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hep-ph/9809447
Stephen Wong
S.M.H. Wong
Colour octet contribution to exclusive P-wave charmonium decay into nucleon-antinucleon
espcrc2 style, talk presented at QCD'98, July 1998, Montpellier, France
Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 74 (1999) 231
10.1016/S0920-5632(99)00169-3
IASA 98-2, UA/NPPS-98-12
hep-ph
null
We show that although there is no infrared divergence in exclusive P-wave quarkonium decays, the colour octet contribution is no less important than in the inclusive decay. Results from more proper calculations with only colour singlet contribution are not sufficient to account for the measured partial decay widths and so the next higher Fock state must be included. Using the $\c_J$ decay into $N\bar N$ as an example, a scheme is devised to yield estimates of the decay widths using both contributions, the results are comparable with experimental measurements.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Sep 1998 10:56:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Wong", "S. M. H.", "" ] ]
We show that although there is no infrared divergence in exclusive P-wave quarkonium decays, the colour octet contribution is no less important than in the inclusive decay. Results from more proper calculations with only colour singlet contribution are not sufficient to account for the measured partial decay widths and so the next higher Fock state must be included. Using the $\c_J$ decay into $N\bar N$ as an example, a scheme is devised to yield estimates of the decay widths using both contributions, the results are comparable with experimental measurements.
1811.02261
Liaoshan Shi
Liaoshan Shi, Zhijun Liang, Bo Liu, Zhenhui He
Constraining the anomalous Higgs boson coupling in $H$+$\gamma$ production
10 pages, 3 figures
Chinese Physics C Vol. 43, No. 4 (2019) 043001
10.1088/1674-1137/43/4/043001
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Higgs boson production in association with a photon ($H$+$\gamma$) offers a promising channel to test the Higgs boson to photon coupling at various energy scales. Its potential sensitivity to anomalous couplings of the Higgs boson has not been explored with the proton-proton collision data. In this paper, we reinterpret the latest ATLAS $H$+$\gamma$ resonance search results within the Standard Model effective field theory (EFT) framework, using 36.1 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data recorded with the ATLAS detector at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV. Constraints on the Wilson coefficients of dimension-six EFT operators related to the Higgs boson to photon coupling are provided for the first time in the $H$+$\gamma$ final state at the LHC.
[ { "created": "Tue, 6 Nov 2018 09:52:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:19:56 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:55:58 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2019-03-19
[ [ "Shi", "Liaoshan", "" ], [ "Liang", "Zhijun", "" ], [ "Liu", "Bo", "" ], [ "He", "Zhenhui", "" ] ]
Higgs boson production in association with a photon ($H$+$\gamma$) offers a promising channel to test the Higgs boson to photon coupling at various energy scales. Its potential sensitivity to anomalous couplings of the Higgs boson has not been explored with the proton-proton collision data. In this paper, we reinterpret the latest ATLAS $H$+$\gamma$ resonance search results within the Standard Model effective field theory (EFT) framework, using 36.1 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data recorded with the ATLAS detector at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV. Constraints on the Wilson coefficients of dimension-six EFT operators related to the Higgs boson to photon coupling are provided for the first time in the $H$+$\gamma$ final state at the LHC.
1705.11088
Bernard Pire
B. Pire, L. Szymanowski, J. Wagner
Hard exclusive neutrino production of a light meson
9 pages, 8 figures. second version (to be published in Phys Rev D): misprint in name of second author corrected; one added reference; minor misprints corrected. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1702.00316
Phys. Rev. D 95, 114029 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.95.114029
CPHT-RR033.052017
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We update the leading order in $\alpha_s$ QCD amplitude for deep exclusive neutrino and antineutrino production of a light meson on an unpolarized nucleon. The factorization theorems of the collinear QCD approach allow us to write the amplitude as the convolution of generalized parton distributions (GPDs) and perturbatively calculable coefficient functions. We study both the pseudoscalar meson and longitudinally polarized vector meson cases. It turns out that, contrarily to the electroproduction case, the leading twist scattering amplitudes for $\pi$ and $\rho_L$ productions are proportional to one another, which may serve as an interesting new test of the leading twist dominance of exclusive processes at medium scale. The dominance of the gluonic contribution to most cross sections is stressed.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 May 2017 07:15:52 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 7 Jun 2017 08:08:02 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-07-05
[ [ "Pire", "B.", "" ], [ "Szymanowski", "L.", "" ], [ "Wagner", "J.", "" ] ]
We update the leading order in $\alpha_s$ QCD amplitude for deep exclusive neutrino and antineutrino production of a light meson on an unpolarized nucleon. The factorization theorems of the collinear QCD approach allow us to write the amplitude as the convolution of generalized parton distributions (GPDs) and perturbatively calculable coefficient functions. We study both the pseudoscalar meson and longitudinally polarized vector meson cases. It turns out that, contrarily to the electroproduction case, the leading twist scattering amplitudes for $\pi$ and $\rho_L$ productions are proportional to one another, which may serve as an interesting new test of the leading twist dominance of exclusive processes at medium scale. The dominance of the gluonic contribution to most cross sections is stressed.
hep-ph/0112059
Michael R. Douglas
T. Banks (Rutgers and UCSC), M. Dine (UCSC) and M. R. Douglas (Rutgers and IHES)
Time-Varying alpha and Particle Physics
7 pages, latex, JHEP.cls
Phys.Rev.Lett. 88 (2002) 131301
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.131301
null
hep-ph astro-ph hep-th
null
We argue that models in which an observable variation of the fine structure constant is explained by motion of a cosmic scalar field, are not stable under renormalization, and require massive fine tuning that cannot be explained by any known mechanism.
[ { "created": "Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:35:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 8 Jan 2002 15:28:47 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 9 Jan 2002 20:54:10 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Banks", "T.", "", "Rutgers and UCSC" ], [ "Dine", "M.", "", "UCSC" ], [ "Douglas", "M. R.", "", "Rutgers\n and IHES" ] ]
We argue that models in which an observable variation of the fine structure constant is explained by motion of a cosmic scalar field, are not stable under renormalization, and require massive fine tuning that cannot be explained by any known mechanism.
1812.06963
Monika Blanke
Monika Blanke, Andrzej J. Buras
Emerging $\Delta M_{d}$-Anomaly from Tree-Level Determinations of $|V_{cb}|$ and the Angle $\gamma$
15 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables. v2: Clarifying comments and one figure added, conclusions unchanged. Matches published version
Eur. Phys. J. C 79 (2019) 159
10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6667-x
TTP18-044, AJB-18-10
hep-ph hep-ex hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We point out that the recently increased value of the angle $\gamma$ in the Unitarity Triangle (UT), determined in tree-level decays to be $\gamma=(74.0^{+5.0}_{-5.8})^\circ$ by the LHCb collaboration, combined with the most recent value of $|V_{cb}|$ implies an enhancement of $\Delta M_{d}$ over the data in the ballpark of $30\%$. This is roughly by a factor of two larger than the enhancement of $\Delta M_{s}$ that is independent of $\gamma$. This disparity of enhancements is problematic for models with Constrained Minimal Flavour Violation (CMFV) and also for $U(2)^3$ models. In view of the prospects of measuring $\gamma$ with the precision of $\pm 1^\circ$ by Belle II and LHCb in the coming years, we propose to use the angles $\gamma$ and $\beta$ together with $|V_{cb}|$ and $|V_{us}|$ as the fundamental parameters of the CKM matrix until $|V_{ub}|$ from tree-level decays will be known precisely. Displaying $\Delta M_{s,d}$ as functions of $\gamma$ clearly demonstrates the tension between the value of $\gamma$ from tree-level decays, free from new physics (NP) contributions, and $\Delta M_{s,d}$ calculated in CMFV and $U(2)^3$ models and thus exhibits the presence of NP contributions to $\Delta M_{s,d}$ beyond these frameworks. We calculate the values of $|V_{ub}|$ and $|V_{td}|$ as functions of $\gamma$ and $|V_{cb}|$ and discuss the implications of our results for $\varepsilon_K$ and rare $K$ and $B$ decays. We also briefly discuss a future strategy in which $\beta$, possibly affected by NP, is replaced by $|V_{ub}|$.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:59:59 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:04:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-02-27
[ [ "Blanke", "Monika", "" ], [ "Buras", "Andrzej J.", "" ] ]
We point out that the recently increased value of the angle $\gamma$ in the Unitarity Triangle (UT), determined in tree-level decays to be $\gamma=(74.0^{+5.0}_{-5.8})^\circ$ by the LHCb collaboration, combined with the most recent value of $|V_{cb}|$ implies an enhancement of $\Delta M_{d}$ over the data in the ballpark of $30\%$. This is roughly by a factor of two larger than the enhancement of $\Delta M_{s}$ that is independent of $\gamma$. This disparity of enhancements is problematic for models with Constrained Minimal Flavour Violation (CMFV) and also for $U(2)^3$ models. In view of the prospects of measuring $\gamma$ with the precision of $\pm 1^\circ$ by Belle II and LHCb in the coming years, we propose to use the angles $\gamma$ and $\beta$ together with $|V_{cb}|$ and $|V_{us}|$ as the fundamental parameters of the CKM matrix until $|V_{ub}|$ from tree-level decays will be known precisely. Displaying $\Delta M_{s,d}$ as functions of $\gamma$ clearly demonstrates the tension between the value of $\gamma$ from tree-level decays, free from new physics (NP) contributions, and $\Delta M_{s,d}$ calculated in CMFV and $U(2)^3$ models and thus exhibits the presence of NP contributions to $\Delta M_{s,d}$ beyond these frameworks. We calculate the values of $|V_{ub}|$ and $|V_{td}|$ as functions of $\gamma$ and $|V_{cb}|$ and discuss the implications of our results for $\varepsilon_K$ and rare $K$ and $B$ decays. We also briefly discuss a future strategy in which $\beta$, possibly affected by NP, is replaced by $|V_{ub}|$.
1301.1123
Kazunori Nakayama
Masahiro Kawasaki, Kazunori Nakayama
Axions : Theory and Cosmological Role
43 pages, 10 figures; invited review submitted to Ann.Rev.Part.Nucl.Sci
null
10.1146/annurev-nucl-102212-170536
ICRR-Report-643-2012-32, IPMU13-0009, UT-13-01
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We review recent developments on axion cosmology. Topics include : axion cold dark matter, axions from topological defects, axion isocurvature perturbation and its non-Gaussianity and axino/saxion cosmology in supersymmetric axion model.
[ { "created": "Mon, 7 Jan 2013 07:47:42 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-12
[ [ "Kawasaki", "Masahiro", "" ], [ "Nakayama", "Kazunori", "" ] ]
We review recent developments on axion cosmology. Topics include : axion cold dark matter, axions from topological defects, axion isocurvature perturbation and its non-Gaussianity and axino/saxion cosmology in supersymmetric axion model.
hep-ph/9805426
Dr. Athanasios Dedes
A. Dedes, A.B. Lahanas and K. Tamvakis
Z-Observables and the Effective Weak Mixing Angle in the MSSM
6 pages, 5 figures, Talk presented by A. Dedes at the International Workshop of the Hellenic Society for the Study of High-Energy Physics, Athens, Greece, 9-11 Apr 1998
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
We make a comparison of the predicted effective weak mixing angle, the Z-on resonance asymmetries and the W-boson mass to the LEP and SLD data at their present status. We find that the predicted MSSM values for the effective weak mixing angle are in agreement with the LEP+SLD average value for a ``heavy'' SUSY breaking scale while we observe an agreement with SLD data in the case of a ``light'' SUSY breaking scale. The resulting values for the W-boson mass and for the electron left-right asymmetries are compatible with CDF,UA2,DO and LEP data respectively. Unexpectedly we find that the supersymmetric QCD contributions to the Z-observables tend to vanish everywhere in the M1/2-M0 plane. Furthermore, values of M1/2 which are greater than 500 GeV are favoured by the MSSM if one considers the current experimental value for the strong coupling.
[ { "created": "Fri, 22 May 1998 15:32:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Dedes", "A.", "" ], [ "Lahanas", "A. B.", "" ], [ "Tamvakis", "K.", "" ] ]
We make a comparison of the predicted effective weak mixing angle, the Z-on resonance asymmetries and the W-boson mass to the LEP and SLD data at their present status. We find that the predicted MSSM values for the effective weak mixing angle are in agreement with the LEP+SLD average value for a ``heavy'' SUSY breaking scale while we observe an agreement with SLD data in the case of a ``light'' SUSY breaking scale. The resulting values for the W-boson mass and for the electron left-right asymmetries are compatible with CDF,UA2,DO and LEP data respectively. Unexpectedly we find that the supersymmetric QCD contributions to the Z-observables tend to vanish everywhere in the M1/2-M0 plane. Furthermore, values of M1/2 which are greater than 500 GeV are favoured by the MSSM if one considers the current experimental value for the strong coupling.
1306.5384
Dremin
I.M. Dremin, V.A. Nechitailo
Proton periphery activated by multiparticle dynamics
9 pages, 4 figures
null
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2013.08.009
null
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It is shown that protons become more active at the periphery with increase of their collision energy. By computing the impact parameter distribution of the proton-proton overlap function at LHC energies and comparing it with ISR (and S$p\bar p$S for $p\bar p$) data, we conclude that the peripheral region of protons plays an increasing role in the rise of total cross sections through multiparticle dynamics. The size of the proton as well as its blackness increase with energy. The protons become more black both in the central region and, especially, at the periphery. This effect can be related to the ridge phenomenon and to the inelastic diffraction processes at LHC energies.
[ { "created": "Sun, 23 Jun 2013 08:00:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 2 Sep 2013 08:34:23 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-16
[ [ "Dremin", "I. M.", "" ], [ "Nechitailo", "V. A.", "" ] ]
It is shown that protons become more active at the periphery with increase of their collision energy. By computing the impact parameter distribution of the proton-proton overlap function at LHC energies and comparing it with ISR (and S$p\bar p$S for $p\bar p$) data, we conclude that the peripheral region of protons plays an increasing role in the rise of total cross sections through multiparticle dynamics. The size of the proton as well as its blackness increase with energy. The protons become more black both in the central region and, especially, at the periphery. This effect can be related to the ridge phenomenon and to the inelastic diffraction processes at LHC energies.
hep-ph/9806231
null
Benedikt Lehmann-Dronke, Andreas Sch\"afer
IR-Renormalon Contributions to the Structure Functions $g_3$ and $g_5$
12 pages, 4 eps-figures
Eur.Phys.J. A4 (1999) 97-102
10.1007/s100500050208
null
hep-ph
null
We calculate the leading $1/N_f$ perturbative contributions to the polarized nonsinglet structure functions $g_3$ and $g_5$ to all orders in $\alpha_s$. The contributions from the first renormalon pole are determined. It is a measure for the ambiguity of the perturbative calculation and is assumed to dominate the power corrections. The corrections $\Delta g_3$ and $\Delta g_5$ are given as functions of the Bjorken variable $x$ and turn out to be negligable. The anomalous dimensions of the leading twist operators are obtained in the next-to-leading order.
[ { "created": "Tue, 2 Jun 1998 14:30:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Lehmann-Dronke", "Benedikt", "" ], [ "Schäfer", "Andreas", "" ] ]
We calculate the leading $1/N_f$ perturbative contributions to the polarized nonsinglet structure functions $g_3$ and $g_5$ to all orders in $\alpha_s$. The contributions from the first renormalon pole are determined. It is a measure for the ambiguity of the perturbative calculation and is assumed to dominate the power corrections. The corrections $\Delta g_3$ and $\Delta g_5$ are given as functions of the Bjorken variable $x$ and turn out to be negligable. The anomalous dimensions of the leading twist operators are obtained in the next-to-leading order.
1805.06281
Nasuf Sonmez PhD
Nasuf Sonmez
Pair production of the lightest chargino at $\gamma\gamma$-collider
14 pages, 12 figures
null
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2018.12.019
17-FEN-054
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Chargino pair production via photon-photon collision is investigated in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model at a future linear collider. The process is computed using all the possible diagrams at the next-to-leading order, including box, triangle, and self-energy diagrams. The numerical analysis is carried out for the production rates of the lightest chargino pair in RNS, NS, mSUGRA, BB, and NUGM scenarios. These distinct benchmark models were introduced in the light of the LHC results presented at $\sqrt{s}=7-8\text{ TeV}$. Among these scenarios, the RNS has the highest production rate for the $\gamma\gamma\rightarrow \tilde\chi_1^+ \tilde\chi_1^-$. The partonic cross section reaches up to $3.94\text{ pb}$ at $\sqrt{\hat{s}}=310\text{ GeV}$. The total convoluted cross section with the photon luminosity in a $e^+e^-$ machine is calculated as a function of the center-of-mass energy up to $1\text{ TeV}$. The convoluted cross section is $\sim1.05\text{ pb}$ at $\sqrt{s}=350\text{ GeV}$ depending on the polarization of the initial electron and laser polarization. The RNS along with the BB scenarios are accessible at $\sqrt{s}=500\text{ GeV}$ with a $\gamma\gamma$ collision mode on $e^+e^-$-collider.
[ { "created": "Wed, 16 May 2018 13:03:34 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:18:38 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 2 Jan 2019 16:32:52 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2019-01-03
[ [ "Sonmez", "Nasuf", "" ] ]
Chargino pair production via photon-photon collision is investigated in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model at a future linear collider. The process is computed using all the possible diagrams at the next-to-leading order, including box, triangle, and self-energy diagrams. The numerical analysis is carried out for the production rates of the lightest chargino pair in RNS, NS, mSUGRA, BB, and NUGM scenarios. These distinct benchmark models were introduced in the light of the LHC results presented at $\sqrt{s}=7-8\text{ TeV}$. Among these scenarios, the RNS has the highest production rate for the $\gamma\gamma\rightarrow \tilde\chi_1^+ \tilde\chi_1^-$. The partonic cross section reaches up to $3.94\text{ pb}$ at $\sqrt{\hat{s}}=310\text{ GeV}$. The total convoluted cross section with the photon luminosity in a $e^+e^-$ machine is calculated as a function of the center-of-mass energy up to $1\text{ TeV}$. The convoluted cross section is $\sim1.05\text{ pb}$ at $\sqrt{s}=350\text{ GeV}$ depending on the polarization of the initial electron and laser polarization. The RNS along with the BB scenarios are accessible at $\sqrt{s}=500\text{ GeV}$ with a $\gamma\gamma$ collision mode on $e^+e^-$-collider.
1408.0660
Shunzo Kumano
M. Hirai, S. Kumano, K. Saito, T. Watanabe
Clustering structure of nuclei in deep inelastic processes
5 pages, 7 figures, to be published in Proceedings of IOP Conference Series, 3rd International Workshop on State of the Art in Nuclear Cluster Physics, Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama, Japan, May 26-30, 2014
null
10.1088/1742-6596/569/1/012021
KEK-TH-1757, J-PARC-TH-0040
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A clustering aspect is explained for the $^9$Be nucleus in charged-lepton deep inelastic scattering. Nuclear modifications of the structure function $F_2$ are studied by the ratio $R_{\rm EMC} = F_2^A /F_2^D$, where $A$ and $D$ are a nucleus and the deuteron, respectively. In a JLab experiment, an unexpectedly large nuclear modification slope $|dR_{\rm EMC}/dx|$ was found for $^9$Be, which could be related to its clustering structure. We investigated a mean conventional part of a nuclear structure function $F_2^A$ by a convolution description with nucleon momentum distributions calculated by antisymmetrized (or fermionic) molecular dynamics (AMD) and also by a simple shell model. We found that clustering effects are small in the conventional part, so that the JLab result could be associated with an internal nucleon modification or a short-range nuclear correlation which is caused by high densities due to cluster formation.
[ { "created": "Mon, 4 Aug 2014 12:32:26 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-22
[ [ "Hirai", "M.", "" ], [ "Kumano", "S.", "" ], [ "Saito", "K.", "" ], [ "Watanabe", "T.", "" ] ]
A clustering aspect is explained for the $^9$Be nucleus in charged-lepton deep inelastic scattering. Nuclear modifications of the structure function $F_2$ are studied by the ratio $R_{\rm EMC} = F_2^A /F_2^D$, where $A$ and $D$ are a nucleus and the deuteron, respectively. In a JLab experiment, an unexpectedly large nuclear modification slope $|dR_{\rm EMC}/dx|$ was found for $^9$Be, which could be related to its clustering structure. We investigated a mean conventional part of a nuclear structure function $F_2^A$ by a convolution description with nucleon momentum distributions calculated by antisymmetrized (or fermionic) molecular dynamics (AMD) and also by a simple shell model. We found that clustering effects are small in the conventional part, so that the JLab result could be associated with an internal nucleon modification or a short-range nuclear correlation which is caused by high densities due to cluster formation.
1604.06193
Rainer Sommer
Mattia Dalla Brida, Patrick Fritzsch, Tomasz Korzec, Alberto Ramos, Stefan Sint, Rainer Sommer
Determination of the QCD $\Lambda$-parameter and the accuracy of perturbation theory at high energies
6.5 pages including figures and references; version accepted for publication in PRL
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 182001 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.182001
DESY 16-053, IFT-UAM/CSIC-16-029, CERN-TH-2016-060, TCDMATH 16-04, WUB/16-00
hep-ph hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the determination of the strong coupling $\alpha_\mathrm{\overline{MS}}^{}(m_\mathrm{Z})$ or equivalently the QCD $\Lambda$-parameter. Its determination requires the use of perturbation theory in $\alpha_s(\mu)$ in some scheme, $s$, and at some energy scale $\mu$. The higher the scale $\mu$ the more accurate perturbation theory becomes, owing to asymptotic freedom. As one step in our computation of the $\Lambda$-parameter in three-flavor QCD, we perform lattice computations in a scheme which allows us to non-perturbatively reach very high energies, corresponding to $\alpha_s = 0.1$ and below. We find that (continuum) perturbation theory is very accurate there, yielding a three percent error in the $\Lambda$-parameter, while data around $\alpha_s \approx 0.2$ is clearly insufficient to quote such a precision. It is important to realize that these findings are expected to be generic, as our scheme has advantageous properties regarding the applicability of perturbation theory.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Apr 2016 06:49:35 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:51:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-11-02
[ [ "Brida", "Mattia Dalla", "" ], [ "Fritzsch", "Patrick", "" ], [ "Korzec", "Tomasz", "" ], [ "Ramos", "Alberto", "" ], [ "Sint", "Stefan", "" ], [ "Sommer", "Rainer", "" ] ]
We discuss the determination of the strong coupling $\alpha_\mathrm{\overline{MS}}^{}(m_\mathrm{Z})$ or equivalently the QCD $\Lambda$-parameter. Its determination requires the use of perturbation theory in $\alpha_s(\mu)$ in some scheme, $s$, and at some energy scale $\mu$. The higher the scale $\mu$ the more accurate perturbation theory becomes, owing to asymptotic freedom. As one step in our computation of the $\Lambda$-parameter in three-flavor QCD, we perform lattice computations in a scheme which allows us to non-perturbatively reach very high energies, corresponding to $\alpha_s = 0.1$ and below. We find that (continuum) perturbation theory is very accurate there, yielding a three percent error in the $\Lambda$-parameter, while data around $\alpha_s \approx 0.2$ is clearly insufficient to quote such a precision. It is important to realize that these findings are expected to be generic, as our scheme has advantageous properties regarding the applicability of perturbation theory.
hep-ph/0604098
Adam Szczepaniak
Adam P. Szczepaniak and Pawel Krupinski
Energy spectrum of the low-lying gluon excitations in the Coulomb gauge
8 pages, 8 figures
Phys.Rev. D73 (2006) 116002
10.1103/PhysRevD.73.116002
null
hep-ph
null
We compute the energy spectrum of low-lying gluonic excitations in the presence of static quark-antiquark sources using Coulomb gauge and the quasi-particle representation. Within the valence sector of the Fock space we reproduce both, the overall normalization and the ordering of the spin-parity multiplets. We discus how the interactions induced by the non-abelian Coulomb kernel are central in to fine structure of the spectrum.
