS has a zero in the entry (1,3), gives us a prediction for the three CP-violating invariants J, S_1, and S_2. A better determination of the lepton mixing angles will give stronger prediction for the CP-violating invariants in the lepton sector. These will be tested in the next generation experiments. Finally we compute the effect of non diagonal neutrino mass in "l_i -> l_j gamma" in SUSY theories with non trivial Quark-Lepton complementarity and a flavor symmetry. The Quark-Lepton complementarity and the flavor symmetry strongly constrain the theory and we obtain a clear prediction for the contribution to "mu -> e gamma" and the "tau" decays "tau -> e gamma" and "tau -> mu gamma". If the Dirac neutrino Yukawa couplings are degenerate but the low energy neutrino masses are not degenerate, then the lepton decays are related among them by the V_M entries. On the other hand, if the Dirac neutrino Yukawa couplings are hierarchical or the low energy neutrino masses are degenerate, then the prediction for the lepton decays comes from the CKM hierarchy.
2010.15712
Diego Aristizabal
D. Aristizabal Sierra, V. De Romeri, L. J. Flores, D.K. Papoulias
Axionlike particles searches in reactor experiments
40 pages, 13 figures, 4 tables. SN1987A and Globular Cluster stars limits updated, references added
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Reactor neutrino experiments provide a rich environment for the study of axionlike particles (ALPs). Using the intense photon flux produced in the nuclear reactor core, these experiments have the potential to probe ALPs with masses below 10 MeV. We explore the feasibility of these searches by considering ALPs produced through Primakoff and Compton-like processes as well as nuclear transitions. These particles can subsequently interact with the material of a nearby detector via inverse Primakoff and inverse Compton-like scatterings, via axio-electric absorption, or they can decay into photon or electron-positron pairs. We demonstrate that reactor-based neutrino experiments have a high potential to test ALP-photon couplings and masses, currently probed only by cosmological and astrophysical observations, thus providing complementary laboratory-based searches. We furthermore show how reactor facilities will be able to test previously unexplored regions in the $\sim$MeV ALP mass range and ALP-electron couplings of the order of $g_{aee} \sim 10^{-8}$ as well as ALP-nucleon couplings of the order of $g_{ann}^{(1)} \sim 10^{-9}$, testing regions beyond TEXONO and Borexino limits.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:54:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 4 Nov 2020 02:00:29 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-11-05
[ [ "Sierra", "D. Aristizabal", "" ], [ "De Romeri", "V.", "" ], [ "Flores", "L. J.", "" ], [ "Papoulias", "D. K.", "" ] ]
Reactor neutrino experiments provide a rich environment for the study of axionlike particles (ALPs). Using the intense photon flux produced in the nuclear reactor core, these experiments have the potential to probe ALPs with masses below 10 MeV. We explore the feasibility of these searches by considering ALPs produced through Primakoff and Compton-like processes as well as nuclear transitions. These particles can subsequently interact with the material of a nearby detector via inverse Primakoff and inverse Compton-like scatterings, via axio-electric absorption, or they can decay into photon or electron-positron pairs. We demonstrate that reactor-based neutrino experiments have a high potential to test ALP-photon couplings and masses, currently probed only by cosmological and astrophysical observations, thus providing complementary laboratory-based searches. We furthermore show how reactor facilities will be able to test previously unexplored regions in the $\sim$MeV ALP mass range and ALP-electron couplings of the order of $g_{aee} \sim 10^{-8}$ as well as ALP-nucleon couplings of the order of $g_{ann}^{(1)} \sim 10^{-9}$, testing regions beyond TEXONO and Borexino limits.
hep-ph/9611285
Kiwoon Choi
Kiwoon Choi, Eung Jin Chun and Jae Sik Lee
Proton Decay with a Light Gravitino or Axino
8 pages, RevTex
Phys.Rev.D55:3924-3926,1997
10.1103/PhysRevD.55.3924
KAIST-TH 19/96, CBNU-TH 961108
hep-ph
null
We consider the proton decay in supersymmetric models with a gravitino or axino lighter than the proton. This consideration leads to a stringent limit on the R parity and B violating Yukawa coupling of the superpotential operator U^c_i D^c_j D^c_k as $\lambda"_{112} < 10^{-15} (m_{3/2}/eV)$ for a light gravitino, and $\lambda"_{112} < 10^{-15} (F_a/ 10^{10} GeV)$ for a light DFSZ axino. For hadronic axino, the constraint is weakened by the factor of 10^{3}.
[ { "created": "Sat, 9 Nov 1996 04:50:41 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-12-30
[ [ "Choi", "Kiwoon", "" ], [ "Chun", "Eung Jin", "" ], [ "Lee", "Jae Sik", "" ] ]
We consider the proton decay in supersymmetric models with a gravitino or axino lighter than the proton. This consideration leads to a stringent limit on the R parity and B violating Yukawa coupling of the superpotential operator U^c_i D^c_j D^c_k as $\lambda"_{112} < 10^{-15} (m_{3/2}/eV)$ for a light gravitino, and $\lambda"_{112} < 10^{-15} (F_a/ 10^{10} GeV)$ for a light DFSZ axino. For hadronic axino, the constraint is weakened by the factor of 10^{3}.
1512.05782
David Curtin
Zackaria Chacko, David Curtin, Christopher B. Verhaaren
A Quirky Probe of Neutral Naturalness
6 pages, 2 figures. v2 contains various clarifications compared to v1, no change in results
Phys. Rev. D 94, 011504 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.94.011504
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider the signals arising from top partner pair production at the LHC as a probe of theories of Neutral Naturalness. We focus on scenarios in which top partners carry electroweak charges, such as Folded SUSY or the Quirky Little Higgs. In this class of theories the top partners are pair produced as quirky bound states, since they are charged under a mirror color group whose lightest states are hidden glueballs. The quirks promptly de-excite and annihilate into glueballs, which decay back to SM fermions via Higgs mixing. This can give rise to spectacular signatures at the LHC, such displaced decays, or high-multiplicity prompt production of many hard $\bar b b$ or $\tau^+ \tau^-$ pairs. We show that signals arising from top partner pair production constitute the primary discovery channel for this class of theories in most regions of parameter space, and might provide the only experimental probe of scenarios with sub-cm glueball decay lengths. The measurement of top partner masses and couplings, which could be used to test the neutral naturalness mechanism directly, is also a tantalizing possibility.
[ { "created": "Thu, 17 Dec 2015 21:00:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 30 Nov 2017 22:06:13 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-12-04
[ [ "Chacko", "Zackaria", "" ], [ "Curtin", "David", "" ], [ "Verhaaren", "Christopher B.", "" ] ]
We consider the signals arising from top partner pair production at the LHC as a probe of theories of Neutral Naturalness. We focus on scenarios in which top partners carry electroweak charges, such as Folded SUSY or the Quirky Little Higgs. In this class of theories the top partners are pair produced as quirky bound states, since they are charged under a mirror color group whose lightest states are hidden glueballs. The quirks promptly de-excite and annihilate into glueballs, which decay back to SM fermions via Higgs mixing. This can give rise to spectacular signatures at the LHC, such displaced decays, or high-multiplicity prompt production of many hard $\bar b b$ or $\tau^+ \tau^-$ pairs. We show that signals arising from top partner pair production constitute the primary discovery channel for this class of theories in most regions of parameter space, and might provide the only experimental probe of scenarios with sub-cm glueball decay lengths. The measurement of top partner masses and couplings, which could be used to test the neutral naturalness mechanism directly, is also a tantalizing possibility.
hep-ph/0104284
Frank Krueger
C. Bobeth, T. Ewerth, F. Kr\"uger, J. Urban
Analysis of Neutral Higgs-Boson Contributions to the Decays B_s -> l^+l^- and B -> K l^+l^-
29 pages, REVTeX, 8 figures. Minor corrections in Eqs. (5.4), (5.11) and (6.3) of the published version
Phys.Rev.D64:074014,2001
10.1103/PhysRevD.64.074014
TUM-HEP-411/01
hep-ph
null
We report on a calculation of Higgs-boson contributions to the decays B_s -> l^+l^- and B -> K l^+l^- (l=e, mu) which are governed by the effective Hamiltonian describing b -> s l^+ l^-. Compact formulae for the Wilson coefficients are provided in the context of the type-II two-Higgs-doublet model (2HDM) and supersymmetry (SUSY) with minimal flavour violation, focusing on the case of large tan(beta). We derive, in a model-independent way, constraints on Higgs-boson-mediated interactions, using present experimental results on rare B decays including b -> s gamma, B_s -> mu^+ mu^-, and B -> K^(*) mu^+ mu^-. In particular, we assess the impact of possible scalar and pseudoscalar interactions transcending the standard model (SM) on the branching ratio of B_s -> mu^+ mu^- and the forward-backward (FB) asymmetry of mu^- in B -> K mu^+ mu^- decay. We find that the average FB asymmetry, which is unobservably small within the SM, and therefore a potentially valuable tool to search for new physics, is predicted to be no greater than 4% for a nominal branching ratio of about 6x10^{-7}. Moreover, striking effects on the decay spectrum of B -> K mu^+ mu^- are already ruled out by experimental data on the B_s -> mu^+ mu^- branching fraction. In addition, we study the constraints on the parameter space of the 2HDM and SUSY with minimal flavour violation. While the type-II 2HDM does not give any sizable contributions to the above decay modes, we find that SUSY contributions obeying the constraint on b -> s gamma can affect significantly the branching ratio of B_s -> mu^+ mu^-. We also comment on previous calculations contained in the literature.
[ { "created": "Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:15:45 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:11:20 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-03-23
[ [ "Bobeth", "C.", "" ], [ "Ewerth", "T.", "" ], [ "Krüger", "F.", "" ], [ "Urban", "J.", "" ] ]
We report on a calculation of Higgs-boson contributions to the decays B_s -> l^+l^- and B -> K l^+l^- (l=e, mu) which are governed by the effective Hamiltonian describing b -> s l^+ l^-. Compact formulae for the Wilson coefficients are provided in the context of the type-II two-Higgs-doublet model (2HDM) and supersymmetry (SUSY) with minimal flavour violation, focusing on the case of large tan(beta). We derive, in a model-independent way, constraints on Higgs-boson-mediated interactions, using present experimental results on rare B decays including b -> s gamma, B_s -> mu^+ mu^-, and B -> K^(*) mu^+ mu^-. In particular, we assess the impact of possible scalar and pseudoscalar interactions transcending the standard model (SM) on the branching ratio of B_s -> mu^+ mu^- and the forward-backward (FB) asymmetry of mu^- in B -> K mu^+ mu^- decay. We find that the average FB asymmetry, which is unobservably small within the SM, and therefore a potentially valuable tool to search for new physics, is predicted to be no greater than 4% for a nominal branching ratio of about 6x10^{-7}. Moreover, striking effects on the decay spectrum of B -> K mu^+ mu^- are already ruled out by experimental data on the B_s -> mu^+ mu^- branching fraction. In addition, we study the constraints on the parameter space of the 2HDM and SUSY with minimal flavour violation. While the type-II 2HDM does not give any sizable contributions to the above decay modes, we find that SUSY contributions obeying the constraint on b -> s gamma can affect significantly the branching ratio of B_s -> mu^+ mu^-. We also comment on previous calculations contained in the literature.
hep-ph/0209247
Sachiko Takeuchi
Sachiko Takeuchi and Kiyotaka Shimizu
Pauli-blocking Effect in a Quark Model
14 pages, 12 figures
Nucl.Phys. A723 (2003) 408-426
10.1016/S0375-9474(03)01434-9
null
hep-ph
null
Pauli-Blocking effect on the kinetic term is investigated by employing the quark cluster model. The effect can be understood by the change of the degrees of the mixing between the incoming wave and the 0$\ell$ state of the inter-cluster wave function, which can be expressed by a potential which is highly nonlocal. We look into the properties of this effect by comparing equivalent local potentials. In the channel where the Pauli-blocking effect is small, the on-shell equivalent local potential simulates the nonlocal potential well even for the off-shell behavior. On the other hand, the off-shell behavior is very different from the original one where the effect is large. This off-shell behavior, however, can well be simulated by considering the nonlocal matrix elements only between the $0s$ state and the other states. The energy dependent potentials are also constructed and found to be helpful to understand the energy dependence of the effect.
[ { "created": "Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:51:44 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Takeuchi", "Sachiko", "" ], [ "Shimizu", "Kiyotaka", "" ] ]
Pauli-Blocking effect on the kinetic term is investigated by employing the quark cluster model. The effect can be understood by the change of the degrees of the mixing between the incoming wave and the 0$\ell$ state of the inter-cluster wave function, which can be expressed by a potential which is highly nonlocal. We look into the properties of this effect by comparing equivalent local potentials. In the channel where the Pauli-blocking effect is small, the on-shell equivalent local potential simulates the nonlocal potential well even for the off-shell behavior. On the other hand, the off-shell behavior is very different from the original one where the effect is large. This off-shell behavior, however, can well be simulated by considering the nonlocal matrix elements only between the $0s$ state and the other states. The energy dependent potentials are also constructed and found to be helpful to understand the energy dependence of the effect.
1812.00694
Ulrich Haisch
Ulrich Haisch and Giacomo Polesello
Searching for production of dark matter in association with top quarks at the LHC
20 pages, 8 figures, 1 table; v2: version accepted by JHEP
null
10.1007/JHEP02(2019)029
null
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the framework of spin-0 $s$-channel dark matter (DM) simplified models, we reassess the sensitivity of future LHC runs to the production of DM in association with top quarks. We consider two different missing transverse energy ($E_T^{\mathrm{miss}}$) signatures, namely production of DM in association with either a $t \bar t$ pair or a top quark and a $W$ boson, where the latter channel has not been the focus of a dedicated analysis prior to this work. Final states with two leptons are studied and a realistic analysis strategy is developed that simultaneously takes into account both channels. Compared to other existing search strategies the proposed combination of $t \bar t + E_T^{\mathrm{miss}}$ and $t W + E_T^{\mathrm{miss}}$ production provides a significantly improved coverage of the parameter space of spin-0 $s$-channel DM simplified models.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Dec 2018 12:08:57 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 4 Feb 2019 18:31:37 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-02-20
[ [ "Haisch", "Ulrich", "" ], [ "Polesello", "Giacomo", "" ] ]
In the framework of spin-0 $s$-channel dark matter (DM) simplified models, we reassess the sensitivity of future LHC runs to the production of DM in association with top quarks. We consider two different missing transverse energy ($E_T^{\mathrm{miss}}$) signatures, namely production of DM in association with either a $t \bar t$ pair or a top quark and a $W$ boson, where the latter channel has not been the focus of a dedicated analysis prior to this work. Final states with two leptons are studied and a realistic analysis strategy is developed that simultaneously takes into account both channels. Compared to other existing search strategies the proposed combination of $t \bar t + E_T^{\mathrm{miss}}$ and $t W + E_T^{\mathrm{miss}}$ production provides a significantly improved coverage of the parameter space of spin-0 $s$-channel DM simplified models.
hep-ph/0311209
Alexander Lanyov
A.A. Belkov, G.Bohm, A.V. Lanyov
What we have learned from direct CP violation studies in kaon decays
Reference added
Czech.J.Phys. 55 (2004) B193-B206
null
null
hep-ph
null
A self-consistent analysis of K --> 2pi and K --> 3pi decays within a unique framework of chiral dynamics applied to the QCD-corrected weak nonleptonic quark lagrangian has been performed. The results on K --> 2pi amplitudes at O(p^6), including the value for epsilon'/epsilon, are compared with experiment to fix phenomenological B-factors for mesonic matrix elements of nonpenguin and penguin four-quark operators. The dependence of these B-factors on different theoretical uncertainties and experimental errors of various input parameters is investigated. Finally, we present our estimates at O(p^6) for the CP asymmetry of linear slope parameters in the K+- --> 3pi Dalitz plot.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:55:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:38:40 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Belkov", "A. A.", "" ], [ "Bohm", "G.", "" ], [ "Lanyov", "A. V.", "" ] ]
A self-consistent analysis of K --> 2pi and K --> 3pi decays within a unique framework of chiral dynamics applied to the QCD-corrected weak nonleptonic quark lagrangian has been performed. The results on K --> 2pi amplitudes at O(p^6), including the value for epsilon'/epsilon, are compared with experiment to fix phenomenological B-factors for mesonic matrix elements of nonpenguin and penguin four-quark operators. The dependence of these B-factors on different theoretical uncertainties and experimental errors of various input parameters is investigated. Finally, we present our estimates at O(p^6) for the CP asymmetry of linear slope parameters in the K+- --> 3pi Dalitz plot.
