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hep-ph/9603341
Dittmaier
Ansgar Denner and Stefan Dittmaier
Dyson summation without violating Ward identities and the Goldstone-boson equivalence theorem
26 pages, latex, complete ps-file available via anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/pub/preprint/1996/WUE-ITP-96-002.ps, reference added and some comments on Ref.[6] modified
Phys.Rev. D54 (1996) 4499-4514
10.1103/PhysRevD.54.4499
BI-TP 96/02, WUE-ITP-96-002
hep-ph
null
In contrast to the conventional treatment of gauge theories, in the background-field method the Ward identities for connected Green functions are not violated by Dyson summation of self-energies in finite orders of perturbation theory. Thus, Dyson summation does not spoil gauge cancelations at high energies which are ruled by the Goldstone-boson equivalence theorem. Moreover, in the background-field method the precise formulation of the equivalence theorem in higher orders (including questions of renormalization) is simplified rendering actual calculations easier. Finally, the equivalence theorem is also formulated for the Standard Model with a non-linearly realized scalar sector and for the gauged non-linear $\sigma$-model.
[ { "created": "Tue, 19 Mar 1996 11:27:07 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 25 Mar 1996 16:33:20 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Denner", "Ansgar", "" ], [ "Dittmaier", "Stefan", "" ] ]
In contrast to the conventional treatment of gauge theories, in the background-field method the Ward identities for connected Green functions are not violated by Dyson summation of self-energies in finite orders of perturbation theory. Thus, Dyson summation does not spoil gauge cancelations at high energies which are ruled by the Goldstone-boson equivalence theorem. Moreover, in the background-field method the precise formulation of the equivalence theorem in higher orders (including questions of renormalization) is simplified rendering actual calculations easier. Finally, the equivalence theorem is also formulated for the Standard Model with a non-linearly realized scalar sector and for the gauged non-linear $\sigma$-model.
2109.12657
Surabhi Tiwari
A. H. Ajjath, Pooja Mukherjee, V. Ravindran, Aparna Sankar and Surabhi Tiwari
Resummed Higgs boson cross section at next-to SV to $ \rm NNLO + \rm \overline {NNLL}$
51 pages, 6 Figures
null
10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10752-9
IMSc/2021/09/06
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present the resummed predictions for inclusive cross section for the production of Higgs boson at next-to-next-to leading logarithmic ($\rm \overline {NNLL}$) accuracy taking into account both soft-virtual ($\rm SV$) and next-to SV ($\rm NSV$) threshold logarithms. We derive the $N$-dependent coefficients and the $N$-independent constants in Mellin-$N$ space for our study. Using the minimal prescription we perform the inverse Mellin transformation and match it with the corresponding fixed order results. We report in detail the numerical impact of $N$-independent part of resummed result and explore the ambiguity involved in exponentiating them. By studying the K factors at different logarithmic accuracy, we find that the perturbative expansion shows better convergence improving the reliability of the prediction at $\rm NNLO + \overline{NNLL}$ accuracy. For instance, the cross-section at $\rm NNLO + \overline{NNLL}$ accuracy reduces by $3.15\%$ as compared to the $\rm NNLO$ result for the central scale $\mu_R = \mu_F = m_H/2$ at 13 TeV LHC. We also observe that the resummed $\rm SV + NSV$ result improves the renormalisation scale uncertainty at every order in perturbation theory. The uncertainty from the renormalisation scale $\mu_R$ ranges between $(+8.85\% ,-10.12\%)$ at $\rm NNLO$ whereas it goes down to $(+6.54\% , - 8.32\%)$ at $\rm NNLO + \overline{NNLL}$ accuracy. However, the factorisation scale uncertainty is worsened by the inclusion of these NSV logarithms hinting the importance of resummation beyond $\rm NSV$ terms. We also present our predictions for $\rm SV + NSV$ resummed result at different collider energies.
[ { "created": "Sun, 26 Sep 2021 17:33:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-09-21
[ [ "Ajjath", "A. H.", "" ], [ "Mukherjee", "Pooja", "" ], [ "Ravindran", "V.", "" ], [ "Sankar", "Aparna", "" ], [ "Tiwari", "Surabhi", "" ] ]
We present the resummed predictions for inclusive cross section for the production of Higgs boson at next-to-next-to leading logarithmic ($\rm \overline {NNLL}$) accuracy taking into account both soft-virtual ($\rm SV$) and next-to SV ($\rm NSV$) threshold logarithms. We derive the $N$-dependent coefficients and the $N$-independent constants in Mellin-$N$ space for our study. Using the minimal prescription we perform the inverse Mellin transformation and match it with the corresponding fixed order results. We report in detail the numerical impact of $N$-independent part of resummed result and explore the ambiguity involved in exponentiating them. By studying the K factors at different logarithmic accuracy, we find that the perturbative expansion shows better convergence improving the reliability of the prediction at $\rm NNLO + \overline{NNLL}$ accuracy. For instance, the cross-section at $\rm NNLO + \overline{NNLL}$ accuracy reduces by $3.15\%$ as compared to the $\rm NNLO$ result for the central scale $\mu_R = \mu_F = m_H/2$ at 13 TeV LHC. We also observe that the resummed $\rm SV + NSV$ result improves the renormalisation scale uncertainty at every order in perturbation theory. The uncertainty from the renormalisation scale $\mu_R$ ranges between $(+8.85\% ,-10.12\%)$ at $\rm NNLO$ whereas it goes down to $(+6.54\% , - 8.32\%)$ at $\rm NNLO + \overline{NNLL}$ accuracy. However, the factorisation scale uncertainty is worsened by the inclusion of these NSV logarithms hinting the importance of resummation beyond $\rm NSV$ terms. We also present our predictions for $\rm SV + NSV$ resummed result at different collider energies.
1503.03478
Lewis Tunstall
Andreas Crivellin, Martin Hoferichter, Massimiliano Procura, Lewis C. Tunstall
Light stops, blind spots, and isospin violation in the MSSM
38 pages, 15 figures. v2: expanded text in Sec. 3 concerning relic density and (g-2)_mu constraints, clarified text on isospin violation. Fig. 1 is new, minor changes to Figs. 3,4,10. References added, journal version
JHEP 07 (2015) 129
10.1007/JHEP07(2015)129
UWThPh-2015-5, CERN-PH-TH-2015-047
hep-ph astro-ph.CO nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the framework of the MSSM, we examine several simplified models where only a few superpartners are light. This allows us to study WIMP--nucleus scattering in terms of a handful of MSSM parameters and thereby scrutinize their impact on dark matter direct-detection experiments. Focusing on spin-independent WIMP--nucleon scattering, we derive simplified, analytic expressions for the Wilson coefficients associated with Higgs and squark exchange. We utilize these results to study the complementarity of constraints due to direct-detection, flavor, and collider experiments. We also identify parameter configurations that produce (almost) vanishing cross sections. In the proximity of these so-called blind spots, we find that the amount of isospin violation may be much larger than typically expected in the MSSM. This feature is a generic property of parameter regions where cross sections are suppressed, and highlights the importance of a careful analysis of the nucleon matrix elements and the associated hadronic uncertainties. This becomes especially relevant once the increased sensitivity of future direct-detection experiments corners the MSSM into these regions of parameter space.