[ { "created": "Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:49:28 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Szczepaniak", "Adam P.", "" ], [ "Krupinski", "Pawel", "" ] ]
We compute the energy spectrum of low-lying gluonic excitations in the presence of static quark-antiquark sources using Coulomb gauge and the quasi-particle representation. Within the valence sector of the Fock space we reproduce both, the overall normalization and the ordering of the spin-parity multiplets. We discus how the interactions induced by the non-abelian Coulomb kernel are central in to fine structure of the spectrum.
0712.1758
Daniel Gamermann
D. Gamermann and E. Oset
Hidden charm dynamically generated resonances and the $e^+e^-\to J/\psi D \bar D$, $J/\psi D\bar D^*$ reactions
5 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
Eur.Phys.J.A36:189-194,2008
10.1140/epja/i2007-10580-5
null
hep-ph hep-ex
null
We analyze two recent reactions of Belle, producing $D\bar D$ and $D\bar D^*$ states that have an enhancement of the invariant $D\bar D$, $D\bar D^*$ mass distribution close to threshold, from the point of view that they might be indicative of the existence of a hidden charm scalar and an axial vector meson states below $D\bar D$ or $D\bar D^*$ thresholds, respectively. We conclude that the data is compatible with the existing prediction of a hidden charm scalar meson with mass around 3700 MeV, though other possibilities cannot be discarded. The peak seen in the $D\bar D^*$ spectrum above threshold is, however, unlikely to be due to a threshold enhancement produced by the presence, below threshold, of the hidden charm axial vector meson X(3872).
[ { "created": "Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:35:57 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Gamermann", "D.", "" ], [ "Oset", "E.", "" ] ]
We analyze two recent reactions of Belle, producing $D\bar D$ and $D\bar D^*$ states that have an enhancement of the invariant $D\bar D$, $D\bar D^*$ mass distribution close to threshold, from the point of view that they might be indicative of the existence of a hidden charm scalar and an axial vector meson states below $D\bar D$ or $D\bar D^*$ thresholds, respectively. We conclude that the data is compatible with the existing prediction of a hidden charm scalar meson with mass around 3700 MeV, though other possibilities cannot be discarded. The peak seen in the $D\bar D^*$ spectrum above threshold is, however, unlikely to be due to a threshold enhancement produced by the presence, below threshold, of the hidden charm axial vector meson X(3872).
hep-ph/9702417
Alexander Dorokhov
A.E.Dorokhov, S.V. Esaibegyan, S.V. Mikhailov
Virtualities of Quarks and Gluons in QCD Vacuum and Nonlocal Condensates within Single Instanton Approximation
12 pages, LATEX, no figures. Revised version contains two formulae corrected and references updated
Phys.Rev.D56:4062-4068,1997
10.1103/PhysRevD.56.4062
E2-97-54 JINR, Dubna
hep-ph
null
We calculate the lowest-dimensional nonlocal quark and gluon condensates within the single instanton approximation of the instanton liquid model. As a result, we determine the values of average virtualities of quarks $\lambda_q^2$ and gluons $\lambda_g^2$ in the QCD vacuum and obtain parameterless predictions for the ratio $\lambda_g^2/\lambda_q^2 = 12/5$, and for some ratios of different vacuum condensates of higher dimensions. The nonlocal properties of quark and gluon condensates are analyzed, and insufficiency of the single instanton approximation is discussed.
[ { "created": "Tue, 25 Feb 1997 14:37:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 4 Mar 1997 14:08:08 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Dorokhov", "A. E.", "" ], [ "Esaibegyan", "S. V.", "" ], [ "Mikhailov", "S. V.", "" ] ]
We calculate the lowest-dimensional nonlocal quark and gluon condensates within the single instanton approximation of the instanton liquid model. As a result, we determine the values of average virtualities of quarks $\lambda_q^2$ and gluons $\lambda_g^2$ in the QCD vacuum and obtain parameterless predictions for the ratio $\lambda_g^2/\lambda_q^2 = 12/5$, and for some ratios of different vacuum condensates of higher dimensions. The nonlocal properties of quark and gluon condensates are analyzed, and insufficiency of the single instanton approximation is discussed.
2305.09256
Chun-Wei Su
Chuan-Hung Chen, Cheng-Wei Chiang, Chun-Wei Su
Phenomenological study of a gauged ${L_\mu -L_\tau}$ model with a scalar leptoquark
50 pages, 10 figures, typos corrected and references added
Phys.Rev.D 109 (2024) 5, 055038
10.1103/PhysRevD.109.055038
null
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A $Z'$ gauge boson with sub-GeV mass has acquired a significant interest in phenomenology, particularly in view of the muon $g-2$ anomaly and coherent elastic neutrino-nucleon scattering. The latter is challenged by the nuclear recoil energy of a few tens of keV but has been observed by the COHERENT experiment. To further reconcile the observed excesses in $R(D^{(*)})$ from semileptonic charmful $B$ decays and in the $W$ boson mass, we investigate a model with a gauged $U(1)_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ symmetry and a scalar leptoquark. In contrast to the mechanism that involves kinetic mixing between the gauge bosons of $U(1)_{\rm em}$ and $U(1)_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$, we adopt a dynamical symmetry breaking of $U(1)_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ by incorporating an additional Higgs doublet. Through mixing with the $U(1)_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$-charged Higgs doublet, new Higgs decay channels $h\to Z_1 Z_1/Z_1 Z_2$ occur at percent-level branching ratios, which could be accessible at the LHC. The $W$-mass anomaly observed by CDF II can be potentially resolved through the enhancement in the oblique parameter $T$. Due to the flavored gauge symmetry, the introduced scalar leptoquark $S^{\frac{1}{3}}=(\bar{3},1,2/3)$ exhibits a unique coupling to the $\tau$-lepton, offering an explanation for the excesses observed in $R(D^{(*)})$. Moreover, $\tau \to \mu (Z_1\to ) e^- e^+$ via the resonant light gauge boson decay can reach the sensitivity of Belle II at an integrated luminosity of 50 ab$^{-1}$.
[ { "created": "Tue, 16 May 2023 08:04:56 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 26 May 2023 16:47:46 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 23 Mar 2024 22:10:41 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2024-03-26
[ [ "Chen", "Chuan-Hung", "" ], [ "Chiang", "Cheng-Wei", "" ], [ "Su", "Chun-Wei", "" ] ]
A $Z'$ gauge boson with sub-GeV mass has acquired a significant interest in phenomenology, particularly in view of the muon $g-2$ anomaly and coherent elastic neutrino-nucleon scattering. The latter is challenged by the nuclear recoil energy of a few tens of keV but has been observed by the COHERENT experiment. To further reconcile the observed excesses in $R(D^{(*)})$ from semileptonic charmful $B$ decays and in the $W$ boson mass, we investigate a model with a gauged $U(1)_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ symmetry and a scalar leptoquark. In contrast to the mechanism that involves kinetic mixing between the gauge bosons of $U(1)_{\rm em}$ and $U(1)_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$, we adopt a dynamical symmetry breaking of $U(1)_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ by incorporating an additional Higgs doublet. Through mixing with the $U(1)_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$-charged Higgs doublet, new Higgs decay channels $h\to Z_1 Z_1/Z_1 Z_2$ occur at percent-level branching ratios, which could be accessible at the LHC. The $W$-mass anomaly observed by CDF II can be potentially resolved through the enhancement in the oblique parameter $T$. Due to the flavored gauge symmetry, the introduced scalar leptoquark $S^{\frac{1}{3}}=(\bar{3},1,2/3)$ exhibits a unique coupling to the $\tau$-lepton, offering an explanation for the excesses observed in $R(D^{(*)})$. Moreover, $\tau \to \mu (Z_1\to ) e^- e^+$ via the resonant light gauge boson decay can reach the sensitivity of Belle II at an integrated luminosity of 50 ab$^{-1}$.
hep-ph/9802346
Chen Xiang-Song
Xiang-Song Chen and Fan Wang
Gauge invariance and hadron structure
This revised version gives a complete, comprehensive proof of our conclusion, and explains why the specific calculations of Hoodbhoy, Ji and Lu (hep-ph/9808305) do not necessarily contradict our theorem
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
We prove that the {\em gauge dependent} gluon spin, gluon and quark orbital angular momenta operators have {\em gauge invariant} expectation values on hadron states with {\em definite} momentum and polarization, therefore the conventional decomposition of nucleon spin into contributions from the spin and orbital angular momentum of quark and gluon is {\em gauge independent}. Similar conclusions apply to the {\em gauge dependent} quark momentum and kinetic energy operators, and accordingly nucleon momentum and mass structures.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:38:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 19 Sep 1998 04:37:20 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Chen", "Xiang-Song", "" ], [ "Wang", "Fan", "" ] ]
We prove that the {\em gauge dependent} gluon spin, gluon and quark orbital angular momenta operators have {\em gauge invariant} expectation values on hadron states with {\em definite} momentum and polarization, therefore the conventional decomposition of nucleon spin into contributions from the spin and orbital angular momentum of quark and gluon is {\em gauge independent}. Similar conclusions apply to the {\em gauge dependent} quark momentum and kinetic energy operators, and accordingly nucleon momentum and mass structures.
hep-ph/0210107
Marcello Lissia
Massimo Coraddu, Marcello Lissia, and Giuseppe Mezzorani
Ultra high energy photon showers in magnetic field:angular distribution of produced particles
RevTex, 13 pages, 4 figures
null
10.1142/9789812705143_0033
INFNCA-TH0206
hep-ph
null
Ultra high energy (UHE) photons can initiate electromagnetic showers in magnetic field. We analyze the two processes that determine the development of the shower, $e^+ e^-$ pair creation and synchrotron radiation, and derive formulae for the angular distribution of the produced particles. These formulae are necessary to study the three-dimensional development of the shower.
[ { "created": "Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:54:16 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-08-23
[ [ "Coraddu", "Massimo", "" ], [ "Lissia", "Marcello", "" ], [ "Mezzorani", "Giuseppe", "" ] ]
Ultra high energy (UHE) photons can initiate electromagnetic showers in magnetic field. We analyze the two processes that determine the development of the shower, $e^+ e^-$ pair creation and synchrotron radiation, and derive formulae for the angular distribution of the produced particles. These formulae are necessary to study the three-dimensional development of the shower.
2305.01894
Preeti Bhall
Preeti Bhall, Meenakshi Batra, Alka Upadhyay
Sea contribution to the charge radii and quadrupole moment of $J^P=\frac{1}{2}^+, \frac{3}{2}^+$ baryons
null
Prog Theor Exp Phys (2023)
10.1093/ptep/ptad108
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
An operator formalism is used on the wavefunction of baryons to compute their charge radii and quadrupole moments. Total anti-symmetric wavefunction in spin, color and flavor space is framed for $J^P=\frac{1}{2}^+$ nucleons and $J^P=\frac{3}{2}^+$ hyperons. To understand the importance of sea, statistical model is used in conjugation with the detailed balance principle. Within the statistical approach, the importance of sea with quarks and gluons are studied using the relevant probabilities that are associated with spin, flavor, and color space. The present work also focuses on individual contributions of valence and sea which contains terms of scalar, vector and tensor sea. The obtained results are in agreement with available theories and few experimental outcomes. Our computed results may provide important information for upcoming experimental findings.
[ { "created": "Wed, 3 May 2023 05:03:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:56:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-10-04
[ [ "Bhall", "Preeti", "" ], [ "Batra", "Meenakshi", "" ], [ "Upadhyay", "Alka", "" ] ]
An operator formalism is used on the wavefunction of baryons to compute their charge radii and quadrupole moments. Total anti-symmetric wavefunction in spin, color and flavor space is framed for $J^P=\frac{1}{2}^+$ nucleons and $J^P=\frac{3}{2}^+$ hyperons. To understand the importance of sea, statistical model is used in conjugation with the detailed balance principle. Within the statistical approach, the importance of sea with quarks and gluons are studied using the relevant probabilities that are associated with spin, flavor, and color space. The present work also focuses on individual contributions of valence and sea which contains terms of scalar, vector and tensor sea. The obtained results are in agreement with available theories and few experimental outcomes. Our computed results may provide important information for upcoming experimental findings.
hep-ph/9809443
Masashi Wakamatsu Ohtsubo Laboratory
Masashi Wakamatsu and Takanori Kubota (Osaka Univ.)
Chiral Symmetry and the Nucleon Spin Structure Functions
46pages, LaTeX, 16 Postscript figures
Phys.Rev.D60:034020,1999
10.1103/PhysRevD.60.034020
null
hep-ph
null
We carry out a systematic investigation of twist-two spin dependent structure functions of the nucleon within the framework of the chiral quark soliton model (CQSM) by paying special attention to the role of chiral symmetry of QCD. The importance of chiral symmetry is illustrated through the good reproduction of the recent SLAC data for the neutron spin structure function $g_1^n (x,Q^2)$. We also observe substantial difference between the predictions of the longitudinally polarized distribution functions and those of the transversity distribution functions. That the chiral symmetry may be responsible for this difference is seen in the isospin dependence of the corresponding first moments, i.e. the axial and tensor charges. The CQSM predicts $g_A^{(0)} / g_A^{(3)} \simeq 0.25$ for the ratio of the isoscalar to isovector axial charges, while $g_T^{(0)} / g_T^{(3)} \simeq 0.46$ for the ratio of the isoscalar to isovector tensor charges, which should be compared with the prediction $g_A^{(0)} / g_A^{(3)} = g_T^{(0)} / g_T^{(3)} = 3 / 5$ of the constituent quark model or of the naive MIT bag model without proper account of chiral symmetry. Another prominent prediction of the CQSM is the opposite polarization of the $\bar{u}$ and $\bar{d}$ antiquarks, thereby indicating the SU(2) asymmetric sea quark (spin) polarization in the nucleon.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Sep 1998 00:50:11 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-04-06
[ [ "Wakamatsu", "Masashi", "", "Osaka Univ." ], [ "Kubota", "Takanori", "", "Osaka Univ." ] ]
We carry out a systematic investigation of twist-two spin dependent structure functions of the nucleon within the framework of the chiral quark soliton model (CQSM) by paying special attention to the role of chiral symmetry of QCD. The importance of chiral symmetry is illustrated through the good reproduction of the recent SLAC data for the neutron spin structure function $g_1^n (x,Q^2)$. We also observe substantial difference between the predictions of the longitudinally polarized distribution functions and those of the transversity distribution functions. That the chiral symmetry may be responsible for this difference is seen in the isospin dependence of the corresponding first moments, i.e. the axial and tensor charges. The CQSM predicts $g_A^{(0)} / g_A^{(3)} \simeq 0.25$ for the ratio of the isoscalar to isovector axial charges, while $g_T^{(0)} / g_T^{(3)} \simeq 0.46$ for the ratio of the isoscalar to isovector tensor charges, which should be compared with the prediction $g_A^{(0)} / g_A^{(3)} = g_T^{(0)} / g_T^{(3)} = 3 / 5$ of the constituent quark model or of the naive MIT bag model without proper account of chiral symmetry. Another prominent prediction of the CQSM is the opposite polarization of the $\bar{u}$ and $\bar{d}$ antiquarks, thereby indicating the SU(2) asymmetric sea quark (spin) polarization in the nucleon.
2104.10260
Eugenio Megias
Eugenio Megias, Mariano Quiros
The Continuum Linear Dilaton
33 pages, 7 figures
null
10.5506/APhysPolB.52.711
null
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Continuum spectra can be a way out to alleviate the tension generated by the elusiveness of narrow resonances of new physics in direct experimental searches. Motivated by the latter, we consider the linear dilaton model with a continuum spectrum of KK modes. It is provided by a critical exponential bulk potential for the scalar field stabilizing the distance, between the UV boundary at $y=0$ and a naked (good) singularity at $y=y_s$, in proper coordinates, which corresponds in conformal coordinates to $z_s\to\infty$. The cutoff $M_s$ in this theory is an intermediate scale $M_s\simeq 10^{-5}M_{\rm Pl}$ and the warped factor solves the hierarchy between $M_s$ and the TeV, while the hierarchy between $M_{\rm Pl}$ and $M_s$ has to be solved by a (Little) String Theory with coupling $g_s\simeq 10^{-5}$. The Standard Model is localized on a 4D IR brane. The graviton and radion Green's and spectral functions have a continuum of states with a TeV mass gap, and isolated poles consisting on the 4D graviton and the light radion/dilaton. We construct the effective field theory below the mass gap where the continua of KK modes are integrated out, generating a set of dimension eight operators which contribute to low energy electroweak precision observables, and high energy violation of unitarity in vector boson scattering processes. The radion mass depends on the stabilizing UV brane potential and its wave function is localized toward the IR which enhances its coupling with the SM fields.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Apr 2021 21:45:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-07-07
[ [ "Megias", "Eugenio", "" ], [ "Quiros", "Mariano", "" ] ]
Continuum spectra can be a way out to alleviate the tension generated by the elusiveness of narrow resonances of new physics in direct experimental searches. Motivated by the latter, we consider the linear dilaton model with a continuum spectrum of KK modes. It is provided by a critical exponential bulk potential for the scalar field stabilizing the distance, between the UV boundary at $y=0$ and a naked (good) singularity at $y=y_s$, in proper coordinates, which corresponds in conformal coordinates to $z_s\to\infty$. The cutoff $M_s$ in this theory is an intermediate scale $M_s\simeq 10^{-5}M_{\rm Pl}$ and the warped factor solves the hierarchy between $M_s$ and the TeV, while the hierarchy between $M_{\rm Pl}$ and $M_s$ has to be solved by a (Little) String Theory with coupling $g_s\simeq 10^{-5}$. The Standard Model is localized on a 4D IR brane. The graviton and radion Green's and spectral functions have a continuum of states with a TeV mass gap, and isolated poles consisting on the 4D graviton and the light radion/dilaton. We construct the effective field theory below the mass gap where the continua of KK modes are integrated out, generating a set of dimension eight operators which contribute to low energy electroweak precision observables, and high energy violation of unitarity in vector boson scattering processes. The radion mass depends on the stabilizing UV brane potential and its wave function is localized toward the IR which enhances its coupling with the SM fields.
1902.01742
S Dev Sharma
S. Dev, Desh Raj, Radha Raman Gautam, Lal Singh
New mixing schemes for (3+1) neutrinos
21 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables
null
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2019.02.003
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose new mixing schemes for (3+1) neutrinos which describe mixing among active-active and active-sterile neutrinos. The mixing matrix in these mixing schemes can be factored into a zeroth order flavor symmetric part and another part representing small perturbations needed for generating non-zero $U_{e3}$, nonmaximal $\theta_{23}$, CP violation and active-sterile mixing. We find interesting correlations amongst various neutrino mixing angles and, also, calculate the parameter space for various parameters.
[ { "created": "Tue, 5 Feb 2019 15:33:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-03-27
[ [ "Dev", "S.", "" ], [ "Raj", "Desh", "" ], [ "Gautam", "Radha Raman", "" ], [ "Singh", "Lal", "" ] ]
We propose new mixing schemes for (3+1) neutrinos which describe mixing among active-active and active-sterile neutrinos. The mixing matrix in these mixing schemes can be factored into a zeroth order flavor symmetric part and another part representing small perturbations needed for generating non-zero $U_{e3}$, nonmaximal $\theta_{23}$, CP violation and active-sterile mixing. We find interesting correlations amongst various neutrino mixing angles and, also, calculate the parameter space for various parameters.
1409.3252
Christoph Bobeth
Christoph Bobeth and Martin Gorbahn and Stefan Vickers
Weak annihilation and new physics in charmless $B \to M M$ decays
34 pages, 12 figures
null
null
FLAVOUR(267104)-ERC-78, LTH 1022
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We use currently available data of nonleptonic charmless 2-body $B\to MM$ decays ($MM = PP, PV, VV$) that are mediated by $b\to (d, s)$ QCD- and QED-penguin operators to study weak annihilation and new-physics effects in the framework of QCD factorization. In particular we introduce one weak annihilation parameter for decays related by ($u \leftrightarrow d$) quark interchange and test this universality assumption. Within the standard model, the data supports this assumption with the only exceptions in the $B\to K \pi$ system, which exhibits the well-known "$\Delta A_{CP}$ puzzle", and some tensions in $B \to K^* \phi$. Beyond the standard model, we simultaneously determine weak-annihilation and new-physics parameters from data, employing model-independent scenarios that address the "$\Delta A_{CP}$ puzzle", such as QED-penguins and $b\to s \bar{u}u$ current-current operators. We discuss also possibilities that allow further tests of our assumption once improved measurements from LHCb and Belle II become available.
[ { "created": "Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:50:39 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-09-12
[ [ "Bobeth", "Christoph", "" ], [ "Gorbahn", "Martin", "" ], [ "Vickers", "Stefan", "" ] ]
We use currently available data of nonleptonic charmless 2-body $B\to MM$ decays ($MM = PP, PV, VV$) that are mediated by $b\to (d, s)$ QCD- and QED-penguin operators to study weak annihilation and new-physics effects in the framework of QCD factorization. In particular we introduce one weak annihilation parameter for decays related by ($u \leftrightarrow d$) quark interchange and test this universality assumption. Within the standard model, the data supports this assumption with the only exceptions in the $B\to K \pi$ system, which exhibits the well-known "$\Delta A_{CP}$ puzzle", and some tensions in $B \to K^* \phi$. Beyond the standard model, we simultaneously determine weak-annihilation and new-physics parameters from data, employing model-independent scenarios that address the "$\Delta A_{CP}$ puzzle", such as QED-penguins and $b\to s \bar{u}u$ current-current operators. We discuss also possibilities that allow further tests of our assumption once improved measurements from LHCb and Belle II become available.
1911.09314
Gudrun Heinrich
Long Chen, Gudrun Heinrich, Stephan Jahn, Stephen P. Jones, Matthias Kerner, Johannes Schlenk, Hiroshi Yokoya
Photon pair production in gluon fusion: Top quark effects at NLO with threshold matching
Version 2: figure 6 added; version published in JHEP
JHEP 04 (2020) 115
10.1007/JHEP04(2020)115
CERN-TH-2019-195, MPP-2019-236, PSI-PR-19-24, ZU-TH 48/19
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a calculation of the NLO QCD corrections to the loop-induced production of a photon pair through gluon fusion, including massive top quarks at two loops, where the two-loop integrals are calculated numerically. Matching the fixed-order NLO results to a threshold expansion, we obtain accurate results around the top quark pair production threshold. We analyse how the top quark threshold corrections affect distributions of the photon pair invariant mass and comment on the possibility of determining the top quark mass from precision measurements of the diphoton invariant mass spectrum.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:11:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:13:58 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-10-14
[ [ "Chen", "Long", "" ], [ "Heinrich", "Gudrun", "" ], [ "Jahn", "Stephan", "" ], [ "Jones", "Stephen P.", "" ], [ "Kerner", "Matthias", "" ], [ "Schlenk", "Johannes", "" ], [ "Yokoya", "Hiroshi", "" ] ]
We present a calculation of the NLO QCD corrections to the loop-induced production of a photon pair through gluon fusion, including massive top quarks at two loops, where the two-loop integrals are calculated numerically. Matching the fixed-order NLO results to a threshold expansion, we obtain accurate results around the top quark pair production threshold. We analyse how the top quark threshold corrections affect distributions of the photon pair invariant mass and comment on the possibility of determining the top quark mass from precision measurements of the diphoton invariant mass spectrum.