1209.3246
Feng Yuan
Xiangdong Ji, Xiaonu Xiong, Feng Yuan
Transverse Polarization of the Nucleon in Parton Picture
10 pages
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2012.09.027
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The proton's transverse polarization structure is examined in terms of the Lorentz-covariant Pauli-Lubanski vector in QCD. We find that there are contributions from leading, subleading, and next-to-subleading partonic contributions in the light-front system of coordinates. The subleading and next-to-subleading contributions are related to the leading one through Lorentz symmetry. And the leading contribution obeys a simple partonic angular momentum sum rule that gives a clear physical interpretation to a relation known previously.
[ { "created": "Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:13:45 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-11
[ [ "Ji", "Xiangdong", "" ], [ "Xiong", "Xiaonu", "" ], [ "Yuan", "Feng", "" ] ]
The proton's transverse polarization structure is examined in terms of the Lorentz-covariant Pauli-Lubanski vector in QCD. We find that there are contributions from leading, subleading, and next-to-subleading partonic contributions in the light-front system of coordinates. The subleading and next-to-subleading contributions are related to the leading one through Lorentz symmetry. And the leading contribution obeys a simple partonic angular momentum sum rule that gives a clear physical interpretation to a relation known previously.
1303.0668
Minoru Nagai
Takeo Moroi and Minoru Nagai
Probing Supersymmetric Model with Heavy Sfermions Using Leptonic Flavor and CP Violations
13 pages, 4 figures, published version
Phys.Lett.B723 (2013), 107-112
10.1016/j.physletb.2013.04.049
UT-13-08
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study leptonic flavor and CP violating observables in supersymmetric (SUSY) models with heavy sfermions, which is motivated by the recent results of the LHC experiments (i.e., the discovery of the Higgs-like boson with the mass of about 126 GeV and the negative searches for the superparticles). Even if the sfermion masses are of O(10-100 TeV), signals may be within the reach of future leptonic flavor- and CP-violation experiments assuming that the off-diagonal elements of the sfermion mass matrices are unsuppressed compared to the diagonal ones. We also consider the SUSY contribution to the K0-K0bar mixing paraemters; we show that the leptonic observables can become as powerful as those in K0-K0bar mixing to constrain SUSY models.
[ { "created": "Mon, 4 Mar 2013 10:39:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 30 May 2013 08:32:14 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-15
[ [ "Moroi", "Takeo", "" ], [ "Nagai", "Minoru", "" ] ]
We study leptonic flavor and CP violating observables in supersymmetric (SUSY) models with heavy sfermions, which is motivated by the recent results of the LHC experiments (i.e., the discovery of the Higgs-like boson with the mass of about 126 GeV and the negative searches for the superparticles). Even if the sfermion masses are of O(10-100 TeV), signals may be within the reach of future leptonic flavor- and CP-violation experiments assuming that the off-diagonal elements of the sfermion mass matrices are unsuppressed compared to the diagonal ones. We also consider the SUSY contribution to the K0-K0bar mixing paraemters; we show that the leptonic observables can become as powerful as those in K0-K0bar mixing to constrain SUSY models.
0910.2810
Luca Merlo
Luca Merlo
Weak complementarity from discrete symmetries
5 pages, 1 figure; Proceeding for the XXXIII International Conference of Theoretical Physics: ``USTRON09 -- Matter to the Deepest: Recent Developments in Physics of Fundamental Interactions''
Acta Phys.Polon.B40:3179-3184,2009
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The neutrino oscillation data find a good approximation in the so-called tri-bimaximal pattern. Recently a paper appeared showing that also the bimaximal pattern, which is already ruled out by the measurements, could be a very good starting point in order to describe the lepton mixing. In this paper I review both the flavour structures and then I present an explicit flavour model based on the discrete group S4, in which the PMNS mixing matrix is of the bimaximal form in first approximation and after it receives corrections which bring it in agreement with the data. The resulting spectrum of light neutrinos shows a moderate normal hierarchy and is compatible, within large ambiguities, with the constraints from leptogenesis as an explanation of the baryon asymmetry in the Universe.
[ { "created": "Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:51:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-02-11
[ [ "Merlo", "Luca", "" ] ]
The neutrino oscillation data find a good approximation in the so-called tri-bimaximal pattern. Recently a paper appeared showing that also the bimaximal pattern, which is already ruled out by the measurements, could be a very good starting point in order to describe the lepton mixing. In this paper I review both the flavour structures and then I present an explicit flavour model based on the discrete group S4, in which the PMNS mixing matrix is of the bimaximal form in first approximation and after it receives corrections which bring it in agreement with the data. The resulting spectrum of light neutrinos shows a moderate normal hierarchy and is compatible, within large ambiguities, with the constraints from leptogenesis as an explanation of the baryon asymmetry in the Universe.
1509.00736
Dian-Yong Chen
Dian-Yong Chen, Xiang Liu, Takayuki Matsuki
Search for missing $\psi(4S)$ in the $e^+e^-\to \pi^+\pi^-\psi(2S)$ process
9 pages, 10 figures
Phys. Rev. D 93, 034028 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.93.034028
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A detailed analysis to find a missing $\psi(4S)$ is made by utilizing the recent precise mesurements of the cross section for the process $e^+e^-\to \psi(2S)\pi^+\pi^-$ by Belle. Assuming three resonances $Y(4360)$, $Y(4660)$, and $\psi(4S)$ to fit the data, we obtain the resonance parameters for $\psi(4S)$ as $m=4243$ MeV and $\Gamma=16 \pm 31$ MeV showing a narrow state as predicted before. A combined fit to the data $e^+ e^- \to \psi(2S) \pi^+ \pi^-, \ h_c \pi^+ \pi^-$, and $\chi_{c0} \omega$ is also performed to obtain the similar resonance parameters of $\psi(4S)$. The upper limit of the branching ratio is fitted to be $\mathcal{B}(\psi(4S)\to\psi(2S)\pi^+\pi^-) < 3\times 10^{-3}$, which can be understood by hadronic loop contributions in reasonable parameters range. In addition, the ratios of the branching ratios of the $\psi(4S)$ dipion transition to the one of $\psi(4S)\to\chi_{c0}\omega$ are fitted, which can be further measured by BESIII and forthcoming BelleII to confirm the existence of $\psi(4S)$.
[ { "created": "Wed, 2 Sep 2015 15:16:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:54:20 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 18 Feb 2016 02:22:11 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2016-02-24
[ [ "Chen", "Dian-Yong", "" ], [ "Liu", "Xiang", "" ], [ "Matsuki", "Takayuki", "" ] ]
A detailed analysis to find a missing $\psi(4S)$ is made by utilizing the recent precise mesurements of the cross section for the process $e^+e^-\to \psi(2S)\pi^+\pi^-$ by Belle. Assuming three resonances $Y(4360)$, $Y(4660)$, and $\psi(4S)$ to fit the data, we obtain the resonance parameters for $\psi(4S)$ as $m=4243$ MeV and $\Gamma=16 \pm 31$ MeV showing a narrow state as predicted before. A combined fit to the data $e^+ e^- \to \psi(2S) \pi^+ \pi^-, \ h_c \pi^+ \pi^-$, and $\chi_{c0} \omega$ is also performed to obtain the similar resonance parameters of $\psi(4S)$. The upper limit of the branching ratio is fitted to be $\mathcal{B}(\psi(4S)\to\psi(2S)\pi^+\pi^-) < 3\times 10^{-3}$, which can be understood by hadronic loop contributions in reasonable parameters range. In addition, the ratios of the branching ratios of the $\psi(4S)$ dipion transition to the one of $\psi(4S)\to\chi_{c0}\omega$ are fitted, which can be further measured by BESIII and forthcoming BelleII to confirm the existence of $\psi(4S)$.
1412.5794
Nodoka Yamanaka
Nodoka Yamanaka
Quark scalar, axial and tensor charges in the Schwinger-Dyson formalism
6 pages, 5 figures. Proceedings of the XI th International Conference on Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum (Confinement XI)
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The quark scalar, axial and tensor charges of nucleon are calculated in the Schwinger-Dyson formalism. We first calculate these charges in the rainbow-ladder truncation using the IR cut quark-gluon vertex, and show that the result is in agreement with the known data. We then perform the same calculation with the phenomenological IR singular quark-gluon vertex. In this case, the Schwinger-Dyson equation does not converge. We show that this result suggests the requirement of additional corrections to the rainbow-ladder truncation, due to the interaction between quark and gluons in the deep IR region.
[ { "created": "Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:31:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-12-19
[ [ "Yamanaka", "Nodoka", "" ] ]
The quark scalar, axial and tensor charges of nucleon are calculated in the Schwinger-Dyson formalism. We first calculate these charges in the rainbow-ladder truncation using the IR cut quark-gluon vertex, and show that the result is in agreement with the known data. We then perform the same calculation with the phenomenological IR singular quark-gluon vertex. In this case, the Schwinger-Dyson equation does not converge. We show that this result suggests the requirement of additional corrections to the rainbow-ladder truncation, due to the interaction between quark and gluons in the deep IR region.
hep-ph/9909336
David Broadhurst
D. J. Broadhurst
Four-loop Dyson-Schwinger-Johnson anatomy
11 pages, LaTeX
Phys.Lett. B466 (1999) 319-325
10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01083-7
OUT--4102--81
hep-ph hep-th
null
Dyson-Schwinger equations are used to evaluate the 4-loop anomalous dimensions of quenched QED in terms of finite, scheme-independent, 3-loop integrals. Three of the results serve as strong checks of terms from scheme-dependent 4-loop QCD calculations. The fourth, for the anomalous dimension of $\bar\psi\sigma_{\mu\nu}\psi$, was previously known only to 2-loop order. The 4-loop beta function has 24 unambiguous terms. Two of the simplest give $\beta_4=\frac13(22-160)=-46$. The rational, $\zeta_3$ and $\zeta_5$ parts of the other 22 miraculously sum to zero. Vertex anomalous dimensions have 40 terms, with no dramatic cancellations. Our methods come from work by the late Kenneth Johnson, done more than 30 years ago. They are entirely free of the subtractions and infrared rearrangements of later methods.
[ { "created": "Mon, 13 Sep 1999 22:15:49 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Broadhurst", "D. J.", "" ] ]
Dyson-Schwinger equations are used to evaluate the 4-loop anomalous dimensions of quenched QED in terms of finite, scheme-independent, 3-loop integrals. Three of the results serve as strong checks of terms from scheme-dependent 4-loop QCD calculations. The fourth, for the anomalous dimension of $\bar\psi\sigma_{\mu\nu}\psi$, was previously known only to 2-loop order. The 4-loop beta function has 24 unambiguous terms. Two of the simplest give $\beta_4=\frac13(22-160)=-46$. The rational, $\zeta_3$ and $\zeta_5$ parts of the other 22 miraculously sum to zero. Vertex anomalous dimensions have 40 terms, with no dramatic cancellations. Our methods come from work by the late Kenneth Johnson, done more than 30 years ago. They are entirely free of the subtractions and infrared rearrangements of later methods.
hep-ph/0105084
Kaustubh Agashe
K. Agashe, N.G. Deshpande, G.-H. Wu (ITS, University of Oregon)
Universal Extra Dimensions and b -> s gamma
Latex, 8 pages, 2 eps figs. included. Revised version (to be published in Phys. Lett. B): a reference has been added
Phys.Lett. B514 (2001) 309-314
10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00791-2
OITS-704
hep-ph
null
We analyze the effect of flat universal extra dimensions (i.e., extra dimensions accessible to all SM fields) on the process b -> s gamma. With one Higgs doublet, the dominant contribution at one-loop is from Kaluza-Klein (KK) states of the charged would-be-Goldstone boson (WGB) and of the top quark. The resulting constraint on the size of the extra dimension is comparable to the constraint from T parameter. In two-Higgs doublet model II, the contribution of zero-mode and KK states of physical charged Higgs can cancel the contribution from WGB KK states. Therefore, in this model, there is no constraint on the size of the extra dimensions from the process b -> s gamma and also the constraint on the mass of the charged Higgs from this process is weakened compared to 4D. In two Higgs doublet model I, the contribution of the zero-mode and KK states of physical charged Higgs and that of the KK states of WGB are of the same sign. Thus, in this model and for small tan beta, the constraint on the size of the extra dimensions is stronger than in one Higgs doublet model and also the constraint on the mass of the charged Higgs is stronger than in 4D.
[ { "created": "Wed, 9 May 2001 23:40:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 26 Jun 2001 07:14:08 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Agashe", "K.", "", "ITS, University of Oregon" ], [ "Deshpande", "N. G.", "", "ITS, University of Oregon" ], [ "Wu", "G. -H.", "", "ITS, University of Oregon" ] ]
We analyze the effect of flat universal extra dimensions (i.e., extra dimensions accessible to all SM fields) on the process b -> s gamma. With one Higgs doublet, the dominant contribution at one-loop is from Kaluza-Klein (KK) states of the charged would-be-Goldstone boson (WGB) and of the top quark. The resulting constraint on the size of the extra dimension is comparable to the constraint from T parameter. In two-Higgs doublet model II, the contribution of zero-mode and KK states of physical charged Higgs can cancel the contribution from WGB KK states. Therefore, in this model, there is no constraint on the size of the extra dimensions from the process b -> s gamma and also the constraint on the mass of the charged Higgs from this process is weakened compared to 4D. In two Higgs doublet model I, the contribution of the zero-mode and KK states of physical charged Higgs and that of the KK states of WGB are of the same sign. Thus, in this model and for small tan beta, the constraint on the size of the extra dimensions is stronger than in one Higgs doublet model and also the constraint on the mass of the charged Higgs is stronger than in 4D.
1306.3155
Stanislaus Janowski
Stanislaus Janowski
Quarkonium and glueball admixtures of the scalar-isoscalar resonances f0(1370), f0(1500) and f0(1710)
Prepared for the proceedings of Excited QCD 2013, Sarajevo/Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 3-9, 2013. 6 pages, 1 table
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Using the U(3)R x U(3)L extended Linear Sigma Model with the ordinary (pseudo)scalar and (axial)vector mesons as well as a scalar glueball, we study the vacuum phenomenology of the scalar-isoscalar resonances f0(1370), f0(1500) and f0(1710). We present here a solution, based only on the masses and not yet on decays, in which the resonances f0(1370) and f0(1500) are predominantly nonstrange and strange qbar-q states respectively, and the resonance f0(1710) is predominantly a scalar glueball.
[ { "created": "Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:23:27 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:09:59 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 3 Dec 2013 16:19:27 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2013-12-04
[ [ "Janowski", "Stanislaus", "" ] ]
Using the U(3)R x U(3)L extended Linear Sigma Model with the ordinary (pseudo)scalar and (axial)vector mesons as well as a scalar glueball, we study the vacuum phenomenology of the scalar-isoscalar resonances f0(1370), f0(1500) and f0(1710). We present here a solution, based only on the masses and not yet on decays, in which the resonances f0(1370) and f0(1500) are predominantly nonstrange and strange qbar-q states respectively, and the resonance f0(1710) is predominantly a scalar glueball.
hep-ph/0212253
Dmitri Kuzmenko
Yu.A. Simonov (ITEP, Moscow)
From 3 nucleons to 3 quarks
9 pages, invited talk at the miniconference dedicated to the 80-th year celebration of Professor Karen A.Ter-Martirosyan, 30 September - 1 October, ITEP, Moscow
Phys.Atom.Nucl.66:2033-2037,2003; Yad.Fiz.66:2083-2087,2003
10.1134/1.1625745
null
hep-ph
null
Some short history of few-body methods originated from the famous Skornyakov-Ter-Martirosyan equation is given, including latest development of Faddeev formalism and Efimov states. The 3q system is shown to require an alternative, which is provided by the hyperspherical method (K-harmonics) which is highly successful for baryons.
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:13:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Simonov", "Yu. A.", "", "ITEP, Moscow" ] ]
Some short history of few-body methods originated from the famous Skornyakov-Ter-Martirosyan equation is given, including latest development of Faddeev formalism and Efimov states. The 3q system is shown to require an alternative, which is provided by the hyperspherical method (K-harmonics) which is highly successful for baryons.