[ { "created": "Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:00:05 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:01:53 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-07-28
[ [ "Crivellin", "Andreas", "" ], [ "Hoferichter", "Martin", "" ], [ "Procura", "Massimiliano", "" ], [ "Tunstall", "Lewis C.", "" ] ]
In the framework of the MSSM, we examine several simplified models where only a few superpartners are light. This allows us to study WIMP--nucleus scattering in terms of a handful of MSSM parameters and thereby scrutinize their impact on dark matter direct-detection experiments. Focusing on spin-independent WIMP--nucleon scattering, we derive simplified, analytic expressions for the Wilson coefficients associated with Higgs and squark exchange. We utilize these results to study the complementarity of constraints due to direct-detection, flavor, and collider experiments. We also identify parameter configurations that produce (almost) vanishing cross sections. In the proximity of these so-called blind spots, we find that the amount of isospin violation may be much larger than typically expected in the MSSM. This feature is a generic property of parameter regions where cross sections are suppressed, and highlights the importance of a careful analysis of the nucleon matrix elements and the associated hadronic uncertainties. This becomes especially relevant once the increased sensitivity of future direct-detection experiments corners the MSSM into these regions of parameter space.
0710.3525
Shaaban Khalil
S. Khalil and A. Masiero
Radiative B-L symmetry breaking in supersymmetric models
4 pages
Phys.Lett.B665:374-377,2008
10.1016/j.physletb.2008.06.063
null
hep-ph
null
We propose a scheme where the three relevant physics scales related to the supersymmetry, electroweak, and baryon minus lepton (B-L) breakings are linked together and occur at the TeV scale. The phenomenological implications in the Higgs and leptonic sectors are discussed.
[ { "created": "Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:42:40 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Khalil", "S.", "" ], [ "Masiero", "A.", "" ] ]
We propose a scheme where the three relevant physics scales related to the supersymmetry, electroweak, and baryon minus lepton (B-L) breakings are linked together and occur at the TeV scale. The phenomenological implications in the Higgs and leptonic sectors are discussed.
hep-ph/9312279
Christo Christov
Chr.V.Christov, K.Goeke, P.Pobilitsa, V.Petrov, M.Wakamatsu and T.Watabe
$1/N_c$ Rotational Corrections to $g_A$ and Isovector Magnetic Moment of the Nucleon
(Revtex), 10 pages (3 figures available on request), report RUB-TPII-53/93
Phys.Lett.B325:467-472,1994
10.1016/0370-2693(94)90041-8
null
hep-ph
null
The $1/N_c$ rotational corrections to the axial vector constant and the isovector magnetic moment of the nucleon are studied in the Nambu -- Jona-Lasinio model. We follow a semiclassical quantization procedure in terms of path integrals in which we can include perturbatively corrections in powers of angular velocity $\Omega \sim \frac 1{N_c}$. We find non-zero $1/N_c$ order corrections from both the valence and the Dirac sea quarks. These corrections are large enough to resolve the long-standing problem of a strong underestimation of both $g_A$ and $\mu^{IV}$ in the leading order. The axial constant $g_A$ is well reproduced, whereas the isovector magnetic moment $\mu^{IV}$ is still underestimated by 25 \%.
[ { "created": "Tue, 14 Dec 1993 18:15:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 23 Dec 1993 19:47:43 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-11-01
[ [ "Christov", "Chr. V.", "" ], [ "Goeke", "K.", "" ], [ "Pobilitsa", "P.", "" ], [ "Petrov", "V.", "" ], [ "Wakamatsu", "M.", "" ], [ "Watabe", "T.", "" ] ]
The $1/N_c$ rotational corrections to the axial vector constant and the isovector magnetic moment of the nucleon are studied in the Nambu -- Jona-Lasinio model. We follow a semiclassical quantization procedure in terms of path integrals in which we can include perturbatively corrections in powers of angular velocity $\Omega \sim \frac 1{N_c}$. We find non-zero $1/N_c$ order corrections from both the valence and the Dirac sea quarks. These corrections are large enough to resolve the long-standing problem of a strong underestimation of both $g_A$ and $\mu^{IV}$ in the leading order. The axial constant $g_A$ is well reproduced, whereas the isovector magnetic moment $\mu^{IV}$ is still underestimated by 25 \%.
2012.11576
Wen Yin
Fuminobu Takahashi and Wen Yin
Kilobyte Cosmic Birefringence from ALP Domain Walls
32pages, 5 figures; v3: estimation of anisotropic cosmic birefringence added, conclusions unchanged, version to appear in JCAP
null
10.1088/1475-7516/2021/04/007
TU-1115, IPMU20-0130
hep-ph astro-ph.CO hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
ALP domain walls without strings may be formed in the early Universe. We point out that such ALP domain walls lead to both isotropic and anisotropic birefringence of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization, which reflects spatial configuration of the domain walls at the recombination. The polarization plane of the CMB photon coming from each domain is either not rotated at all or rotated by a fixed angle. For domain walls following the scaling solution, the cosmic birefringence of CMB is characterized by $2^{N}$, i.e. $N$-bit, of information with $N = {\cal O}(10^{3-4})$ being equal to the number of domains at the last scattering surface, and thus the name, $kilobyte~ cosmic~ birefringence$. The magnitude of the isotropic birefringence is consistent with the recently reported value, while the anisotropic one is determined by the structure of domains at the last scattering surface. The predicted cosmic birefringence is universal over a wide range of the ALP mass and coupling to photons. The detection of both signals will be a smoking-gun evidence for the ALP domain walls without strings.
[ { "created": "Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:53:54 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:29:11 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:03:38 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2021-04-14
[ [ "Takahashi", "Fuminobu", "" ], [ "Yin", "Wen", "" ] ]
ALP domain walls without strings may be formed in the early Universe. We point out that such ALP domain walls lead to both isotropic and anisotropic birefringence of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization, which reflects spatial configuration of the domain walls at the recombination. The polarization plane of the CMB photon coming from each domain is either not rotated at all or rotated by a fixed angle. For domain walls following the scaling solution, the cosmic birefringence of CMB is characterized by $2^{N}$, i.e. $N$-bit, of information with $N = {\cal O}(10^{3-4})$ being equal to the number of domains at the last scattering surface, and thus the name, $kilobyte~ cosmic~ birefringence$. The magnitude of the isotropic birefringence is consistent with the recently reported value, while the anisotropic one is determined by the structure of domains at the last scattering surface. The predicted cosmic birefringence is universal over a wide range of the ALP mass and coupling to photons. The detection of both signals will be a smoking-gun evidence for the ALP domain walls without strings.
hep-ph/9507327
Ezio Maina
E. Accomando, A. Ballestrero and E. Maina (U. of Torino)
Six--jet decay of off--shell WW pairs at $e^+ e^-$ colliders
8 LaTex pages, 7 figs tarred and compressed
Phys.Lett. B362 (1995) 141-147
10.1016/0370-2693(95)01167-O
DFTT 37/95
hep-ph
null
Six--jet events via WW pairs, $e^+e^- \ar W^+W^- \ar q_1 \overline{q_1} q_2 \overline{q_2} g g$ are studied at tree level using helicity amplitudes. This is the dominant production mechanism for six--jet final states at Lep II energy. ISR effects are taken into account. Total production rates as a function of $y_{cut}$ are given. The relevance of these processes for the issue of colour reconnection is discussed. The cross section for five--jet production via WW pairs at Lep II is also presented.
[ { "created": "Tue, 18 Jul 1995 10:43:51 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Accomando", "E.", "", "U. of Torino" ], [ "Ballestrero", "A.", "", "U. of Torino" ], [ "Maina", "E.", "", "U. of Torino" ] ]
Six--jet events via WW pairs, $e^+e^- \ar W^+W^- \ar q_1 \overline{q_1} q_2 \overline{q_2} g g$ are studied at tree level using helicity amplitudes. This is the dominant production mechanism for six--jet final states at Lep II energy. ISR effects are taken into account. Total production rates as a function of $y_{cut}$ are given. The relevance of these processes for the issue of colour reconnection is discussed. The cross section for five--jet production via WW pairs at Lep II is also presented.