0903.0531
Werner Rodejohann
Adisorn Adulpravitchai, Alexander Blum, Werner Rodejohann
Golden Ratio Prediction for Solar Neutrino Mixing
15 pages, 1 figure. Matches published version
NewJ.Phys.11:063026,2009
10.1088/1367-2630/11/6/063026
null
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It has recently been speculated that the solar neutrino mixing angle is connected to the golden ratio phi. Two such proposals have been made, cot theta_{12} = phi and cos theta_{12} = phi/2. We compare these Ansatze and discuss a model leading to cos theta_{12} = phi/2 based on the dihedral group D_{10}. This symmetry is a natural candidate because the angle in the expression cos theta_{12} = phi/2 is simply pi/5, or 36 degrees. This is the exterior angle of a decagon and D_{10} is its rotational symmetry group. We also estimate radiative corrections to the golden ratio predictions.
[ { "created": "Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:38:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:29:58 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-06-17
[ [ "Adulpravitchai", "Adisorn", "" ], [ "Blum", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Rodejohann", "Werner", "" ] ]
It has recently been speculated that the solar neutrino mixing angle is connected to the golden ratio phi. Two such proposals have been made, cot theta_{12} = phi and cos theta_{12} = phi/2. We compare these Ansatze and discuss a model leading to cos theta_{12} = phi/2 based on the dihedral group D_{10}. This symmetry is a natural candidate because the angle in the expression cos theta_{12} = phi/2 is simply pi/5, or 36 degrees. This is the exterior angle of a decagon and D_{10} is its rotational symmetry group. We also estimate radiative corrections to the golden ratio predictions.
0711.0286
Yuji Kajiyama
Yuji Kajiyama
Lepton Flavor Violating tau decay by R-Parity Violation in a Family Symmetry
3 pages. Talk given at Summer Institute 2007, Aug. 3-10, 2007, Fuji-Yoshida, Japan
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
In this talk, we investigate Lepton Flavor Violating (LFV) tau decay by R-Parity Violating (RPV) operators controlled by a non-Abelian discrete $Q_6$ family symmetry. We assume that only a family symmetry determines the whole flavor structure of a model, and the model indicates specific predictions of LFV tau decay processes by RPV operators. We predict $BR(\tau \to 3e)/BR(\tau \to 3 \mu) \sim 4 m_{\mu}^2/m_{\tau}^2$ in a $Q_6$ family symmetric model.
[ { "created": "Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:17:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-11-05
[ [ "Kajiyama", "Yuji", "" ] ]
In this talk, we investigate Lepton Flavor Violating (LFV) tau decay by R-Parity Violating (RPV) operators controlled by a non-Abelian discrete $Q_6$ family symmetry. We assume that only a family symmetry determines the whole flavor structure of a model, and the model indicates specific predictions of LFV tau decay processes by RPV operators. We predict $BR(\tau \to 3e)/BR(\tau \to 3 \mu) \sim 4 m_{\mu}^2/m_{\tau}^2$ in a $Q_6$ family symmetric model.
0810.3886
Vivian de la Incera
Efrain J. Ferrer and Vivian de la Incera
Super-Dense Matter at Super- Strong Magnetic Fields
Talk given at the 4th International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe, Egypt, 1st-5th June, 2008. One new reference added
AIP Conf.Proc.1115:99-104,2009
10.1063/1.3131535
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Our Universe is full of regions where extreme physical conditions are realized. A most intriguing case is the super-dense core of neutron stars, some of which also have super-strong magnetic fields, hence called magnetars. In this paper we review the current understanding of the physical properties of the different phases of quark matter at very high densities in the presence of large magnetic fields. We also discuss how the Meissner instability produced at moderate densities by a pairing stress due to the medium neutrality and $\beta$-equilibrium constraints can lead to the spontaneous generation of a magnetic field.
[ { "created": "Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:52:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:11:03 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-05-01
[ [ "Ferrer", "Efrain J.", "" ], [ "de la Incera", "Vivian", "" ] ]
Our Universe is full of regions where extreme physical conditions are realized. A most intriguing case is the super-dense core of neutron stars, some of which also have super-strong magnetic fields, hence called magnetars. In this paper we review the current understanding of the physical properties of the different phases of quark matter at very high densities in the presence of large magnetic fields. We also discuss how the Meissner instability produced at moderate densities by a pairing stress due to the medium neutrality and $\beta$-equilibrium constraints can lead to the spontaneous generation of a magnetic field.
2407.17748
Jie Liu
Jie Liu, He-Xu Zhang, Hiroyuki Ishida, Shinya Matsuzaki
Walking-dilaton hybrid inflation with $B-L$ Higgs embedded in dynamical scalegenesis
14 pages, 1 figure
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We propose a hybrid inflationary scenario based on eight-flavor hidden QCD with the hidden colored fermions being in part gauged under $U(1)_{B-L}$. This hidden QCD is almost scale-invariant, so-called walking, and predicts the light scalar meson (the walking dilaton) associated with the spontaneous scale breaking, which develops the Coleman-Weinberg (CW) type potential as the consequence of the nonperturbative scale anomaly, hence plays the role of an inflaton of the small-field inflation. The $U(1)_{B-L}$ Higgs is coupled to the walking dilaton inflaton, which is dynamically induced from the so-called bosonic seesaw mechanism. We explore the hybrid inflation system involving the walking dilaton inflaton and the $U(1)_{B-L}$ Higgs as a waterfall field. We find that observed inflation parameters tightly constrain the $U(1)_{B-L}$ breaking scale as well as the walking dynamical scale to be $\sim 10^9$ GeV and $\sim 10^{14}$ GeV, respectively, so as to make the waterfall mechanism worked. The lightest walking pion mass is then predicted to be around 500 GeV. Phenomenological perspectives including embedding of the dynamical electroweak scalegenesis and possible impacts on the thermal leptogenesis are also addressed.
[ { "created": "Thu, 25 Jul 2024 03:48:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-07-26
[ [ "Liu", "Jie", "" ], [ "Zhang", "He-Xu", "" ], [ "Ishida", "Hiroyuki", "" ], [ "Matsuzaki", "Shinya", "" ] ]
We propose a hybrid inflationary scenario based on eight-flavor hidden QCD with the hidden colored fermions being in part gauged under $U(1)_{B-L}$. This hidden QCD is almost scale-invariant, so-called walking, and predicts the light scalar meson (the walking dilaton) associated with the spontaneous scale breaking, which develops the Coleman-Weinberg (CW) type potential as the consequence of the nonperturbative scale anomaly, hence plays the role of an inflaton of the small-field inflation. The $U(1)_{B-L}$ Higgs is coupled to the walking dilaton inflaton, which is dynamically induced from the so-called bosonic seesaw mechanism. We explore the hybrid inflation system involving the walking dilaton inflaton and the $U(1)_{B-L}$ Higgs as a waterfall field. We find that observed inflation parameters tightly constrain the $U(1)_{B-L}$ breaking scale as well as the walking dynamical scale to be $\sim 10^9$ GeV and $\sim 10^{14}$ GeV, respectively, so as to make the waterfall mechanism worked. The lightest walking pion mass is then predicted to be around 500 GeV. Phenomenological perspectives including embedding of the dynamical electroweak scalegenesis and possible impacts on the thermal leptogenesis are also addressed.
0810.1727
Jens Braun
Jens Braun
The QCD Phase Boundary from Quark-Gluon Dynamics
49 pages, 3 figures; references added and discussion expanded (matches Eur. Phys. J. C version)
Eur.Phys.J.C64:459-482,2009
10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1136-6
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study one-flavor QCD at finite temperature and chemical potential using the functional renormalization group. We discuss the chiral phase transition in QCD and its order with its underlying mechanism in terms of quarks and gluons and analyze the dependence of the phase transition temperature on small quark chemical potentials. Our result for the curvature of the phase boundary at small quark chemical potential relies on only a single input parameter, the value of the strong coupling at the Z mass scale.
[ { "created": "Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:55:07 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:50:14 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Braun", "Jens", "" ] ]
We study one-flavor QCD at finite temperature and chemical potential using the functional renormalization group. We discuss the chiral phase transition in QCD and its order with its underlying mechanism in terms of quarks and gluons and analyze the dependence of the phase transition temperature on small quark chemical potentials. Our result for the curvature of the phase boundary at small quark chemical potential relies on only a single input parameter, the value of the strong coupling at the Z mass scale.
2312.09273
Taylor Murphy
Linda M. Carpenter, Katherine Schwind, Taylor Murphy
Leptonic signatures of color-sextet scalars II: Exploiting unique large-$E_{\text{T}}^{\text{miss}}$ signals at the LHC
16 pages, 11 figures. Updated to resemble Phys. Rev. D Version of Record
Phys. Rev. D 109, 075010 (2024)
10.1103/PhysRevD.109.075010
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The diverse and distinct collider phenomenology of color-sextet scalars motivates thorough investigation of their effective couplings to the Standard Model at the LHC. Some of the more unique sextet signals involve not only jets but also leptons. In previous work, we proposed an LHC search for color-sextet scalars in a channel with jets and a hard opposite-sign lepton pair, which results from a dimension-six coupling. In this sequel we study the counterpart processes with neutrinos, which produce jets in association with missing transverse energy ($E_{\text{T}}^{\text{miss}}$) in addition to possible leptons. We consider multiple search channels, including both single and pair sextet production, all characterized by significant missing energy and some featuring distinctive kinematic features. Our multifaceted study consists of three reinterpreted existing searches and a joint-likelihood analysis designed by us to maximize HL-LHC sensitivity to single sextet production. We show that our dedicated strategy in the jets + lepton + $E_{\text{T}}^{\text{miss}}$ channel can supersede today's limits from reinterpreted searches, and we make sensitivity projections for the HL-LHC. Altogether, our analysis can exclude sextet scalars lighter than 4.4 TeV or probe effective cutoffs as high as 16.8 TeV.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 8 Apr 2024 14:17:34 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-04-09
[ [ "Carpenter", "Linda M.", "" ], [ "Schwind", "Katherine", "" ], [ "Murphy", "Taylor", "" ] ]
The diverse and distinct collider phenomenology of color-sextet scalars motivates thorough investigation of their effective couplings to the Standard Model at the LHC. Some of the more unique sextet signals involve not only jets but also leptons. In previous work, we proposed an LHC search for color-sextet scalars in a channel with jets and a hard opposite-sign lepton pair, which results from a dimension-six coupling. In this sequel we study the counterpart processes with neutrinos, which produce jets in association with missing transverse energy ($E_{\text{T}}^{\text{miss}}$) in addition to possible leptons. We consider multiple search channels, including both single and pair sextet production, all characterized by significant missing energy and some featuring distinctive kinematic features. Our multifaceted study consists of three reinterpreted existing searches and a joint-likelihood analysis designed by us to maximize HL-LHC sensitivity to single sextet production. We show that our dedicated strategy in the jets + lepton + $E_{\text{T}}^{\text{miss}}$ channel can supersede today's limits from reinterpreted searches, and we make sensitivity projections for the HL-LHC. Altogether, our analysis can exclude sextet scalars lighter than 4.4 TeV or probe effective cutoffs as high as 16.8 TeV.
1804.07732
Davide Racco
Jos\'e Ram\'on Espinosa, Davide Racco, Antonio Riotto
A Cosmological Signature of the SM Higgs Instability: Gravitational Waves
17+7 pages, 12 figures. v2: corrected an error in the numerical calculation of the bispectrum and updated the corresponding plots, without substantial changes in the results. v3: updated some details of the discussion, and added a comparison with similar results derived in the literature
null
10.1088/1475-7516/2018/09/012
null
hep-ph astro-ph.CO gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A fundamental property of the Standard Model is that the Higgs potential becomes unstable at large values of the Higgs field. For the current central values of the Higgs and top masses, the instability scale is about $10^{11}$ GeV and therefore not accessible by colliders. We show that a possible signature of the Standard Model Higgs instability is the production of gravitational waves sourced by Higgs fluctuations generated during inflation. We fully characterise the two-point correlator of such gravitational waves by computing its amplitude, the frequency at peak, the spectral index, as well as their three-point correlators for various polarisations. We show that, depending on the Higgs and top masses, either LISA or the Einstein Telescope and Advanced-Ligo, could detect such stochastic background of gravitational waves. In this sense, collider and gravitational wave physics can provide fundamental and complementary informations. Furthermore, the consistency relation among the three- and the two-point correlators could provide an efficient tool to ascribe the detected gravitational waves to the Standard Model itself. Since the mechanism described in this paper might also be responsible for the generation of dark matter under the form of primordial black holes, this latter hypothesis may find its confirmation through the detection of gravitational waves.
[ { "created": "Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:13:45 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 23 Nov 2018 04:01:33 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 23 May 2019 16:09:36 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2019-05-24
[ [ "Espinosa", "José Ramón", "" ], [ "Racco", "Davide", "" ], [ "Riotto", "Antonio", "" ] ]
A fundamental property of the Standard Model is that the Higgs potential becomes unstable at large values of the Higgs field. For the current central values of the Higgs and top masses, the instability scale is about $10^{11}$ GeV and therefore not accessible by colliders. We show that a possible signature of the Standard Model Higgs instability is the production of gravitational waves sourced by Higgs fluctuations generated during inflation. We fully characterise the two-point correlator of such gravitational waves by computing its amplitude, the frequency at peak, the spectral index, as well as their three-point correlators for various polarisations. We show that, depending on the Higgs and top masses, either LISA or the Einstein Telescope and Advanced-Ligo, could detect such stochastic background of gravitational waves. In this sense, collider and gravitational wave physics can provide fundamental and complementary informations. Furthermore, the consistency relation among the three- and the two-point correlators could provide an efficient tool to ascribe the detected gravitational waves to the Standard Model itself. Since the mechanism described in this paper might also be responsible for the generation of dark matter under the form of primordial black holes, this latter hypothesis may find its confirmation through the detection of gravitational waves.
1306.0365
Jan O. Eeg
Teresa Palmer and Jan O. Eeg
Form factors for semileptonic D decays
22 pages, 8 figures
Phys. Rev. D 89, 034013 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.89.034013
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the form factors for semileptonic decays of $D$-mesons. That is, we consider the matrix element of the weak left-handed quark current for the transitions $D \rightarrow P$ and $D \rightarrow V$, where $P$ and $V$ are light pseudoscalar or vector mesons, respectively. Our motivation to perform the present study of these form factors are future calculations of non-leptonic decay amplitudes. We consider the form factors within a class of chiral quark models. Especially, we study how the Large Energy Effective Theory (LEET) limit works for $D$-meson decays. Compared to previous work we also introduce light vector mesons $V = \rho, K^*,...$ within chiral quark models. In order to determine some of the parameters in our model, we use existing data and results based on some other methods like lattice calculations, light-cone sum rules, and heavy-light chiral perturbation theory. We also obtain some predictions within our framework.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:44:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-02-19
[ [ "Palmer", "Teresa", "" ], [ "Eeg", "Jan O.", "" ] ]
We study the form factors for semileptonic decays of $D$-mesons. That is, we consider the matrix element of the weak left-handed quark current for the transitions $D \rightarrow P$ and $D \rightarrow V$, where $P$ and $V$ are light pseudoscalar or vector mesons, respectively. Our motivation to perform the present study of these form factors are future calculations of non-leptonic decay amplitudes. We consider the form factors within a class of chiral quark models. Especially, we study how the Large Energy Effective Theory (LEET) limit works for $D$-meson decays. Compared to previous work we also introduce light vector mesons $V = \rho, K^*,...$ within chiral quark models. In order to determine some of the parameters in our model, we use existing data and results based on some other methods like lattice calculations, light-cone sum rules, and heavy-light chiral perturbation theory. We also obtain some predictions within our framework.
1810.11993
Martin Hansen
Martin Hansen, Kasper Lang{\ae}ble, Francesco Sannino
Chiral Perturbation Theory with an Isosinglet Scalar
11 pages, 3 figures, 1 table. Talk given at XIII Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum, 31 July - 6 August 2018, Maynooth University, Ireland
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present an extension of chiral perturbation theory that explicitly includes an isosinglet scalar in the Lagrangian. The dynamical effects from the scalar state is of phenomenological relevance in theories where the mass of the isosinglet scalar is comparable to the mass of the pseudo-Goldstone bosons. This near-degeneracy of states is for example observed in certain near-conformal BSM models. From the Lagrangian we calculate the one-loop radiative corrections to the pion mass, the pion decay constant, and the scalar mass. We then proceed and use the results to fit numerical lattice data for an SU(3) gauge theory with $N_f=8$ light flavours in the fundamental representation.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Oct 2018 08:14:42 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 3 Jun 2019 07:44:15 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-06-04
[ [ "Hansen", "Martin", "" ], [ "Langæble", "Kasper", "" ], [ "Sannino", "Francesco", "" ] ]
We present an extension of chiral perturbation theory that explicitly includes an isosinglet scalar in the Lagrangian. The dynamical effects from the scalar state is of phenomenological relevance in theories where the mass of the isosinglet scalar is comparable to the mass of the pseudo-Goldstone bosons. This near-degeneracy of states is for example observed in certain near-conformal BSM models. From the Lagrangian we calculate the one-loop radiative corrections to the pion mass, the pion decay constant, and the scalar mass. We then proceed and use the results to fit numerical lattice data for an SU(3) gauge theory with $N_f=8$ light flavours in the fundamental representation.
1106.4709
Guohuai Zhu
Guohuai Zhu
Implications of the recent measurement of pure annihilation $B_s \to \pi^+ \pi^-$ decays in QCD factorization
11 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2011.07.045
null
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The CDF 3.7 sigma evidence of pure annihilation $B_s \to \pi^+ \pi^-$ decays, if confirmed, would imply a large annihilation scenario in the QCD factorization approach. This is somewhat unexpected as the large annihilation scenario was disfavored in previous studies. In this paper we reinvestigate the role of annihilation topology in QCD factorization. We find that it is not easy to reach the CDF central value of $B_s \to \pi^+ \pi^-$ decays when other decay channels are considered. Our analysis also reveals that, for well-measured charmless B decays into two final pseudoscalar mesons, the QCD factorization predictions with large annihilation parameters show good agreement with the experimental data except $B_s \to K^+ K^-$ and $B_d \to K^0 \bar{K}^0$ decays. Though other possibilities can not be excluded, this may indicate that the SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking should be taken into account for the annihilation topology. In addition, there are different annihilation topologies, so that somewhat different annihilation parameters may be chosen for different final states and different annihilation topologies. If so, the predictive power of the QCD factorization method may be rather limited for many decay channels.
[ { "created": "Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:12:42 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:52:09 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-05-28
[ [ "Zhu", "Guohuai", "" ] ]
The CDF 3.7 sigma evidence of pure annihilation $B_s \to \pi^+ \pi^-$ decays, if confirmed, would imply a large annihilation scenario in the QCD factorization approach. This is somewhat unexpected as the large annihilation scenario was disfavored in previous studies. In this paper we reinvestigate the role of annihilation topology in QCD factorization. We find that it is not easy to reach the CDF central value of $B_s \to \pi^+ \pi^-$ decays when other decay channels are considered. Our analysis also reveals that, for well-measured charmless B decays into two final pseudoscalar mesons, the QCD factorization predictions with large annihilation parameters show good agreement with the experimental data except $B_s \to K^+ K^-$ and $B_d \to K^0 \bar{K}^0$ decays. Though other possibilities can not be excluded, this may indicate that the SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking should be taken into account for the annihilation topology. In addition, there are different annihilation topologies, so that somewhat different annihilation parameters may be chosen for different final states and different annihilation topologies. If so, the predictive power of the QCD factorization method may be rather limited for many decay channels.
hep-ph/0703306
Alexei Nefediev
A.V.Nefediev, Yu.A.Simonov (ITEP, Moscow)
Nonperturbative dynamics in the colour-magnetic QCD vacuum
LaTeX2e, 12 pages
Phys.Atom.Nucl.71:171-179,2008
10.1007/s11450-008-1018-7
null
hep-ph
null
In the deconfinement phase of QCD quarks and gluons interact with the dense stochastic colour-magnetic vacuum. We consider the dynamics of quarks in this deconfinement phase using the Field Correlators Method and derive an effective nonperturbative inter-quark potential, in addition to the usual perturbative short-ranged interaction. We find the resulting angular-momentum-dependent interaction to be attractive enough to maintain bound states and, for light quarks (and gluons), to cause emission of quark and gluon pairs. Possible consequences for the strong interacting quark--gluon plasma are briefly discussed.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:57:44 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Nefediev", "A. V.", "", "ITEP, Moscow" ], [ "Simonov", "Yu. A.", "", "ITEP, Moscow" ] ]
In the deconfinement phase of QCD quarks and gluons interact with the dense stochastic colour-magnetic vacuum. We consider the dynamics of quarks in this deconfinement phase using the Field Correlators Method and derive an effective nonperturbative inter-quark potential, in addition to the usual perturbative short-ranged interaction. We find the resulting angular-momentum-dependent interaction to be attractive enough to maintain bound states and, for light quarks (and gluons), to cause emission of quark and gluon pairs. Possible consequences for the strong interacting quark--gluon plasma are briefly discussed.
0909.3555
Qing-Hong Cao
Edmond L. Berger and Qing-Hong Cao
Next-to-Leading Order Cross Sections for New Heavy Fermion Production at Hadron Colliders
Phys. Rev. D Version
Phys.Rev.D81:035006,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.035006
ANL-HEP-PR-09-93, EFI-09-24
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We evaluate the cross sections for new heavy fermion production at three Large Hadron Collider energies accurate to next-to-leading order in perturbative quantum chromodynamics. We treat the cases of pair production of heavy quarks via strong interactions, single heavy quark production via electroweak interactions, and the production of heavy leptons. Theoretical uncertainties associated with the choice of the renormalization scale and the parton distribution functions are specified. We derive a simple and useful parameterization of our results which should facilitate phenomenological studies of new physics models that predict new heavy quarks and/or leptons.
[ { "created": "Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:05:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 11 May 2010 14:29:22 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-03-13
[ [ "Berger", "Edmond L.", "" ], [ "Cao", "Qing-Hong", "" ] ]
We evaluate the cross sections for new heavy fermion production at three Large Hadron Collider energies accurate to next-to-leading order in perturbative quantum chromodynamics. We treat the cases of pair production of heavy quarks via strong interactions, single heavy quark production via electroweak interactions, and the production of heavy leptons. Theoretical uncertainties associated with the choice of the renormalization scale and the parton distribution functions are specified. We derive a simple and useful parameterization of our results which should facilitate phenomenological studies of new physics models that predict new heavy quarks and/or leptons.
1112.0084
Ryusuke Jinno
Ryusuke Jinno, Takeo Moroi, Kazunori Nakayama
Imprints of Cosmic Phase Transition in Inflationary Gravitational Waves
4 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2012.05.061
UT-11-40
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the effects of cosmic phase transition on the spectrum of primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation. The energy density of the scalar condensation responsible for the phase transition may become sizable at the epoch of phase transition, which significantly affects the evolution of the universe. As a result, the amplitudes of the gravitational waves at high frequency modes are suppressed. Thus the gravitational wave spectrum can be a probe of phase transition in the early universe.