1105.2533
Timothy Burns
T. J. Burns
How the small hyperfine splitting of P-wave mesons evades large loop corrections
Journal version. Two references and one data set added
Phys.Rev.D84:034021,2011
10.1103/PhysRevD.84.034021
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The recent discoveries of the bottomonia states h_b(1P) and h_b(2P) confirm the quark model prediction, already verified in the charmonia sector, that the hyperfine splitting of P-wave mesons is very small. The striking agreement is somewhat surprising because the non-relativistic result, for which the splitting is zero, may be modified due to large mass shifts from coupling to open flavour meson pairs. This paper is based on the observation that in most models hyperfine splitting remains small despite what are in many cases large mass shifts. This effect is shown to be a generic feature of models in which the coupling is driven by the creation of a spin-one pair.
[ { "created": "Thu, 12 May 2011 17:16:57 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:39:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-09-08
[ [ "Burns", "T. J.", "" ] ]
The recent discoveries of the bottomonia states h_b(1P) and h_b(2P) confirm the quark model prediction, already verified in the charmonia sector, that the hyperfine splitting of P-wave mesons is very small. The striking agreement is somewhat surprising because the non-relativistic result, for which the splitting is zero, may be modified due to large mass shifts from coupling to open flavour meson pairs. This paper is based on the observation that in most models hyperfine splitting remains small despite what are in many cases large mass shifts. This effect is shown to be a generic feature of models in which the coupling is driven by the creation of a spin-one pair.
hep-ph/9802363
Joan Sola
Joan Sola
t --> W+ b and t --> H+ b at the quantum level in the MSSM
9 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures included using epsfig. Talk presented at the International Workshop on Quantum Effects in the MSSM, Barcelona, September 9-13, 1997. To appear in the Proceedings
null
null
UAB-FT-437
hep-ph
null
We compare the standard top quark decay and the charged Higgs decay of the top quark, t --> W+ b and t --> H+ b, at the quantum level in the MSSM. While the SUSY loop corrections to the standard top quark decay are only of a few percent, it turns out that t --> H+ b is a most promising candidate for carrying large quantum SUSY signatures. As a result, the (tan(beta), M_{H+-}) exclusion plots presented by the CDF Collaboration should be thoroughly revised in the light of the MSSM.
[ { "created": "Thu, 19 Feb 1998 16:56:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Sola", "Joan", "" ] ]
We compare the standard top quark decay and the charged Higgs decay of the top quark, t --> W+ b and t --> H+ b, at the quantum level in the MSSM. While the SUSY loop corrections to the standard top quark decay are only of a few percent, it turns out that t --> H+ b is a most promising candidate for carrying large quantum SUSY signatures. As a result, the (tan(beta), M_{H+-}) exclusion plots presented by the CDF Collaboration should be thoroughly revised in the light of the MSSM.
2406.04900
Francisco Xavier De Azeredo Azeredo F.X.
Francisco X. Azeredo, Dyana C. Duarte, Ricardo L. S. Farias, Gast\~ao Krein and Rudnei O. Ramos
Deconfinement and chiral phase transitions in quark matter with chiral imbalance
15 pages, 10 figures
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-lat hep-th nucl-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We study the thermodynamics of the Polyakov--Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model considering the effects of an effective chiral chemical potential. We offer a new parametrization of the Polyakov loop potential depending on temperature and the chemical potential which, when used together with a proper regularization scheme of vacuum contributions, predicts results consistent with those from lattice simulations.
[ { "created": "Fri, 7 Jun 2024 12:49:28 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-06-10
[ [ "Azeredo", "Francisco X.", "" ], [ "Duarte", "Dyana C.", "" ], [ "Farias", "Ricardo L. S.", "" ], [ "Krein", "Gastão", "" ], [ "Ramos", "Rudnei O.", "" ] ]
We study the thermodynamics of the Polyakov--Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model considering the effects of an effective chiral chemical potential. We offer a new parametrization of the Polyakov loop potential depending on temperature and the chemical potential which, when used together with a proper regularization scheme of vacuum contributions, predicts results consistent with those from lattice simulations.
1906.01020
John M. Campbell
John M. Campbell, R. Keith Ellis and Satyajit Seth
H+1 jet production revisited
19 pages, 8 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP10(2019)136
FERMILAB-PUB-19-189-T, IPPP/19/33
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We revisit the next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) calculation of the Higgs boson+1~jet production process, calculated in the $m_t \to \infty$ effective field theory. We perform a detailed comparison of the result calculated using the jettiness slicing method, with published results obtained using subtraction methods. The results of the jettiness calculation agree with the two previous subtraction calculations at benchmark points. The performance of the jettiness slicing approach is greatly improved by adopting a definition of 1-jettiness that accounts for the boost of the Born system. Nevertheless, the results demonstrate that power corrections in the jettiness slicing method remain significant. At large transverse momentum the effect of power corrections is much reduced, as expected.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Jun 2019 18:38:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-01-08
[ [ "Campbell", "John M.", "" ], [ "Ellis", "R. Keith", "" ], [ "Seth", "Satyajit", "" ] ]
We revisit the next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) calculation of the Higgs boson+1~jet production process, calculated in the $m_t \to \infty$ effective field theory. We perform a detailed comparison of the result calculated using the jettiness slicing method, with published results obtained using subtraction methods. The results of the jettiness calculation agree with the two previous subtraction calculations at benchmark points. The performance of the jettiness slicing approach is greatly improved by adopting a definition of 1-jettiness that accounts for the boost of the Born system. Nevertheless, the results demonstrate that power corrections in the jettiness slicing method remain significant. At large transverse momentum the effect of power corrections is much reduced, as expected.
1512.06028
Takaaki Nomura
R. Benbrik, Chuan-Hung Chen, Takaaki Nomura
Higgs singlet boson as a diphoton resonance in a vector-like quark model
18 pages, 4 figures, title is slightly changed,To be published in Phys. Rev. D
Phys. Rev. D 93, 055034 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.93.055034
KIAS-P15066
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
ATLAS and CMS recently show the first results from run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV. A resonant bump at a mass of around 750 GeV in the diphoton invariant mass spectrum is indicated and the corresponding diphoton production cross section is around 3-10 fb. Motivated by the LHC diphoton excess, we propose that the possible resonance candidate is a Higgs singlet. To produce the Higgs singlet via gluon-gluon fusion process, we embed the Higgs singlet in the framework of vector-like triplet quark (VLTQ) model. As a result, the Higgs singlet decaying to diphoton final state is via VLTQ loops. Using the enhanced number of new quarks and new Yukawa couplings of the VLTQs and Higgs singlet, we successfully explain the diphoton production cross section. We find that the width of the Higgs singlet is below 1 GeV, its production cross section can be of order of 1 pb at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV, and the branching ratio for it decaying to diphoton is around $0.017$ and is insensitive to the masses of VLTQs and new Yukawa couplings. We find a strong correlation between the Higgs Yukawa couplings to $s$-$b$ and $c$-$t$; the resulted branching ratio for $t \to c h$ can be $1.1\times 10^{-4}$ when the constraint from $B_s$ oscillation is applied. With the constrained parameter values, the signal strength for the SM Higgs decaying to diphoton is $\mu_{\gamma\gamma}< 1.18$, which is consistent with the current measurements at ATLAS and CMS.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:42:13 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 25 Dec 2015 13:31:08 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 23 Mar 2016 14:51:39 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2016-03-30
[ [ "Benbrik", "R.", "" ], [ "Chen", "Chuan-Hung", "" ], [ "Nomura", "Takaaki", "" ] ]
ATLAS and CMS recently show the first results from run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV. A resonant bump at a mass of around 750 GeV in the diphoton invariant mass spectrum is indicated and the corresponding diphoton production cross section is around 3-10 fb. Motivated by the LHC diphoton excess, we propose that the possible resonance candidate is a Higgs singlet. To produce the Higgs singlet via gluon-gluon fusion process, we embed the Higgs singlet in the framework of vector-like triplet quark (VLTQ) model. As a result, the Higgs singlet decaying to diphoton final state is via VLTQ loops. Using the enhanced number of new quarks and new Yukawa couplings of the VLTQs and Higgs singlet, we successfully explain the diphoton production cross section. We find that the width of the Higgs singlet is below 1 GeV, its production cross section can be of order of 1 pb at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV, and the branching ratio for it decaying to diphoton is around $0.017$ and is insensitive to the masses of VLTQs and new Yukawa couplings. We find a strong correlation between the Higgs Yukawa couplings to $s$-$b$ and $c$-$t$; the resulted branching ratio for $t \to c h$ can be $1.1\times 10^{-4}$ when the constraint from $B_s$ oscillation is applied. With the constrained parameter values, the signal strength for the SM Higgs decaying to diphoton is $\mu_{\gamma\gamma}< 1.18$, which is consistent with the current measurements at ATLAS and CMS.
hep-ph/0112018
Belli Pierluigi
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, M. Amato, F. Cappella, R. Cerulli, C.J. Dai, H.L. He, G. Ignesti, A. Incicchitti, H.H. Kuang, J.M. Ma, F. Montecchia, F. Nozzoli, D. Prosperi
WIMP search by the DAMA experiment at Gran Sasso
Talk at COSMO-01 Workshop, Rovaniemi, Finland, August 30 - September 4, 2001
null
null
null
hep-ph astro-ph hep-ex
null
DAMA is searching for rare processes by developing and using several kinds of radiopure scintillators: in particular, NaI(Tl), liquid Xenon and CaF$_2$(Eu). The main results are here summarized with particular attention to the investigation of the WIMP annual modulation signature.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Dec 2001 10:47:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Belli", "P.", "" ], [ "Bernabei", "R.", "" ], [ "Amato", "M.", "" ], [ "Cappella", "F.", "" ], [ "Cerulli", "R.", "" ], [ "Dai", "C. J.", "" ], [ "He", "H. L.", "" ], [ "Ignesti", "G.", "" ...
DAMA is searching for rare processes by developing and using several kinds of radiopure scintillators: in particular, NaI(Tl), liquid Xenon and CaF$_2$(Eu). The main results are here summarized with particular attention to the investigation of the WIMP annual modulation signature.
1405.4670
Kazunori Nakayama
Kazunori Nakayama, Fuminobu Takahashi, Tsutomu T. Yanagida
Extra light fermions in $E_6$-inspired models and the 3.5 keV X-ray line signal
7 pages
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2014.08.061
UT-14-25, TU-971, IPMU14-0122
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose a scenario in which extra light fermions in an $E_6$-inspired U(1) extension of the standard model constitute the dark matter, as a simple variation of our model for dark radiation presented in 2010. Interestingly, for the light fermions of mass about 7 keV, they radiatively decay into active neutrinos and photons with a lifetime in the range of $10^{27}-10^{28}$ seconds, which naturally explains the recently discovered 3.5 keV X-ray line signal.
[ { "created": "Mon, 19 May 2014 10:48:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-19
[ [ "Nakayama", "Kazunori", "" ], [ "Takahashi", "Fuminobu", "" ], [ "Yanagida", "Tsutomu T.", "" ] ]
We propose a scenario in which extra light fermions in an $E_6$-inspired U(1) extension of the standard model constitute the dark matter, as a simple variation of our model for dark radiation presented in 2010. Interestingly, for the light fermions of mass about 7 keV, they radiatively decay into active neutrinos and photons with a lifetime in the range of $10^{27}-10^{28}$ seconds, which naturally explains the recently discovered 3.5 keV X-ray line signal.
hep-ph/0309319
Javier Vijande ASenjo
J. Vijande, F. Fernandez and A. Valcarce
The ${q}\bar{q}$ spectra and the structure of the scalar mesons
5 pages, to be published in the Proceedings of the "10th International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy", Aschaffenburg, Germany, Aug. 31 - Sep. 6, 2003
AIP Conf. Proc. 717, 352-356, (2004)
10.1063/1.1799731
null
hep-ph
null
The ${q}\bar{q}$ spectrum is studied within a chiral constituent quark model. It provides with a good fit of the available experimental data from light (vector and pseudoscalar) to heavy mesons including some recent results on charmonium. The $0^{++}$ light mesons and the new $D$ states measured at different factories cannot be described as $q\bar q$ pairs and a tetraquark structure is suggested.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:00:26 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:30:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Vijande", "J.", "" ], [ "Fernandez", "F.", "" ], [ "Valcarce", "A.", "" ] ]
The ${q}\bar{q}$ spectrum is studied within a chiral constituent quark model. It provides with a good fit of the available experimental data from light (vector and pseudoscalar) to heavy mesons including some recent results on charmonium. The $0^{++}$ light mesons and the new $D$ states measured at different factories cannot be described as $q\bar q$ pairs and a tetraquark structure is suggested.
hep-ph/0601131
Magno Machado
V.P. Goncalves, M.V.T. Machado
Heavy Quarks and Meson Production in Ultraperipheral Heavy Ion Collisions
6 pages, 1 figure. To appear in the proceedings of International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (IWARA2005), 2-5 Oct. 2005, Natal, Brazil
Int.J.Mod.Phys.D16:533-539,2007
10.1142/S0218271807010365
null
hep-ph nucl-ex nucl-th
null
We report on our recent investigations in photonuclear production of heavy quarks and vector meson in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions. In particular, our theoretical predictions are compared with the recent experimental measurements on coherent rho (STAR) and J/Psi (PHENIX) photoproduction at RHIC and estimates for LHC are given.
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:31:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Goncalves", "V. P.", "" ], [ "Machado", "M. V. T.", "" ] ]
We report on our recent investigations in photonuclear production of heavy quarks and vector meson in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions. In particular, our theoretical predictions are compared with the recent experimental measurements on coherent rho (STAR) and J/Psi (PHENIX) photoproduction at RHIC and estimates for LHC are given.
2311.05125
Arunansu Sil
Soumen Kumar Manna and Arunansu Sil
Effects of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking on Axion Like Particles as Dark Matter
13 pages, 10 figures, version to appear in PRD
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Axion like particles (ALPs), the pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bosons associated to the spontaneous breaking of global symmetry, have emerged as promising dark matter candidates. Conventionally, in the context of misalignment mechanism, the non-thermally produced ALPs happen to stay frozen due to Hubble friction initially and at a later stage, they begin to oscillate (before matter-radiation equality) at characteristic frequencies defined by their masses and behaving like cold dark matter. In this work, we study the influence of electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB), through a higher order Higgs portal interaction, on the evolution of ALPs. Such an interaction is found to contribute partially to the ALP's mass during EWSB, thereby modifying oscillation frequencies during EWSB as well as impacting upon the existing correlation between the scale of symmetry breaking and their masses. The novelty of the work lies in broadening the relic satisfied parameter space so as to probe it in near future via a wide range of experiments.
[ { "created": "Thu, 9 Nov 2023 03:41:12 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 6 May 2024 14:13:56 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-05-07
[ [ "Manna", "Soumen Kumar", "" ], [ "Sil", "Arunansu", "" ] ]
Axion like particles (ALPs), the pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bosons associated to the spontaneous breaking of global symmetry, have emerged as promising dark matter candidates. Conventionally, in the context of misalignment mechanism, the non-thermally produced ALPs happen to stay frozen due to Hubble friction initially and at a later stage, they begin to oscillate (before matter-radiation equality) at characteristic frequencies defined by their masses and behaving like cold dark matter. In this work, we study the influence of electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB), through a higher order Higgs portal interaction, on the evolution of ALPs. Such an interaction is found to contribute partially to the ALP's mass during EWSB, thereby modifying oscillation frequencies during EWSB as well as impacting upon the existing correlation between the scale of symmetry breaking and their masses. The novelty of the work lies in broadening the relic satisfied parameter space so as to probe it in near future via a wide range of experiments.
1210.1323
Prashant Srivastava Kumar
Ashwini Kumar, B. K. Singh, P. K. Srivastava, and C. P. Singh
Wounded Quarks and Multiplicity at Relativistic Ion Colliders
10 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1202.4838
Eur. Phys. J. Plus 128, 45 (2013)
10.1140/epjp/i2013-13045-9
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper, we propose a parameterization which is based on a phenomenological model involving the wounded quarks interactions for explaining the average charged particle multiplicity $\ < n_{ch}\ >$, the central pseudo-rapidity density $\ < (dn/d\eta)_{\eta=0}\ >$ and complete rapidity dependence of $dn/d{\eta}$ in relativistic heavy-ion collider experiments. The model also interrelates nucleus-nucleus (A-A) collisions with p-A and p-p interactions. Our parameterization rests on simple assumptions regarding mean number of participating quarks and their average number of collisions. The results for $\ < n_{ch}\ >$ and their variations with the mass number of colliding nuclei, center-of-mass energy ($\sqrt{s_{NN}}$) and collision centrality are well supported by the available experimental data. Finally we give the predictions from our model for A-A collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiments. Our results indicate the existence of a possible universal production mechanism for p-p, p-A and A-A collisions.