2304.00250
Neus Penalva Mart\'inez
Neus Penalva, Jonathan M. Flynn, Eliecer Hern\'andez and Juan Nieves
Study of new physics effects in $\bar B_s\to D^{(*)}_s\tau^-\bar\nu_\tau$ semileptonic decays using lattice QCD form factors and heavy quark effective theory
28 pages, 12 figures, 13 tables
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We benefit from the lattice QCD determination by the HPQCD of the Standard Model (SM) form factors for the $\bar B_s\to D_s$ [Phys. Rev. D 101, 074513 (2020)] and the SM and tensor ones for the $\bar B_s\to D_s^{*}$ (arXiv:2304.03137 [hep-lat]) semileptonic decays, and the heavy quark effective theory (HQET) relations for the analogous $B\to D^{(*)}$ decays obtained by F.U. Bernlochner et al. in Phys. Rev. D 95, 115008 (2017), to extract the leading and sub-leading Isgur-Wise functions for the $\bar B_s\to D_s^{(*)}$ decays. Further use of the HQET relations allows us to evaluate the corresponding scalar, pseudoscalar and tensor form factors needed for a phenomenological study of new physics (NP) effects on the $\bar B_s\to D_s^{(*)}$ semileptonic decay. At present, the experimental values for the ratios ${\cal R}_{D^{(*)}}=\Gamma[\bar B\to D^{(*)}\tau^-\bar\nu_\tau]/\Gamma[\bar B\to D^{(*)}e^-(\mu^-)\bar\nu_{e(\mu)}]$ are the best signal in favor of lepton flavor universality violation (LFUV) seen in charged current (CC) $b\to c$ decays. In this work we conduct a study of NP effects on the $\bar B_s\to D_s^{(*)}\tau^-\bar\nu_\tau$ semileptonic decays by comparing tau spin, angular and spin-angular asymmetry distributions obtained within the SM and three different NP scenarios. As expected from SU(3) light-flavor symmetry, we get results close to the ones found in a similar analysis of the $\bar B\to D^{(*)}$ case. The measurement of the $\bar B_s\to D_s^{(*)}\ell\bar\nu_\ell$ semileptonic decays, which is within reach of present experiments, could then be of relevance in helping to establish or rule out LFUV in CC $b\to c$ transitions.
[ { "created": "Sat, 1 Apr 2023 07:56:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:09:02 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-10-23
[ [ "Penalva", "Neus", "" ], [ "Flynn", "Jonathan M.", "" ], [ "Hernández", "Eliecer", "" ], [ "Nieves", "Juan", "" ] ]
We benefit from the lattice QCD determination by the HPQCD of the Standard Model (SM) form factors for the $\bar B_s\to D_s$ [Phys. Rev. D 101, 074513 (2020)] and the SM and tensor ones for the $\bar B_s\to D_s^{*}$ (arXiv:2304.03137 [hep-lat]) semileptonic decays, and the heavy quark effective theory (HQET) relations for the analogous $B\to D^{(*)}$ decays obtained by F.U. Bernlochner et al. in Phys. Rev. D 95, 115008 (2017), to extract the leading and sub-leading Isgur-Wise functions for the $\bar B_s\to D_s^{(*)}$ decays. Further use of the HQET relations allows us to evaluate the corresponding scalar, pseudoscalar and tensor form factors needed for a phenomenological study of new physics (NP) effects on the $\bar B_s\to D_s^{(*)}$ semileptonic decay. At present, the experimental values for the ratios ${\cal R}_{D^{(*)}}=\Gamma[\bar B\to D^{(*)}\tau^-\bar\nu_\tau]/\Gamma[\bar B\to D^{(*)}e^-(\mu^-)\bar\nu_{e(\mu)}]$ are the best signal in favor of lepton flavor universality violation (LFUV) seen in charged current (CC) $b\to c$ decays. In this work we conduct a study of NP effects on the $\bar B_s\to D_s^{(*)}\tau^-\bar\nu_\tau$ semileptonic decays by comparing tau spin, angular and spin-angular asymmetry distributions obtained within the SM and three different NP scenarios. As expected from SU(3) light-flavor symmetry, we get results close to the ones found in a similar analysis of the $\bar B\to D^{(*)}$ case. The measurement of the $\bar B_s\to D_s^{(*)}\ell\bar\nu_\ell$ semileptonic decays, which is within reach of present experiments, could then be of relevance in helping to establish or rule out LFUV in CC $b\to c$ transitions.
hep-ph/0204125
Giulia Ricciardi
Ugo Aglietti, Giulia Ricciardi
Approximate NNLO Threshold Resummation in Heavy Flavour Decays
16 pages, 3 figures, Latex; minor changes; 2 figures added
Phys.Rev.D66:074003,2002
10.1103/PhysRevD.66.074003
DSF-4/2002
hep-ph
null
We present an approximate NNLO evaluation of the QCD form factor resumming large logarithmic perturbative contributions in semi-inclusive heavy flavour decays.
[ { "created": "Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:05:41 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 1 Aug 2002 20:55:36 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-01-25
[ [ "Aglietti", "Ugo", "" ], [ "Ricciardi", "Giulia", "" ] ]
We present an approximate NNLO evaluation of the QCD form factor resumming large logarithmic perturbative contributions in semi-inclusive heavy flavour decays.
1002.2967
Benedict von Harling
Tony Gherghetta, Benedict von Harling
A Warped Model of Dark Matter
26 pages, 2 figures; v2: references added
JHEP 1004:039,2010
10.1007/JHEP04(2010)039
null
hep-ph astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a model of dark matter in a warped extra dimension in which the dark sector mass scales are naturally generated without supersymmetry. The dark force, responsible for dark matter annihilating predominantly into leptons, is mediated by dark photons that naturally obtain a mass in the GeV range via a dilaton coupling. As well as solving the gauge hierarchy problem, our model predicts dark matter in the TeV range, including naturally tiny mass splittings between pseudo-Dirac states. By the AdS/CFT correspondence both the dark photon and dark matter are interpreted as composite states of the strongly-coupled dual 4d theory. Thus, in our model the dark sector emerges at the TeV scale from the dynamics of a new strong force.
[ { "created": "Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:07:42 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:05:15 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-05-27
[ [ "Gherghetta", "Tony", "" ], [ "von Harling", "Benedict", "" ] ]
We present a model of dark matter in a warped extra dimension in which the dark sector mass scales are naturally generated without supersymmetry. The dark force, responsible for dark matter annihilating predominantly into leptons, is mediated by dark photons that naturally obtain a mass in the GeV range via a dilaton coupling. As well as solving the gauge hierarchy problem, our model predicts dark matter in the TeV range, including naturally tiny mass splittings between pseudo-Dirac states. By the AdS/CFT correspondence both the dark photon and dark matter are interpreted as composite states of the strongly-coupled dual 4d theory. Thus, in our model the dark sector emerges at the TeV scale from the dynamics of a new strong force.