[ { "created": "Thu, 1 Dec 2011 05:34:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-03
[ [ "Jinno", "Ryusuke", "" ], [ "Moroi", "Takeo", "" ], [ "Nakayama", "Kazunori", "" ] ]
We discuss the effects of cosmic phase transition on the spectrum of primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation. The energy density of the scalar condensation responsible for the phase transition may become sizable at the epoch of phase transition, which significantly affects the evolution of the universe. As a result, the amplitudes of the gravitational waves at high frequency modes are suppressed. Thus the gravitational wave spectrum can be a probe of phase transition in the early universe.
hep-ph/9610300
null
K.C. Chou (CAS) and Yue-Liang Wu (OSU)
A solution to the puzzles of CP violation, neutrino oscillation, fermion masses and mixings in an SUSY GUT model with small $tan \beta$
4 pages, latex, no figures, talk presented at SUSY96, May 1996, University of Maryland
Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 52A (1997) 159-162
10.1016/S0920-5632(96)00553-1
DOE-ER-01545-675
hep-ph
null
CP violation, fermion masses and mixing angles including that of neutrinos are studied in an SUSY SO(10)$\times \Delta(48) \times$ U(1) model with small $tan \beta$. It is amazing that the model can provide a successful prediction on twenty three observables by only using four parameters. The renormalization group (RG) effects containing those above the GUT scale are considered. Fifteen relations among the low energy parameters are found with nine of them free from RG modifications. They could be tested directly by low energy experiments.
[ { "created": "Wed, 9 Oct 1996 15:06:42 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Chou", "K. C.", "", "CAS" ], [ "Wu", "Yue-Liang", "", "OSU" ] ]
CP violation, fermion masses and mixing angles including that of neutrinos are studied in an SUSY SO(10)$\times \Delta(48) \times$ U(1) model with small $tan \beta$. It is amazing that the model can provide a successful prediction on twenty three observables by only using four parameters. The renormalization group (RG) effects containing those above the GUT scale are considered. Fifteen relations among the low energy parameters are found with nine of them free from RG modifications. They could be tested directly by low energy experiments.
1006.0710
Pierpaolo Mastrolia
P. Mastrolia, G. Ossola, T. Reiter, and F. Tramontano
Scattering AMplitudes from Unitarity-based Reduction Algorithm at the Integrand-level
35 pages, 7 figures
JHEP 1008:080,2010
10.1007/JHEP08(2010)080
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
SAMURAI is a tool for the automated numerical evaluation of one-loop corrections to any scattering amplitudes within the dimensional-regularization scheme. It is based on the decomposition of the integrand according to the OPP-approach, extended to accommodate an implementation of the generalized d-dimensional unitarity-cuts technique, and uses a polynomial interpolation exploiting the Discrete Fourier Transform. SAMURAI can process integrands written either as numerator of Feynman diagrams or as product of tree-level amplitudes. We discuss some applications, among which the 6- and 8-photon scattering in QED, and the 6-quark scattering in QCD. SAMURAI has been implemented as a Fortran90 library, publicly available, and it could be a useful module for the systematic evaluation of the virtual corrections oriented towards automating next-to-leading order calculations relevant for the LHC phenomenology.
[ { "created": "Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:01:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-21
[ [ "Mastrolia", "P.", "" ], [ "Ossola", "G.", "" ], [ "Reiter", "T.", "" ], [ "Tramontano", "F.", "" ] ]
SAMURAI is a tool for the automated numerical evaluation of one-loop corrections to any scattering amplitudes within the dimensional-regularization scheme. It is based on the decomposition of the integrand according to the OPP-approach, extended to accommodate an implementation of the generalized d-dimensional unitarity-cuts technique, and uses a polynomial interpolation exploiting the Discrete Fourier Transform. SAMURAI can process integrands written either as numerator of Feynman diagrams or as product of tree-level amplitudes. We discuss some applications, among which the 6- and 8-photon scattering in QED, and the 6-quark scattering in QCD. SAMURAI has been implemented as a Fortran90 library, publicly available, and it could be a useful module for the systematic evaluation of the virtual corrections oriented towards automating next-to-leading order calculations relevant for the LHC phenomenology.
2402.06209
Zuowei Liu
Zuowei Liu, Zi-Wei Tang
Probing ultralight isospin-violating mediators at GW170817
26 pages, 12 figures. v2: version accepted for publication in JHEP
null
null
null
hep-ph astro-ph.HE gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Gravitational wave (GW) signals arising from binary neutron star mergers offer new, sensitive probes to ultralight mediators. Here we analyze the GW signals in the GW170817 event detected by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration to impose constraints on the ultralight isospin-violating mediator that has different couplings to protons and neutrons. Neutron stars, which primarily consist of neutrons, are the ideal places to probe the isospin-violating mediator. Such a mediator can significantly alter the dynamics of the binary neutron star mergers, through both the long-range Yukawa force and the new dipole radiation. We compute the gravitational waveform by taking into account the new physics effects due to the isospin-violating mediator and use the Bayesian inference to analyze the gravitational wave data in the GW170817 event. We find that although the current fifth force experiments (including MICROSCOPE and EW) often provide more stringent constraints than the GW170817 data, in the parameter space where the isospin-violating force is completely screened by the Earth (namely, the Earth is charge neutral under this force), the GW170817 data offer the leading constraints: the upper bound on the neutron coupling is $f_n \lesssim 10^{-19}$ in the mediator mass range of $\simeq(3\times10^{-16},\,5\times10^{-14})$ eV.
[ { "created": "Fri, 9 Feb 2024 06:27:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 19 May 2024 07:01:26 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-05-21
[ [ "Liu", "Zuowei", "" ], [ "Tang", "Zi-Wei", "" ] ]
Gravitational wave (GW) signals arising from binary neutron star mergers offer new, sensitive probes to ultralight mediators. Here we analyze the GW signals in the GW170817 event detected by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration to impose constraints on the ultralight isospin-violating mediator that has different couplings to protons and neutrons. Neutron stars, which primarily consist of neutrons, are the ideal places to probe the isospin-violating mediator. Such a mediator can significantly alter the dynamics of the binary neutron star mergers, through both the long-range Yukawa force and the new dipole radiation. We compute the gravitational waveform by taking into account the new physics effects due to the isospin-violating mediator and use the Bayesian inference to analyze the gravitational wave data in the GW170817 event. We find that although the current fifth force experiments (including MICROSCOPE and EW) often provide more stringent constraints than the GW170817 data, in the parameter space where the isospin-violating force is completely screened by the Earth (namely, the Earth is charge neutral under this force), the GW170817 data offer the leading constraints: the upper bound on the neutron coupling is $f_n \lesssim 10^{-19}$ in the mediator mass range of $\simeq(3\times10^{-16},\,5\times10^{-14})$ eV.
1707.03598
Lu Meng
Lu Meng, Ning Li, Shi-lin Zhu
Possible hadronic molecules composed of the doubly charmed baryon and nucleon
14 pages, 5 figures
null
10.1140/epja/i2018-12578-2
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We perform a systematical investigation of the possible deuteron-like bound states with configuration $\Xi_{cc}N (\bar{N})$, where $N(\bar{N})$ denotes the nucleon (anti-nucleon), in the framework of the one-boson-exchange-potential model. In the spin-triplet sector we take into account both the ${}^3S_1$ and ${}^3D_1$ channels due to non-vanishing tensor force. There exist several candidates of the loosely bound molecular states for the $\Xi_{cc}N$ and $\Xi_{cc}\bar{N}$ systems, which lie below the threshold of $\Lambda_c\Lambda_c$ or $\Lambda_c{\bar\Lambda}_c$. We also investigate the possible loosely bound states with configurations $\Lambda_cN(\bar{N})$ and $\Sigma_cN(\bar{N})$. These molecular candidates may be searched for at Belle II and LHC in the near future.
[ { "created": "Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:44:05 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:55:08 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-08-31
[ [ "Meng", "Lu", "" ], [ "Li", "Ning", "" ], [ "Zhu", "Shi-lin", "" ] ]
We perform a systematical investigation of the possible deuteron-like bound states with configuration $\Xi_{cc}N (\bar{N})$, where $N(\bar{N})$ denotes the nucleon (anti-nucleon), in the framework of the one-boson-exchange-potential model. In the spin-triplet sector we take into account both the ${}^3S_1$ and ${}^3D_1$ channels due to non-vanishing tensor force. There exist several candidates of the loosely bound molecular states for the $\Xi_{cc}N$ and $\Xi_{cc}\bar{N}$ systems, which lie below the threshold of $\Lambda_c\Lambda_c$ or $\Lambda_c{\bar\Lambda}_c$. We also investigate the possible loosely bound states with configurations $\Lambda_cN(\bar{N})$ and $\Sigma_cN(\bar{N})$. These molecular candidates may be searched for at Belle II and LHC in the near future.
1504.00823
Piotr Kotko
Piotr Kotko, Wojciech Slominski, Dawid Toton
Unintegrated gluon distributions for forward jets at LHC
18 pages, 6 figures; small corrections in the text and references
null
10.5506/APhysPolB.46.1527
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We test several BFKL-like evolution equations for unintegrated gluon distributions against forward-central dijet production at LHC. Our study is based on fitting the evolution scenarios to the LHC data using the high energy factorization approach. Thus, as a by-product, we obtain a set of LHC-motivated unintegrated gluon distributions ready to use. We utilize this application by calculating azimuthal decorrelations for forward-central dijet production and compare with existing data.
[ { "created": "Fri, 3 Apr 2015 11:51:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 26 May 2015 19:55:07 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-10-28
[ [ "Kotko", "Piotr", "" ], [ "Slominski", "Wojciech", "" ], [ "Toton", "Dawid", "" ] ]
We test several BFKL-like evolution equations for unintegrated gluon distributions against forward-central dijet production at LHC. Our study is based on fitting the evolution scenarios to the LHC data using the high energy factorization approach. Thus, as a by-product, we obtain a set of LHC-motivated unintegrated gluon distributions ready to use. We utilize this application by calculating azimuthal decorrelations for forward-central dijet production and compare with existing data.
hep-ph/0208036
Yoshimasa Kurihara
J. Fujimoto, et al
GRACE/SUSY Automatic Generation of Tree Amplitudes in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
39 page, 1 figure
Comput.Phys.Commun. 153 (2003) 106-134
10.1016/S0010-4655(03)00159-0
KEK-CP-129
hep-ph
null
GRACE/SUSY is a program package for generating the tree-level amplitude and evaluating the corresponding cross section of processes of the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model (MSSM). The Higgs potential adopted in the system, however, is assumed to have a more general form indicated by the two-Higgs-doublet model. This system is an extension of GRACE for the standard model(SM) of the electroweak and strong interactions. For a given MSSM process the Feynman graphs and amplitudes at tree-level are automatically created. The Monte-Carlo phase space integration by means of BASES gives the total and differential cross sections. When combined with SPRING, an event generator, the program package provides us with the simulation of the SUSY particle productions.
[ { "created": "Mon, 5 Aug 2002 05:18:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Fujimoto", "J.", "" ] ]
GRACE/SUSY is a program package for generating the tree-level amplitude and evaluating the corresponding cross section of processes of the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model (MSSM). The Higgs potential adopted in the system, however, is assumed to have a more general form indicated by the two-Higgs-doublet model. This system is an extension of GRACE for the standard model(SM) of the electroweak and strong interactions. For a given MSSM process the Feynman graphs and amplitudes at tree-level are automatically created. The Monte-Carlo phase space integration by means of BASES gives the total and differential cross sections. When combined with SPRING, an event generator, the program package provides us with the simulation of the SUSY particle productions.
hep-ph/0308263
Matthias Lutz F. M.
J. Hofmann and M.F.M. Lutz (GSI, Darmstadt)
Open-charm meson resonances with negative strangeness
12 pages, 3 figures
Nucl.Phys.A733:142-152,2004
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.12.013
GSI-Preprint-2003-29
hep-ph
null
We study heavy-light meson resonances with quantum numbers J^P=0^+ and J^P=1^+ in terms of the non-linear chiral SU(3) Lagrangian. Adjusting the free parameters that arise at subleading order to reproduce the mass of the D(2420) resonance as well as the new states established recently by the BABAR, CLEO and BELLE collaborations we obtain refined masses for the anti-triplet and sextet states. Bound states of antikaons at the D(1867) and D(2008) mesons are predicted at 2352 MeV (J^P=0^+) and 2416 MeV (J^P=1^+). In addition we anticipate a narrow scalar state of mass 2389 MeV with (I,S)=(1/2,0)
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:57:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-12-16
[ [ "Hofmann", "J.", "", "GSI, Darmstadt" ], [ "Lutz", "M. F. M.", "", "GSI, Darmstadt" ] ]
We study heavy-light meson resonances with quantum numbers J^P=0^+ and J^P=1^+ in terms of the non-linear chiral SU(3) Lagrangian. Adjusting the free parameters that arise at subleading order to reproduce the mass of the D(2420) resonance as well as the new states established recently by the BABAR, CLEO and BELLE collaborations we obtain refined masses for the anti-triplet and sextet states. Bound states of antikaons at the D(1867) and D(2008) mesons are predicted at 2352 MeV (J^P=0^+) and 2416 MeV (J^P=1^+). In addition we anticipate a narrow scalar state of mass 2389 MeV with (I,S)=(1/2,0)
hep-ph/9310260
Dudas
E.A. Dudas
Planck Scale Effects and Axions in Supersymmetry
12 pages, LPTHE Orsay 93/35
Phys.Lett.B325:124-128,1994
10.1016/0370-2693(94)90081-7
null
hep-ph
null
The effects of possible explicit violation of the Peccei-Quinn symmetry responsible for the solution of the strong CP problem are studied in supersymmetric models. It is shown that automatic models with an abelian $U(1)$ gauge symmetry are easy to construct both in the context of fundamental and composite models of axions. It is argued that it is preferable to use abelian rather than nonabelian gauge groups in order to obtains automatic symmetries. A composite model with no exact $R$ symmetry is studied and it is found that, unlike common belief, supersymmetry is broken.
[ { "created": "Mon, 11 Oct 1993 14:01:20 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-11-01
[ [ "Dudas", "E. A.", "" ] ]
The effects of possible explicit violation of the Peccei-Quinn symmetry responsible for the solution of the strong CP problem are studied in supersymmetric models. It is shown that automatic models with an abelian $U(1)$ gauge symmetry are easy to construct both in the context of fundamental and composite models of axions. It is argued that it is preferable to use abelian rather than nonabelian gauge groups in order to obtains automatic symmetries. A composite model with no exact $R$ symmetry is studied and it is found that, unlike common belief, supersymmetry is broken.
hep-ph/9411232
Johan Bijnens
J. Bijnens, G. Ecker and J. Gasser
Chiral Perturbation Theory
19 pages, latex, 2 figures. To be published in the second edition of the DA$\Phi$NE Physics Handbook, eds. L. Maiani, G. Pancheri and N. Paver.
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
An introduction to Chiral Perturbation Theory is given including a discussion of power counting, the Wess-Zumino term, the values of the coupling constants and the inclusion of the effects of other resonances.
[ { "created": "Mon, 7 Nov 1994 10:28:14 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Bijnens", "J.", "" ], [ "Ecker", "G.", "" ], [ "Gasser", "J.", "" ] ]
An introduction to Chiral Perturbation Theory is given including a discussion of power counting, the Wess-Zumino term, the values of the coupling constants and the inclusion of the effects of other resonances.
1307.1064
R. Sekhar Chivukula
R. Sekhar Chivukula, Arsham Farzinnia, Jing Ren, and Elizabeth H. Simmons
Constraints on the Scalar Sector of the Renormalizable Coloron Model
20 pages, pdf included figures. Brief phenomenological analysis of additional scalar s-boson added. Erratum appended: an error in the Higgs-boson gluon-fusion production amplitude arising from the new colored states is corrected, resulting in stronger constraints on the model parameter space
Phys. Rev. D 88, 075020 (2013)
10.1103/PhysRevD.88.075020
MSUHEP-130703
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The renormalizable coloron model is the minimal extension of the standard model color sector, in which the color gauge group is enlarged to SU(3)_{1c} x SU(3)_{2c}. In this paper we discuss the constraints on this model derived from the requirements of vacuum stability, tree-level unitarity, electroweak precision measurements, and from LHC measurements of the properties of the observed Higgs-like scalar boson. The combination of these theoretical and experimental considerations strongly constrains the allowed parameter space. (Erratum appended, March 2014.)
[ { "created": "Wed, 3 Jul 2013 16:16:59 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:41:09 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 4 Oct 2013 12:24:57 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Wed, 5 Mar 2014 01:09:12 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2014-03-06
[ [ "Chivukula", "R. Sekhar", "" ], [ "Farzinnia", "Arsham", "" ], [ "Ren", "Jing", "" ], [ "Simmons", "Elizabeth H.", "" ] ]
The renormalizable coloron model is the minimal extension of the standard model color sector, in which the color gauge group is enlarged to SU(3)_{1c} x SU(3)_{2c}. In this paper we discuss the constraints on this model derived from the requirements of vacuum stability, tree-level unitarity, electroweak precision measurements, and from LHC measurements of the properties of the observed Higgs-like scalar boson. The combination of these theoretical and experimental considerations strongly constrains the allowed parameter space. (Erratum appended, March 2014.)
hep-ph/0006306
Eric S. Swanson
Adam P. Szczepaniak (Indiana University) and Eric S. Swanson (University of Pittsburgh)
Chiral Extrapolation, Renormalization, and the Viability of the Quark Model
6 pages, 2 eps figures, uses revtex. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
Phys.Rev.Lett. 87 (2001) 072001
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.072001
null
hep-ph
null
The relationship of the quark model to the known chiral properties of QCD is a longstanding problem in the interpretation of low energy QCD. In particular, how can the pion be viewed as both a collective Goldstone boson quasiparticle and as a valence quark antiquark bound state where universal hyperfine interactions govern spin splittings in the same way as in the heavy quark systems. We address this issue in a simplified model which; however, reproduces all features of QCD relevant to this problem. A comparison of the many-body solution to our model and the constituent quark model demonstrates that the quark model is sufficiently flexible to describe meson hyperfine splitting provided proper renormalization conditions and correct degrees of freedom are employed consistently.
[ { "created": "Tue, 27 Jun 2000 15:30:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 8 Jun 2001 20:20:03 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Szczepaniak", "Adam P.", "", "Indiana University" ], [ "Swanson", "Eric S.", "", "University of Pittsburgh" ] ]
The relationship of the quark model to the known chiral properties of QCD is a longstanding problem in the interpretation of low energy QCD. In particular, how can the pion be viewed as both a collective Goldstone boson quasiparticle and as a valence quark antiquark bound state where universal hyperfine interactions govern spin splittings in the same way as in the heavy quark systems. We address this issue in a simplified model which; however, reproduces all features of QCD relevant to this problem. A comparison of the many-body solution to our model and the constituent quark model demonstrates that the quark model is sufficiently flexible to describe meson hyperfine splitting provided proper renormalization conditions and correct degrees of freedom are employed consistently.
hep-ph/9506291
Jan Kalinowski
J. Kalinowski and M. Krawczyk (Institute of Theoretical Physics, Warsaw University)
Fermion mass effects on ${\Gamma(Z\ra b\bar{b} + a~light~Higgs)}$ in a two-Higgs-doublet model
LaTeX file, 4 pages, 3 figures (in postscript) in a separate file
Phys.Lett. B361 (1995) 66-68
10.1016/0370-2693(95)01102-V
IFT/95/6
hep-ph
null
Large fermion mass effect on the Yukawa process $Z \ra b\bar{b}\ra b\bar{b} h (A)$ in the entire range of the neutral Higgs boson masses is found. It is particularly important for light Higgs bosons, which are still not excluded experimentally in a general two-Higgs-doublet model.
[ { "created": "Sun, 11 Jun 1995 10:01:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Kalinowski", "J.", "", "Institute of Theoretical Physics,\n Warsaw University" ], [ "Krawczyk", "M.", "", "Institute of Theoretical Physics,\n Warsaw University" ] ]
Large fermion mass effect on the Yukawa process $Z \ra b\bar{b}\ra b\bar{b} h (A)$ in the entire range of the neutral Higgs boson masses is found. It is particularly important for light Higgs bosons, which are still not excluded experimentally in a general two-Higgs-doublet model.
hep-ph/9811335
Dan Pirjol
Michael Gronau and Dan Pirjol
Weak phases $\gamma$ and $\alpha$ from $B^+$, or $B^0$ and $B_s$ decays
9 pages with 2 included eps figures; revised argument, taking into account the special shape of the amplitude quadrangle. An improved bound on rescattering effects is given
Phys.Lett.B449:321-327,1999
10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00083-0
CLNS 98/1591, TECHNION-PH-98-92
hep-ph
null
An improved flavor SU(3) method is presented for determining the weak angle $\gamma$ of the unitarity triangle using decay rates for $B^+\to K\pi, B^+\to K^+\bar K^0$ and $B^+\to \pi^+\eta$ (or $B^0\to K\pi$ and $B_s\to K \pi$), their CP-conjugate modes and the CP-averaged rate for $B^\pm\to\pi^\pm\pi^{0}$. Rescattering (color-suppressed) contribution in $B^+(B^0)\to K\pi$, for which an improved bound is obtained, is subtracted away. The only significant SU(3) breaking effects are accounted for in the factorization approximation of tree amplitudes. The weak angle $\alpha$ is obtained as a byproduct.
[ { "created": "Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:11:52 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:33:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Gronau", "Michael", "" ], [ "Pirjol", "Dan", "" ] ]
An improved flavor SU(3) method is presented for determining the weak angle $\gamma$ of the unitarity triangle using decay rates for $B^+\to K\pi, B^+\to K^+\bar K^0$ and $B^+\to \pi^+\eta$ (or $B^0\to K\pi$ and $B_s\to K \pi$), their CP-conjugate modes and the CP-averaged rate for $B^\pm\to\pi^\pm\pi^{0}$. Rescattering (color-suppressed) contribution in $B^+(B^0)\to K\pi$, for which an improved bound is obtained, is subtracted away. The only significant SU(3) breaking effects are accounted for in the factorization approximation of tree amplitudes. The weak angle $\alpha$ is obtained as a byproduct.
0901.4200
C\'edric Lorc\'e
C\'edric Lorc\'e
Electromagnetic Properties for Arbitrary Spin Particles: Part 2 $-$ Natural Moments and Transverse Charge Densities
12 pages, 1 table
Phys.Rev.D79:113011,2009
10.1103/PhysRevD.79.113011
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In a set of two papers, we propose to study an old-standing problem, namely the electromagnetic interaction for particles of arbitrary spin. Based on the assumption that light-cone helicity at tree level and $Q^2=0$ should be conserved non-trivially by the electromagnetic interaction, we are able to derive \emph{all} the natural electromagnetic moments for a pointlike particle of \emph{any} spin. In this second paper, we give explicit expressions for the light-cone helicity amplitudes in terms of covariant vertex functions, leading to the natural electromagnetic moments at $Q^2=0$. As an application of our results, we generalize the discussion of quark transverse charge densities to particles with arbitrary spin.
[ { "created": "Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:02:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-04-15
[ [ "Lorcé", "Cédric", "" ] ]
In a set of two papers, we propose to study an old-standing problem, namely the electromagnetic interaction for particles of arbitrary spin. Based on the assumption that light-cone helicity at tree level and $Q^2=0$ should be conserved non-trivially by the electromagnetic interaction, we are able to derive \emph{all} the natural electromagnetic moments for a pointlike particle of \emph{any} spin. In this second paper, we give explicit expressions for the light-cone helicity amplitudes in terms of covariant vertex functions, leading to the natural electromagnetic moments at $Q^2=0$. As an application of our results, we generalize the discussion of quark transverse charge densities to particles with arbitrary spin.