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2013-04-26
[ [ "Kumar", "Ashwini", "" ], [ "Singh", "B. K.", "" ], [ "Srivastava", "P. K.", "" ], [ "Singh", "C. P.", "" ] ]
In this paper, we propose a parameterization which is based on a phenomenological model involving the wounded quarks interactions for explaining the average charged particle multiplicity $\ < n_{ch}\ >$, the central pseudo-rapidity density $\ < (dn/d\eta)_{\eta=0}\ >$ and complete rapidity dependence of $dn/d{\eta}$ in relativistic heavy-ion collider experiments. The model also interrelates nucleus-nucleus (A-A) collisions with p-A and p-p interactions. Our parameterization rests on simple assumptions regarding mean number of participating quarks and their average number of collisions. The results for $\ < n_{ch}\ >$ and their variations with the mass number of colliding nuclei, center-of-mass energy ($\sqrt{s_{NN}}$) and collision centrality are well supported by the available experimental data. Finally we give the predictions from our model for A-A collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiments. Our results indicate the existence of a possible universal production mechanism for p-p, p-A and A-A collisions.
hep-ph/0001216
Guy Moore
Guy D. Moore
Sphaleron rate in the symmetric electroweak phase
23 pages including 4 figures, 2 appendices. Some derivations more careful and complete, conclusions unchanged
Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 085011
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.085011
UW/PT 00-01
hep-ph
null
Recently Bodeker has presented an effective infrared theory for the dynamics of Yang-Mills theory, suitable for studying the rate of baryon number violation in the early universe. We extend his theory to include Higgs fields, and study how much the Higgs affects the baryon number violation rate in the symmetric phase, at the phase coexistence temperature of a first order electroweak phase transition. The rate is about 20% smaller than in pure Yang-Mills theory. We also analyze the sphaleron rate in the analytic crossover regime. Our treatment relies on the ergodicity conjecture for 3-D scalar $\phi^4$ theory.
[ { "created": "Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:09:57 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 16 May 2000 18:15:49 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Moore", "Guy D.", "" ] ]
Recently Bodeker has presented an effective infrared theory for the dynamics of Yang-Mills theory, suitable for studying the rate of baryon number violation in the early universe. We extend his theory to include Higgs fields, and study how much the Higgs affects the baryon number violation rate in the symmetric phase, at the phase coexistence temperature of a first order electroweak phase transition. The rate is about 20% smaller than in pure Yang-Mills theory. We also analyze the sphaleron rate in the analytic crossover regime. Our treatment relies on the ergodicity conjecture for 3-D scalar $\phi^4$ theory.
1203.2183
Christopher W. Murphy
Benjam\'in Grinstein, Christopher W. Murphy, David Pirtskhalava and Patipan Uttayarat
Massive Spin-2 States as the Origin of the Top Quark Forward-Backward Asymmetry
added discussion of differential observables at the LHC, matches version accepted for publication in JHEP
JHEP 1208 (2012) 073
10.1007/JHEP08(2012)073
UCSD/PTH 12-02
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show that the anomalously large top quark forward-backward asymmetry observed by CDF and D\O\, can naturally be accommodated in models with flavor-violating couplings of a new massive spin-2 state to quarks. Regardless of its origin, the lowest-order couplings of a spin-2 boson to fermions are analogous to the coupling of the graviton to energy/momentum, leading to strong sensitivity of the effects associated with its virtual exchange to the energy scales at hand. Precisely due to this fact, the observed dependence of the asymmetry on the $t\bar t$ invariant mass fits nicely into the proposed framework. In particular, we find a vast parameter space which can lead to the central value for the observed forward-backward asymmetry in the high mass bin, while being in accord with all of the existing experimental constraints.
[ { "created": "Fri, 9 Mar 2012 21:00:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:16:18 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:45:27 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2012-08-28
[ [ "Grinstein", "Benjamín", "" ], [ "Murphy", "Christopher W.", "" ], [ "Pirtskhalava", "David", "" ], [ "Uttayarat", "Patipan", "" ] ]
We show that the anomalously large top quark forward-backward asymmetry observed by CDF and D\O\, can naturally be accommodated in models with flavor-violating couplings of a new massive spin-2 state to quarks. Regardless of its origin, the lowest-order couplings of a spin-2 boson to fermions are analogous to the coupling of the graviton to energy/momentum, leading to strong sensitivity of the effects associated with its virtual exchange to the energy scales at hand. Precisely due to this fact, the observed dependence of the asymmetry on the $t\bar t$ invariant mass fits nicely into the proposed framework. In particular, we find a vast parameter space which can lead to the central value for the observed forward-backward asymmetry in the high mass bin, while being in accord with all of the existing experimental constraints.
hep-ph/9608433
Sourendu Gupta
Sourendu Gupta and K. Sridhar
Colour-octet Contributions to $x_F$ Distributions in $J/\psi$ Hadro-production at Fixed Target Energies
LaTeX source; giving 18 pages including 5 figures; minor changes in text
Phys.Rev. D55 (1997) 2650-2656
10.1103/PhysRevD.55.2650
TIFR/TH/96-48
hep-ph
null
We study J/\psi production at fixed-target energies, including the colour-octet production mechanisms predicted by NRQCD. In an earlier paper, we found that the octet components were crucial in understanding p_T-integrated forward (x_F > 0) cross-sections. Here we make a detailed comparison of the theoretical predictions with measured x_F distributions from fixed-target experiments. We find that the model predictions agree well with data. Taking into account higher orders in NRQCD, we argue that sigma(chi_1)/sigma(chi_2)=0.6, in excellent agreement with data. Similiar arguments also predict that sigma(chi)/sigma(J/psi) is roughly equal in photo- and hadro-production.
[ { "created": "Sat, 24 Aug 1996 23:24:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 9 Sep 1996 15:22:41 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Gupta", "Sourendu", "" ], [ "Sridhar", "K.", "" ] ]
We study J/\psi production at fixed-target energies, including the colour-octet production mechanisms predicted by NRQCD. In an earlier paper, we found that the octet components were crucial in understanding p_T-integrated forward (x_F > 0) cross-sections. Here we make a detailed comparison of the theoretical predictions with measured x_F distributions from fixed-target experiments. We find that the model predictions agree well with data. Taking into account higher orders in NRQCD, we argue that sigma(chi_1)/sigma(chi_2)=0.6, in excellent agreement with data. Similiar arguments also predict that sigma(chi)/sigma(J/psi) is roughly equal in photo- and hadro-production.
1807.00921
Xing-Bo Yuan
Jin-Jun Zhang, Min He, Xiao-Gang He, and Xing-Bo Yuan
Flavor Violating Higgs Couplings in Minimal Flavor Violation
26 pages, 5 figures, minor errors corrected, figures slightly changed, comments and references added
null
10.1007/JHEP02(2019)007
NCTS-PH/1810
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Motivated by the rencent LHC data on the lepton-flavor violating (LFV) decays $h\to \ell_1 \ell_2$ and $B_{s,d}\to \ell_1 \ell_2$, we study the Higgs-mediated flavor-changing neutral current (FCNC) interactions in the effective field theory (EFT) approach without and with the minimal flavor violation (MFV) hypothesis, and concentrate on the later. After considering the $B$ and $K$ physics data, the various LFV processes, and the LHC Higgs data, severe constraints on the Higgs FCNC couplings are derived, which are dominated by the LHC Higgs data, the $B_s - \bar B_s$ mixing, and the $\mu \to e \gamma$ decay. In the general case and the MFV framework, allowed ranges of various observables are obtained, such as $\mathcal B (B_s\to \ell_1 \ell_2)$, $\mathcal B (h\to \ell_1 \ell_2)$, $\mathcal B (h\to q_1 q_2)$, and the branching ratio of $\mu \to e$ conversion in Al. Future prospects of searching for the Higgs FCNC interactions at the low-energy experiments and the LHC are discussed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 2 Jul 2018 23:19:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 18 Jul 2018 19:37:06 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-02-20
[ [ "Zhang", "Jin-Jun", "" ], [ "He", "Min", "" ], [ "He", "Xiao-Gang", "" ], [ "Yuan", "Xing-Bo", "" ] ]
Motivated by the rencent LHC data on the lepton-flavor violating (LFV) decays $h\to \ell_1 \ell_2$ and $B_{s,d}\to \ell_1 \ell_2$, we study the Higgs-mediated flavor-changing neutral current (FCNC) interactions in the effective field theory (EFT) approach without and with the minimal flavor violation (MFV) hypothesis, and concentrate on the later. After considering the $B$ and $K$ physics data, the various LFV processes, and the LHC Higgs data, severe constraints on the Higgs FCNC couplings are derived, which are dominated by the LHC Higgs data, the $B_s - \bar B_s$ mixing, and the $\mu \to e \gamma$ decay. In the general case and the MFV framework, allowed ranges of various observables are obtained, such as $\mathcal B (B_s\to \ell_1 \ell_2)$, $\mathcal B (h\to \ell_1 \ell_2)$, $\mathcal B (h\to q_1 q_2)$, and the branching ratio of $\mu \to e$ conversion in Al. Future prospects of searching for the Higgs FCNC interactions at the low-energy experiments and the LHC are discussed.
2403.09325
Helen Meyer
Helen Meyer, Ulf-G. Mei{\ss}ner
Improved Constraints on the Variation of the Weak Scale from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Now final version as published in JHEP
J. High Energ. Phys. 2024, 74 (2024)
10.1007/JHEP06(2024)074
null
hep-ph astro-ph.CO hep-lat hep-th nucl-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We present an improved calculation of the light element abundances in the framework of Big Bang nucleosynthesis as a function of the Higgs vacuum expectation value $v$. We compare the methods of our calculation to previous literature including the recently published work of Burns et al. [1]. The PDG result for the $^4$He abundance can be explained within $2\sigma$ by $-0.014 \leq \delta v / v \leq 0.026$, for deuterium we find the constraint $-0.005 \leq \delta v / v \leq -0.001$. These bounds are more stringent than what was found earlier.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:12:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 27 Mar 2024 07:48:05 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:12:18 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2024-06-18
[ [ "Meyer", "Helen", "" ], [ "Meißner", "Ulf-G.", "" ] ]
We present an improved calculation of the light element abundances in the framework of Big Bang nucleosynthesis as a function of the Higgs vacuum expectation value $v$. We compare the methods of our calculation to previous literature including the recently published work of Burns et al. [1]. The PDG result for the $^4$He abundance can be explained within $2\sigma$ by $-0.014 \leq \delta v / v \leq 0.026$, for deuterium we find the constraint $-0.005 \leq \delta v / v \leq -0.001$. These bounds are more stringent than what was found earlier.
1704.00219
Masatoshi Yamada
Koji Tsumura, Masatoshi Yamada, Yuya Yamaguchi
Gravitational wave from dark sector with dark pion
47 pages, 9 figures, references added; version published in JCAP
JCAP07(2017)044
10.1088/1475-7516/2017/07/044
KUNS-2669, EPHOU-17-004
hep-ph astro-ph.HE gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this work, we investigate the spectra of gravitational waves produced by chiral symmetry breaking in dark quantum chromodynamics (dQCD) sector. The dark pion ($\pi$) can be a dark matter candidate as weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) or strongly interacting massive particle (SIMP). For a WIMP scenario, we introduce the dQCD sector coupled to the standard model (SM) sector with classical scale invariance and investigate the annihilation process of the dark pion via the $2\pi \to 2\,\text{SM}$ process. For a SIMP scenario, we investigate the $3\pi \to 2\pi$ annihilation process of the dark pion as a SIMP using chiral perturbation theory. We find that in the WIMP scenario the gravitational wave background spectra can be observed by future space gravitational wave antennas. On the other hand, when the dark pion is the SIMP dark matter with the constraints for the chiral perturbative limit and pion-pion scattering cross section, the chiral phase transition becomes crossover and then the gravitational waves are not produced.
[ { "created": "Sat, 1 Apr 2017 19:42:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 7 Apr 2017 10:20:50 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:12:37 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2017-07-27
[ [ "Tsumura", "Koji", "" ], [ "Yamada", "Masatoshi", "" ], [ "Yamaguchi", "Yuya", "" ] ]
In this work, we investigate the spectra of gravitational waves produced by chiral symmetry breaking in dark quantum chromodynamics (dQCD) sector. The dark pion ($\pi$) can be a dark matter candidate as weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) or strongly interacting massive particle (SIMP). For a WIMP scenario, we introduce the dQCD sector coupled to the standard model (SM) sector with classical scale invariance and investigate the annihilation process of the dark pion via the $2\pi \to 2\,\text{SM}$ process. For a SIMP scenario, we investigate the $3\pi \to 2\pi$ annihilation process of the dark pion as a SIMP using chiral perturbation theory. We find that in the WIMP scenario the gravitational wave background spectra can be observed by future space gravitational wave antennas. On the other hand, when the dark pion is the SIMP dark matter with the constraints for the chiral perturbative limit and pion-pion scattering cross section, the chiral phase transition becomes crossover and then the gravitational waves are not produced.
0902.2539
Pasquale Dario Serpico
Pasquale Dario Serpico, Dan Hooper
Gamma rays from Dark Matter Annihilation in the Central Region of the Galaxy
v3: corrected typos, content unchanged
New J. Phys.11:105010, 2009
10.1088/1367-2630/11/10/105010
CERN-PH-TH/2009-025, FERMILAB-PUB-09-045-A
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this article, we review the prospects for the Fermi satellite (formerly known as GLAST) to detect gamma rays from dark matter annihilations in the Central Region of the Milky Way, in particular on the light of the recent astrophysical observations and discoveries of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. While the existence of significant backgrounds in this part of the sky limits Fermi's discovery potential to some degree, this can be mitigated by exploiting the peculiar energy spectrum and angular distribution of the dark matter annihilation signal relative to those of astrophysical backgrounds.
[ { "created": "Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:03:35 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:01:56 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:55:21 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-03-13
[ [ "Serpico", "Pasquale Dario", "" ], [ "Hooper", "Dan", "" ] ]
In this article, we review the prospects for the Fermi satellite (formerly known as GLAST) to detect gamma rays from dark matter annihilations in the Central Region of the Milky Way, in particular on the light of the recent astrophysical observations and discoveries of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. While the existence of significant backgrounds in this part of the sky limits Fermi's discovery potential to some degree, this can be mitigated by exploiting the peculiar energy spectrum and angular distribution of the dark matter annihilation signal relative to those of astrophysical backgrounds.
hep-ph/0610198
Alexei Smirnov Yu
A. Yu. Smirnov
Neutrino oscillations: what is magic about the "magic" baseline?
LaTeX, 12 pages, no figures; discussions of 1-3 mixing corrections and effects in non-uniform medium are substantially expanded; typos corrected
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-ex
null
Physics interpretation of the ``magic'' baseline, $L_{magic}$, that can play important role in future oscillation experiments is given. The ``magic'' baseline coincides with the refraction length, $l_0$. The latter, in turn, approximately equals the oscillation length in matter at high energies. Therefore at the baseline $L = l_0$ the oscillation phase is $2\pi$, and consequently, the ``solar'' amplitude of oscillations driven by $\theta_{12}$ and $\Delta m^2_{21}$ vanishes. As a result, in the lowest order (i) the interference of amplitudes in the $\nu_e - \nu_\mu$ $(\nu_\tau)$ transition probability is absent; (ii) dependence of the probability on the CP-phase, $\delta$, as well as on $\theta_{12}$ and $\Delta m^2_{21}$ disappears. Corrections to the equality $L_{magic} = l_0$ are estimated. Effect of changing density is considered and two new magic trajectories are identified for neutrinos that cross the core of the Earth. Other magic baselines associated with zeros of the atmospheric amplitude are discussed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:12:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:09:53 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Smirnov", "A. Yu.", "" ] ]
Physics interpretation of the ``magic'' baseline, $L_{magic}$, that can play important role in future oscillation experiments is given. The ``magic'' baseline coincides with the refraction length, $l_0$. The latter, in turn, approximately equals the oscillation length in matter at high energies. Therefore at the baseline $L = l_0$ the oscillation phase is $2\pi$, and consequently, the ``solar'' amplitude of oscillations driven by $\theta_{12}$ and $\Delta m^2_{21}$ vanishes. As a result, in the lowest order (i) the interference of amplitudes in the $\nu_e - \nu_\mu$ $(\nu_\tau)$ transition probability is absent; (ii) dependence of the probability on the CP-phase, $\delta$, as well as on $\theta_{12}$ and $\Delta m^2_{21}$ disappears. Corrections to the equality $L_{magic} = l_0$ are estimated. Effect of changing density is considered and two new magic trajectories are identified for neutrinos that cross the core of the Earth. Other magic baselines associated with zeros of the atmospheric amplitude are discussed.
hep-ph/0304302
Manuel Reenders
V. P. Gusynin and M. Reenders
Infrared cutoff dependence of the critical flavor number in three-dimensional QED
5 pages, 1 figure (revtex4), final version
Phys.Rev. D68 (2003) 025017
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.025017
null
hep-ph cond-mat hep-lat
null
We solve, analytically and numerically, a gap equation in parity invariant QED_3 in the presence of an infrared cutoff \mu and derive an expression for the critical fermion number N_c as a function of \mu. We argue that this dependence of N_c on the infrared scale might solve the discrepancy between continuum Schwinger-Dyson equations studies and lattice simulations of QED_3.