1601.04165
Sreerup Raychaudhuri
Debjyoti Bardhan, Gautam Bhattacharyya, Diptimoy Ghosh, Monalisa Patra, Sreerup Raychaudhuri
A Detailed Analysis of Flavour-changing Decays of Top Quarks as a Probe of New Physics at the LHC
Version which appears in PRD
Phys. Rev. D94 (2016) no. 1, 015026
10.1103/PhysRevD.94.015026
TIFR-TH/16-02
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
If the LHC should fail to observe direct signals for new physics, it may become necessary to look for new physics effects in rare events such as flavour-changing decays of the top quark, which, in the Standard Model, are predicted to be too small to be observed. We set up the theoretical framework in which experimentally accessible results can be expected in models of new physics, and go on to discuss two models of supersymmetry -- one with conserved $R$-parity, and one without $R$-parity -- to illustrate how the flavour-changing signals are predicted in these models. In the latter case, there is a distinct possibility of detecting the rare decay $t \to c + Z^0$ at the LHC. We also present a detailed set of very general formulae which can be used to make similar calculations in diverse models of new physics.
[ { "created": "Sat, 16 Jan 2016 14:05:47 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 20 Feb 2016 12:59:27 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 8 Aug 2016 15:54:12 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2016-08-09
[ [ "Bardhan", "Debjyoti", "" ], [ "Bhattacharyya", "Gautam", "" ], [ "Ghosh", "Diptimoy", "" ], [ "Patra", "Monalisa", "" ], [ "Raychaudhuri", "Sreerup", "" ] ]
If the LHC should fail to observe direct signals for new physics, it may become necessary to look for new physics effects in rare events such as flavour-changing decays of the top quark, which, in the Standard Model, are predicted to be too small to be observed. We set up the theoretical framework in which experimentally accessible results can be expected in models of new physics, and go on to discuss two models of supersymmetry -- one with conserved $R$-parity, and one without $R$-parity -- to illustrate how the flavour-changing signals are predicted in these models. In the latter case, there is a distinct possibility of detecting the rare decay $t \to c + Z^0$ at the LHC. We also present a detailed set of very general formulae which can be used to make similar calculations in diverse models of new physics.
2401.16112
Xiong-Hui Cao
Xiong-Hui Cao, Meng-Lin Du and Feng-Kun Guo
Photoproduction of the $X(3872)$ beyond vector meson dominance: the open-charm coupled-channel mechanism
34 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Hidden-charm exotic hadrons will be searched for and investigated at future electron-ion colliders. For instance, the $X(3872)$ can be produced through the exclusive process $\gamma p\to X(3872)p$. The vector meson dominance model has been commonly employed in estimating the cross sections of such processes. However, the coupled-channel production mechanism through open-charm meson-baryon intermediate states may play a crucial role. To assess the significance of such contributions, we estimate the cross section of the $\gamma p\to X(3872)p$ reaction assuming the coupled-channel mechanism. For energies near the threshold, the total cross section is predicted to be of tens of nanobarns for $\gamma p\to X(3872)p$, which can be measured at future experimental facilities. Furthermore, the open-charm coupled-channel mechanism leads to a distinct line shape of the total cross section that can be utilized to reveal the production dynamics.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:37:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-01-30
[ [ "Cao", "Xiong-Hui", "" ], [ "Du", "Meng-Lin", "" ], [ "Guo", "Feng-Kun", "" ] ]
Hidden-charm exotic hadrons will be searched for and investigated at future electron-ion colliders. For instance, the $X(3872)$ can be produced through the exclusive process $\gamma p\to X(3872)p$. The vector meson dominance model has been commonly employed in estimating the cross sections of such processes. However, the coupled-channel production mechanism through open-charm meson-baryon intermediate states may play a crucial role. To assess the significance of such contributions, we estimate the cross section of the $\gamma p\to X(3872)p$ reaction assuming the coupled-channel mechanism. For energies near the threshold, the total cross section is predicted to be of tens of nanobarns for $\gamma p\to X(3872)p$, which can be measured at future experimental facilities. Furthermore, the open-charm coupled-channel mechanism leads to a distinct line shape of the total cross section that can be utilized to reveal the production dynamics.
hep-ph/9904279
Smaragda Lola
John Ellis and Smaragda Lola (CERN)
Can Neutrinos be Degenerate in Mass?
17 pages, 4 figures. Corrections to typos and notation: rephrased and clarified statements on impact of induced deviations from bimaximal mixing
Phys.Lett.B458:310-321,1999
10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00545-6
CERN-TH/99-87
hep-ph astro-ph hep-ex
null
We reconsider the possibility that the masses of the three light neutrinos of the Standard Model might be almost degenerate and close to the present upper limits from Tritium beta decay and cosmology. In such a scenario, the cancellations required by the latest upper limit on neutrinoless double-beta decay enforce near-maximal mixing that may be compatible only with the vacuum-oscillation scenario for solar neutrinos. We argue that the mixing angles yielded by degenerate neutrino mass-matrix textures are not in general stable under small perturbations. We evaluate within the MSSM the generation-dependent one-loop renormalization of neutrino mass-matrix textures that yielded degenerate masses and large mixing at the tree level. We find that m_{nu_e} > m_{nu_mu} > m_{nu_tau} after renormalization, excluding MSW effects on solar neutrinos. We verify that bimaximal mixing is not stable, and show that the renormalized masses and mixing angles are not compatible with all the experimental constraints, even for tanbeta as low as unity. These results hold whether the neutrino masses are generated by a see-saw mechanism with heavy neutrinos weighing approx. 10^{13} GeV or by non-renormalizable interactions at a scale approx. 10^5 GeV. We also comment on the corresponding renormalization effects in the minimal Standard Model, in which m_{nu_e} < m_{nu_mu} < m_{nu_tau}. Although a solar MSW effect is now possible, the perturbed neutrino masses and mixings are still not compatible with atmospheric- and solar-neutrino data.
[ { "created": "Thu, 8 Apr 1999 21:06:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:42:21 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-09-11
[ [ "Ellis", "John", "", "CERN" ], [ "Lola", "Smaragda", "", "CERN" ] ]
We reconsider the possibility that the masses of the three light neutrinos of the Standard Model might be almost degenerate and close to the present upper limits from Tritium beta decay and cosmology. In such a scenario, the cancellations required by the latest upper limit on neutrinoless double-beta decay enforce near-maximal mixing that may be compatible only with the vacuum-oscillation scenario for solar neutrinos. We argue that the mixing angles yielded by degenerate neutrino mass-matrix textures are not in general stable under small perturbations. We evaluate within the MSSM the generation-dependent one-loop renormalization of neutrino mass-matrix textures that yielded degenerate masses and large mixing at the tree level. We find that m_{nu_e} > m_{nu_mu} > m_{nu_tau} after renormalization, excluding MSW effects on solar neutrinos. We verify that bimaximal mixing is not stable, and show that the renormalized masses and mixing angles are not compatible with all the experimental constraints, even for tanbeta as low as unity. These results hold whether the neutrino masses are generated by a see-saw mechanism with heavy neutrinos weighing approx. 10^{13} GeV or by non-renormalizable interactions at a scale approx. 10^5 GeV. We also comment on the corresponding renormalization effects in the minimal Standard Model, in which m_{nu_e} < m_{nu_mu} < m_{nu_tau}. Although a solar MSW effect is now possible, the perturbed neutrino masses and mixings are still not compatible with atmospheric- and solar-neutrino data.