0806.3043
Grigorios Chachamis
G. Chachamis, M. Czakon, D. Eiras
W Pair Production at the LHC - II. One-loop Squared Corrections in the High Energy Limit
12 pages
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present the result for the one-loop squared virtual QCD corrections to the W boson pair production in the quark-anti-quark-annihilation channel in the limit where all kinematical invariants are large compared to the mass of the W boson. The infrared pole structure is in agreement with the prediction of Catani's general formalism for the singularities of QCD amplitudes.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:54:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-06-19
[ [ "Chachamis", "G.", "" ], [ "Czakon", "M.", "" ], [ "Eiras", "D.", "" ] ]
We present the result for the one-loop squared virtual QCD corrections to the W boson pair production in the quark-anti-quark-annihilation channel in the limit where all kinematical invariants are large compared to the mass of the W boson. The infrared pole structure is in agreement with the prediction of Catani's general formalism for the singularities of QCD amplitudes.
hep-ph/0312045
Frank E. Paige
Howard Baer, Frank E. Paige, Serban D. Protopescu, and Xerxes Tata
ISAJET 7.69: A Monte Carlo Event Generator for pp, $\bar pp$, and $e^=e^-$ Reactions
95 pages, no figures
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
ISAJET 7.69 is now available, replacing version 7.64 and several intermediate versions. This document contains the release notes and current manual.
[ { "created": "Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:02:23 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Baer", "Howard", "" ], [ "Paige", "Frank E.", "" ], [ "Protopescu", "Serban D.", "" ], [ "Tata", "Xerxes", "" ] ]
ISAJET 7.69 is now available, replacing version 7.64 and several intermediate versions. This document contains the release notes and current manual.
2405.07036
Lei Meng
Lei Meng, Junjie Cao, Fei Li, and Shenshen Yang
Dark Matter Physics in General NMSSM
44 pages, 8 tables, 6 figures
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In the General Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (GNMSSM), singlet particles may form a secluded sector of dark matter (DM), in which Singlino-like DM could achieve the observed relic abundance through various channels such as $\tilde{\chi}_1^0 \tilde{\chi}_1^0 \to h_s h_s, A_s A_s, h_s A_s$, where $h_s$ and $A_s$ represent singlet-dominated CP-even and CP-odd Higgs bosons. We provide analytical formulas for both the spin-independent and spin-dependent cross sections of Singlino DM scattering with nucleons, illustrating their dependence on the model's parameters in a clear manner. We also present analytic expressions for the annihilation cross sections of these three important channels. Based on these preparations, we conducted Bayesian analyses of the GNMSSM and concluded that the theory significantly favored Singlino-dominated DM over Bino-like DM across a much broader range of parameters. The combined results from our numerical analyses and the formulas distinctly highlight crucial aspects of DM physics within the GNMSSM.
[ { "created": "Sat, 11 May 2024 15:20:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:08:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-08-16
[ [ "Meng", "Lei", "" ], [ "Cao", "Junjie", "" ], [ "Li", "Fei", "" ], [ "Yang", "Shenshen", "" ] ]
In the General Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (GNMSSM), singlet particles may form a secluded sector of dark matter (DM), in which Singlino-like DM could achieve the observed relic abundance through various channels such as $\tilde{\chi}_1^0 \tilde{\chi}_1^0 \to h_s h_s, A_s A_s, h_s A_s$, where $h_s$ and $A_s$ represent singlet-dominated CP-even and CP-odd Higgs bosons. We provide analytical formulas for both the spin-independent and spin-dependent cross sections of Singlino DM scattering with nucleons, illustrating their dependence on the model's parameters in a clear manner. We also present analytic expressions for the annihilation cross sections of these three important channels. Based on these preparations, we conducted Bayesian analyses of the GNMSSM and concluded that the theory significantly favored Singlino-dominated DM over Bino-like DM across a much broader range of parameters. The combined results from our numerical analyses and the formulas distinctly highlight crucial aspects of DM physics within the GNMSSM.
2209.10110
Dibyakrupa Sahoo
C. S. Kim, Janusz Rosiek and Dibyakrupa Sahoo
Probing the non-standard neutrino interactions using quantum statistics
15 pages, 6 figures, for the published version visit the DOI
Eur. Phys. J. C 83, 221 (2023)
10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11355-8
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Using the well established principles of Lorentz invariance, CP and CPT symmetry, and quantum statistics we do a model-independent study of effects of possible non-standard couplings of (Dirac and Majorana) neutrinos. The study is sensitive to the different quantum statistical properties of the Dirac and Majorana neutrinos which, contrary to neutrino-mediated processes of lepton number violation, could lead to observable effects not suppressed by the small ratios of neutrino and heavier particle masses. For processes with a neutrino-antineutrino pair of the same flavor in the final state, we formulate the ``Dirac Majorana confusion theorem (DMCT)'' showing why it is normally very difficult to observe the different behaviour of both kinds of neutrinos in experiments if they have only the standard model (SM)-like left-handed vector couplings to gauge bosons. We discuss deviations from the confusion theorem in the presence of non-standard neutrino interactions, allowing to discover or constrain such novel couplings. We illustrate the general results with two chosen examples of neutral current processes, $Z \to \nu \, \overline{\nu}$ and $\mathcal{P}_i \to \mathcal{P}_f \, \nu \, \overline{\nu}$ (with $\mathcal{P}_{i,f}$ denoting pseudoscalar mesons, such as $B,K,\pi$). Our analysis shows that using 3-body decays the presence of non-standard interactions can not only be constrained but one can also distinguish between Dirac and Majorana neutrino possibilities.
[ { "created": "Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:01:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:27:56 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-03-28
[ [ "Kim", "C. S.", "" ], [ "Rosiek", "Janusz", "" ], [ "Sahoo", "Dibyakrupa", "" ] ]
Using the well established principles of Lorentz invariance, CP and CPT symmetry, and quantum statistics we do a model-independent study of effects of possible non-standard couplings of (Dirac and Majorana) neutrinos. The study is sensitive to the different quantum statistical properties of the Dirac and Majorana neutrinos which, contrary to neutrino-mediated processes of lepton number violation, could lead to observable effects not suppressed by the small ratios of neutrino and heavier particle masses. For processes with a neutrino-antineutrino pair of the same flavor in the final state, we formulate the ``Dirac Majorana confusion theorem (DMCT)'' showing why it is normally very difficult to observe the different behaviour of both kinds of neutrinos in experiments if they have only the standard model (SM)-like left-handed vector couplings to gauge bosons. We discuss deviations from the confusion theorem in the presence of non-standard neutrino interactions, allowing to discover or constrain such novel couplings. We illustrate the general results with two chosen examples of neutral current processes, $Z \to \nu \, \overline{\nu}$ and $\mathcal{P}_i \to \mathcal{P}_f \, \nu \, \overline{\nu}$ (with $\mathcal{P}_{i,f}$ denoting pseudoscalar mesons, such as $B,K,\pi$). Our analysis shows that using 3-body decays the presence of non-standard interactions can not only be constrained but one can also distinguish between Dirac and Majorana neutrino possibilities.
hep-ph/0102314
Koshiro Suzuki
Koshiro Suzuki and T.Watari
Constraints on Inflation Models from Supersymmetry Breakings
12 pages, 1 ps figure, minor correction
Phys.Lett. B506 (2001) 231-237
10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00412-9
null
hep-ph
null
Effects of soft SUSY-breaking terms on inflation potentials are discussed. There exist generic constraints that must be satisfied in order not for the inflaton potential to loose its flatness. We examine explicitly the constraints in the case of a hybrid inflation model and find that the coupling constant \lambda between the inflaton and the ``water-fall-direction'' field is bounded as 2.0 \times 10^{-6} < \lambda. This is a highly non-trivial result. Indeed, if we adopt the severest constraint from avoiding the problem of the gravitinos produced non-thermally, \lambda < 7.4 \times 10^{-6} is required, under a reasonable assumption on the reheating process. This means that the hybrid inflation model marginally has a viable parameter space. We also discuss analogous constraints on other inflation models.
[ { "created": "Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:23:52 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 27 Feb 2001 04:43:42 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Suzuki", "Koshiro", "" ], [ "Watari", "T.", "" ] ]
Effects of soft SUSY-breaking terms on inflation potentials are discussed. There exist generic constraints that must be satisfied in order not for the inflaton potential to loose its flatness. We examine explicitly the constraints in the case of a hybrid inflation model and find that the coupling constant \lambda between the inflaton and the ``water-fall-direction'' field is bounded as 2.0 \times 10^{-6} < \lambda. This is a highly non-trivial result. Indeed, if we adopt the severest constraint from avoiding the problem of the gravitinos produced non-thermally, \lambda < 7.4 \times 10^{-6} is required, under a reasonable assumption on the reheating process. This means that the hybrid inflation model marginally has a viable parameter space. We also discuss analogous constraints on other inflation models.
1106.4147
Martin Hoferichter
Martin Hoferichter, Daniel R. Phillips, Carlos Schat
Roy-Steiner equations for gamma gamma -> pi pi
27 pages, 10 figures, version published in Eur.Phys.J. C
Eur.Phys.J. C 71 (2011) 1743
10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1743-x
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Starting from hyperbolic dispersion relations, we derive a system of Roy--Steiner equations for pion Compton scattering that respects analyticity, unitarity, gauge invariance, and crossing symmetry. It thus maintains all symmetries of the underlying quantum field theory. To suppress the dependence of observables on high-energy input, we also consider once- and twice-subtracted versions of the equations, and identify the subtraction constants with dipole and quadrupole pion polarizabilities. Based on the assumption of Mandelstam analyticity, we determine the kinematic range in which the equations are valid. As an application, we consider the resolution of the $\gamma\gamma\to\pi\pi$ partial waves by a Muskhelishvili--Omn\`es representation with finite matching point. We find a sum rule for the isospin-two $S$-wave, which, together with chiral constraints, produces an improved prediction for the charged-pion quadrupole polarizability $(\alpha_2-\beta_2)^{\pi^\pm}=(15.3\pm 3.7)\cdot 10^{-4} {\rm fm}^5$. We investigate the prediction of our dispersion relations for the two-photon coupling of the $\sigma$-resonance $\Gamma_{\sigma\gamma\gamma}$. The twice-subtracted version predicts a correlation between this width and the isospin-zero pion polarizabilities, which is largely independent of the high-energy input used in the equations. Using this correlation, the chiral perturbation theory results for pion polarizabilities, and our new sum rule, we find $\Gamma_{\sigma\gamma\gamma}=(1.7\pm 0.4)\,{\rm keV}$.
[ { "created": "Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:36:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:39:45 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-09-27
[ [ "Hoferichter", "Martin", "" ], [ "Phillips", "Daniel R.", "" ], [ "Schat", "Carlos", "" ] ]
Starting from hyperbolic dispersion relations, we derive a system of Roy--Steiner equations for pion Compton scattering that respects analyticity, unitarity, gauge invariance, and crossing symmetry. It thus maintains all symmetries of the underlying quantum field theory. To suppress the dependence of observables on high-energy input, we also consider once- and twice-subtracted versions of the equations, and identify the subtraction constants with dipole and quadrupole pion polarizabilities. Based on the assumption of Mandelstam analyticity, we determine the kinematic range in which the equations are valid. As an application, we consider the resolution of the $\gamma\gamma\to\pi\pi$ partial waves by a Muskhelishvili--Omn\`es representation with finite matching point. We find a sum rule for the isospin-two $S$-wave, which, together with chiral constraints, produces an improved prediction for the charged-pion quadrupole polarizability $(\alpha_2-\beta_2)^{\pi^\pm}=(15.3\pm 3.7)\cdot 10^{-4} {\rm fm}^5$. We investigate the prediction of our dispersion relations for the two-photon coupling of the $\sigma$-resonance $\Gamma_{\sigma\gamma\gamma}$. The twice-subtracted version predicts a correlation between this width and the isospin-zero pion polarizabilities, which is largely independent of the high-energy input used in the equations. Using this correlation, the chiral perturbation theory results for pion polarizabilities, and our new sum rule, we find $\Gamma_{\sigma\gamma\gamma}=(1.7\pm 0.4)\,{\rm keV}$.
1110.2414
Genevieve Belanger
G. Belanger, J. Da Silva, A. Pukhov
The right-handed sneutrino as thermal dark matter in U(1) extensions of the MSSM
29 pages, 12 figures
null
10.1088/1475-7516/2011/12/014
LAPTH-039/11
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the parameter space of a supersymmetric model with an extended U(1) gauge symmetry in which the RH sneutrino is a thermal dark matter candidate. In this scenario, annihilation of RH sneutrinos proceeds mainly through Higgs or Z' exchange. We find that sneutrinos in the mass range from 50GeV to more than 1 TeV can be consistent with both the WMAP limit and the direct detection upper limits. Powerful constraints from new gauge boson searches at the LHC as well as from $\Delta M_s$ are incorporated. Depending on the choice of the U(1) charge, these scenarios will be further probe by direct dark matter searches as well as by Higgs searches at the LHC.
[ { "created": "Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:14:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-30
[ [ "Belanger", "G.", "" ], [ "Da Silva", "J.", "" ], [ "Pukhov", "A.", "" ] ]
We investigate the parameter space of a supersymmetric model with an extended U(1) gauge symmetry in which the RH sneutrino is a thermal dark matter candidate. In this scenario, annihilation of RH sneutrinos proceeds mainly through Higgs or Z' exchange. We find that sneutrinos in the mass range from 50GeV to more than 1 TeV can be consistent with both the WMAP limit and the direct detection upper limits. Powerful constraints from new gauge boson searches at the LHC as well as from $\Delta M_s$ are incorporated. Depending on the choice of the U(1) charge, these scenarios will be further probe by direct dark matter searches as well as by Higgs searches at the LHC.
hep-ph/9212248
null
J.R. Espinosa, M. Quiros and F. Zwirner
On the nature of the electroweak phase transition
13 pages, latex, 2 postscript figures appended at the end, CERN-TH.6577/92, IEM-FT-58/92
Phys.Lett.B314:206-216,1993
10.1016/0370-2693(93)90450-V
null
hep-ph hep-th
null
We discuss the finite-temperature effective potential of the Standard Model, $\veff$, with emphasis on the resummation of the most important infrared contributions. We compute the one-loop scalar and vector boson self-energies in the zero-momentum limit. By solving the corresponding set of gap equations, with the inclusion of subleading contributions, we find a non-vanishing magnetic mass for the $SU(2)$ gauge bosons. We comment on its possible implications for the nature of the electroweak phase transition. We also discuss the range of validity of our approximations and compare this with other approaches.
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2010-11-01
[ [ "Espinosa", "J. R.", "" ], [ "Quiros", "M.", "" ], [ "Zwirner", "F.", "" ] ]
We discuss the finite-temperature effective potential of the Standard Model, $\veff$, with emphasis on the resummation of the most important infrared contributions. We compute the one-loop scalar and vector boson self-energies in the zero-momentum limit. By solving the corresponding set of gap equations, with the inclusion of subleading contributions, we find a non-vanishing magnetic mass for the $SU(2)$ gauge bosons. We comment on its possible implications for the nature of the electroweak phase transition. We also discuss the range of validity of our approximations and compare this with other approaches.
2105.07077
Sebastian Trojanowski
Felix Kling, Sebastian Trojanowski
FORESEE: FORward Experiment SEnsitivity Estimator for the LHC and future hadron colliders
11 pages, 3 figures, FORESEE code available at https://github.com/KlingFelix/FORESEE
Phys. Rev. D 104, 035012 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.104.035012
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We introduce a numerical package FORward Experiment SEnsitivity Estimator, or FORESEE, that can be used to simulate the expected sensitivity reach of experiments placed in the far-forward direction from the proton-proton interaction point. The simulations can be performed for $14$ TeV collision energy characteristic for the LHC, as well as for larger energies: $27$ and $100$ TeV. In the package, a comprehensive list of validated forward spectra of various SM species is also provided. The capabilities of FORESEE are illustrated for the popular dark photon and dark Higgs boson models, as well as for the search for light up-philic scalars. For the dark photon portal, we also comment on the complementarity between such searches and dark matter direct detection bounds. Additionally, for the first time, we discuss the prospects for the LLP searches in the proposed future hadron colliders: High-Energy LHC (HE-LHC), Super proton-proton Collider (SppC), and Future Circular Collider (FCC-hh).
[ { "created": "Fri, 14 May 2021 21:42:21 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-08-25
[ [ "Kling", "Felix", "" ], [ "Trojanowski", "Sebastian", "" ] ]
We introduce a numerical package FORward Experiment SEnsitivity Estimator, or FORESEE, that can be used to simulate the expected sensitivity reach of experiments placed in the far-forward direction from the proton-proton interaction point. The simulations can be performed for $14$ TeV collision energy characteristic for the LHC, as well as for larger energies: $27$ and $100$ TeV. In the package, a comprehensive list of validated forward spectra of various SM species is also provided. The capabilities of FORESEE are illustrated for the popular dark photon and dark Higgs boson models, as well as for the search for light up-philic scalars. For the dark photon portal, we also comment on the complementarity between such searches and dark matter direct detection bounds. Additionally, for the first time, we discuss the prospects for the LLP searches in the proposed future hadron colliders: High-Energy LHC (HE-LHC), Super proton-proton Collider (SppC), and Future Circular Collider (FCC-hh).
2204.04834
Xuewen Liu
Xuewen Liu, Shu-Yuan Guo, Bin Zhu, Ying Li
Correlating Gravitational Waves with $W$-boson Mass, FIMP Dark Matter, and Majorana Seesaw Mechanism
References updated, accepted for publication in Science Bulletin
Science Bulletin, 2022, 67(14): 1437-1442
10.1016/j.scib.2022.06.011
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
We study a minimal extension of the Standard Model by introducing three right-handed neutrinos and a new scotogenic scalar doublet, in which the mass splittings between neutral and charged components are responsible for the $W$-boson mass newly measured by the CDF collaboration. This model can not only generate non-vanishing Majorana neutrino masses via the interaction of right-handed neutrinos and scotogenic scalars, but also explain the Universe's missing matter in the form of FIMP dark matter. We also study the influence of the mass splitting on the first order electroweak phase transition, and find that it can further enhance the transition strength and thus induce gravitational waves during the phase transition, which may be detected in the forthcoming detectors such as U-DECIGO.
[ { "created": "Mon, 11 Apr 2022 02:40:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 19 Apr 2022 02:32:30 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:41:00 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2022-08-02
[ [ "Liu", "Xuewen", "" ], [ "Guo", "Shu-Yuan", "" ], [ "Zhu", "Bin", "" ], [ "Li", "Ying", "" ] ]
We study a minimal extension of the Standard Model by introducing three right-handed neutrinos and a new scotogenic scalar doublet, in which the mass splittings between neutral and charged components are responsible for the $W$-boson mass newly measured by the CDF collaboration. This model can not only generate non-vanishing Majorana neutrino masses via the interaction of right-handed neutrinos and scotogenic scalars, but also explain the Universe's missing matter in the form of FIMP dark matter. We also study the influence of the mass splitting on the first order electroweak phase transition, and find that it can further enhance the transition strength and thus induce gravitational waves during the phase transition, which may be detected in the forthcoming detectors such as U-DECIGO.
0804.0718
Wojciech Broniowski
Wojciech Broniowski, Enrique Ruiz Arriola, Krzysztof Golec-Biernat
Generalized parton distributions of the pion
presented by WB at SCADRON 70 ``Scalar Mesons and Related Topics, Lisbon, 11-16 February 2008, 6 pages
AIP Conf.Proc.1030:286-290,2008
10.1063/1.2973514
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Generalized Parton Distributions of the pion are evaluated in chiral quark models with the help of double distributions. As a result the polynomiality conditions are automatically satisfied. In addition, positivity constraints, proper normalization and support, sum rules, and soft pion theorems are fulfilled. We obtain explicit expressions holding at the low-energy quark-model scale, which exhibit no factorization in the t-dependence. The crucial QCD evolution of the quark-model distributions is carried out up to experimental or lattice scales. The obtained results for the Parton Distribution Function and the Parton Distribution Amplitude describe the available experimental and lattice data, confirming that the quark-model scale is low, around 320 MeV.
[ { "created": "Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:42:11 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-13
[ [ "Broniowski", "Wojciech", "" ], [ "Arriola", "Enrique Ruiz", "" ], [ "Golec-Biernat", "Krzysztof", "" ] ]
Generalized Parton Distributions of the pion are evaluated in chiral quark models with the help of double distributions. As a result the polynomiality conditions are automatically satisfied. In addition, positivity constraints, proper normalization and support, sum rules, and soft pion theorems are fulfilled. We obtain explicit expressions holding at the low-energy quark-model scale, which exhibit no factorization in the t-dependence. The crucial QCD evolution of the quark-model distributions is carried out up to experimental or lattice scales. The obtained results for the Parton Distribution Function and the Parton Distribution Amplitude describe the available experimental and lattice data, confirming that the quark-model scale is low, around 320 MeV.
hep-ph/0311289
Teresa Montaruli
Teresa Montaruli (Bari University and INFN)
Report on the High Energy Phenomena Sessions HE 2, HE 3.2-3.4: Neutrinos and Muons. Interactions, Particle Physics Aspects, Astro-Particle Physics and Cosmology
24 pages, 10 figures, uses tsukuba.sty. To appear in Plenary/Highlight/Rapporteur Proceedings of 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2003), Tsukuba, Japan, 31 Jul.-7 Aug. 2003
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
The results presented at the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference on neutrino and muon physics are summarized. Neutrinos and muons provide a huge amount of information on particle interactions up to very high energies and on fundamental particle properties. Results on neutrino oscillations in the atmospheric and solar neutrino sectors are summarized. Oscillations are well established in both sectors, and a more precise determination of oscillation parameters is requested in the next future. Neutrino telescopes taking data and under construction presented numerous results. Neutrinos as probes of the Universe are hopefully going to open, together with gravitational waves, a new era for Astrophysics. Cosmology has entered the precision era and the Dark Matter quest is still an open problem. Direct and indirect searches are complementary approaches to the problem. The results presented at this conference confirm that Astroparticle Physics and, in particular, Neutrino Physics are leading fields in fundamental research.
[ { "created": "Sat, 22 Nov 2003 11:38:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Montaruli", "Teresa", "", "Bari University and INFN" ] ]
The results presented at the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference on neutrino and muon physics are summarized. Neutrinos and muons provide a huge amount of information on particle interactions up to very high energies and on fundamental particle properties. Results on neutrino oscillations in the atmospheric and solar neutrino sectors are summarized. Oscillations are well established in both sectors, and a more precise determination of oscillation parameters is requested in the next future. Neutrino telescopes taking data and under construction presented numerous results. Neutrinos as probes of the Universe are hopefully going to open, together with gravitational waves, a new era for Astrophysics. Cosmology has entered the precision era and the Dark Matter quest is still an open problem. Direct and indirect searches are complementary approaches to the problem. The results presented at this conference confirm that Astroparticle Physics and, in particular, Neutrino Physics are leading fields in fundamental research.