[ { "created": "Wed, 30 Apr 2003 19:37:41 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 1 May 2003 17:15:50 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:53:54 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Gusynin", "V. P.", "" ], [ "Reenders", "M.", "" ] ]
We solve, analytically and numerically, a gap equation in parity invariant QED_3 in the presence of an infrared cutoff \mu and derive an expression for the critical fermion number N_c as a function of \mu. We argue that this dependence of N_c on the infrared scale might solve the discrepancy between continuum Schwinger-Dyson equations studies and lattice simulations of QED_3.
hep-ph/0305267
Robert Fleischer
Robert Fleischer (CERN)
Exploring CP Violation through B Decays
22 pages, 4 figures, invited brief review for Modern Physics Letters A
Mod.Phys.Lett.A18:1413-1434,2003
10.1142/S0217732303011162
CERN-TH/2003-115
hep-ph
null
The B-meson system provides many strategies to perform stringent tests of the Standard-Model description of CP violation. In this brief review, we discuss implications of the currently available B-factory data on the angles alpha, beta and gamma of the unitarity triangle, emphasize the importance of Bs studies at hadronic B experiments, and discuss new, theoretically clean strategies to determine gamma.
[ { "created": "Fri, 23 May 2003 15:35:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-11-23
[ [ "Fleischer", "Robert", "", "CERN" ] ]
The B-meson system provides many strategies to perform stringent tests of the Standard-Model description of CP violation. In this brief review, we discuss implications of the currently available B-factory data on the angles alpha, beta and gamma of the unitarity triangle, emphasize the importance of Bs studies at hadronic B experiments, and discuss new, theoretically clean strategies to determine gamma.
1308.2052
Avijit K. Ganguly
Avijit K. Ganguly, Manoj K. Jaiswal and Shikha Awasthi
Signatures Of Scalar Photon Interaction In Astrophysical Situations
Minor modifications, references added, 20 pages, 4 figures
null
null
BHU/MMV/TP/07/08/2013
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Dimension-5 photon ($\gamma$) scalar ($\phi$) interaction terms usually appear in the Lagrangian of bosonic sector of unified theories of electromagnetism and gravity. This interaction makes the medium dichoric and induces optical activity. We have modelled the propagation of photons with this interaction in the environment of cold a magnetized compact star (White Dwarf (WD) or Neutron Star (NS)), assuming synchro-curvature process as the dominant mechanism of emission. We have tried to outline the polarimetric implications of photon-scalar coupling on the produced spectrum of these emissions in the stellar atmosphere. Further more assuming the 'emission-energy vs emission-altitude' relation, that is believed to hold in such (i.e. cold magnetized WD or NS) environments, we have tried to point out the possible modifications to the radiation spectrum when the same is incorporated along with dim-5 photon scalar mixing operator.
[ { "created": "Fri, 9 Aug 2013 08:39:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:05:07 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2013-08-22
[ [ "Ganguly", "Avijit K.", "" ], [ "Jaiswal", "Manoj K.", "" ], [ "Awasthi", "Shikha", "" ] ]
Dimension-5 photon ($\gamma$) scalar ($\phi$) interaction terms usually appear in the Lagrangian of bosonic sector of unified theories of electromagnetism and gravity. This interaction makes the medium dichoric and induces optical activity. We have modelled the propagation of photons with this interaction in the environment of cold a magnetized compact star (White Dwarf (WD) or Neutron Star (NS)), assuming synchro-curvature process as the dominant mechanism of emission. We have tried to outline the polarimetric implications of photon-scalar coupling on the produced spectrum of these emissions in the stellar atmosphere. Further more assuming the 'emission-energy vs emission-altitude' relation, that is believed to hold in such (i.e. cold magnetized WD or NS) environments, we have tried to point out the possible modifications to the radiation spectrum when the same is incorporated along with dim-5 photon scalar mixing operator.
hep-ph/0405012
Georg Kreyerhoff
Saul Barshay, Georg Kreyerhoff and Lalit M. Sehgal
Direct CP Violation in B-+ -> pi-+ omega, pi-+ rho0, pi0 rho-+, and in B-bar0(B0) -> pi-+ rho+- With an Enhanced Branching Ratio for pi0 rho0
null
Phys.Lett. B595 (2004) 318-322
10.1016/j.physletb.2004.06.062
null
hep-ph
null
We present a novel dynamics for generating sizable CP-violating asymmetries in the decays of charged $B^\mp\to \pi^\mp \omega, \pi^\mp\rho^0, \pi^0\rho^\mp$, and in $\bar{B^0}(B^0)\to\pi^\mp\rho^\pm$. The dynamics for the necessary final-state interactions involves the mixing of G-parity eigenstates of the system $(\bar{D}^*D,D^*\ol{D})$ with the $G=\pm 1$ states of $\pi\omega$ and $\pi\rho$, respectively. The dynamical effect is enhanced by the empirically large branching ratio for decays to $(\bar{D}^*D,D^*\bar{D})$. A correlated result is a markedly enhanced branching ratio for $\bar{B^0}(B^0)\to\pi^0\rho^0$, which has now been observed in two experiments.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 May 2004 17:57:34 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Barshay", "Saul", "" ], [ "Kreyerhoff", "Georg", "" ], [ "Sehgal", "Lalit M.", "" ] ]
We present a novel dynamics for generating sizable CP-violating asymmetries in the decays of charged $B^\mp\to \pi^\mp \omega, \pi^\mp\rho^0, \pi^0\rho^\mp$, and in $\bar{B^0}(B^0)\to\pi^\mp\rho^\pm$. The dynamics for the necessary final-state interactions involves the mixing of G-parity eigenstates of the system $(\bar{D}^*D,D^*\ol{D})$ with the $G=\pm 1$ states of $\pi\omega$ and $\pi\rho$, respectively. The dynamical effect is enhanced by the empirically large branching ratio for decays to $(\bar{D}^*D,D^*\bar{D})$. A correlated result is a markedly enhanced branching ratio for $\bar{B^0}(B^0)\to\pi^0\rho^0$, which has now been observed in two experiments.
hep-ph/0403276
Utpal Sarkar
Utpal Sarkar
Parity in left-right symmetric models
14 pages latex file; corrected and rewritten introduction
Phys.Lett. B594 (2004) 308-314
10.1016/j.physletb.2004.05.041
null
hep-ph
null
We considered parity breaking in some left-right symmetric models. We studied spontaneous and explicit parity violation in two cases with doublet and triplet Higgs scalars. The minimization condition in these two cases differ significantly. A comparative study of these models is presented emphasizing their phenomenological consequences.
[ { "created": "Sun, 28 Mar 2004 15:17:12 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 1 Apr 2004 19:35:37 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Sarkar", "Utpal", "" ] ]
We considered parity breaking in some left-right symmetric models. We studied spontaneous and explicit parity violation in two cases with doublet and triplet Higgs scalars. The minimization condition in these two cases differ significantly. A comparative study of these models is presented emphasizing their phenomenological consequences.
2009.14218
Aliki Litsa
Aliki Litsa, Katherine Freese, Evangelos I. Sfakianakis, Patrick Stengel, Luca Visinelli
Large Density Perturbations from Reheating to Standard Model particles due to the Dynamics of the Higgs Boson during Inflation
24 pages, 10 figures, references added, minor changes
Phys. Rev. D 104 12, 123546 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.104.123546
UT-03-2020; UTTG-11-2020; Nikhef 2020-029; NORDITA-2020-082
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations are used to constrain reheating to Standard Model (SM) particles after a period of inflation. As a light spectator field, the SM Higgs boson acquires large field values from its quantum fluctuations during inflation, gives masses to SM particles that vary from one Hubble patch to another, and thereby produces large density fluctuations. We consider both perturbative and resonant decay of the inflaton to SM particles. For the case of perturbative decay from coherent oscillations of the inflaton after high scale inflation, we find strong constraints on the reheat temperature for the inflaton decay into heavy SM particles. For the case of resonant particle production (preheating) to (Higgsed) SM gauge bosons, we find temperature fluctuations larger than observed in the CMB for a range of gauge coupling that includes those found in the SM and conclude that such preheating cannot be the main source of reheating the Universe after inflation.
[ { "created": "Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:00:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:56:02 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-11-17
[ [ "Litsa", "Aliki", "" ], [ "Freese", "Katherine", "" ], [ "Sfakianakis", "Evangelos I.", "" ], [ "Stengel", "Patrick", "" ], [ "Visinelli", "Luca", "" ] ]
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations are used to constrain reheating to Standard Model (SM) particles after a period of inflation. As a light spectator field, the SM Higgs boson acquires large field values from its quantum fluctuations during inflation, gives masses to SM particles that vary from one Hubble patch to another, and thereby produces large density fluctuations. We consider both perturbative and resonant decay of the inflaton to SM particles. For the case of perturbative decay from coherent oscillations of the inflaton after high scale inflation, we find strong constraints on the reheat temperature for the inflaton decay into heavy SM particles. For the case of resonant particle production (preheating) to (Higgsed) SM gauge bosons, we find temperature fluctuations larger than observed in the CMB for a range of gauge coupling that includes those found in the SM and conclude that such preheating cannot be the main source of reheating the Universe after inflation.
1007.0596
Yang Bai
Yang Bai and Ann E. Nelson
CP Violating Contribution to Delta Gamma in the B_s System from Mixing with a Hidden Pseudoscalar
18 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables
Phys.Rev.D82:114027,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.82.114027
FERMILAB-PUB-10-209-T
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Recent evidence for a CP violating asymmetry in the semileptonic decays of B_s mesons cannot be accommodated within the Standard Model. Such an asymmetry can be explained by new physics contributions to Delta B=2 components of either the mass matrix or the decay matrix. We show that mixing with a hidden pseudoscalar meson with a mass around 5 GeV can result in a new CP violating contribution to the mixing and can resolve several anomalies in this system including the width difference, the average width and the charge asymmetry. We also discuss the effects of the hidden meson on other b physics observables, and present viable decay modes for the hidden meson. We make predictions for new decay channels of B hadrons, which can be tested at the Tevatron, the LHC and B-factories.
[ { "created": "Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:51:34 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-02-02
[ [ "Bai", "Yang", "" ], [ "Nelson", "Ann E.", "" ] ]
Recent evidence for a CP violating asymmetry in the semileptonic decays of B_s mesons cannot be accommodated within the Standard Model. Such an asymmetry can be explained by new physics contributions to Delta B=2 components of either the mass matrix or the decay matrix. We show that mixing with a hidden pseudoscalar meson with a mass around 5 GeV can result in a new CP violating contribution to the mixing and can resolve several anomalies in this system including the width difference, the average width and the charge asymmetry. We also discuss the effects of the hidden meson on other b physics observables, and present viable decay modes for the hidden meson. We make predictions for new decay channels of B hadrons, which can be tested at the Tevatron, the LHC and B-factories.
2003.05866
Alexander Korchin
A.Yu. Korchin, V.A. Kovalchuk
Angular distribution and asymmetries in the decay of the polarized charmed baryon $\Lambda_c^+ \to K^- \, \Delta^{++} \to K^- \, p \, \pi^+$
12 pages, 2 figures, ws-ijmpa style; v2: a few references added, section 3.2 extended, published version
Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 35, no. 11n12, 2050060 (2020)
10.1142/S0217751X20500608
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Angular distribution of the final particles in the decay $\Lambda_c^+\to K^- \, \Delta (1232)^{++} \to K^- \, p \, \pi^+$ of the polarized charmed baryon is discussed. Asymmetries are proposed which allow for determination of the components of the $\Lambda_c^+$ polarization vector. The precession angle of the polarization in the process of baryon channeling in a bent crystal is directly related to these asymmetries. The decay rate and asymmetry parameter for the $\Lambda_c^+\to K^- \, \Delta (1232)^{++}$ decay are calculated in the pole model and compared with experiment.
[ { "created": "Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:57:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 22 May 2020 07:08:43 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-05-25
[ [ "Korchin", "A. Yu.", "" ], [ "Kovalchuk", "V. A.", "" ] ]
Angular distribution of the final particles in the decay $\Lambda_c^+\to K^- \, \Delta (1232)^{++} \to K^- \, p \, \pi^+$ of the polarized charmed baryon is discussed. Asymmetries are proposed which allow for determination of the components of the $\Lambda_c^+$ polarization vector. The precession angle of the polarization in the process of baryon channeling in a bent crystal is directly related to these asymmetries. The decay rate and asymmetry parameter for the $\Lambda_c^+\to K^- \, \Delta (1232)^{++}$ decay are calculated in the pole model and compared with experiment.
hep-ph/0203093
Sechul Oh
C.S. Kim, Jake Lee, Sechul Oh, J.S. Hong, D.Y. Kim, and H.S. Kim
A study of semi-inclusive charmless $B \to \pi X$ decays
18 pages, 7 figures; Revtex; version accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J. C
Eur.Phys.J.C25:413-419,2002
10.1007/s10052-002-1020-0
null
hep-ph
null
We study semi-inclusive charmless decays $B \to \pi X$ in detail, such as $\bar B^0 \to \pi^{\pm (0)} X$, $B^0 \to \pi^{\pm (0)} X$, $B^{\pm} \to \pi^{\pm (0)} X$, where $X$ does not contain a charm (anti)quark. We find that the process $\bar B^0 \to \pi^- X$ ($B^0 \to \pi^+ X$) can be particularly useful for determination of the CKM matrix element $|V_{ub}|$. We calculate and present the branching ratio (BR) of $\bar B^0 \to \pi^- X$ as a function of $|V_{ub}|$, with an estimate of possible uncertainties. It is expected that the BR is an order of $10^{-4}$. Our estimation indicates that one can phenomenologically determine $|V_{ub}|$ with reasonable accuracy by measuring the BR of $\bar B^0 \to \pi^- X$ ($B^0 \to \pi^+ X$).
[ { "created": "Sat, 9 Mar 2002 08:10:27 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 8 Jul 2002 11:43:11 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-09-13
[ [ "Kim", "C. S.", "" ], [ "Lee", "Jake", "" ], [ "Oh", "Sechul", "" ], [ "Hong", "J. S.", "" ], [ "Kim", "D. Y.", "" ], [ "Kim", "H. S.", "" ] ]
We study semi-inclusive charmless decays $B \to \pi X$ in detail, such as $\bar B^0 \to \pi^{\pm (0)} X$, $B^0 \to \pi^{\pm (0)} X$, $B^{\pm} \to \pi^{\pm (0)} X$, where $X$ does not contain a charm (anti)quark. We find that the process $\bar B^0 \to \pi^- X$ ($B^0 \to \pi^+ X$) can be particularly useful for determination of the CKM matrix element $|V_{ub}|$. We calculate and present the branching ratio (BR) of $\bar B^0 \to \pi^- X$ as a function of $|V_{ub}|$, with an estimate of possible uncertainties. It is expected that the BR is an order of $10^{-4}$. Our estimation indicates that one can phenomenologically determine $|V_{ub}|$ with reasonable accuracy by measuring the BR of $\bar B^0 \to \pi^- X$ ($B^0 \to \pi^+ X$).