2104.13924
Kevin Kelly
Carlos A. Arg\"uelles, Kevin J. Kelly, and V\'ictor M. Mu\~noz
Millicharged Particles from the Heavens: Single- and Multiple-Scattering Signatures
17 pages + 3 appendices, 11 figures. Comments welcome. Data and code available at https://github.com/Harvard-Neutrino/HeavenlyMCP
null
10.1007/JHEP11(2021)099
FERMILAB-PUB-21-214-T
hep-ph hep-ex
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
For nearly a century, studying cosmic-ray air showers has driven progress in our understanding of elementary particle physics. In this work, we revisit the production of millicharged particles in these atmospheric showers and provide new constraints for XENON1T and Super-Kamiokande and new sensitivity estimates of current and future detectors, such as JUNO. We discuss distinct search strategies, specifically studies of single-energy-deposition events, where one electron in the detector receives a relatively large energy transfer, as well as multiple-scattering events consisting of (at least) two relatively small energy depositions. We demonstrate that these atmospheric search strategies -- especially this new, multiple-scattering signature -- provide significant room for improvement in the next decade, in a way that is complementary to anthropogenic, beam-based searches for MeV-GeV millicharged particles. Finally, we also discuss the implementation of a Monte Carlo simulation for millicharged particle detection in large-volume neutrino detectors, such as IceCube.
[ { "created": "Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-12-01
[ [ "Argüelles", "Carlos A.", "" ], [ "Kelly", "Kevin J.", "" ], [ "Muñoz", "Víctor M.", "" ] ]
For nearly a century, studying cosmic-ray air showers has driven progress in our understanding of elementary particle physics. In this work, we revisit the production of millicharged particles in these atmospheric showers and provide new constraints for XENON1T and Super-Kamiokande and new sensitivity estimates of current and future detectors, such as JUNO. We discuss distinct search strategies, specifically studies of single-energy-deposition events, where one electron in the detector receives a relatively large energy transfer, as well as multiple-scattering events consisting of (at least) two relatively small energy depositions. We demonstrate that these atmospheric search strategies -- especially this new, multiple-scattering signature -- provide significant room for improvement in the next decade, in a way that is complementary to anthropogenic, beam-based searches for MeV-GeV millicharged particles. Finally, we also discuss the implementation of a Monte Carlo simulation for millicharged particle detection in large-volume neutrino detectors, such as IceCube.
hep-ph/0407116
Christopher D. Carone
Christopher D. Carone and Justin M. Conroy (William and Mary)
Higgsless GUT Breaking and Trinification
22 pages, LaTeX, 2 eps figures (v3: discussion of mass scales clarified)
Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 075013
10.1103/PhysRevD.70.075013
WM-04-107
hep-ph
null
Boundary conditions on an extra-dimensional interval can be chosen to break bulk gauge symmetries and to reduce the rank of the gauge group. We consider this mechanism in models with gauge trinification. We determine the boundary conditions necessary to break the trinified gauge group directly down to that of the standard model. Working in an effective theory for the gauge symmetry-breaking parameters on a boundary, we examine the limit in which the GUT-breaking sector is Higgsless and show how one may obtain the low-energy particle content of the minimal supersymmetric standard model. We find that gauge unification is preserved in this scenario, and that the differential gauge coupling running is logarithmic above the scale of compactification. We compare the phenomenology of our model to that of four-dimensional trinified theories.
[ { "created": "Fri, 9 Jul 2004 15:30:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:19:15 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:08:38 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Carone", "Christopher D.", "", "William and Mary" ], [ "Conroy", "Justin M.", "", "William and Mary" ] ]
Boundary conditions on an extra-dimensional interval can be chosen to break bulk gauge symmetries and to reduce the rank of the gauge group. We consider this mechanism in models with gauge trinification. We determine the boundary conditions necessary to break the trinified gauge group directly down to that of the standard model. Working in an effective theory for the gauge symmetry-breaking parameters on a boundary, we examine the limit in which the GUT-breaking sector is Higgsless and show how one may obtain the low-energy particle content of the minimal supersymmetric standard model. We find that gauge unification is preserved in this scenario, and that the differential gauge coupling running is logarithmic above the scale of compactification. We compare the phenomenology of our model to that of four-dimensional trinified theories.
2202.07386
Adeela Afzal
Adeela Afzal, Waqas Ahmed, Mansoor Ur Rehman, and Qaisar Shafi
$\mu$-hybrid Inflation, Gravitino Dark Matter and Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background from Cosmic Strings
12 pages, 7 figures
PHYS. REV. D 105, 103539 (2022)
10.1103/PhysRevD.105.103539
null
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a successful realization of supersymmetric $\mu$-hybrid inflation model based on a gauged $U(1)_{B-L}$ extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model, with the soft supersymmetry breaking terms are playing an important role. Successful non-thermal leptogenesis with gravitino dark matter yields a reheat temperature in the range $2 \times 10^{7} \lesssim T_R \lesssim 5 \times 10^{9}$ GeV. This corresponds to the predictions $2 \times 10^{-18} \lesssim r\lesssim 4 \times 10^{-13}$ for the tensor to scalar ratio, and $-2 \times 10^{-6} \lesssim dn_s/d\ln k \lesssim -5 \times 10^{-11}$ for the running of the scalar spectral index. The $B-L$ breaking scale is estimated as $ 6 \times 10^{14}\lesssim M/ \text{GeV}\lesssim 10^{16}$, calculated at the central value of the scalar spectral index, $n_s =0.9655$, reported by Planck 2018. Finally, in a grand unified theory setup the dimensionless string tension parameter associated with the metastable strings is in the range $ 10^{-9} \lesssim G\mu_\text{cs} \lesssim 10^{-6}$ corresponding to a stochastic gravitational wave background lying within the 2$\sigma$ bound of the recent NANOGrav 12.5-yr data.
[ { "created": "Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:23:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 1 Jun 2022 09:31:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-06-02
[ [ "Afzal", "Adeela", "" ], [ "Ahmed", "Waqas", "" ], [ "Rehman", "Mansoor Ur", "" ], [ "Shafi", "Qaisar", "" ] ]
We present a successful realization of supersymmetric $\mu$-hybrid inflation model based on a gauged $U(1)_{B-L}$ extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model, with the soft supersymmetry breaking terms are playing an important role. Successful non-thermal leptogenesis with gravitino dark matter yields a reheat temperature in the range $2 \times 10^{7} \lesssim T_R \lesssim 5 \times 10^{9}$ GeV. This corresponds to the predictions $2 \times 10^{-18} \lesssim r\lesssim 4 \times 10^{-13}$ for the tensor to scalar ratio, and $-2 \times 10^{-6} \lesssim dn_s/d\ln k \lesssim -5 \times 10^{-11}$ for the running of the scalar spectral index. The $B-L$ breaking scale is estimated as $ 6 \times 10^{14}\lesssim M/ \text{GeV}\lesssim 10^{16}$, calculated at the central value of the scalar spectral index, $n_s =0.9655$, reported by Planck 2018. Finally, in a grand unified theory setup the dimensionless string tension parameter associated with the metastable strings is in the range $ 10^{-9} \lesssim G\mu_\text{cs} \lesssim 10^{-6}$ corresponding to a stochastic gravitational wave background lying within the 2$\sigma$ bound of the recent NANOGrav 12.5-yr data.
hep-ph/0411324
Pol Bernard Gossiaux
Pol Bernard Gossiaux, Vincent Guiho, Joerg Aichelin
Charmonia enhancement in quark-gluon plasma with improved description of c-quarks phase-distribution
contribution presented at SQM04
J.Phys. G31 (2005) S1079-S1082
10.1088/0954-3899/31/6/062
null
hep-ph
null
We present a dynamical model of heavy quark evolution in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) based on the Fokker-Planck equation. We then apply this model to the case of central ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions performed at RHIC and estimate the component of $J/\psi$ production (integrated and differential) stemming from c-$\bar{c}$ pairs that are initially uncorrelated.