1507.03547
Andrei Kataev
A.L. Kataev (INR RAS, Moscow) and V.S. Molokoedov (MIPT, Dolgoprudnyi)
Fourth-order QCD renormalization group quantities in the {\rm{V}}-scheme and the relation of the $\beta$-function to the Gell-Mann--Low function in QED
The text is in accordance with the one, published in Phys.Rev.D92 (2015), 5, 054008; title a bit modified, 1 reference removed in accordance with new style of references presntation in PRD, Editorial misprints in Eq.(4.17) and above Eq.(5.6) are corrected
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.92.054008
Extended version of INR-TH-2015-003
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The semi-analytical $O(\alpha_s^4)$ expression for the renormalization group $\beta$-function in the ${\rm{V}}$-scheme is obtained in the case of the $SU(N_c)$ gauge group. In the process of calculations we use the existing information about the three-loop perturbative approximation for the QCD static potential, evaluated in the $\rm{\overline{MS}}$-scheme. The comparison of the numerical values of the third and fourth coefficients for the QCD RG $\beta$- functions in the gauge-independent ${\rm{V}}$- and $\rm{\overline{MS}}$-schemes and in minimal MOM scheme in the the Landau gauge is presented. The phenomenologically-oriented comparisons for the coefficients of $O(\alpha_s^4)$ expression for the $e^+e^-$-annihilation R-ratio in these schemes are presented. It is shown, that taking into account of these QCD contributions are of vital importance and lead to the drastic decrease of the scheme-dependence ambiguities of the fourth-order perturbative QCD approximations for the $e^+e^-$ annihilation R-ratio for the number of active flavours,$n_f=5$ in particular. We demonstrate that in the case of QED with $N$-types of leptons the coefficients of the $\beta^{\rm{V}}$-function are closely related to the ones of the Gell-Mann--Low $\Psi$-function and emphasise that they start to differ from each other at the fourth order due to the appearance of the extra $N^2$-contribution in the V-scheme. The source of this extra correction is clarified. The general all-order QED relations between the coefficients of the $\beta^{\rm{V}}$- and $\Psi$-functions are discussed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 13 Jul 2015 18:49:54 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 8 Aug 2015 17:01:25 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:08:07 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-10-13
[ [ "Kataev", "A. L.", "", "INR RAS, Moscow" ], [ "Molokoedov", "V. S.", "", "MIPT, Dolgoprudnyi" ] ]
The semi-analytical $O(\alpha_s^4)$ expression for the renormalization group $\beta$-function in the ${\rm{V}}$-scheme is obtained in the case of the $SU(N_c)$ gauge group. In the process of calculations we use the existing information about the three-loop perturbative approximation for the QCD static potential, evaluated in the $\rm{\overline{MS}}$-scheme. The comparison of the numerical values of the third and fourth coefficients for the QCD RG $\beta$- functions in the gauge-independent ${\rm{V}}$- and $\rm{\overline{MS}}$-schemes and in minimal MOM scheme in the the Landau gauge is presented. The phenomenologically-oriented comparisons for the coefficients of $O(\alpha_s^4)$ expression for the $e^+e^-$-annihilation R-ratio in these schemes are presented. It is shown, that taking into account of these QCD contributions are of vital importance and lead to the drastic decrease of the scheme-dependence ambiguities of the fourth-order perturbative QCD approximations for the $e^+e^-$ annihilation R-ratio for the number of active flavours,$n_f=5$ in particular. We demonstrate that in the case of QED with $N$-types of leptons the coefficients of the $\beta^{\rm{V}}$-function are closely related to the ones of the Gell-Mann--Low $\Psi$-function and emphasise that they start to differ from each other at the fourth order due to the appearance of the extra $N^2$-contribution in the V-scheme. The source of this extra correction is clarified. The general all-order QED relations between the coefficients of the $\beta^{\rm{V}}$- and $\Psi$-functions are discussed.
hep-ph/0001238
Martin Lemoine
Martin Lemoine (DARC, CNRS, Obs. Paris-Meudon, France)
Moduli constraints on primordial black holes
8 pages
Phys.Lett. B481 (2000) 333-338
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00469-X
null
hep-ph astro-ph
null
The amount of late decaying massive particles (e.g., gravitinos, moduli) produced in the evaporation of primordial black holes (PBHs) of mass $\Mbh\la10^9 $g is calculated. Limits imposed by big-bang nucleosynthesis on the abundance of these particles are used to constrain the initial PBH mass fraction $\beta$ (ratio of PBH energy density to critical energy density at formation), as: $\beta\la 5\times10^{-19} (\xp/6 10^{-3})^{-1} (\Mbh/10^9 {\rm g})^{-1/2} (\bar{\Yp}/10^{-14})$; $\xp$ is the fraction of PBH luminosity going into gravitinos or moduli, $\bar{\Yp}$ is the upper bound imposed by nucleosynthesis on the number density to entropy density ratio of gravitinos or moduli. This notably implies that such PBHs should never come to dominate the cosmic energy density.
[ { "created": "Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:17:33 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Lemoine", "Martin", "", "DARC, CNRS, Obs. Paris-Meudon, France" ] ]
The amount of late decaying massive particles (e.g., gravitinos, moduli) produced in the evaporation of primordial black holes (PBHs) of mass $\Mbh\la10^9 $g is calculated. Limits imposed by big-bang nucleosynthesis on the abundance of these particles are used to constrain the initial PBH mass fraction $\beta$ (ratio of PBH energy density to critical energy density at formation), as: $\beta\la 5\times10^{-19} (\xp/6 10^{-3})^{-1} (\Mbh/10^9 {\rm g})^{-1/2} (\bar{\Yp}/10^{-14})$; $\xp$ is the fraction of PBH luminosity going into gravitinos or moduli, $\bar{\Yp}$ is the upper bound imposed by nucleosynthesis on the number density to entropy density ratio of gravitinos or moduli. This notably implies that such PBHs should never come to dominate the cosmic energy density.
hep-ph/0512189
Philip Schuster
Philip C. Schuster, Natalia Toro
Persistent Fine-Tuning in Supersymmetry and the NMSSM
10 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables
null
null
HUTP-05/A0052
hep-ph
null
We examine the use of modified Higgs sectors to address the little hierarchy problem of supersymmetry. Such models reduce weak-scale fine-tuning by allowing lighter stops, but they retain some fine-tuning independent of the Higgs. The modified Higgs sector can also introduce model-dependent tunings. We consider the model-independent constraints on naturalness from squark, gluino, chargino and neutralino searches, as well as the model-dependent tuning in the PQ- and R-symmetric limits of the NMSSM, where cascade decays or additional quartic interactions can hide a Higgs without relying on heavy stops. Obtaining viable electroweak symmetry breaking requires a tuning of $\sim 1-10%$ in the PQ limit. A large A-term is also necessary to make charginos sufficiently heavy, and this introduces an additional weak-scale tuning of $\sim 10%$. The R-symmetric limit requires large marginal couplings, a large singlet soft mass, and a tuning of $\sim 5-10%$ to break electroweak symmetry. Hiding MSSM-like Higgs states below $\approx 112$ GeV requires additional tunings of A-terms at the $\sim 1-10%$ level. Thus, although the NMSSM has rich discovery potential, it suffers from a unique fine-tuning problem of its own.
[ { "created": "Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:22:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Schuster", "Philip C.", "" ], [ "Toro", "Natalia", "" ] ]
We examine the use of modified Higgs sectors to address the little hierarchy problem of supersymmetry. Such models reduce weak-scale fine-tuning by allowing lighter stops, but they retain some fine-tuning independent of the Higgs. The modified Higgs sector can also introduce model-dependent tunings. We consider the model-independent constraints on naturalness from squark, gluino, chargino and neutralino searches, as well as the model-dependent tuning in the PQ- and R-symmetric limits of the NMSSM, where cascade decays or additional quartic interactions can hide a Higgs without relying on heavy stops. Obtaining viable electroweak symmetry breaking requires a tuning of $\sim 1-10%$ in the PQ limit. A large A-term is also necessary to make charginos sufficiently heavy, and this introduces an additional weak-scale tuning of $\sim 10%$. The R-symmetric limit requires large marginal couplings, a large singlet soft mass, and a tuning of $\sim 5-10%$ to break electroweak symmetry. Hiding MSSM-like Higgs states below $\approx 112$ GeV requires additional tunings of A-terms at the $\sim 1-10%$ level. Thus, although the NMSSM has rich discovery potential, it suffers from a unique fine-tuning problem of its own.
0807.2391
Kyrill Bugaev
K. A. Bugaev, V. K. Petrov and G. M. Zinovjev
Quark Gluon Bags as Reggeons
One section removed, a few references added, the Regge trajectories of free QGP bags are considered
Phys.Rev.C79:054913,2009
10.1103/PhysRevC.79.054913
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
The influence of the medium dependent finite width of QGP bags on their equation of state is analyzed within an exactly solvable model. It is argued that the large width of the QGP bags not only explains the observed deficit in the number of hadronic resonances, but also clarifies the reason why the heavy QGP bags cannot be directly observed as metastable states in a hadronic phase. The model allows us to estimate the minimal value of the width of QGP bags from a variety of the lattice QCD data and get that the minimal resonance width at zero temperature is about 600 MeV, whereas the minimal resonance width at the Hagedorn temperature is about 2000 MeV. As shown these estimates are almost insensitive to the number of the elementary degrees of freedom. The recent lattice QCD data are analyzed and it is found that besides sigma T**4 term the lattice QCD pressure contains T-linear and T**4 ln T terms in the range of temperatures between 240 MeV and 420 MeV. The presence of the last term in the pressure bears almost no effect on the width estimates. Our analysis shows that at hight temperatures the average mass and width of the QGP bags behave in accordance with the upper bound of the Regge trajectory asymptotics (the linear asymptotics), whereas at low temperatures they obey the lower bound of the Regge trajectory asymptotics (the square root one). Since the model explicitly contains the Hagedorn mass spectrum, it allows us to remove an existing contradiction between the finite number of hadronic Regge families and the Hagedorn idea of the exponentially growing mass spectrum of hadronic bags.
[ { "created": "Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:10:23 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:59:03 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-06-30
[ [ "Bugaev", "K. A.", "" ], [ "Petrov", "V. K.", "" ], [ "Zinovjev", "G. M.", "" ] ]
The influence of the medium dependent finite width of QGP bags on their equation of state is analyzed within an exactly solvable model. It is argued that the large width of the QGP bags not only explains the observed deficit in the number of hadronic resonances, but also clarifies the reason why the heavy QGP bags cannot be directly observed as metastable states in a hadronic phase. The model allows us to estimate the minimal value of the width of QGP bags from a variety of the lattice QCD data and get that the minimal resonance width at zero temperature is about 600 MeV, whereas the minimal resonance width at the Hagedorn temperature is about 2000 MeV. As shown these estimates are almost insensitive to the number of the elementary degrees of freedom. The recent lattice QCD data are analyzed and it is found that besides sigma T**4 term the lattice QCD pressure contains T-linear and T**4 ln T terms in the range of temperatures between 240 MeV and 420 MeV. The presence of the last term in the pressure bears almost no effect on the width estimates. Our analysis shows that at hight temperatures the average mass and width of the QGP bags behave in accordance with the upper bound of the Regge trajectory asymptotics (the linear asymptotics), whereas at low temperatures they obey the lower bound of the Regge trajectory asymptotics (the square root one). Since the model explicitly contains the Hagedorn mass spectrum, it allows us to remove an existing contradiction between the finite number of hadronic Regge families and the Hagedorn idea of the exponentially growing mass spectrum of hadronic bags.
hep-ph/0003113
Vladimir Anisovich
A.V. Anisovich, V.V. Anisovich, and A.V. Sarantsev
Systematics of q anti-q states in the (n,M^2) and (J,M^2) planes
6 pages, LaTeX, 16 EPS figures, epsfig.sty
Phys.Rev.D62:051502,2000
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.051502
null
hep-ph
null
In the mass region up to M < 2400 MeV we systematise mesons on the plots (n,M^2) and (J,M^2), thus setting their classification in terms of n^{2S+1}L_J q anti-q states. The trajectories on the (n,M^2)-plots are drawn for the following (IJ^{PC})-states: a_0(10^{++}), a_1(11^{++}), a_2(12^{++}), a_3(13^{++}), a_4(14^{++}), pi(10^{-+}), pi_2(12^{-+}), eta(00^{-+}), eta_2(02^{-+})$, rho(11^{--}), f_0(00^{++}), f_2(02^{++}). All trajectories are linear, with nearly the same slopes. At the (J,M^2)-plot we set out meson states for leading and daughter trajectories: for pi, rho, a_1, a_2 and P'.
[ { "created": "Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:45:36 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-12-30
[ [ "Anisovich", "A. V.", "" ], [ "Anisovich", "V. V.", "" ], [ "Sarantsev", "A. V.", "" ] ]
In the mass region up to M < 2400 MeV we systematise mesons on the plots (n,M^2) and (J,M^2), thus setting their classification in terms of n^{2S+1}L_J q anti-q states. The trajectories on the (n,M^2)-plots are drawn for the following (IJ^{PC})-states: a_0(10^{++}), a_1(11^{++}), a_2(12^{++}), a_3(13^{++}), a_4(14^{++}), pi(10^{-+}), pi_2(12^{-+}), eta(00^{-+}), eta_2(02^{-+})$, rho(11^{--}), f_0(00^{++}), f_2(02^{++}). All trajectories are linear, with nearly the same slopes. At the (J,M^2)-plot we set out meson states for leading and daughter trajectories: for pi, rho, a_1, a_2 and P'.
2303.06752
Kai Zhou
Wan-Bing He, Yu-Gang Ma, Long-Gang Pang, Huichao Song, Kai Zhou
High energy nuclear physics meets Machine Learning
30 pages, 20 figures, mini-review
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Though being seemingly disparate and with relatively new intersection, high energy nuclear physics and machine learning have already begun to merge and yield interesting results during the last few years. It's worthy to raise the profile of utilizing this novel mindset from machine learning in high energy nuclear physics, to help more interested readers see the breadth of activities around this intersection. The aim of this mini-review is to introduce to the community the current status and report an overview of applying machine learning for high energy nuclear physics, to present from different aspects and examples how scientific questions involved in high energy nuclear physics can be tackled using machine learning.
[ { "created": "Sun, 12 Mar 2023 21:00:53 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-03-14
[ [ "He", "Wan-Bing", "" ], [ "Ma", "Yu-Gang", "" ], [ "Pang", "Long-Gang", "" ], [ "Song", "Huichao", "" ], [ "Zhou", "Kai", "" ] ]
Though being seemingly disparate and with relatively new intersection, high energy nuclear physics and machine learning have already begun to merge and yield interesting results during the last few years. It's worthy to raise the profile of utilizing this novel mindset from machine learning in high energy nuclear physics, to help more interested readers see the breadth of activities around this intersection. The aim of this mini-review is to introduce to the community the current status and report an overview of applying machine learning for high energy nuclear physics, to present from different aspects and examples how scientific questions involved in high energy nuclear physics can be tackled using machine learning.
1706.09907
Sezen Sekmen
Pushpalatha C. Bhat, Harrison B. Prosper, Sezen Sekmen, Chip Stewart
Optimizing Event Selection with the Random Grid Search
26 pages, 9 figures
Published in Comput.Phys.Commun. 228 (2018) 245-257
10.1016/j.cpc.2018.02.018
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The random grid search (RGS) is a simple, but efficient, stochastic algorithm to find optimal cuts that was developed in the context of the search for the top quark at Fermilab in the mid-1990s. The algorithm, and associated code, have been enhanced recently with the introduction of two new cut types, one of which has been successfully used in searches for supersymmetry at the Large Hadron Collider. The RGS optimization algorithm is described along with the recent developments, which are illustrated with two examples from particle physics. One explores the optimization of the selection of vector boson fusion events in the four-lepton decay mode of the Higgs boson and the other optimizes SUSY searches using boosted objects and the razor variables.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Jun 2017 18:00:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 10 May 2018 18:14:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-05-14
[ [ "Bhat", "Pushpalatha C.", "" ], [ "Prosper", "Harrison B.", "" ], [ "Sekmen", "Sezen", "" ], [ "Stewart", "Chip", "" ] ]
The random grid search (RGS) is a simple, but efficient, stochastic algorithm to find optimal cuts that was developed in the context of the search for the top quark at Fermilab in the mid-1990s. The algorithm, and associated code, have been enhanced recently with the introduction of two new cut types, one of which has been successfully used in searches for supersymmetry at the Large Hadron Collider. The RGS optimization algorithm is described along with the recent developments, which are illustrated with two examples from particle physics. One explores the optimization of the selection of vector boson fusion events in the four-lepton decay mode of the Higgs boson and the other optimizes SUSY searches using boosted objects and the razor variables.
hep-ph/9912399
Bryan Webber
B.R. Webber
Theoretical Aspects of Particle Production
26 pages, 27 figures. Lectures at International Summer School on Particle Production Spanning MeV and TeV Energies, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, August 1999
null
null
CERN-TH/99-408, Cavendish-HEP-99/18
hep-ph
null
These lectures describe some of the latest data on particle production in high-energy collisions and compare them with theoretical calculations and models based on QCD. The main topics covered are: fragmentation functions and factorization, small-x fragmentation, hadronization models, differences between quark and gluon fragmentation, current and target fragmentation in deep inelastic scattering, and heavy quark fragmentation.
[ { "created": "Fri, 17 Dec 1999 13:51:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Webber", "B. R.", "" ] ]
These lectures describe some of the latest data on particle production in high-energy collisions and compare them with theoretical calculations and models based on QCD. The main topics covered are: fragmentation functions and factorization, small-x fragmentation, hadronization models, differences between quark and gluon fragmentation, current and target fragmentation in deep inelastic scattering, and heavy quark fragmentation.
1601.03575
HongWei Ke
Hong-Wei Ke and Xue-Qian Li
Study on decays of $Z_c(4020)$ and $Z_c(3900)$ into $h_c+\pi$
15 pages, 4 figures, will be published in EPJC
Eur.Phys.J. C76 (2016) no.6, 334
10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4183-9
null
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
At the invariant mass spectrum of $h_c\pi^\pm$ a new resonance $Z_c(4020)$ has been observed, however the previously confirmed $Z_c(3900)$ does not show up at this channel. In this paper we assume that $Z_c(3900)$ and $Z_c(4020)$ are molecular states of $D\bar D^*(D^{*} \bar D)$ and $D^*\bar D^*$ respectively, then we calculate the transition rates of $Z_c(3900)\to h_c+\pi$ and $Z_c(4020)\to h_c+\pi$ in the light front model. Our results show that the partial width of $Z_c(3900)\to h_c+\pi$ is only three times smaller than that of $Z_c(4020)\to h_c+\pi$. $Z_c(4020)$ seems to be a molecular state, so if $Z_c(3900)$ is also a molecular state it should be observed in the portal $e^+e^-\to h_c\pi^\pm$ as long as the database is sufficiently large, by contrary if the future more precise measurements still cannot find $Z_c(3900)$ at $h_c\pi^\pm$ channel, the molecular assignment to $Z_c(3900)$ should be ruled out.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:14:42 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:31:30 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-09-08
[ [ "Ke", "Hong-Wei", "" ], [ "Li", "Xue-Qian", "" ] ]
At the invariant mass spectrum of $h_c\pi^\pm$ a new resonance $Z_c(4020)$ has been observed, however the previously confirmed $Z_c(3900)$ does not show up at this channel. In this paper we assume that $Z_c(3900)$ and $Z_c(4020)$ are molecular states of $D\bar D^*(D^{*} \bar D)$ and $D^*\bar D^*$ respectively, then we calculate the transition rates of $Z_c(3900)\to h_c+\pi$ and $Z_c(4020)\to h_c+\pi$ in the light front model. Our results show that the partial width of $Z_c(3900)\to h_c+\pi$ is only three times smaller than that of $Z_c(4020)\to h_c+\pi$. $Z_c(4020)$ seems to be a molecular state, so if $Z_c(3900)$ is also a molecular state it should be observed in the portal $e^+e^-\to h_c\pi^\pm$ as long as the database is sufficiently large, by contrary if the future more precise measurements still cannot find $Z_c(3900)$ at $h_c\pi^\pm$ channel, the molecular assignment to $Z_c(3900)$ should be ruled out.
1501.02962
Melahat Bayar
M. Bayar, Xiu-Lei Ren, E. Oset
States of $\rho D^* \bar D^*$ with $J=3$ within the Fixed Center Approximation to the Faddeev equations
12 pages, 5 figures
null
null
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the interaction of the a $\rho$ and $D^*$, $\bar D^*$ with spins aligned using the Fixed Center Approximation to the Faddeev equations. We select a cluster of $D^* \bar D^*$, which is found to be bound in $I=0$ and can be associated to the X(3915), and let the $\rho$ meson orbit around the $D^*$ and $\bar D^*$. In this case we find an $I=1$ state with mass around 4340 MeV and narrow width of about 50 MeV. We also investigate the case with a cluster of $\rho D^*$ and let the $\bar D^*$ orbit around the system of the two states. The $\rho D^*$ cluster is also found to bind and leads to the $D^*_2(2460)$ state. The addition of the extra $\bar D^*$ produces further binding and we find, with admitted uncertainties, a state of $I=0$ around 4000 MeV, and a less bound narrow state with $I=1$ around 4200 MeV.
[ { "created": "Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:27:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-01-14
[ [ "Bayar", "M.", "" ], [ "Ren", "Xiu-Lei", "" ], [ "Oset", "E.", "" ] ]
We study the interaction of the a $\rho$ and $D^*$, $\bar D^*$ with spins aligned using the Fixed Center Approximation to the Faddeev equations. We select a cluster of $D^* \bar D^*$, which is found to be bound in $I=0$ and can be associated to the X(3915), and let the $\rho$ meson orbit around the $D^*$ and $\bar D^*$. In this case we find an $I=1$ state with mass around 4340 MeV and narrow width of about 50 MeV. We also investigate the case with a cluster of $\rho D^*$ and let the $\bar D^*$ orbit around the system of the two states. The $\rho D^*$ cluster is also found to bind and leads to the $D^*_2(2460)$ state. The addition of the extra $\bar D^*$ produces further binding and we find, with admitted uncertainties, a state of $I=0$ around 4000 MeV, and a less bound narrow state with $I=1$ around 4200 MeV.
0902.0059
Mojtaba Mohammadi Najafabadi
Mojtaba Mohammadi Najafabadi
Heavy Charged Gauge Bosons with General CP Violating Couplings
null
Commun.Theor.Phys.53:1137-1139,2010
10.1088/0253-6102/53/6/29
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Heavy gauge bosons such as $W^{\prime}$ are expected to exist in many extensions of the Standard Model. In this paper, it is shown that the most general Lagrangian for the interaction of $W^{\prime}$ with top and bottom quarks which consists of V-A and V+A structure with in general complex couplings produces an Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) for the top quark at one loop level. We predict the allowed ranges for the mass and couplings of $W^{\prime}$ by using the upper limit on the top quark EDM.
[ { "created": "Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:09:20 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 May 2009 17:01:36 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-18
[ [ "Najafabadi", "Mojtaba Mohammadi", "" ] ]
Heavy gauge bosons such as $W^{\prime}$ are expected to exist in many extensions of the Standard Model. In this paper, it is shown that the most general Lagrangian for the interaction of $W^{\prime}$ with top and bottom quarks which consists of V-A and V+A structure with in general complex couplings produces an Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) for the top quark at one loop level. We predict the allowed ranges for the mass and couplings of $W^{\prime}$ by using the upper limit on the top quark EDM.
2009.01038
Fabien Buisseret Dr
Y. Brihaye, F. Buisseret
Gravitating bubbles of gluon plasma above deconfinement temperature
null
Symmetry 2020, 12(10), 1668 -- Introduction significantly modified in published version
10.3390/sym12101668
null
hep-ph gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The equation of state of SU(3) Yang-Mills theory can be modelled by an effective $Z_3-$symmetric potential $V(\vert\phi\vert,\phi^3+\phi^{3*}, T)$ depending on the temperature $T$ and on a scalar field $\phi$ -- the averaged Polyakov loop. Allowing $\phi$ to be dynamical opens the way to the study of spatially localized classical configurations of the Polyakov loop. We first show that spherically symmetric static Q-balls exist in the range $(1-1.21)\times T_c$, $T_c$ being the deconfinement temperature. Then we argue that Q-holes solutions, if any are unphysical within our framework. Finally we couple the Polyakov-loop Lagrangian to Einstein gravity and show that spherically symmetric static boson stars exist in the same range of temperature. The Q-ball and boson star solutions we find can be interpreted as "bubbles" of deconfined gluonic matter; their mean radius is always smaller than 10 fm.