0902.3645
Leonard Lesniak
B. El-Bennich, A. Furman, R. Kaminski, L. Lesniak, B. Loiseau, B. Moussallam
CP violation and kaon-pion interactions in B --> K pi+ pi- decays
56 pages, 15 figures
Phys.Rev.D79:094005,2009; Erratum-ibid.D83:039903,2011
10.1103/PhysRevD.79.094005 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.039903
LPNHE 2009-02
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study CP violation and the contribution of the strong kaon-pion interactions in the three body B --> K pi+ pi- decays. We extend our recent work on the effect of the two-pion S- and P-wave interactions to that of the corresponding kaon-pion ones. The weak amplitudes have a first term derived in QCD factorization and a second one as a phenomenological contribution added to the QCD penguin amplitudes. The effective QCD coefficients include the leading order contributions plus next-to-leading order vertex and penguins corrections. The matrix elements of the transition to the vacuum of the kaon-pion pairs, appearing naturally in the factorization formulation, are described by the strange K pi scalar (S-wave) and vector (P-wave) form factors. These are determined from Muskhelishvili-Omnes coupled channel equations using experimental kaon-pion T-matrix elements, together with chiral symmetry and asymptotic QCD constraints. From the scalar form factor study, the modulus of the K*_0(1430) decay constant is found to be (32 +/- 5) MeV. The additional phenomenological amplitudes are fitted to reproduce the K pi effective mass and helicity angle distributions, the B --> K*(892) pi branching ratios and the CP asymmetries of the recent data from Belle and BaBar collaborations. We use also the new measurement by the BaBar group of the phase difference between the B0 and B0bar decay amplitudes to K*(892) pi. Our predicted B+/- --> K*_0(1430) pi+/-, K*_0(1430) --> K+/- pi-\+ branching fraction, (11.6 +/- 0.6) 10^{-6}, is smaller than the result of the analyzes of both collaborations. For the neutral B0 decays, the predicted value is (11.1 +- 0.5) 10^{-6}. In order to reduce the large systematic uncertainties in the experimental determination of the B --> K*_0(1430) pi branching fractions, a new parametrization is proposed.
[ { "created": "Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:23:05 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:30:09 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-03-23
[ [ "El-Bennich", "B.", "" ], [ "Furman", "A.", "" ], [ "Kaminski", "R.", "" ], [ "Lesniak", "L.", "" ], [ "Loiseau", "B.", "" ], [ "Moussallam", "B.", "" ] ]
We study CP violation and the contribution of the strong kaon-pion interactions in the three body B --> K pi+ pi- decays. We extend our recent work on the effect of the two-pion S- and P-wave interactions to that of the corresponding kaon-pion ones. The weak amplitudes have a first term derived in QCD factorization and a second one as a phenomenological contribution added to the QCD penguin amplitudes. The effective QCD coefficients include the leading order contributions plus next-to-leading order vertex and penguins corrections. The matrix elements of the transition to the vacuum of the kaon-pion pairs, appearing naturally in the factorization formulation, are described by the strange K pi scalar (S-wave) and vector (P-wave) form factors. These are determined from Muskhelishvili-Omnes coupled channel equations using experimental kaon-pion T-matrix elements, together with chiral symmetry and asymptotic QCD constraints. From the scalar form factor study, the modulus of the K*_0(1430) decay constant is found to be (32 +/- 5) MeV. The additional phenomenological amplitudes are fitted to reproduce the K pi effective mass and helicity angle distributions, the B --> K*(892) pi branching ratios and the CP asymmetries of the recent data from Belle and BaBar collaborations. We use also the new measurement by the BaBar group of the phase difference between the B0 and B0bar decay amplitudes to K*(892) pi. Our predicted B+/- --> K*_0(1430) pi+/-, K*_0(1430) --> K+/- pi-\+ branching fraction, (11.6 +/- 0.6) 10^{-6}, is smaller than the result of the analyzes of both collaborations. For the neutral B0 decays, the predicted value is (11.1 +- 0.5) 10^{-6}. In order to reduce the large systematic uncertainties in the experimental determination of the B --> K*_0(1430) pi branching fractions, a new parametrization is proposed.
hep-ph/9805353
Kotikov A. V.
A. V. Kotikov, V. G. Krivokhijine (JINR, Dubna)
F_2 Structure Function and Higher-twist Contributons (Nonsinglet Case)
4 pages, latex. Talk presented at the DIS98 workshop, Brussels, April 1998
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
We performed the combine fits of SLAC, BCDMS and NMC data at NLO level. The data are fitted very well with different parametrizations of higher twist contributions. The theory-based parametrizations lead to the low values of QCD parameter \Lambda^{f=4}_{\overfull{MS}} \sim 140 \pm 21 MeV (or \alpha_s(M^2_Z)= 0.103 \pm 0.002).
[ { "created": "Mon, 18 May 1998 11:23:15 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:20:56 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Kotikov", "A. V.", "", "JINR, Dubna" ], [ "Krivokhijine", "V. G.", "", "JINR, Dubna" ] ]
We performed the combine fits of SLAC, BCDMS and NMC data at NLO level. The data are fitted very well with different parametrizations of higher twist contributions. The theory-based parametrizations lead to the low values of QCD parameter \Lambda^{f=4}_{\overfull{MS}} \sim 140 \pm 21 MeV (or \alpha_s(M^2_Z)= 0.103 \pm 0.002).
hep-ph/9606377
Ramon Toldra. Ifae
J.A. Grifols, E. Masso and R. Toldra
Majorana Neutrinos and Long Range Forces
7 pages, Latex, 1 postcript figure. False statement about neutrino bounding in neutron stars mended
Phys.Lett. B389 (1996) 563-565
10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01304-4
UAB-FT-394
hep-ph
null
We establish that forces mediated by the exchange of a pair of Majorana neutrinos differ from those due to Dirac neutrino exchange.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Jun 1996 15:49:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 23 Jul 1996 17:02:09 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Grifols", "J. A.", "" ], [ "Masso", "E.", "" ], [ "Toldra", "R.", "" ] ]
We establish that forces mediated by the exchange of a pair of Majorana neutrinos differ from those due to Dirac neutrino exchange.
0905.1198
Tanguy Pierog
T. Pierog and K. Werner
EPOS Model and Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays
4 pages, 6 figures, To be published in the proceedings of the XVth ISVHECRI, Paris, 2008
Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.196:102-105,2009
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2009.09.017
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Interpretation of extensive air showers (EAS) experiments results is strongly based on air shower simulations. The latter being based on hadronic interaction models, any new model can help for the understanding of the nature of cosmic rays. The EPOS model reproducing all major results of existing accelerator data (including detailed data of RHIC experiments) has been introduced in air shower simulation programs CORSIKA and CONEX few years ago. The new EPOS 1.99 has recently been updated taking into account the problem seen in EAS development using EPOS 1.61. We will show in details the relationship between some EPOS hadronic properties and EAS development, as well as the consequences on the model and finally on cosmic ray analysis.
[ { "created": "Fri, 8 May 2009 08:13:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-12-08
[ [ "Pierog", "T.", "" ], [ "Werner", "K.", "" ] ]
Interpretation of extensive air showers (EAS) experiments results is strongly based on air shower simulations. The latter being based on hadronic interaction models, any new model can help for the understanding of the nature of cosmic rays. The EPOS model reproducing all major results of existing accelerator data (including detailed data of RHIC experiments) has been introduced in air shower simulation programs CORSIKA and CONEX few years ago. The new EPOS 1.99 has recently been updated taking into account the problem seen in EAS development using EPOS 1.61. We will show in details the relationship between some EPOS hadronic properties and EAS development, as well as the consequences on the model and finally on cosmic ray analysis.
hep-ph/0605012
Gino Isidori
Gino Isidori, Paride Paradisi
Hints of large tan(beta) in flavour physics
15 pages, 10 figures; v3: numerical value in Eq.(6) corrected with respect to publ. version (discussion/conclusions unchanged)
Phys.Lett.B639:499-507,2006
10.1016/j.physletb.2006.06.071
null
hep-ph
null
Motivated by the first evidence of the B -> tau nu transition reported by Belle and by the precise DeltaM_{B_s} measurement by CDF, we analyse these and other low-energy observables in the framework of the MSSM at large tan(beta). We show that for heavy squarks and A terms (M_squarks, A_U > 1 TeV) such scenario has several interesting virtues. It naturally describes: i) a suppression of BR(B->tau nu) of (10-40)%, ii) a sizable enhancement of (g-2)_mu, iii) a heavy SM-like Higgs (m_h ~ 120 GeV), iv) small non-standard effects in DeltaM_{B_s} and BR(B -> X_s gamma) (in agreement with present observations). The possibilities to find more convincing evidences of such scenario, with improved data on BR(B -> tau nu), BR(B -> l+ l-) and other low-energy observables, are briefly discussed.
[ { "created": "Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:40:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:02:30 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:58:50 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Isidori", "Gino", "" ], [ "Paradisi", "Paride", "" ] ]
Motivated by the first evidence of the B -> tau nu transition reported by Belle and by the precise DeltaM_{B_s} measurement by CDF, we analyse these and other low-energy observables in the framework of the MSSM at large tan(beta). We show that for heavy squarks and A terms (M_squarks, A_U > 1 TeV) such scenario has several interesting virtues. It naturally describes: i) a suppression of BR(B->tau nu) of (10-40)%, ii) a sizable enhancement of (g-2)_mu, iii) a heavy SM-like Higgs (m_h ~ 120 GeV), iv) small non-standard effects in DeltaM_{B_s} and BR(B -> X_s gamma) (in agreement with present observations). The possibilities to find more convincing evidences of such scenario, with improved data on BR(B -> tau nu), BR(B -> l+ l-) and other low-energy observables, are briefly discussed.
2407.06461
A. Bashir
I. M. Higuera-Angulo, R. J. Hern\'andez-Pinto, K. Raya, A. Bashir
Electromagnetic and two-photon transition form factors of the pseudoscalar mesons: An algebraic model computation
18 pages, 8 Figures
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-th nucl-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We compute electromagnetic and two-photon transition form factors of ground-state pseudoscalar mesons: $\pi,\,K,\,\eta_c,\,\eta_b$. To this end, we employ an algebraic model based upon the coupled formalism of Schwinger-Dyson and Bethe-Salpeter equations. Within this approach, the dressed quark propagator and the relevant Bethe-Salpeter amplitude encode the internal structure of the corresponding meson. Electromagnetic properties of the meson are probed via the quark-photon interaction. The algebraic model employed by us unifies the treatment of all ground-state pseudoscalar mesons. Its parameters are carefully fitted performing a global analysis of existing experimental data including the knowledge of the charge radii of the mesons studied. We then compute and predict electromagnetic and two-photon transition form factors for a wide range of probing photon momentum-squared which is of direct relevance to the experimental observations carried out thus far or planned at different hadron physics facilities such as the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) and the forthcoming Electron-Ion Collider. We also present comparisons with other theoretical models and approaches and lattice quantum chromodynamics.
[ { "created": "Mon, 8 Jul 2024 23:49:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-07-10
[ [ "Higuera-Angulo", "I. M.", "" ], [ "Hernández-Pinto", "R. J.", "" ], [ "Raya", "K.", "" ], [ "Bashir", "A.", "" ] ]
We compute electromagnetic and two-photon transition form factors of ground-state pseudoscalar mesons: $\pi,\,K,\,\eta_c,\,\eta_b$. To this end, we employ an algebraic model based upon the coupled formalism of Schwinger-Dyson and Bethe-Salpeter equations. Within this approach, the dressed quark propagator and the relevant Bethe-Salpeter amplitude encode the internal structure of the corresponding meson. Electromagnetic properties of the meson are probed via the quark-photon interaction. The algebraic model employed by us unifies the treatment of all ground-state pseudoscalar mesons. Its parameters are carefully fitted performing a global analysis of existing experimental data including the knowledge of the charge radii of the mesons studied. We then compute and predict electromagnetic and two-photon transition form factors for a wide range of probing photon momentum-squared which is of direct relevance to the experimental observations carried out thus far or planned at different hadron physics facilities such as the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) and the forthcoming Electron-Ion Collider. We also present comparisons with other theoretical models and approaches and lattice quantum chromodynamics.
1203.2932
David Curtin
David Curtin, Prerit Jaiswal, Patrick Meade
Excluding Electroweak Baryogenesis in the MSSM
24 Pages, 4 Figures (v3: fixed typos, minor corrections, added references)
null
10.1007/JHEP08(2012)005
null
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the context of the MSSM the Light Stop Scenario (LSS) is the only region of parameter space that allows for successful Electroweak Baryogenesis (EWBG). This possibility is very phenomenologically attractive, since it allows for the direct production of light stops and could be tested at the LHC. The ATLAS and CMS experiments have recently supplied tantalizing hints for a Higgs boson with a mass of ~ 125 GeV. This Higgs mass severely restricts the parameter space of the LSS, and we discuss the specific predictions made for EWBG in the MSSM. Combining data from all the available ATLAS and CMS Higgs searches reveals a tension with the predictions of EWBG even at this early stage. This allows us to exclude EWBG in the MSSM at greater than (90) 95% confidence level in the (non-)decoupling limit, by examining correlations between different Higgs decay channels. We also examine the exclusion without the assumption of a ~ 125 GeV Higgs. The Higgs searches are still highly constraining, excluding the entire EWBG parameter space at greater than 90% CL except for a small window of m_h ~ 117 - 119 GeV.
[ { "created": "Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:02:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:52:09 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 5 Aug 2012 00:26:27 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-06-04
[ [ "Curtin", "David", "" ], [ "Jaiswal", "Prerit", "" ], [ "Meade", "Patrick", "" ] ]
In the context of the MSSM the Light Stop Scenario (LSS) is the only region of parameter space that allows for successful Electroweak Baryogenesis (EWBG). This possibility is very phenomenologically attractive, since it allows for the direct production of light stops and could be tested at the LHC. The ATLAS and CMS experiments have recently supplied tantalizing hints for a Higgs boson with a mass of ~ 125 GeV. This Higgs mass severely restricts the parameter space of the LSS, and we discuss the specific predictions made for EWBG in the MSSM. Combining data from all the available ATLAS and CMS Higgs searches reveals a tension with the predictions of EWBG even at this early stage. This allows us to exclude EWBG in the MSSM at greater than (90) 95% confidence level in the (non-)decoupling limit, by examining correlations between different Higgs decay channels. We also examine the exclusion without the assumption of a ~ 125 GeV Higgs. The Higgs searches are still highly constraining, excluding the entire EWBG parameter space at greater than 90% CL except for a small window of m_h ~ 117 - 119 GeV.
hep-ph/9907460
null
Nuria Rius and Veronica Sanz
Supersymmetric Electroweak Baryogenesis
16 pages, LaTeX, 3 ps figures, minor changes added, one reference added
Nucl.Phys. B570 (2000) 155-173
10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00797-X
FTUV/99-48, IFIC/99-50
hep-ph
null
We calculate the baryon asymmetry generated at the electroweak phase transition in the minimal supersymmetric standard model, using a new method to compute the CP-violating asymmetry in the Higgsino flux reflected into the unbroken phase. The method is based on a Higgs insertion expansion. We find that the CP asymmetry at leading order is proportional to the change in $\tan \beta$ in the bubble wall, which is at most of order $10^{-2}$, while at next-to-leading order this suppression factor disappears. This result may enhance the final baryon asymmetry generated during the electroweak phase transition for small $\Delta \beta (< 10^{-3}$).
[ { "created": "Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:30:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 4 Aug 1999 07:49:20 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:51:01 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Rius", "Nuria", "" ], [ "Sanz", "Veronica", "" ] ]
We calculate the baryon asymmetry generated at the electroweak phase transition in the minimal supersymmetric standard model, using a new method to compute the CP-violating asymmetry in the Higgsino flux reflected into the unbroken phase. The method is based on a Higgs insertion expansion. We find that the CP asymmetry at leading order is proportional to the change in $\tan \beta$ in the bubble wall, which is at most of order $10^{-2}$, while at next-to-leading order this suppression factor disappears. This result may enhance the final baryon asymmetry generated during the electroweak phase transition for small $\Delta \beta (< 10^{-3}$).
1910.02080
Raymond Co
Raymond T. Co and Keisuke Harigaya
Axiogenesis
6+10 pages, 1+2 figures; v2: a simplified model and references added, matches journal version
Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 111602 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.111602
LCTP-19-27
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose a mechanism called axiogenesis where the cosmological excess of baryons over antibaryons is generated from the rotation of the QCD axion. The Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry may be explicitly broken in the early universe, inducing the rotation of a PQ charged scalar field. The rotation corresponds to the asymmetry of the PQ charge, which is converted into the baryon asymmetry via QCD and electroweak sphaleron transitions. In the concrete model we explore, interesting phenomenology arises due to the prediction of a small decay constant and the connections with new physics at the LHC and future colliders and with axion dark matter.