[ { "created": "Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:23:35 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Gossiaux", "Pol Bernard", "" ], [ "Guiho", "Vincent", "" ], [ "Aichelin", "Joerg", "" ] ]
We present a dynamical model of heavy quark evolution in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) based on the Fokker-Planck equation. We then apply this model to the case of central ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions performed at RHIC and estimate the component of $J/\psi$ production (integrated and differential) stemming from c-$\bar{c}$ pairs that are initially uncorrelated.
hep-ph/0001164
null
Stanislaw Mrowczynski and Markus H. Thoma
Hard Loop Approach to Anisotropic Systems
10 pages, revised to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D62:036011,2000
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.036011
null
hep-ph
null
Anisotropic systems of quarks and gluons, which at least for sufficiently short space-time intervals can be treated as homogeneous and static, are considered. The gluon polarization tensor of such a system is explicitly computed within the semiclassical kinetic and Hard Loop diagrammatic theories. The equivalence of the two approaches is demonstrated. The quark self energy is computed as well, and finally, the dispersion relations of quarks and gluons in the anisotropic medium are discussed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:58:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 9 Mar 2000 19:01:25 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Mrowczynski", "Stanislaw", "" ], [ "Thoma", "Markus H.", "" ] ]
Anisotropic systems of quarks and gluons, which at least for sufficiently short space-time intervals can be treated as homogeneous and static, are considered. The gluon polarization tensor of such a system is explicitly computed within the semiclassical kinetic and Hard Loop diagrammatic theories. The equivalence of the two approaches is demonstrated. The quark self energy is computed as well, and finally, the dispersion relations of quarks and gluons in the anisotropic medium are discussed.
1410.7007
Sergey Alekhin
S. Alekhin, J. Bluemlein, L. Caminada, K. Lipka, K. Lohwasser, S. Moch, R. Petti, R. Placakyte
Nucleon PDF separation with the collider and fixed-target data
Few typos fixed
null
null
DESY 14-196, LPN 14-120, SFB/CPP-14-81
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider the impact of the recent data obtained by the LHC, Tevatron, and fixed-target experiments on the nucleon quark distributions with a particular focus on disentangling different quark species. An improved determination of the poorly known strange sea distribution is obtained due to including data from the neutrino-induced deep-inelastic scattering experiments NOMAD and CHORUS. The impact of the associated (W + c) production data by CMS and ATLAS on the strange sea determination is also studied and a comparison with earlier results based on the collider data is discussed. Finally, the recent LHC and Tevatron data on the charged lepton asymmetry are compared to the NNLO ABM predictions and the potential of this input in improving the non-strange sea distributions is evaluated.
[ { "created": "Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:49:24 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:53:05 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-02-16
[ [ "Alekhin", "S.", "" ], [ "Bluemlein", "J.", "" ], [ "Caminada", "L.", "" ], [ "Lipka", "K.", "" ], [ "Lohwasser", "K.", "" ], [ "Moch", "S.", "" ], [ "Petti", "R.", "" ], [ "Placakyte", "R.", "" ] ]
We consider the impact of the recent data obtained by the LHC, Tevatron, and fixed-target experiments on the nucleon quark distributions with a particular focus on disentangling different quark species. An improved determination of the poorly known strange sea distribution is obtained due to including data from the neutrino-induced deep-inelastic scattering experiments NOMAD and CHORUS. The impact of the associated (W + c) production data by CMS and ATLAS on the strange sea determination is also studied and a comparison with earlier results based on the collider data is discussed. Finally, the recent LHC and Tevatron data on the charged lepton asymmetry are compared to the NNLO ABM predictions and the potential of this input in improving the non-strange sea distributions is evaluated.
hep-ph/9601357
null
J.A. Casas, A. Lleyda and C. Mu\~noz
Problems for Supersymmetry Breaking by the Dilaton in Strings from Charge and Color Breaking
11 pages LaTex + 3 figures including psfig.tex. (No changes to the paper, only some references added)
Phys.Lett. B380 (1996) 59-67
10.1016/0370-2693(96)00489-3
FTUAM 96/03, SCIPP-96-03, IEM-FT-124/96
hep-ph hep-th
null
The general constraints on the parameter space of soft-breaking terms, in order to avoid dangerous charge and color breaking minima, are applied to the four-dimensional string scenario where the dilaton is the source of supersymmetry breaking (dilaton-dominated limit). The results indicate that the whole parameter space is excluded on these grounds after imposing the present experimental data on the top mass. The inclusion of a non-vanishing cosmological constant does not improve essentially the prospects. Possible way-outs to this situation are briefly discussed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Jan 1996 18:58:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 30 Jan 1996 17:33:21 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 8 Feb 1996 19:52:35 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Casas", "J. A.", "" ], [ "Lleyda", "A.", "" ], [ "Muñoz", "C.", "" ] ]
The general constraints on the parameter space of soft-breaking terms, in order to avoid dangerous charge and color breaking minima, are applied to the four-dimensional string scenario where the dilaton is the source of supersymmetry breaking (dilaton-dominated limit). The results indicate that the whole parameter space is excluded on these grounds after imposing the present experimental data on the top mass. The inclusion of a non-vanishing cosmological constant does not improve essentially the prospects. Possible way-outs to this situation are briefly discussed.
1905.01105
Maxim Nefedov
Maxim Nefedov
One-loop corrections to multiscale effective vertices in the EFT for Multi-Regge processes in QCD
Talk at DIS-2019, misprint in Eq. (3.4) corrected
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The computation of one-loop corrections to the $\gamma^\star Q_+ q$ and $gR_+g$ effective vertices in the framework of gauge-invariant effective theory for Multi-Regge processes in QCD is reviewed. Due to consistent implementation of the "tilted Wilson line" regularization for rapidity divergences, the gauge-invariance has been preserved at all stages of calculation independently on the rapidity regulator and cancellation of the power-like dependence on the regularization variable is traced. Only single-logarithmic rapidity divergence is left in the final result.
[ { "created": "Fri, 3 May 2019 10:31:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 28 May 2019 13:44:37 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-05-29
[ [ "Nefedov", "Maxim", "" ] ]
The computation of one-loop corrections to the $\gamma^\star Q_+ q$ and $gR_+g$ effective vertices in the framework of gauge-invariant effective theory for Multi-Regge processes in QCD is reviewed. Due to consistent implementation of the "tilted Wilson line" regularization for rapidity divergences, the gauge-invariance has been preserved at all stages of calculation independently on the rapidity regulator and cancellation of the power-like dependence on the regularization variable is traced. Only single-logarithmic rapidity divergence is left in the final result.
1605.02794
Lobsang Dhargyal
Lobsang Dhargyal
$R(D^{(*)})$ and $\mathcal{B}r(B \rightarrow \tau\nu_{\tau})$ in a Flipped/Lepton-Specific 2HDM with anomalously enhanced charged Higgs coupling to $\tau$/b
10 pages
Phys. Rev. D 93, 115009 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.93.115009
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Babar, Belle and recently LHCb has reported an excess in the measurements of $R(D^{*})$, $R(D)$ and $\mathcal{B}r(B \rightarrow \tau \nu_{\tau} )$ than expected from SM, a possible signature of lepton flavor universality violating NP. In this work we analyze the phenomenological implications for these decay modes in a Flipped/Lepton-Specific 2HDM with anomalously enhanced Yukawa coupling of $H^{\pm}$ to $\tau$/b. When experimental and theoretical errors are added in quadrature, we conclude that this phenomenological extension of SM can give results in agreement within 1$\sigma$ deviation for the combination of $R(D^{(*)})$ and $\mathcal{B}r(B \rightarrow \tau \nu_{\tau})$ compare to about 4$\sigma$ deviation from SM from the latest combined[Babar,Belle,LHCb] experimental data for these observables.