[ { "created": "Wed, 2 Sep 2020 13:12:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-10-14
[ [ "Brihaye", "Y.", "" ], [ "Buisseret", "F.", "" ] ]
The equation of state of SU(3) Yang-Mills theory can be modelled by an effective $Z_3-$symmetric potential $V(\vert\phi\vert,\phi^3+\phi^{3*}, T)$ depending on the temperature $T$ and on a scalar field $\phi$ -- the averaged Polyakov loop. Allowing $\phi$ to be dynamical opens the way to the study of spatially localized classical configurations of the Polyakov loop. We first show that spherically symmetric static Q-balls exist in the range $(1-1.21)\times T_c$, $T_c$ being the deconfinement temperature. Then we argue that Q-holes solutions, if any are unphysical within our framework. Finally we couple the Polyakov-loop Lagrangian to Einstein gravity and show that spherically symmetric static boson stars exist in the same range of temperature. The Q-ball and boson star solutions we find can be interpreted as "bubbles" of deconfined gluonic matter; their mean radius is always smaller than 10 fm.
1207.0587
Luca Merlo Dr.
Guido Altarelli, Ferruccio Feruglio, Isabella Masina, Luca Merlo
Repressing Anarchy in Neutrino Mass Textures
v1: 12 pages, 3 figures; v2: 13 pages, 3 figures, text improved, matches version accepted for publication; v3: submitted to add an acknowledgment to a network
null
10.1007/JHEP11(2012)139
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The recent results that $\theta_{13}$ is relatively large, of the order of the previous upper bound, and the indications of a sizable deviation of $\theta_{23}$ from the maximal value are in agreement with the predictions of Anarchy in the lepton sector. The quark and charged lepton hierarchies can then be reproduced in a SU(5) GUT context by attributing non-vanishing $U(1)_{FN}$ charges, different for each family, only to the SU(5) tenplet states. The fact that the observed mass hierarchies are stronger for up quarks than for down quarks and charged leptons supports this idea. As discussed in the past, in the flexible context of $SU(5)\otimes U(1)_{FN}$, different patterns of charges can be adopted going from Anarchy to various types of hierarchy. We revisit this approach by also considering new models and we compare all versions to the present data. As a result we confirm that, by relaxing the extreme ansatz of equal $U(1)_{FN}$ charges for all SU(5) pentaplets and singlets, better agreement with the data than for Anarchy is obtained without increasing the model complexity. We also present the distributions obtained in the different models for the Dirac CP-violating phase. Finally we discuss the relative merits of these simple models.
[ { "created": "Tue, 3 Jul 2012 07:13:43 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 7 Nov 2012 10:30:03 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:57:23 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-06-05
[ [ "Altarelli", "Guido", "" ], [ "Feruglio", "Ferruccio", "" ], [ "Masina", "Isabella", "" ], [ "Merlo", "Luca", "" ] ]
The recent results that $\theta_{13}$ is relatively large, of the order of the previous upper bound, and the indications of a sizable deviation of $\theta_{23}$ from the maximal value are in agreement with the predictions of Anarchy in the lepton sector. The quark and charged lepton hierarchies can then be reproduced in a SU(5) GUT context by attributing non-vanishing $U(1)_{FN}$ charges, different for each family, only to the SU(5) tenplet states. The fact that the observed mass hierarchies are stronger for up quarks than for down quarks and charged leptons supports this idea. As discussed in the past, in the flexible context of $SU(5)\otimes U(1)_{FN}$, different patterns of charges can be adopted going from Anarchy to various types of hierarchy. We revisit this approach by also considering new models and we compare all versions to the present data. As a result we confirm that, by relaxing the extreme ansatz of equal $U(1)_{FN}$ charges for all SU(5) pentaplets and singlets, better agreement with the data than for Anarchy is obtained without increasing the model complexity. We also present the distributions obtained in the different models for the Dirac CP-violating phase. Finally we discuss the relative merits of these simple models.
0806.4927
Bernd Kniehl
Bernd A. Kniehl, Anatoly V. Kotikov, Oleg L. Veretin
Orthopositronium lifetime: analytic results in O(alpha) and O(alpha^3 ln(alpha))
9 pages, 1 figure
Phys.Rev.Lett.101:193401,2008
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.193401
DESY 08-085
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present the O(alpha) and O(alpha^3 ln(alpha)) corrections to the total decay width of orthopositronium in closed analytic form, in terms of basic transcendental numbers, which can be evaluated numerically to arbitrary precision.
[ { "created": "Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:33:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-12-18
[ [ "Kniehl", "Bernd A.", "" ], [ "Kotikov", "Anatoly V.", "" ], [ "Veretin", "Oleg L.", "" ] ]
We present the O(alpha) and O(alpha^3 ln(alpha)) corrections to the total decay width of orthopositronium in closed analytic form, in terms of basic transcendental numbers, which can be evaluated numerically to arbitrary precision.
2108.05306
Manuel Pavon Valderrama
Mao-Jun Yan, Fang-Zheng Peng, Mario S\'anchez S\'anchez and Manuel Pavon Valderrama
Interpretations of the new LHCb $P_c(4337)^+$ pentaquark state
19 pages, 5 tables, 1 figure, corresponds with published version
EPJC 82, 574 (2022)
10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10522-7
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Recently the LHCb collaboration has observed a new pentaquark state, the $P_c(4337)^+$. Owing to its proximity to the $\chi_{c0}(1S) p$, $\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c$, $\bar{D} \Sigma_c$ and $\bar{D} \Sigma_c^*$ thresholds, this new pentaquark might very well be a meson-baryon bound state. However its spin and parity have not been determined yet and none of the previous possibilities can be ruled out. We briefly explore a few of these options and the consequences they entail in the present manuscript: (i) the $P_c(4337)^+$ might be a $\chi_{c0}(1S) p$ bound state, (ii) the $P_c(4312)^+$ and $P_c(4337)^+$ might be $\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c$ and $\bar{D} \Sigma_c$ states close to threshold, respectively, where the Breit-Wigner mass might not correspond to the location of the poles, (iii) the locations of the $P_c(4312)^+$ and $P_c(4337)^+$ might be explained in terms of the $\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c$-$\bar{D} \Sigma_c$ and $\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c$-$\bar{D} \Sigma_c^*$ coupled channel dynamics. This last option, though not the most probable explanation, is still potentially compatible with the double peak solution of the $P_{cs}(4459)^0$ and with what we know of the $P_c(4312)^+$. As a byproduct of the previous explorations, we conjecture the existence of a series of anticharmed meson - antitriplet charmed baryon bound states and calculate their masses.
[ { "created": "Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:21:59 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 4 Jul 2022 15:09:13 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-07-05
[ [ "Yan", "Mao-Jun", "" ], [ "Peng", "Fang-Zheng", "" ], [ "Sánchez", "Mario Sánchez", "" ], [ "Valderrama", "Manuel Pavon", "" ] ]
Recently the LHCb collaboration has observed a new pentaquark state, the $P_c(4337)^+$. Owing to its proximity to the $\chi_{c0}(1S) p$, $\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c$, $\bar{D} \Sigma_c$ and $\bar{D} \Sigma_c^*$ thresholds, this new pentaquark might very well be a meson-baryon bound state. However its spin and parity have not been determined yet and none of the previous possibilities can be ruled out. We briefly explore a few of these options and the consequences they entail in the present manuscript: (i) the $P_c(4337)^+$ might be a $\chi_{c0}(1S) p$ bound state, (ii) the $P_c(4312)^+$ and $P_c(4337)^+$ might be $\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c$ and $\bar{D} \Sigma_c$ states close to threshold, respectively, where the Breit-Wigner mass might not correspond to the location of the poles, (iii) the locations of the $P_c(4312)^+$ and $P_c(4337)^+$ might be explained in terms of the $\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c$-$\bar{D} \Sigma_c$ and $\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c$-$\bar{D} \Sigma_c^*$ coupled channel dynamics. This last option, though not the most probable explanation, is still potentially compatible with the double peak solution of the $P_{cs}(4459)^0$ and with what we know of the $P_c(4312)^+$. As a byproduct of the previous explorations, we conjecture the existence of a series of anticharmed meson - antitriplet charmed baryon bound states and calculate their masses.
hep-ph/0103017
null
R. Tomas, H. P\"as, J.W.F. Valle
Generalized Bounds on Majoron-neutrino couplings
17 pages, LateX, 7 figures, version to be published in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D64:095005,2001
10.1103/PhysRevD.64.095005
null
hep-ph
null
We discuss limits on neutrino-Majoron couplings both from laboratory experiments as well as from astrophysics. They apply to the simplest class of Majoron models which covers a variety of possibilities where neutrinos acquire mass either via a seesaw-type scheme or via radiative corrections. By adopting a general framework including CP phases we generalize bounds obtained previously. The combination of complementary bounds enables us to obtain a highly non-trivial exclusion region in the parameter space. We find that the future double beta project GENIUS, together with constraints based on supernova energy release arguments, could restrict neutrino-Majoron couplings down to the 10^{-7} level.
[ { "created": "Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:41:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 25 Jul 2001 09:23:52 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-09-17
[ [ "Tomas", "R.", "" ], [ "Päs", "H.", "" ], [ "Valle", "J. W. F.", "" ] ]
We discuss limits on neutrino-Majoron couplings both from laboratory experiments as well as from astrophysics. They apply to the simplest class of Majoron models which covers a variety of possibilities where neutrinos acquire mass either via a seesaw-type scheme or via radiative corrections. By adopting a general framework including CP phases we generalize bounds obtained previously. The combination of complementary bounds enables us to obtain a highly non-trivial exclusion region in the parameter space. We find that the future double beta project GENIUS, together with constraints based on supernova energy release arguments, could restrict neutrino-Majoron couplings down to the 10^{-7} level.
hep-ph/0101289
Aichelin
F. Gastineau, R. nebauer and J.Aichelin
Thermodynamics of the 3-flavor NJL model : chiral symmetry breaking and color superconductivity
27 pages, 7 figures
Phys.Rev. C65 (2002) 045204
10.1103/PhysRevC.65.045204
null
hep-ph
null
Employing an extended three flavor version of the NJL model we discuss in detail the phase diagram of quark matter. The presence of quark as well as of diquark condensates gives raise to a rich structure of the phase diagram. We study in detail the chiral phase transition and the color superconductivity as well as color flavor locking as a function of the temperature and chemical potentials of the system.
[ { "created": "Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:52:26 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:04:47 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:48:33 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Gastineau", "F.", "" ], [ "nebauer", "R.", "" ], [ "Aichelin", "J.", "" ] ]
Employing an extended three flavor version of the NJL model we discuss in detail the phase diagram of quark matter. The presence of quark as well as of diquark condensates gives raise to a rich structure of the phase diagram. We study in detail the chiral phase transition and the color superconductivity as well as color flavor locking as a function of the temperature and chemical potentials of the system.
hep-ph/0502041
Konstantin Matchev
Marco Battaglia, AseshKrishna Datta, Albert De Roeck, Kyoungchul Kong, Konstantin T. Matchev
Contrasting Supersymmetry and Universal Extra Dimensions at the CLIC Multi-TeV e+e- Collider
20 pages, 13 figures, typeset in JHEP style, uses axodraw. Added new section 5. Version to appear in JHEP
JHEP 0507:033,2005
10.1088/1126-6708/2005/07/033
UFIFT-HEP-05-05, MCTP-05-42
hep-ph hep-ex
null
Universal extra dimensions and supersymmetry have rather similar experimental signatures at hadron colliders. The proper interpretation of an LHC discovery in either case may therefore require further data from a lepton collider. In this paper we identify methods for discriminating between the two scenarios at the linear collider. We study the processes of Kaluza-Klein muon pair production in universal extra dimensions in parallel to smuon pair production in supersymmetry, accounting for the effects of detector resolution, beam-beam interactions and accelerator induced backgrounds. We find that the angular distributions of the final state muons, the energy spectrum of the radiative return photon and the total cross-section measurement are powerful discriminators between the two models. Accurate determination of the particle masses can be obtained both by a study of the momentum spectrum of the final state leptons and by a scan of the particle pair production thresholds. We also calculate the production rates of various Kaluza-Klein particles and discuss the associated signatures.
[ { "created": "Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:44:38 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:34:18 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Battaglia", "Marco", "" ], [ "Datta", "AseshKrishna", "" ], [ "De Roeck", "Albert", "" ], [ "Kong", "Kyoungchul", "" ], [ "Matchev", "Konstantin T.", "" ] ]
Universal extra dimensions and supersymmetry have rather similar experimental signatures at hadron colliders. The proper interpretation of an LHC discovery in either case may therefore require further data from a lepton collider. In this paper we identify methods for discriminating between the two scenarios at the linear collider. We study the processes of Kaluza-Klein muon pair production in universal extra dimensions in parallel to smuon pair production in supersymmetry, accounting for the effects of detector resolution, beam-beam interactions and accelerator induced backgrounds. We find that the angular distributions of the final state muons, the energy spectrum of the radiative return photon and the total cross-section measurement are powerful discriminators between the two models. Accurate determination of the particle masses can be obtained both by a study of the momentum spectrum of the final state leptons and by a scan of the particle pair production thresholds. We also calculate the production rates of various Kaluza-Klein particles and discuss the associated signatures.
1405.4314
D. Ghilencea
I. Antoniadis, E. M. Babalic, D. M. Ghilencea
Naturalness in low-scale SUSY models and "non-linear" MSSM
20 pages, 7 figures
null
10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3050-9
CERN-PH-TH-2014-080
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In MSSM models with various boundary conditions for the soft breaking terms (m_{soft}) and for a higgs mass of 126 GeV, there is a (minimal) electroweak fine-tuning Delta\approx 800 to 1000 for the constrained MSSM and Delta\approx 500 for non-universal gaugino masses. These values, often regarded as unacceptably large, may indicate a problem of supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking, rather than of SUSY itself. A minimal modification of these models is to lower the SUSY breaking scale in the hidden sector (\sqrt f) to few TeV, which we show to restore naturalness to more acceptable levels Delta\approx 80 for the most conservative case of low tan_beta and ultraviolet boundary conditions as in the constrained MSSM. This is done without introducing additional fields in the visible sector, unlike other models that attempt to reduce Delta. In the present case Delta is reduced due to additional (effective) quartic higgs couplings proportional to the ratio m_{soft}/(\sqrt f) of the visible to the hidden sector SUSY breaking scales. These couplings are generated by the auxiliary component of the goldstino superfield. The model is discussed in the limit its sgoldstino component is integrated out so this superfield is realized non-linearly (hence the name of the model) while the other MSSM superfields are in their linear realization. By increasing the hidden sector scale \sqrt f one obtains a continuous transition for fine-tuning values, from this model to the usual (gravity mediated) MSSM-like models.
[ { "created": "Fri, 16 May 2014 21:29:04 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-19
[ [ "Antoniadis", "I.", "" ], [ "Babalic", "E. M.", "" ], [ "Ghilencea", "D. M.", "" ] ]
In MSSM models with various boundary conditions for the soft breaking terms (m_{soft}) and for a higgs mass of 126 GeV, there is a (minimal) electroweak fine-tuning Delta\approx 800 to 1000 for the constrained MSSM and Delta\approx 500 for non-universal gaugino masses. These values, often regarded as unacceptably large, may indicate a problem of supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking, rather than of SUSY itself. A minimal modification of these models is to lower the SUSY breaking scale in the hidden sector (\sqrt f) to few TeV, which we show to restore naturalness to more acceptable levels Delta\approx 80 for the most conservative case of low tan_beta and ultraviolet boundary conditions as in the constrained MSSM. This is done without introducing additional fields in the visible sector, unlike other models that attempt to reduce Delta. In the present case Delta is reduced due to additional (effective) quartic higgs couplings proportional to the ratio m_{soft}/(\sqrt f) of the visible to the hidden sector SUSY breaking scales. These couplings are generated by the auxiliary component of the goldstino superfield. The model is discussed in the limit its sgoldstino component is integrated out so this superfield is realized non-linearly (hence the name of the model) while the other MSSM superfields are in their linear realization. By increasing the hidden sector scale \sqrt f one obtains a continuous transition for fine-tuning values, from this model to the usual (gravity mediated) MSSM-like models.
1609.06320
Ken Van Tilburg
Asimina Arvanitaki, Savas Dimopoulos, Victor Gorbenko, Junwu Huang, Ken Van Tilburg
A small weak scale from a small cosmological constant
58 pages, 16 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP05(2017)071
null
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose a framework in which Weinberg's anthropic explanation of the cosmological constant problem also solves the hierarchy problem. The weak scale is selected by chiral dynamics that controls the stabilization of an extra dimension. When the Higgs vacuum expectation value is close to a fermion mass scale, the radius of an extra dimension becomes large, and develops an enhanced number of vacua available to scan the cosmological constant down to its observed value. At low energies, the radion necessarily appears as an unnaturally light scalar, in a range of masses and couplings accessible to fifth-force searches as well as scalar dark matter searches with atomic clocks and gravitational-wave detectors. The fermion sector that controls the size of the extra dimension consists of a pair of electroweak doublets and several singlets. These leptons satisfy approximate mass relations related to the weak scale and are accessible to the LHC and future colliders.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:00:07 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 26 Dec 2017 17:54:27 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-12-27
[ [ "Arvanitaki", "Asimina", "" ], [ "Dimopoulos", "Savas", "" ], [ "Gorbenko", "Victor", "" ], [ "Huang", "Junwu", "" ], [ "Van Tilburg", "Ken", "" ] ]
We propose a framework in which Weinberg's anthropic explanation of the cosmological constant problem also solves the hierarchy problem. The weak scale is selected by chiral dynamics that controls the stabilization of an extra dimension. When the Higgs vacuum expectation value is close to a fermion mass scale, the radius of an extra dimension becomes large, and develops an enhanced number of vacua available to scan the cosmological constant down to its observed value. At low energies, the radion necessarily appears as an unnaturally light scalar, in a range of masses and couplings accessible to fifth-force searches as well as scalar dark matter searches with atomic clocks and gravitational-wave detectors. The fermion sector that controls the size of the extra dimension consists of a pair of electroweak doublets and several singlets. These leptons satisfy approximate mass relations related to the weak scale and are accessible to the LHC and future colliders.
2006.09703
Wojciech Broniowski
Wojciech Broniowski, Enrique Ruiz Arriola
Double parton distributions of the pion
6 pages, talk presented by WB at Excited QCD 2020, Krynica Zdr\'oj, Poland, 2-8 February 2020
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a calculation of valence double parton distributions of the pion in the framework of chiral quark models. The result obtained at the low-energy quark model scale is particularly simple, where in the chiral limit a factorized form follows, $D(x_1,x_2, \vec{q}) = \delta(1-x_1-x_2) F(\vec{q})$ with $x_{1,2}$ standing for the longitudinal momentum fractions of the valence quark and antiquark, and $\vec{q}$ denotes the relative transverse momentum. For $\vec{q}=\vec{0}$ the result satisfies the Gaunt-Sterling sum rules. The QCD evolution to higher scales is carried out within the dDGLAP framework. We argue that the ratios of the valence Mellin moments $\langle x_1^n x_2^m \rangle / \langle x_1^n \rangle \langle x_2^m \rangle $, which do not depend on the dDGLAP evolution, provide particularly convenient measures of the longitudinal correlations between the partons. Such ratios could be probed in future lattice QCD simulations.
[ { "created": "Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:03:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-06-18
[ [ "Broniowski", "Wojciech", "" ], [ "Arriola", "Enrique Ruiz", "" ] ]
We present a calculation of valence double parton distributions of the pion in the framework of chiral quark models. The result obtained at the low-energy quark model scale is particularly simple, where in the chiral limit a factorized form follows, $D(x_1,x_2, \vec{q}) = \delta(1-x_1-x_2) F(\vec{q})$ with $x_{1,2}$ standing for the longitudinal momentum fractions of the valence quark and antiquark, and $\vec{q}$ denotes the relative transverse momentum. For $\vec{q}=\vec{0}$ the result satisfies the Gaunt-Sterling sum rules. The QCD evolution to higher scales is carried out within the dDGLAP framework. We argue that the ratios of the valence Mellin moments $\langle x_1^n x_2^m \rangle / \langle x_1^n \rangle \langle x_2^m \rangle $, which do not depend on the dDGLAP evolution, provide particularly convenient measures of the longitudinal correlations between the partons. Such ratios could be probed in future lattice QCD simulations.
1503.06890
Pablo Roig
A. Guevara, G. L\'opez Castro, P. Roig, S. L. Tostado
Long-distance weak annihilation contribution to the $B^{\pm}\to (\pi^{\pm},K^{\pm}) \ell^+\ell^-$ decays
Matching of the long-distance and short-distance descriptions of the WA contributions added and CP violation results changed accordingly in Table II. Extended discussion of the (subleading) neglected non-factorizable corrections to WA at large distances. Title changed, three figures and several references added, and minor improvements in the text. Version accepted by PRD
Physical Review D 92, 054035 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.92.054035
null
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose an alternative evaluation of the long-distance weak annihilation (WA, also called one-photon exchange in this paper) contribution to the rare semileptonic $B^{\pm}\to (\pi^{\pm},K^{\pm})\ell^+\ell^-$ ($\ell=e,\,\mu$) decays. This hadronic description at low energies is matched at intermediate energies to its short-distance counterpart in terms of quark and gluon degrees of freedom. Although the WA contribution does not contribute to solve the possible breaking of lepton-universality observed by LHCb in the $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}(\mu^+\mu^-/e^+e^-)$ ratio, nor provides an important hadronic contamination to their decay rates, its contribution to the branching ratios (and direct CP asymmetry) of the $B^{\pm}\to \pi^{\pm}\ell^+\ell^-$ transitions turns out to be significant. This hadronic pollution should be taken into account when looking for new physics effects in decays into pions, which suggests to restrict these searches to squared lepton-pair invariant mass in the $(1,8)$ GeV$^2$ range. The interference of the one-photon exchange contribution with the dominant short-distance one-loop amplitude induces a sizable CP asymmetry in these rare decays, which calls for dedicated measurements.
[ { "created": "Tue, 24 Mar 2015 01:47:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:19:12 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:02:54 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-09-30
[ [ "Guevara", "A.", "" ], [ "Castro", "G. López", "" ], [ "Roig", "P.", "" ], [ "Tostado", "S. L.", "" ] ]
We propose an alternative evaluation of the long-distance weak annihilation (WA, also called one-photon exchange in this paper) contribution to the rare semileptonic $B^{\pm}\to (\pi^{\pm},K^{\pm})\ell^+\ell^-$ ($\ell=e,\,\mu$) decays. This hadronic description at low energies is matched at intermediate energies to its short-distance counterpart in terms of quark and gluon degrees of freedom. Although the WA contribution does not contribute to solve the possible breaking of lepton-universality observed by LHCb in the $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}(\mu^+\mu^-/e^+e^-)$ ratio, nor provides an important hadronic contamination to their decay rates, its contribution to the branching ratios (and direct CP asymmetry) of the $B^{\pm}\to \pi^{\pm}\ell^+\ell^-$ transitions turns out to be significant. This hadronic pollution should be taken into account when looking for new physics effects in decays into pions, which suggests to restrict these searches to squared lepton-pair invariant mass in the $(1,8)$ GeV$^2$ range. The interference of the one-photon exchange contribution with the dominant short-distance one-loop amplitude induces a sizable CP asymmetry in these rare decays, which calls for dedicated measurements.
0710.3068
Pietro Colangelo
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, S. Nicotri, M. Rizzi
Identifying $D_{sJ}(2700)$ through its decay modes
RevTex, 6 pages - references added
Phys.Rev.D77:014012,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.014012
BARI-TH/07-578
hep-ph hep-ex
null
We study how to assign the recently observed $D_{sJ}(2700)$ meson to an appropriate level of the $c \bar s$ spectrum by the analysis of its decay modes in final states comprising a light pseudoscalar meson. We use an effective lagrangian approach with heavy quark and chiral symmetries, obtaining that the measurement of the $D^* K$ decay width would allow to distinguish between two possible assignments.