[ { "created": "Fri, 4 Oct 2019 18:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 31 Mar 2020 01:56:01 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-04-01
[ [ "Co", "Raymond T.", "" ], [ "Harigaya", "Keisuke", "" ] ]
We propose a mechanism called axiogenesis where the cosmological excess of baryons over antibaryons is generated from the rotation of the QCD axion. The Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry may be explicitly broken in the early universe, inducing the rotation of a PQ charged scalar field. The rotation corresponds to the asymmetry of the PQ charge, which is converted into the baryon asymmetry via QCD and electroweak sphaleron transitions. In the concrete model we explore, interesting phenomenology arises due to the prediction of a small decay constant and the connections with new physics at the LHC and future colliders and with axion dark matter.
2002.00969
Simon King
Simon J.D. King, Stephen F. King
Fermion Mass Hierarchies from Modular Symmetry
30 pages, matches version published in JHEP
JHEP 09 (2020) 043
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show how quark and lepton mass hierarchies can be reproduced in the framework of modular symmetry. The mechanism is analogous to the Froggatt-Nielsen (FN) mechanism, but without requiring any Abelian symmetry to be introduced, nor any Standard Model (SM) singlet flavon to break it. The modular weights of fermion fields play the role of FN charges, and SM singlet fields with non-zero modular weight called weightons play the role of flavons. We illustrate the mechanism by analysing $A_4$ (modular level 3) models of quark and lepton (including neutrino) masses and mixing, with a single modulus field. We discuss two examples in some detail, both numerically and analytically, showing how both fermion mass and mixing hierarchies emerge from different aspects of the modular symmetry.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Feb 2020 19:00:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:30:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-09-29
[ [ "King", "Simon J. D.", "" ], [ "King", "Stephen F.", "" ] ]
We show how quark and lepton mass hierarchies can be reproduced in the framework of modular symmetry. The mechanism is analogous to the Froggatt-Nielsen (FN) mechanism, but without requiring any Abelian symmetry to be introduced, nor any Standard Model (SM) singlet flavon to break it. The modular weights of fermion fields play the role of FN charges, and SM singlet fields with non-zero modular weight called weightons play the role of flavons. We illustrate the mechanism by analysing $A_4$ (modular level 3) models of quark and lepton (including neutrino) masses and mixing, with a single modulus field. We discuss two examples in some detail, both numerically and analytically, showing how both fermion mass and mixing hierarchies emerge from different aspects of the modular symmetry.
hep-ph/0507304
A. H. Rezaeian
Amir H. Rezaeian
Topics in quantum field theory: Renormalization groups in Hamiltonian framework and baryon structure in a non-local QCD model
158 pages, PhD thesis
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
In this thesis we investigate aspects of two problems. In the first part of this thesis, we concentrate on renormalization group methods in Hamiltonian framework. We show that the well-known coupled-cluster many-body theory techniques can be incorporated in the Wilsonian renormalization group to provide a very powerful framework for construction of effective Hamiltonian field theories. Eventhough the formulation is intrinsically non-perturbative, we have shown that a loop-expansion can be implemented. As illustrative examples, we apply our formulation on the $\Phi^{4}$ theory and an extended Lee model. The many-body problem in an extended Lee model is also studied. We show that a combination of the coupled-cluster theory and the Feshbach projection techniques leads to a renormalized generalized Brueckner theory. The second part of the thesis is rather phenomenologically orientated. In this part, we will employ an effective field-theoretical model as can be constructed by means of the techniques of the first part of the thesis, a quark-confining non-local NJL model and study the baryon and diquarks in this model. After truncation of the two-body channels to the scalar and axial-vector diquarks, a relativistic Faddeev equation for nucleon bound states is solved in the covariant diquark-quark picture. We study the possible implications of quark confinement for the description of the diquarks and the nucleon. We also examine alternative field theoretical approaches for describing baryons.
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:26:14 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Rezaeian", "Amir H.", "" ] ]
In this thesis we investigate aspects of two problems. In the first part of this thesis, we concentrate on renormalization group methods in Hamiltonian framework. We show that the well-known coupled-cluster many-body theory techniques can be incorporated in the Wilsonian renormalization group to provide a very powerful framework for construction of effective Hamiltonian field theories. Eventhough the formulation is intrinsically non-perturbative, we have shown that a loop-expansion can be implemented. As illustrative examples, we apply our formulation on the $\Phi^{4}$ theory and an extended Lee model. The many-body problem in an extended Lee model is also studied. We show that a combination of the coupled-cluster theory and the Feshbach projection techniques leads to a renormalized generalized Brueckner theory. The second part of the thesis is rather phenomenologically orientated. In this part, we will employ an effective field-theoretical model as can be constructed by means of the techniques of the first part of the thesis, a quark-confining non-local NJL model and study the baryon and diquarks in this model. After truncation of the two-body channels to the scalar and axial-vector diquarks, a relativistic Faddeev equation for nucleon bound states is solved in the covariant diquark-quark picture. We study the possible implications of quark confinement for the description of the diquarks and the nucleon. We also examine alternative field theoretical approaches for describing baryons.
hep-ph/9508356
null
Robert S. Plant and Michael C. Birse (University of Manchester)
$\rho\to 4\pi$ in chirally symmetric models
12 pages (RevTeX)
Phys.Lett. B365 (1996) 292
10.1016/0370-2693(95)01273-7
MC/TH 95/14
hep-ph
null
The decays $\rho^0\to 2\pi^+2\pi^-$ and $\rho^0\to 2\pi^0\pi^+\pi^-$ are studied using various effective Lagrangians for $\pi$ and $\rho$ (and in some cases $a_1$) mesons, all of which respect the approximate chiral symmetry of the strong interaction. Partial widths of the order of 1 keV or less are found in all cases. These are an order of magnitude smaller than recent predictions based on non-chiral models.
[ { "created": "Wed, 23 Aug 1995 14:22:58 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Plant", "Robert S.", "", "University of Manchester" ], [ "Birse", "Michael C.", "", "University of Manchester" ] ]
The decays $\rho^0\to 2\pi^+2\pi^-$ and $\rho^0\to 2\pi^0\pi^+\pi^-$ are studied using various effective Lagrangians for $\pi$ and $\rho$ (and in some cases $a_1$) mesons, all of which respect the approximate chiral symmetry of the strong interaction. Partial widths of the order of 1 keV or less are found in all cases. These are an order of magnitude smaller than recent predictions based on non-chiral models.
hep-ph/0602140
Chuan Hung Chen
Chuan-Hung Chen, Hisaki Hatanaka
Nonuniversal $Z^{\prime}$ couplings in B decays
28 pages, 9 figures, version revised
Phys.Rev.D73:075003,2006
10.1103/PhysRevD.73.075003
null
hep-ph hep-ex
null
We study the impacts of nonuniversal $Z^{\prime}$ model, providing flavor changing neutral current at tree level, on the branching ratios (BRs), CP asymmetries (CPAs) and polarization fractions of B decays. We find that for satisfying the current data, the new left- and right-handed couplings have to be included at the same time. The new introduced effective interactions not only could effectively explain the puzzle of small longitudinal polarization in $B\to K^* \phi$ decays, but also provide a solution to the small CPA of $B^{\pm}\to \pi^{0} K^{\pm}$. We also find that the favorable CPA of $B^{\pm}\to \pi^{0} K^{\pm}$ is opposite in sign to the standard model; meanwhile, the CPA of $B_{d}\to \pi^{0}K$ has to be smaller than -10%. In addition, by using the values of parameters which are constrained by $B\to \pi K$, we find that the favorable ranges of BRs, CPAs, longitudinal polarizations, and perpendicular transverse polarizations for $(B^{\pm}\to \rho^{\pm} K^{*}, B_{d}\to \rho^{\mp} K^{*\pm})$ are $(17.1\pm 3.9, 10.0\pm2.0)\times 10^{-6}$, $(3\pm 5, 21\pm 7)%$, $(0.66\pm 0.10, 0.44\pm 0.08)$ and $(0.14\pm 0.10, 0.25\pm 0.09)$, respectively.
[ { "created": "Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:24:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:50:41 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-09-06
[ [ "Chen", "Chuan-Hung", "" ], [ "Hatanaka", "Hisaki", "" ] ]
We study the impacts of nonuniversal $Z^{\prime}$ model, providing flavor changing neutral current at tree level, on the branching ratios (BRs), CP asymmetries (CPAs) and polarization fractions of B decays. We find that for satisfying the current data, the new left- and right-handed couplings have to be included at the same time. The new introduced effective interactions not only could effectively explain the puzzle of small longitudinal polarization in $B\to K^* \phi$ decays, but also provide a solution to the small CPA of $B^{\pm}\to \pi^{0} K^{\pm}$. We also find that the favorable CPA of $B^{\pm}\to \pi^{0} K^{\pm}$ is opposite in sign to the standard model; meanwhile, the CPA of $B_{d}\to \pi^{0}K$ has to be smaller than -10%. In addition, by using the values of parameters which are constrained by $B\to \pi K$, we find that the favorable ranges of BRs, CPAs, longitudinal polarizations, and perpendicular transverse polarizations for $(B^{\pm}\to \rho^{\pm} K^{*}, B_{d}\to \rho^{\mp} K^{*\pm})$ are $(17.1\pm 3.9, 10.0\pm2.0)\times 10^{-6}$, $(3\pm 5, 21\pm 7)%$, $(0.66\pm 0.10, 0.44\pm 0.08)$ and $(0.14\pm 0.10, 0.25\pm 0.09)$, respectively.
hep-ph/0004161
Vasiliki Mitsou
V.A. Mitsou
Search for new physics with ATLAS at the LHC
6 pages LaTeX, 4 eps figures and 1 style file incorporated. Presented at the Lake Louise Winter Institute 2000: From Particles to the Universe, Alberta, Canada, 20-26 February 2000
null
10.1142/9789812811752_0035
ATL-CONF-2000-002
hep-ph hep-ex
null
Due to the high energy and luminosity of the LHC, the ATLAS experiment has a huge discovery potential for new physics. A Standard Model Higgs boson can be discovered over the full range of allowed masses, and its mass should be measured with a precision of about 0.1%. The Higgs sector of the MSSM should be fully explored by searches for supersymmetric Higgs bosons. Squarks and gluinos can be discovered up to masses of 2.5 TeV and several precision measurements can be performed in the SUSY sector. The existence of particles predicted by other theories beyond the Standard Model has been also investigated.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:37:44 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-08-23
[ [ "Mitsou", "V. A.", "" ] ]
Due to the high energy and luminosity of the LHC, the ATLAS experiment has a huge discovery potential for new physics. A Standard Model Higgs boson can be discovered over the full range of allowed masses, and its mass should be measured with a precision of about 0.1%. The Higgs sector of the MSSM should be fully explored by searches for supersymmetric Higgs bosons. Squarks and gluinos can be discovered up to masses of 2.5 TeV and several precision measurements can be performed in the SUSY sector. The existence of particles predicted by other theories beyond the Standard Model has been also investigated.
2404.02602
Henry Hirvonen
H. Hirvonen, K.J. Eskola, H. Niemi
Deep learning for flow observables in high energy heavy-ion collisions
4 pages, 4 figures. Presented at the XXXth International Conference on Ultra-relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2023), Houston, Texas, USA
null
null
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We demonstrate how deep convolutional neural networks can be trained to predict 2+1 D hydrodynamic simulation results for flow coefficients, mean-transverse-momentum and charged particle multiplicity from the initial energy density profile. We show that this method provides results that are accurate enough, so that one can use neural networks to reliably estimate multi-particle flow correlators. Additionally, we train networks that can take any model parameter as an additional input and demonstrate with a few examples that the accuracy remains good. The usage of neural networks can reduce the computation time needed in performing Bayesian analyses with multi-particle flow correlators by many orders of magnitude.
[ { "created": "Wed, 3 Apr 2024 09:44:45 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-04-04
[ [ "Hirvonen", "H.", "" ], [ "Eskola", "K. J.", "" ], [ "Niemi", "H.", "" ] ]
We demonstrate how deep convolutional neural networks can be trained to predict 2+1 D hydrodynamic simulation results for flow coefficients, mean-transverse-momentum and charged particle multiplicity from the initial energy density profile. We show that this method provides results that are accurate enough, so that one can use neural networks to reliably estimate multi-particle flow correlators. Additionally, we train networks that can take any model parameter as an additional input and demonstrate with a few examples that the accuracy remains good. The usage of neural networks can reduce the computation time needed in performing Bayesian analyses with multi-particle flow correlators by many orders of magnitude.
hep-ph/0503107
Federico Mescia DR
Gino Isidori, Christopher Smith, Federico Mescia
Light-quark Loops in K->pi nu nu
null
Nucl.Phys. B718 (2005) 319-338
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.04.008
RM3-TH/05-2
hep-ph
null
We present a comprehensive analysis of the contributions to K->pi nu nu decays not described by the leading dimension-six effective Hamiltonian. These include both dimension-eight four-fermion operators generated at the charm scale, and genuine long-distance contributions which can be described within the framework of chiral perturbation theory. We show that a consistent treatment of the latter contributions, which turn out to be the dominant effect, requires the introduction of new chiral operators already at O(GF^2 p^2). Using this new chiral Lagrangian, we analyze the long-distance structure of K->pi nu nu amplitudes at the one-loop level, and discuss the role of the dimension-eight operators in the matching between short- and long-distance components. From the numerical point of view, we find that these O(GF^2 LambdaQCD^2) corrections enhance the SM prediction of Br(K+->pi+ nu nu) by about 6%
[ { "created": "Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:20:31 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-04-05
[ [ "Isidori", "Gino", "" ], [ "Smith", "Christopher", "" ], [ "Mescia", "Federico", "" ] ]
We present a comprehensive analysis of the contributions to K->pi nu nu decays not described by the leading dimension-six effective Hamiltonian. These include both dimension-eight four-fermion operators generated at the charm scale, and genuine long-distance contributions which can be described within the framework of chiral perturbation theory. We show that a consistent treatment of the latter contributions, which turn out to be the dominant effect, requires the introduction of new chiral operators already at O(GF^2 p^2). Using this new chiral Lagrangian, we analyze the long-distance structure of K->pi nu nu amplitudes at the one-loop level, and discuss the role of the dimension-eight operators in the matching between short- and long-distance components. From the numerical point of view, we find that these O(GF^2 LambdaQCD^2) corrections enhance the SM prediction of Br(K+->pi+ nu nu) by about 6%
1810.11336
Felix Kahlhoefer
Babette D\"obrich, Fatih Ertas, Felix Kahlhoefer, Tommaso Spadaro
Model-independent bounds on light pseudoscalars from rare B-meson decays
10 pages, 3 figures; v2: matches version published in PLB; B-meson spectra provided as ancillary file
Phys.Lett. B790 (2019) 537-544
10.1016/j.physletb.2019.01.064
TTK-18-45
hep-ph hep-ex
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
New light pseudoscalars, such as axion-like particles, appear in many well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model and provide an exciting target for present and future experiments. We study the experimental sensitivity for such particles by revising the CHARM exclusion contour, updating bounds from LHCb and presenting prospects for NA62 and SHiP. We first consider a simplified model of a light pseudoscalar $A$ and then propose a model-independent approach applicable to any spin-0 boson light enough to be produced in B-meson decays. As illustration, we provide upper bounds on $\text{BR}(B \to K\,A) \times \text{BR}(A \to \mu^+\mu^-)$ as a function of the boson lifetime and mass for models that satisfy minimal flavour violation. Our results demonstrate the important complementarity between different experiments resulting from their different geometries.
[ { "created": "Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:11:45 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:59:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-02-20
[ [ "Döbrich", "Babette", "" ], [ "Ertas", "Fatih", "" ], [ "Kahlhoefer", "Felix", "" ], [ "Spadaro", "Tommaso", "" ] ]
New light pseudoscalars, such as axion-like particles, appear in many well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model and provide an exciting target for present and future experiments. We study the experimental sensitivity for such particles by revising the CHARM exclusion contour, updating bounds from LHCb and presenting prospects for NA62 and SHiP. We first consider a simplified model of a light pseudoscalar $A$ and then propose a model-independent approach applicable to any spin-0 boson light enough to be produced in B-meson decays. As illustration, we provide upper bounds on $\text{BR}(B \to K\,A) \times \text{BR}(A \to \mu^+\mu^-)$ as a function of the boson lifetime and mass for models that satisfy minimal flavour violation. Our results demonstrate the important complementarity between different experiments resulting from their different geometries.