[ { "created": "Mon, 9 May 2016 21:53:07 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 12 May 2016 04:25:49 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-06-15
[ [ "Dhargyal", "Lobsang", "" ] ]
Babar, Belle and recently LHCb has reported an excess in the measurements of $R(D^{*})$, $R(D)$ and $\mathcal{B}r(B \rightarrow \tau \nu_{\tau} )$ than expected from SM, a possible signature of lepton flavor universality violating NP. In this work we analyze the phenomenological implications for these decay modes in a Flipped/Lepton-Specific 2HDM with anomalously enhanced Yukawa coupling of $H^{\pm}$ to $\tau$/b. When experimental and theoretical errors are added in quadrature, we conclude that this phenomenological extension of SM can give results in agreement within 1$\sigma$ deviation for the combination of $R(D^{(*)})$ and $\mathcal{B}r(B \rightarrow \tau \nu_{\tau})$ compare to about 4$\sigma$ deviation from SM from the latest combined[Babar,Belle,LHCb] experimental data for these observables.
hep-ph/0606241
Hong Mao
Hong Mao, Nicholas Petropoulos, Song Shu, Wei-Qin Zhao
The linear sigma model at a finite isospin chemical potential
11 pages, 6 figures; Version to appear in J. Phys. G
J.Phys. G32 (2006) 2187-2198
10.1088/0954-3899/32/11/012
null
hep-ph
null
The effect of finite isospin chemical potential to the effective masses of the mesons at finite temperature is investigated in the framework of the O(4) linear sigma model with explicit chiral symmetry breaking. We present a mechanism to include the isospin chemical potential in the model. By using the Cornwall-Jackiw-Tomboulis method of composite operators, we obtain a set gap equations for the effective masses of the mesons and get the numerical results in the Hartree approximation. We find that the introduction of the chemical potential only affects the mass of the charged pions and sigma, while there is almost NO effects on the mass of neutral pions.
[ { "created": "Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:13:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 1 Sep 2006 07:34:42 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Mao", "Hong", "" ], [ "Petropoulos", "Nicholas", "" ], [ "Shu", "Song", "" ], [ "Zhao", "Wei-Qin", "" ] ]
The effect of finite isospin chemical potential to the effective masses of the mesons at finite temperature is investigated in the framework of the O(4) linear sigma model with explicit chiral symmetry breaking. We present a mechanism to include the isospin chemical potential in the model. By using the Cornwall-Jackiw-Tomboulis method of composite operators, we obtain a set gap equations for the effective masses of the mesons and get the numerical results in the Hartree approximation. We find that the introduction of the chemical potential only affects the mass of the charged pions and sigma, while there is almost NO effects on the mass of neutral pions.
1501.07608
Juan M. Torres-Rincon
Cristina Manuel and Juan M. Torres-Rincon
Dynamical evolution of the chiral magnetic effect: Applications to the quark-gluon plasma
41 pages, 14 figures, 3 appendices. Version 2: new global structure (appendix added), more explanations and additional references. Version accepted for publication in Physical Review D journal
Phys. Rev. D 92, 074018 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.92.074018
null
hep-ph hep-th nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the dynamical evolution of the so-called chiral magnetic effect in an electromagnetic conductor. To this end, we consider the coupled set of corresponding Maxwell and chiral anomaly equations, and we prove that these can be derived from chiral kinetic theory. After integrating the chiral anomaly equation over space in a closed volume, it leads to a quantum conservation law of the total helicity of the system. A change in the magnetic helicity density comes together with a modification of the chiral fermion density. We study in Fourier space the coupled set of anomalous equations and we obtain the dynamical evolution of the magnetic fields, magnetic helicity density, and chiral fermion imbalance. Depending on the initial conditions we observe how the helicity might be transferred from the fermions to the magnetic fields, or vice versa, and find that the rate of this transfer also depends on the scale of wavelengths of the gauge fields in consideration. We then focus our attention on the quark-gluon plasma phase, and analyze the dynamical evolution of the chiral magnetic effect in a very simple toy model. We conclude that an existing chiral fermion imbalance in peripheral heavy ion collisions would affect the magnetic field dynamics, and consequently, the charge dependent correlations measured in these experiments.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:00:13 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 6 Oct 2015 10:52:40 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-10-21
[ [ "Manuel", "Cristina", "" ], [ "Torres-Rincon", "Juan M.", "" ] ]
We study the dynamical evolution of the so-called chiral magnetic effect in an electromagnetic conductor. To this end, we consider the coupled set of corresponding Maxwell and chiral anomaly equations, and we prove that these can be derived from chiral kinetic theory. After integrating the chiral anomaly equation over space in a closed volume, it leads to a quantum conservation law of the total helicity of the system. A change in the magnetic helicity density comes together with a modification of the chiral fermion density. We study in Fourier space the coupled set of anomalous equations and we obtain the dynamical evolution of the magnetic fields, magnetic helicity density, and chiral fermion imbalance. Depending on the initial conditions we observe how the helicity might be transferred from the fermions to the magnetic fields, or vice versa, and find that the rate of this transfer also depends on the scale of wavelengths of the gauge fields in consideration. We then focus our attention on the quark-gluon plasma phase, and analyze the dynamical evolution of the chiral magnetic effect in a very simple toy model. We conclude that an existing chiral fermion imbalance in peripheral heavy ion collisions would affect the magnetic field dynamics, and consequently, the charge dependent correlations measured in these experiments.
2005.08976
Andrzej Buras
Andrzej J. Buras and Jean-Marc Gerard
Isospin-breaking in $\varepsilon'/\varepsilon$: Impact of $\eta_0$ at the Dawn of the 2020s
18 pages, no figures, typos removed, additional clarifying comments and one reference added, results unchanged. Version to appear in EPJC
null
10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8299-6
null
hep-ph hep-ex hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
For direct CP-violation in $K\to\pi\pi$ decays, the usual isospin-breaking effects at the percent level are amplified by the dynamics behind the $\Delta I=1/2$ rule and conventionally encoded in $\Omega_{\rm IB}$ parameters. The updated prediction $\Omega_{\rm IB}^{(8)}=(15.9\pm 8.2)\times 10^{-2}$ of the Chiral Perturbation Theory for the strong isospin-breaking due to $\pi_3-\eta_8$ mixing confirms such a tendency but is quite sensitive to the theoretical input value of the low-energy constant corresponding to the flavour-singlet $\eta_0$ exchange contribution in this truncated octet scheme. We rather exploit the phenomenological $\eta_8-\eta_0$ mixing as a probe for the non-negligible flavour-singlet component of the physical $\eta$ pole to find $\Omega_{\rm IB}^{(9)}=(35\pm7)\times 10^{-2}$ in a complete nonet scheme. A large central value in the nonet scheme is thus substituted for a large uncertainty in the octet one. Including the experimental $\pi^+-\pi^0$ mass difference as the dominant electromagnetic isospin-breaking, we obtain for the effective parameter entering the ratio $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ an improved result $\hat\Omega_{\rm eff}^{(9)}=(29\pm7)\times 10^{-2}$ to be compared with $\hat\Omega_{\rm eff}^{(8)}=(17\pm9)\times 10^{-2}$ used in recent analyses of $\epsilon'/\epsilon$. Accordingly, we get a reduction from $(\epsilon'/\epsilon)_{\rm SM}^{(8)}=(17.4\pm 6.1)\times 10^{-4}$ to $(\epsilon'/\epsilon)_{\rm SM}^{(9)}=(13.9\pm 5.2)\times 10^{-4}$ and thereby an effective suppression of $(\epsilon'/\epsilon)_{\rm SM}$ by isospin-breaking corrections as large as $40\%$ relative to the recent RBC-UKQCD value.