[ { "created": "Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:21:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:12:27 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Colangelo", "P.", "" ], [ "De Fazio", "F.", "" ], [ "Nicotri", "S.", "" ], [ "Rizzi", "M.", "" ] ]
We study how to assign the recently observed $D_{sJ}(2700)$ meson to an appropriate level of the $c \bar s$ spectrum by the analysis of its decay modes in final states comprising a light pseudoscalar meson. We use an effective lagrangian approach with heavy quark and chiral symmetries, obtaining that the measurement of the $D^* K$ decay width would allow to distinguish between two possible assignments.
1006.1219
Roberto Barcelo
Roberto Barcelo
Higgs bosons in ttbar production
Talk given at the 2nd Young Researchers Workshop "Physics Challenges in the LHC Era", Frascati, May 10 and 13, 2010
Proceedings of Second Young Researchers Workshop "Physics Challenges in the LHC era", Frascati Physics Series LI (2010) 13-18
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The top quark has a large Yukawa coupling with the Higgs boson. In the usual extensions of the standard model the Higgs sector includes extra scalars, which also tend to couple strongly with the top quark. Unlike the Higgs, these fields have a natural mass above 2m_t, so they could introduce anomalies in ttbar production at the LHC. We study their effect on the ttbar invariant mass distribution at sqrt{s}=7 TeV. We focus on the bosons (H,A) of the minimal SUSY model and on the scalar field (r) associated to the new scale f in Little Higgs (LH) models. We show that in all cases the interference with the standard amplitude dominates over the narrow-width contribution. As a consequence, the mass difference between H and A or the contribution of an extra T-quark loop in LH models become important effects in order to determine if these fields are observable there. We find that a 1 fb^{-1} luminosity could probe the region tan beta \le 3 of SUSY and v/(sqrt{2}f) \ge 0.3 in LH models.
[ { "created": "Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:05:32 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:54:31 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-12-10
[ [ "Barcelo", "Roberto", "" ] ]
The top quark has a large Yukawa coupling with the Higgs boson. In the usual extensions of the standard model the Higgs sector includes extra scalars, which also tend to couple strongly with the top quark. Unlike the Higgs, these fields have a natural mass above 2m_t, so they could introduce anomalies in ttbar production at the LHC. We study their effect on the ttbar invariant mass distribution at sqrt{s}=7 TeV. We focus on the bosons (H,A) of the minimal SUSY model and on the scalar field (r) associated to the new scale f in Little Higgs (LH) models. We show that in all cases the interference with the standard amplitude dominates over the narrow-width contribution. As a consequence, the mass difference between H and A or the contribution of an extra T-quark loop in LH models become important effects in order to determine if these fields are observable there. We find that a 1 fb^{-1} luminosity could probe the region tan beta \le 3 of SUSY and v/(sqrt{2}f) \ge 0.3 in LH models.
1704.02104
Christoph Herold
Jakapat Kannika, Christoph Herold, Ayut Limphirat, Chinorat Kobdaj, Yupeng Yan
Dynamical formation of center domains in quark-gluon plasma
6 pages, 4 figures
Phys.Rev. C95 (2017) no.3, 034903
10.1103/PhysRevC.95.034903
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the formation of domain structures due to spontaneous breakdown of center symmetry at high temperatures in quenched QCD. We develop a phenomenological model for the explicit propagation of the Polyakov loop as the relevant order parameter of the deconfinement phase transition. The surface tension in the equation of motion is fit in comparison with lattice QCD data. Results give insight into the dynamical formation of center domains as well as the formation of energy bands along domain walls and let us estimate the required time to form such structures above the critical temperature.
[ { "created": "Fri, 7 Apr 2017 06:32:04 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-04-10
[ [ "Kannika", "Jakapat", "" ], [ "Herold", "Christoph", "" ], [ "Limphirat", "Ayut", "" ], [ "Kobdaj", "Chinorat", "" ], [ "Yan", "Yupeng", "" ] ]
We study the formation of domain structures due to spontaneous breakdown of center symmetry at high temperatures in quenched QCD. We develop a phenomenological model for the explicit propagation of the Polyakov loop as the relevant order parameter of the deconfinement phase transition. The surface tension in the equation of motion is fit in comparison with lattice QCD data. Results give insight into the dynamical formation of center domains as well as the formation of energy bands along domain walls and let us estimate the required time to form such structures above the critical temperature.
hep-ph/0204188
Giglietto Nicola
M. Ambrosio, et al (MACRO Collaborations)
Search for cosmic ray sources using muons detected by the MACRO experiment
18 pages, 12 figures
Astropart.Phys.18:615-627,2003
10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00164-0
null
hep-ph
null
The MACRO underground detector at Gran Sasso Laboratory recorded 60 million secondary cosmic ray muons from February 1989 until December 2000. Different techniques were used to analyze this sample in search for density excesses from astrophysical point-like sources. No evidence for DC excesses for any source in an all-sky survey is reported. In addition, searches for muon excess correlated with the known binary periods of Cygnus X-3 and Hercules X-1, and searches for statistically significant bursting episodes from known gamma ray sources are also proved negative.
[ { "created": "Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:05:34 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Ambrosio", "M.", "" ] ]
The MACRO underground detector at Gran Sasso Laboratory recorded 60 million secondary cosmic ray muons from February 1989 until December 2000. Different techniques were used to analyze this sample in search for density excesses from astrophysical point-like sources. No evidence for DC excesses for any source in an all-sky survey is reported. In addition, searches for muon excess correlated with the known binary periods of Cygnus X-3 and Hercules X-1, and searches for statistically significant bursting episodes from known gamma ray sources are also proved negative.
1103.4962
Alexander Lenz
Michal Kreps, Alexander Lenz and Olivier Leroy
Summary of WG4: "Lifetime, mixing and weak mixing phase in charm and beauty, including direct determination of V_{tx}
Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, University of Warwick, United Kingdom, September 6-10, 2010; 14 pages
null
null
TUM-HEP-794/11
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present the summary of the Working Group on lifetimes, mixing and weak mixing phases in charm and beauty mesons at the CKM 2010 workshop. In the past year or so good progress was achieved on both experimental and theoretical sides. While this yields improvement in our understanding of neutral meson mixing, further work is necessary to achieve the highest possible precision in order to investigate current hints for deviations between experiment and standard model predictions. With the recent LHC startup we see bright prospects for the near term future for huge improvements.
[ { "created": "Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:17:51 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-03-28
[ [ "Kreps", "Michal", "" ], [ "Lenz", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Leroy", "Olivier", "" ] ]
We present the summary of the Working Group on lifetimes, mixing and weak mixing phases in charm and beauty mesons at the CKM 2010 workshop. In the past year or so good progress was achieved on both experimental and theoretical sides. While this yields improvement in our understanding of neutral meson mixing, further work is necessary to achieve the highest possible precision in order to investigate current hints for deviations between experiment and standard model predictions. With the recent LHC startup we see bright prospects for the near term future for huge improvements.
hep-ph/9308377
Kajia Yuan
Kajia Yuan
Aspects of Neutralino Dark Matter
15pp Latex text + 6 ps figs (included as a uuencoded file, also available upon request), CTP-TAMU-51/93 and ACT-19/93
null
null
null
hep-ph astro-ph
null
The possible solution of dark matter problem with neutralinos of supersymmetric models within the supergravity framework is reviewed. A novel correlation between the neutralino relic abundance $\Omega_\chi$ and the soft supersymmetry breaking patterns is demonstrated. It is explained that, this generic result together with the proton-decay constraint could significantly reduce the allowed parameter space of the minimal $SU(5)$ supergravity model, and therefore makes this model more easily testable. The prospect of obtaining further cosmological constraints from underground experiments for the minimal $SU(5)$ supergravity model is also briefly discussed.
[ { "created": "Wed, 1 Sep 1993 03:32:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Yuan", "Kajia", "" ] ]
The possible solution of dark matter problem with neutralinos of supersymmetric models within the supergravity framework is reviewed. A novel correlation between the neutralino relic abundance $\Omega_\chi$ and the soft supersymmetry breaking patterns is demonstrated. It is explained that, this generic result together with the proton-decay constraint could significantly reduce the allowed parameter space of the minimal $SU(5)$ supergravity model, and therefore makes this model more easily testable. The prospect of obtaining further cosmological constraints from underground experiments for the minimal $SU(5)$ supergravity model is also briefly discussed.
0707.0351
Ivanov Dmitry
M. Diehl and D.Yu. Ivanov
Dispersion representations for hard exclusive processes
24 pages
Eur.Phys.J.C52:919-932,2007
10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0401-9
DESY 07-094
hep-ph
null
Several hard exclusive scattering processes admit a description in terms of generalized parton distributions and perturbative hard-scattering kernels. Both the physical amplitude and the hard-scattering kernels fulfill dispersion relations. We give a detailed investigation of their consistency at all orders in perturbation theory. The results shed light on the information about generalized parton distributions that can be extracted from the real and imaginary parts of exclusive amplitudes. They also provide a practical consistency check for models of these distributions in which Lorentz invariance is not exactly satisfied.
[ { "created": "Tue, 3 Jul 2007 07:31:53 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Diehl", "M.", "" ], [ "Ivanov", "D. Yu.", "" ] ]
Several hard exclusive scattering processes admit a description in terms of generalized parton distributions and perturbative hard-scattering kernels. Both the physical amplitude and the hard-scattering kernels fulfill dispersion relations. We give a detailed investigation of their consistency at all orders in perturbation theory. The results shed light on the information about generalized parton distributions that can be extracted from the real and imaginary parts of exclusive amplitudes. They also provide a practical consistency check for models of these distributions in which Lorentz invariance is not exactly satisfied.
1511.00670
Andrei Neacsu
Mihai Horoi and Andrei Neacsu
Analysis of mechanisms that could contribute to the neutrinoless double-beta decay
null
Phys. Rev. D 93, 113014 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.93.113014
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Neutrinoless double-beta decay, if observed, would signal physics beyond the Standard Model that could be discovered at energies significantly lower than those at which the relevant degrees of freedom could be excited. Therefore, it could be challenging to further use the neutrinoless double-beta decay observations to distinguish between many beyond Standard Model mechanisms contributing to this process. Accurate nuclear structure calculations of the nuclear matrix elements necessary to analyze the decay rates could be helpful to narrow down the list of contributing mechanisms, and to better identify the more exotic properties of the neutrinos. We investigate the information one can get from the angular and energy distribution of the emitted electron assuming that the right-handed currents exist. For the analysis of these distributions we calculate the necessary nuclear matrix elements using shell model techniques.
[ { "created": "Mon, 2 Nov 2015 20:47:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 5 Jul 2016 21:04:45 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-07-13
[ [ "Horoi", "Mihai", "" ], [ "Neacsu", "Andrei", "" ] ]
Neutrinoless double-beta decay, if observed, would signal physics beyond the Standard Model that could be discovered at energies significantly lower than those at which the relevant degrees of freedom could be excited. Therefore, it could be challenging to further use the neutrinoless double-beta decay observations to distinguish between many beyond Standard Model mechanisms contributing to this process. Accurate nuclear structure calculations of the nuclear matrix elements necessary to analyze the decay rates could be helpful to narrow down the list of contributing mechanisms, and to better identify the more exotic properties of the neutrinos. We investigate the information one can get from the angular and energy distribution of the emitted electron assuming that the right-handed currents exist. For the analysis of these distributions we calculate the necessary nuclear matrix elements using shell model techniques.
1502.01455
Michael G. Kozlov
M. G. Kozlov, A. V. Reznichenko
Effective vertex of quark production in collision of Reggeized quark and gluon
17 pages, 2 figures; to be published in Physics of Atomic Nuclei
Phys. Rev. D 92, 125023 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.92.125023
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We calculated the effective vertex of the quark production in the collision of Reggeized quark and Reggeized gluon in the next-to-leading order (NLO). The vertex in question is the missing component of the multi-Regge NLO amplitudes with the quark and gluon exchanges in $t_i$ channels. The calculation allows us to develop the bootstrap approach to the quark Reggeization proof within next-to-leading logarithmic approximation.
[ { "created": "Thu, 5 Feb 2015 08:31:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-12-30
[ [ "Kozlov", "M. G.", "" ], [ "Reznichenko", "A. V.", "" ] ]
We calculated the effective vertex of the quark production in the collision of Reggeized quark and Reggeized gluon in the next-to-leading order (NLO). The vertex in question is the missing component of the multi-Regge NLO amplitudes with the quark and gluon exchanges in $t_i$ channels. The calculation allows us to develop the bootstrap approach to the quark Reggeization proof within next-to-leading logarithmic approximation.
hep-ph/0606181
Silvano Simula
D. Guadagnoli, V. Lubicz, M. Papinutto, S. Simula
First Lattice QCD Study of the Sigma -> n Axial and Vector Form Factors with SU(3) Breaking Corrections
final version to appear in Nucl. Phys. B
Nucl.Phys. B761 (2007) 63-91
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.10.022
preprint RM3-TH/06-7; TUM-HEP-632/06
hep-ph hep-ex hep-lat
null
We present the first quenched lattice QCD study of the form factors relevant for the hyperon semileptonic decay Sigma -> n l nu. The momentum dependence of both axial and vector form factors is investigated and the values of all the form factors at zero-momentum transfer are presented. Following the same strategy already applied to the decay K0 -> pi- l nu, the SU(3)-breaking corrections to the vector form factor at zero-momentum transfer, f1(0), are determined with great statistical accuracy in the regime of the simulated quark masses, which correspond to pion masses above ~ 0.7 GeV. Besides f1(0) also the axial to vector ratio g1(0) / f1(0), which is relevant for the extraction of the CKM matrix element Vus, is determined with significant accuracy. Due to the heavy masses involved, a polynomial extrapolation, which does not include the effects of meson loops, is performed down to the physical quark masses, obtaining f1(0) = -0.948 +/- 0.029 and g1(0) / f1(0) = -0.287 +/- 0.052, where the uncertainties do not include the quenching effect. Adding a recent next-to-leading order determination of chiral loops, calculated within the Heavy Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory in the approximation of neglecting the decuplet contribution, we obtain f1(0) = -0.988 +/- 0.029(lattice) +/- 0.040(HBChPT). Our findings indicate that SU(3)-breaking corrections are moderate on both f1(0) and g1(0). They also favor the experimental scenario in which the weak electricity form factor, g2(0), is large and positive, and correspondingly the value of |g1(0) / f1(0)| is reduced with respect to the one obtained with the conventional assumption g2(q**2) = 0 based on exact SU(3) symmetry.
[ { "created": "Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:18:09 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:27:13 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Guadagnoli", "D.", "" ], [ "Lubicz", "V.", "" ], [ "Papinutto", "M.", "" ], [ "Simula", "S.", "" ] ]
We present the first quenched lattice QCD study of the form factors relevant for the hyperon semileptonic decay Sigma -> n l nu. The momentum dependence of both axial and vector form factors is investigated and the values of all the form factors at zero-momentum transfer are presented. Following the same strategy already applied to the decay K0 -> pi- l nu, the SU(3)-breaking corrections to the vector form factor at zero-momentum transfer, f1(0), are determined with great statistical accuracy in the regime of the simulated quark masses, which correspond to pion masses above ~ 0.7 GeV. Besides f1(0) also the axial to vector ratio g1(0) / f1(0), which is relevant for the extraction of the CKM matrix element Vus, is determined with significant accuracy. Due to the heavy masses involved, a polynomial extrapolation, which does not include the effects of meson loops, is performed down to the physical quark masses, obtaining f1(0) = -0.948 +/- 0.029 and g1(0) / f1(0) = -0.287 +/- 0.052, where the uncertainties do not include the quenching effect. Adding a recent next-to-leading order determination of chiral loops, calculated within the Heavy Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory in the approximation of neglecting the decuplet contribution, we obtain f1(0) = -0.988 +/- 0.029(lattice) +/- 0.040(HBChPT). Our findings indicate that SU(3)-breaking corrections are moderate on both f1(0) and g1(0). They also favor the experimental scenario in which the weak electricity form factor, g2(0), is large and positive, and correspondingly the value of |g1(0) / f1(0)| is reduced with respect to the one obtained with the conventional assumption g2(q**2) = 0 based on exact SU(3) symmetry.
hep-ph/0506257
Jens Erler
Paul Langacker, Jens Erler, Eduardo Peinado
Neutrino Physics
Lectures presented by Paul Langacker at the 11th Mexican School of Particles and Fields, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico, August 2004 (33 pages)
J.Phys.Conf.Ser.18:154-187,2005
10.1088/1742-6596/18/1/004
FT-2005-01
hep-ph
null
The theoretical and experimental bases of neutrino mass and mixing are reviewed. A brief chronological evolution of the weak interactions, the electroweak Standard Model, and neutrinos is presented. Dirac and Majorana mass terms are explained as well as models such as the seesaw mechanism. Schemes for two, three and four neutrino mixings are presented.
[ { "created": "Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:37:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-03-02
[ [ "Langacker", "Paul", "" ], [ "Erler", "Jens", "" ], [ "Peinado", "Eduardo", "" ] ]
The theoretical and experimental bases of neutrino mass and mixing are reviewed. A brief chronological evolution of the weak interactions, the electroweak Standard Model, and neutrinos is presented. Dirac and Majorana mass terms are explained as well as models such as the seesaw mechanism. Schemes for two, three and four neutrino mixings are presented.
0901.4841
Xin-Qiang Li
M. Beneke (RWTH Aachen University&CERN), Xin-Qiang Li (RWTH Aachen University), L. Vernazza (RWTH Aachen University)
Hadronic B decays in the MSSM with large tan(beta)
16 pages, 2 figures
Eur.Phys.J.C61:429-438,2009
10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-0989-z
PITHA-09-04, CERN-PH-TH/2009-017, SFB/CPP-09-09
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present an analysis of non-leptonic B decays in the minimally flavour-violating MSSM with large tan(beta). We relate the Wilson coefficients of the relevant hadronic scalar operators to leptonic observables, showing that the present limits on the Bs->mu+ mu- and B+->tau nu_tau branching fractions exclude any visible effect in hadronic decays. We study the transverse helicity amplitudes of B->VV decays, which exhibit an enhanced sensitivity to the scalar operators, showing that even though an order one modification relative to the SM is not excluded in some of these amplitudes, they are too small to be detected at B factories.
[ { "created": "Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:08:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-04-15
[ [ "Beneke", "M.", "", "RWTH Aachen University&CERN" ], [ "Li", "Xin-Qiang", "", "RWTH Aachen\n University" ], [ "Vernazza", "L.", "", "RWTH Aachen University" ] ]
We present an analysis of non-leptonic B decays in the minimally flavour-violating MSSM with large tan(beta). We relate the Wilson coefficients of the relevant hadronic scalar operators to leptonic observables, showing that the present limits on the Bs->mu+ mu- and B+->tau nu_tau branching fractions exclude any visible effect in hadronic decays. We study the transverse helicity amplitudes of B->VV decays, which exhibit an enhanced sensitivity to the scalar operators, showing that even though an order one modification relative to the SM is not excluded in some of these amplitudes, they are too small to be detected at B factories.
1002.5044
Michael Atkins
Michael Atkins, Stephan J. Huber
Suppressing Lepton Flavour Violation in a Soft-Wall Extra Dimension
20 pages, 5 figures. Version 2: Final PRD version
Phys.Rev.D82:056007,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.82.056007
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A soft-wall warped extra dimension allows one to relax the tight constraints imposed by electroweak data in conventional Randall-Sundrum models. We investigate a setup, where the lepton flavour structure of the Standard Model is realised by split fermion locations. Bulk fermions with general locations are not analytically tractable in a soft-wall background, so we follow a numerical approach to perform the Kaluza-Klein reduction. Lepton flavour violation is induced by the exchange of Kaluza-Klein gauge bosons. We find that rates for processes such as muon-electron conversion are significantly reduced compared to hard-wall models, allowing for a Kaluza-Klein scale as low as 2 TeV. Accommodating small neutrino masses forces one to introduce a large hierarchy of scales into the model, making pressing the question of a suitable stabilisation mechanism.
[ { "created": "Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:33:15 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:29:46 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-01-20
[ [ "Atkins", "Michael", "" ], [ "Huber", "Stephan J.", "" ] ]
A soft-wall warped extra dimension allows one to relax the tight constraints imposed by electroweak data in conventional Randall-Sundrum models. We investigate a setup, where the lepton flavour structure of the Standard Model is realised by split fermion locations. Bulk fermions with general locations are not analytically tractable in a soft-wall background, so we follow a numerical approach to perform the Kaluza-Klein reduction. Lepton flavour violation is induced by the exchange of Kaluza-Klein gauge bosons. We find that rates for processes such as muon-electron conversion are significantly reduced compared to hard-wall models, allowing for a Kaluza-Klein scale as low as 2 TeV. Accommodating small neutrino masses forces one to introduce a large hierarchy of scales into the model, making pressing the question of a suitable stabilisation mechanism.
1406.7481
Xiang Liu
Rui Chen, Zhi-Feng Sun, Xiang Liu and S. M. Gerasyuta
Predicting exotic molecular states composed of nucleon and P-wave charmed meson
10 pages, 4 tables, 3 figure. Accepted by Phys. Rev. D
Phys. Rev. D 90, 034011 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.90.034011
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this work, we study the interaction between a nucleon and a $P$-wave charmed meson in the $T$ doublet by exchanging a pion. Our calculations indicate that a nucleon and a $P$-wave charmed meson with $J^P=0^+$ or $J^P=1^+$ in the $T$ doublet can form bound states. We propose the experimental search for these exotic molecular states near the $D_1(2420)N$ and $D_2^*(2460)N$ thresholds, where Belle, LHCb and the forthcoming Belle II have the discovery potential for them.
[ { "created": "Sun, 29 Jun 2014 09:52:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 30 Jul 2014 02:49:02 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 7 Aug 2014 07:24:18 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2014-08-27
[ [ "Chen", "Rui", "" ], [ "Sun", "Zhi-Feng", "" ], [ "Liu", "Xiang", "" ], [ "Gerasyuta", "S. M.", "" ] ]
In this work, we study the interaction between a nucleon and a $P$-wave charmed meson in the $T$ doublet by exchanging a pion. Our calculations indicate that a nucleon and a $P$-wave charmed meson with $J^P=0^+$ or $J^P=1^+$ in the $T$ doublet can form bound states. We propose the experimental search for these exotic molecular states near the $D_1(2420)N$ and $D_2^*(2460)N$ thresholds, where Belle, LHCb and the forthcoming Belle II have the discovery potential for them.
hep-ph/0001210
Alexander Ya. Parkhomenko
N.V. Mikheev, A.Ya. Parkhomenko, and L.A. Vassilevskaya
Mass Shift of Axion in Magnetic Field
4 pages, latex2e, 2 PS figures, uses ws-p8-50x6-00.sty (included) and amssymb.sty. Talk at the International Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe (COSMO-99), Trieste, Italy, 27 September - 3 October 1999
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10.1142/9789812792129_0044
YARU-HE-00/02
hep-ph
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A mass-shift of the axion propagating in an external constant homogenious magnetic field is calculated. The contributions via an electron loop and a virtual photon are examined. It is shown that the virtual photon contribution dominates substantially over the electron-loop one. Under the conditions of the early Universe the electron-loop contribution to the massless axion mass-shift is equal to zero while the virtual photon contribution is finite and can be of order of the recent restrictions on the axion mass.
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2016-11-03
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A mass-shift of the axion propagating in an external constant homogenious magnetic field is calculated. The contributions via an electron loop and a virtual photon are examined. It is shown that the virtual photon contribution dominates substantially over the electron-loop one. Under the conditions of the early Universe the electron-loop contribution to the massless axion mass-shift is equal to zero while the virtual photon contribution is finite and can be of order of the recent restrictions on the axion mass.