1007.4200
Itay Yavin
Spencer Chang, Neal Weiner, and Itay Yavin
Magnetic Inelastic Dark Matter
8 pages, 3 figs; v3: added discussion and figures to elucidate the uncertainties associated with the dipole form-factors. Conclusions unchanged. Published version
Phys.Rev.D82:125011,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.82.125011
null
hep-ph astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Iodine is distinguished from other elements used in dark matter direct detection experiments both by its large mass as well as its large magnetic moment. Inelastic dark matter utilizes the large mass of iodine to allay tensions between the DAMA annual modulation signature and the null results from other experiments. We explore models of inelastic dark matter that also take advantage of the second distinct property of iodine, namely its large magnetic moment. In such models the couplings are augmented by magnetic, rather than merely electric, interactions. These models provide simple examples where the DAMA signal is compatible with all existing limits. We consider dipole moments for the WIMP, through conventional magnetism as well as "dark" magnetism, including both magnetic-magnetic and magnetic-electric scattering. We find XENON100 and CRESST should generically see a signal, although suppressed compared with electric inelastic dark matter models, while KIMS should see a modulated signal comparable to or larger than that of DAMA. In a large portion of parameter space, de-excitation occurs promptly, producing a ~ 100 keV photon inside large xenon experiments alongside the nuclear recoil. This effect could be searched for, but if not properly considered may cause nuclear recoil events to fail standard cuts.
[ { "created": "Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:00:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:25:20 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:54:51 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2010-12-23
[ [ "Chang", "Spencer", "" ], [ "Weiner", "Neal", "" ], [ "Yavin", "Itay", "" ] ]
Iodine is distinguished from other elements used in dark matter direct detection experiments both by its large mass as well as its large magnetic moment. Inelastic dark matter utilizes the large mass of iodine to allay tensions between the DAMA annual modulation signature and the null results from other experiments. We explore models of inelastic dark matter that also take advantage of the second distinct property of iodine, namely its large magnetic moment. In such models the couplings are augmented by magnetic, rather than merely electric, interactions. These models provide simple examples where the DAMA signal is compatible with all existing limits. We consider dipole moments for the WIMP, through conventional magnetism as well as "dark" magnetism, including both magnetic-magnetic and magnetic-electric scattering. We find XENON100 and CRESST should generically see a signal, although suppressed compared with electric inelastic dark matter models, while KIMS should see a modulated signal comparable to or larger than that of DAMA. In a large portion of parameter space, de-excitation occurs promptly, producing a ~ 100 keV photon inside large xenon experiments alongside the nuclear recoil. This effect could be searched for, but if not properly considered may cause nuclear recoil events to fail standard cuts.
2206.06927
Yuri B. Ivanov
Yu. B. Ivanov and A. A. Soldatov
On Ambiguity of Definition of Shear and Spin-Hall Contributions to $\Lambda$ Polarization in Heavy-Ion Collisions
3 pages, version accepted by JETP Letters, minor changes in text and references
null
10.1134/S0021364022601300
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Recently proposed thermal-shear and spin-Hall contributions to the particle polarization in heavy-ion collisions are discussed. Alternative definitions of the thermal-shear contribution, i.e. those of Becattini-Buzzegoli-Palermo on the one hand and Liu-Yin on the other, are very similar in the midrapidity region while quite different at forward-backward rapidities, which are measured in fixed-target experiments. It is shown that the thermal-shear contribution to the global polarization with momentum averaging extended to all momenta is very different within these alternative definitions. The spin-Hall contribution to the global polarization, defined similarly to the Liu-Yin shear one, is identically zero, if averaging runs over all momenta. Only application of restrictive momentum acceptance and the boost (to $\Lambda$ rest frame) correction result in nonzero global spin-Hall polarization. If the spin-Hall contribution were defined similarly to Becattini-Buzzegoli-Palermo shear one, the global spin-Hall polarization would be non-zero even without any acceptance and the boost correction.
[ { "created": "Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:48:24 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:44:45 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:00:33 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2022-08-10
[ [ "Ivanov", "Yu. B.", "" ], [ "Soldatov", "A. A.", "" ] ]
Recently proposed thermal-shear and spin-Hall contributions to the particle polarization in heavy-ion collisions are discussed. Alternative definitions of the thermal-shear contribution, i.e. those of Becattini-Buzzegoli-Palermo on the one hand and Liu-Yin on the other, are very similar in the midrapidity region while quite different at forward-backward rapidities, which are measured in fixed-target experiments. It is shown that the thermal-shear contribution to the global polarization with momentum averaging extended to all momenta is very different within these alternative definitions. The spin-Hall contribution to the global polarization, defined similarly to the Liu-Yin shear one, is identically zero, if averaging runs over all momenta. Only application of restrictive momentum acceptance and the boost (to $\Lambda$ rest frame) correction result in nonzero global spin-Hall polarization. If the spin-Hall contribution were defined similarly to Becattini-Buzzegoli-Palermo shear one, the global spin-Hall polarization would be non-zero even without any acceptance and the boost correction.
2010.02954
Jui-Lin Kuo
C\'eline B{\oe}hm, Xiaoyong Chu, Jui-Lin Kuo, Josef Pradler
Scalar Dark Matter Candidates -- Revisited
22 pages, 9 figures; to match the published version
Phys. Rev. D 103, 075005 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.075005
null
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We revisit the possibility of light scalar dark matter, in the MeV to GeV mass bracket and coupled to electrons through fermion or vector mediators, in light of significant experimental and observational advances that probe new physics below the GeV-scale. We establish new limits from electron colliders and fixed-target beams, and derive the strength of loop-induced processes that are probed by precision physics, among other laboratory probes. In addition, we compute the cooling bound from SN1987A, consider self-scattering, structure formation, and cosmological constraints as well as the limits from dark matter-electron scattering in direct detection experiments. We then show that the combination of constraints largely excludes the possibility that the galactic annihilation of these particles may explain the long-standing INTEGRAL excess of 511 keV photons as observed in the galactic bulge. As caveat to these conclusions we identify the resonant annihilation regime where the vector mediator goes nearly on-shell.
[ { "created": "Tue, 6 Oct 2020 18:07:48 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:22:15 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-04-14
[ [ "Bœhm", "Céline", "" ], [ "Chu", "Xiaoyong", "" ], [ "Kuo", "Jui-Lin", "" ], [ "Pradler", "Josef", "" ] ]
We revisit the possibility of light scalar dark matter, in the MeV to GeV mass bracket and coupled to electrons through fermion or vector mediators, in light of significant experimental and observational advances that probe new physics below the GeV-scale. We establish new limits from electron colliders and fixed-target beams, and derive the strength of loop-induced processes that are probed by precision physics, among other laboratory probes. In addition, we compute the cooling bound from SN1987A, consider self-scattering, structure formation, and cosmological constraints as well as the limits from dark matter-electron scattering in direct detection experiments. We then show that the combination of constraints largely excludes the possibility that the galactic annihilation of these particles may explain the long-standing INTEGRAL excess of 511 keV photons as observed in the galactic bulge. As caveat to these conclusions we identify the resonant annihilation regime where the vector mediator goes nearly on-shell.
hep-ph/0105172
Hai Lin
Hai Lin
Analytic Derivation of the Quark Distribution Functions Near x=1 by Statistical Methods
8 pages, LaTex
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
In this paper, we made a statistical approach on the thermodynamic structure of the nucleon and its quark distributions. We assume that the nucleon is a thermodynamic system of quarks and gluons. After we derived the quark density of states from the Dirac Equation, we calculated each quark's chemical potential, associating it with the quark's spin distribution. By using the sum rule of the longitudinal momentum, we obtain a function showing the relation between the temperature, radius and mass of the nucleon. The nucleon's radius is determined by the total energy minimal principle, and thus the temperature is also known. Finally, we deduced the quark distribution functions near x=1, and the results are in agreement with the experimental data.
[ { "created": "Thu, 17 May 2001 20:15:30 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Lin", "Hai", "" ] ]
In this paper, we made a statistical approach on the thermodynamic structure of the nucleon and its quark distributions. We assume that the nucleon is a thermodynamic system of quarks and gluons. After we derived the quark density of states from the Dirac Equation, we calculated each quark's chemical potential, associating it with the quark's spin distribution. By using the sum rule of the longitudinal momentum, we obtain a function showing the relation between the temperature, radius and mass of the nucleon. The nucleon's radius is determined by the total energy minimal principle, and thus the temperature is also known. Finally, we deduced the quark distribution functions near x=1, and the results are in agreement with the experimental data.
hep-ph/0309286
Wieslaw Sobk\'ow
S. Ciechanowicz (1), M. Misiaszek (2), W. Sobkow (1) (1 University of Wroclaw, Poland) (2 Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Scattering of neutrinos on a polarized electron target as a test for new physics beyond the Standard Model
11 pages, 3 eps figures, revtex, submitted to publication
Phys.Rev.D71:093006,2005
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.093006
null
hep-ph
null
In this paper, we analyze the scattering of the neutrino beam on the polarized electron target, and predict the effects of two theoretically possible scenarios beyond the Standard Model. In both scenarios, Dirac neutrinos are assumed to be massive. First, we consider how the existence of CP violation phase between the complex vector V and axial A couplings of the Left-handed neutrinos affects the azimuthal dependence of the differential cross section. The future superbeam and neutrino factory experiments will provide the unique opportunity for the leptonic CP violation studies, if the large magnetized sampling calorimeters with good event reconstruction capabilities are build. Next, we take into account a scenario with the participation of the exotic scalar S coupling of the Right-handed neutrinos in addition to the standard vector V and axial A couplings of the Left-handed neutrinos. The main goal is to show how the presence of the R-handed neutrinos, in the above process changes the spectrum of recoil electrons in relation to the expected Standard Model prediction, using the current limits on the non-standard couplings. The interference terms between the standard and exotic couplings in the differential cross section depend on the angle $\alpha$ between the transverse incoming neutrino polarization and the transverse electron polarization of the target, and do not vanish in the limit of massless neutrino. The detection of the dependence on this angle in the energy spectrum of recoil electrons would be a signature of the presence of the R-handed neutrinos in the neutrino-electron scattering. To make this test feasible, the polarized artificial neutrino source needs to be identified.
[ { "created": "Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:38:35 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:14:01 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Ciechanowicz", "S.", "" ], [ "Misiaszek", "M.", "" ], [ "Sobkow", "W.", "" ] ]
In this paper, we analyze the scattering of the neutrino beam on the polarized electron target, and predict the effects of two theoretically possible scenarios beyond the Standard Model. In both scenarios, Dirac neutrinos are assumed to be massive. First, we consider how the existence of CP violation phase between the complex vector V and axial A couplings of the Left-handed neutrinos affects the azimuthal dependence of the differential cross section. The future superbeam and neutrino factory experiments will provide the unique opportunity for the leptonic CP violation studies, if the large magnetized sampling calorimeters with good event reconstruction capabilities are build. Next, we take into account a scenario with the participation of the exotic scalar S coupling of the Right-handed neutrinos in addition to the standard vector V and axial A couplings of the Left-handed neutrinos. The main goal is to show how the presence of the R-handed neutrinos, in the above process changes the spectrum of recoil electrons in relation to the expected Standard Model prediction, using the current limits on the non-standard couplings. The interference terms between the standard and exotic couplings in the differential cross section depend on the angle $\alpha$ between the transverse incoming neutrino polarization and the transverse electron polarization of the target, and do not vanish in the limit of massless neutrino. The detection of the dependence on this angle in the energy spectrum of recoil electrons would be a signature of the presence of the R-handed neutrinos in the neutrino-electron scattering. To make this test feasible, the polarized artificial neutrino source needs to be identified.
2210.03795
Gong-Ming Yu
Gongming Yu, Yanbing Cai, Quangui Gao, and Qiang Hu
Production of $\chi_{c}$ and $\eta_{c}$ production in ultra-peripheral collisions with two-photon processes
6 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2209.11439
null
null
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We calculate the production of $\chi_{c}$ and $\eta_{c}$ by the semi-coherent and coherent two-photon interaction in ultra-peripheral heavy ion collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energies. The differential cross section of transverse momentum distribution and rapidity distribution for $AB\stackrel{\gamma\gamma}{\longrightarrow}AHB$ (H=$\chi_{c}$ and $\eta_{c}$), are estimated by using the equivalent photon approximation in ultra-peripheral nucleus-nucleus collisions. The numerical results demonstrate that the experimental study of $\chi_{c}$ and $\eta_{c}$ in ultra-peripheral nucleus-nucleus collisions is feasible at RHIC and LHC energies.
[ { "created": "Fri, 7 Oct 2022 19:55:30 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-10-11
[ [ "Yu", "Gongming", "" ], [ "Cai", "Yanbing", "" ], [ "Gao", "Quangui", "" ], [ "Hu", "Qiang", "" ] ]
We calculate the production of $\chi_{c}$ and $\eta_{c}$ by the semi-coherent and coherent two-photon interaction in ultra-peripheral heavy ion collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energies. The differential cross section of transverse momentum distribution and rapidity distribution for $AB\stackrel{\gamma\gamma}{\longrightarrow}AHB$ (H=$\chi_{c}$ and $\eta_{c}$), are estimated by using the equivalent photon approximation in ultra-peripheral nucleus-nucleus collisions. The numerical results demonstrate that the experimental study of $\chi_{c}$ and $\eta_{c}$ in ultra-peripheral nucleus-nucleus collisions is feasible at RHIC and LHC energies.
1505.04738
Hendrik van Hees
Carsten Greiner, Christian Wesp, Hendrik van Hees, Alex Meistrenko
Monte-Carlo approach to particle-field interactions and the kinetics of the chiral phase transition
7 pages, 7 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the 31st Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics 2015
null
10.1088/1742-6596/636/1/012007
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The kinetics of the chiral phase transition is studied within a linear quark-meson-$\sigma$ model, using a Monte-Carlo approach to semiclassical particle-field dynamics. The meson fields are described on the mean-field level and quarks and antiquarks as ensembles of test particles. Collisions between quarks and antiquarks as well as the $q\overline{q}$ annihilation to $\sigma$ mesons and the decay of $\sigma$ mesons is treated, using the corresponding transition-matrix elements from the underlying quantum field theory, obeying strictly the rule of detailed balance and energy-momentum conservation. The approach allows to study fluctuations without making ad hoc assumptions concerning the statistical nature of the random process as necessary in Langevin-Fokker-Planck frameworks.
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2015-09-30
[ [ "Greiner", "Carsten", "" ], [ "Wesp", "Christian", "" ], [ "van Hees", "Hendrik", "" ], [ "Meistrenko", "Alex", "" ] ]
The kinetics of the chiral phase transition is studied within a linear quark-meson-$\sigma$ model, using a Monte-Carlo approach to semiclassical particle-field dynamics. The meson fields are described on the mean-field level and quarks and antiquarks as ensembles of test particles. Collisions between quarks and antiquarks as well as the $q\overline{q}$ annihilation to $\sigma$ mesons and the decay of $\sigma$ mesons is treated, using the corresponding transition-matrix elements from the underlying quantum field theory, obeying strictly the rule of detailed balance and energy-momentum conservation. The approach allows to study fluctuations without making ad hoc assumptions concerning the statistical nature of the random process as necessary in Langevin-Fokker-Planck frameworks.
1212.1066
Alexander J. Stuart
Iain K. Cooper, Stephen F. King, Alexander J. Stuart
A Golden A_5 Model of Leptons with a Minimal NLO Correction
39 pages, 6 figures, version published in Nuclear Physics B
null
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2013.07.027
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose a new A_5 model of leptons which corrects the LO predictions of Golden Ratio mixing via a minimal NLO Majorana mass correction which completely breaks the original Klein symmetry of the neutrino mass matrix. The minimal nature of the NLO correction leads to a restricted and correlated range of the mixing angles allowing agreement within the one sigma range of recent global fits following the reactor angle measurement by Daya Bay and RENO. The minimal NLO correction also preserves the LO inverse neutrino mass sum rule leading to a neutrino mass spectrum that extends into the quasi-degenerate region allowing the model to be accessible to the current and future neutrinoless double beta decay experiments.
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2015-06-12
[ [ "Cooper", "Iain K.", "" ], [ "King", "Stephen F.", "" ], [ "Stuart", "Alexander J.", "" ] ]
We propose a new A_5 model of leptons which corrects the LO predictions of Golden Ratio mixing via a minimal NLO Majorana mass correction which completely breaks the original Klein symmetry of the neutrino mass matrix. The minimal nature of the NLO correction leads to a restricted and correlated range of the mixing angles allowing agreement within the one sigma range of recent global fits following the reactor angle measurement by Daya Bay and RENO. The minimal NLO correction also preserves the LO inverse neutrino mass sum rule leading to a neutrino mass spectrum that extends into the quasi-degenerate region allowing the model to be accessible to the current and future neutrinoless double beta decay experiments.