[ { "created": "Mon, 18 May 2020 18:00:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 26 May 2020 11:01:20 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:29:23 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2020-08-26
[ [ "Buras", "Andrzej J.", "" ], [ "Gerard", "Jean-Marc", "" ] ]
For direct CP-violation in $K\to\pi\pi$ decays, the usual isospin-breaking effects at the percent level are amplified by the dynamics behind the $\Delta I=1/2$ rule and conventionally encoded in $\Omega_{\rm IB}$ parameters. The updated prediction $\Omega_{\rm IB}^{(8)}=(15.9\pm 8.2)\times 10^{-2}$ of the Chiral Perturbation Theory for the strong isospin-breaking due to $\pi_3-\eta_8$ mixing confirms such a tendency but is quite sensitive to the theoretical input value of the low-energy constant corresponding to the flavour-singlet $\eta_0$ exchange contribution in this truncated octet scheme. We rather exploit the phenomenological $\eta_8-\eta_0$ mixing as a probe for the non-negligible flavour-singlet component of the physical $\eta$ pole to find $\Omega_{\rm IB}^{(9)}=(35\pm7)\times 10^{-2}$ in a complete nonet scheme. A large central value in the nonet scheme is thus substituted for a large uncertainty in the octet one. Including the experimental $\pi^+-\pi^0$ mass difference as the dominant electromagnetic isospin-breaking, we obtain for the effective parameter entering the ratio $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ an improved result $\hat\Omega_{\rm eff}^{(9)}=(29\pm7)\times 10^{-2}$ to be compared with $\hat\Omega_{\rm eff}^{(8)}=(17\pm9)\times 10^{-2}$ used in recent analyses of $\epsilon'/\epsilon$. Accordingly, we get a reduction from $(\epsilon'/\epsilon)_{\rm SM}^{(8)}=(17.4\pm 6.1)\times 10^{-4}$ to $(\epsilon'/\epsilon)_{\rm SM}^{(9)}=(13.9\pm 5.2)\times 10^{-4}$ and thereby an effective suppression of $(\epsilon'/\epsilon)_{\rm SM}$ by isospin-breaking corrections as large as $40\%$ relative to the recent RBC-UKQCD value.
2309.07448
Usman Hasan
Ishtiaq Ahmed, Usman Hasan, Shahin Iqbal, M. Junaid, Bilal Tariq, A. Uzair
Analysis of final state lepton polarization-dependent observables in $H\to \ell^{+}\ell^{-} \gamma$ in the SM at loop level
Version 3.0 28 pages, 7 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP05(2024)187
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Recently, the CMS and ATLAS collaborations have announced the results for $H\rightarrow Z[\rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}]\gamma$ with $\ell=e$ or $\mu$ \cite{CMS:2022ahq,CMS:2023mku}, where $H\rightarrow Z\gamma$ is a sub-process of $H\rightarrow \ell^{+} \ell^{-} \gamma$. This semi-leptonic Higgs decay receives loop induced resonant $H\rightarrow Z[\rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}]\gamma$ as well as non-resonant contributions. % as discussed in \cite{Kachanovich:2021pvx}. To probe further features coming from these contributions to $H\rightarrow \ell^{+} \ell^{-} \gamma$, we argue that the polarization of the final state leptons is also an important parameter. We show that the contribution from the interference of resonant and non-resonant terms plays an important role when the polarization of final state lepton is taken into account, which is negligible in the case of unpolarized leptons. For this purpose, we have calculated the polarized decay rates and the longitudinal ($P_L$), normal ($P_N$) and transverse ($P_T$) polarization asymmetries. We find that these asymmetries purely come from the loop contributions and are helpful to further investigate the resonant and non-resonant nature of $H\rightarrow Z[\rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}]\gamma$ decay. We observe that for $\ell=e,\mu$, the longitudinal decay rate is highly suppressed around $m_{\ell\ell}\approx 60$GeV when the final lepton spin is $-\frac{1}{2}$, dramatically increasing the corresponding lepton polarization asymmetries. Furthermore, we analyze another observable, the ratio of decay rates $R^{\ell\ell'}_{i\pm}$, where $\ell$ and $\ell'$ refer to different final state lepton generations. Precise measurements of these observables at the HL-LHC and the planned $e^{+}e^{-}$ can provide a fertile ground to test not only the SM but also to examine the signatures of possible NP beyond the SM.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Sep 2023 06:10:26 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 20 Sep 2023 03:52:24 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 24 Jan 2024 07:41:02 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2024-05-22
[ [ "Ahmed", "Ishtiaq", "" ], [ "Hasan", "Usman", "" ], [ "Iqbal", "Shahin", "" ], [ "Junaid", "M.", "" ], [ "Tariq", "Bilal", "" ], [ "Uzair", "A.", "" ] ]
Recently, the CMS and ATLAS collaborations have announced the results for $H\rightarrow Z[\rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}]\gamma$ with $\ell=e$ or $\mu$ \cite{CMS:2022ahq,CMS:2023mku}, where $H\rightarrow Z\gamma$ is a sub-process of $H\rightarrow \ell^{+} \ell^{-} \gamma$. This semi-leptonic Higgs decay receives loop induced resonant $H\rightarrow Z[\rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}]\gamma$ as well as non-resonant contributions. % as discussed in \cite{Kachanovich:2021pvx}. To probe further features coming from these contributions to $H\rightarrow \ell^{+} \ell^{-} \gamma$, we argue that the polarization of the final state leptons is also an important parameter. We show that the contribution from the interference of resonant and non-resonant terms plays an important role when the polarization of final state lepton is taken into account, which is negligible in the case of unpolarized leptons. For this purpose, we have calculated the polarized decay rates and the longitudinal ($P_L$), normal ($P_N$) and transverse ($P_T$) polarization asymmetries. We find that these asymmetries purely come from the loop contributions and are helpful to further investigate the resonant and non-resonant nature of $H\rightarrow Z[\rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}]\gamma$ decay. We observe that for $\ell=e,\mu$, the longitudinal decay rate is highly suppressed around $m_{\ell\ell}\approx 60$GeV when the final lepton spin is $-\frac{1}{2}$, dramatically increasing the corresponding lepton polarization asymmetries. Furthermore, we analyze another observable, the ratio of decay rates $R^{\ell\ell'}_{i\pm}$, where $\ell$ and $\ell'$ refer to different final state lepton generations. Precise measurements of these observables at the HL-LHC and the planned $e^{+}e^{-}$ can provide a fertile ground to test not only the SM but also to examine the signatures of possible NP beyond the SM.
2310.14014
Gregory Patellis
M. A. May Pech, M. Mondrag\'on, G. Patellis and G.Zoupanos
Reduction of Couplings in the Type-II 2HDM
13 pages, 2 tables
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The idea of reduction of couplings consists in the search for relations between seemingly independent couplings of a renormalizable theory that are renormalization group invariant. In this article, we demonstrate the existence of such 1-loop relations among the top Yukawa, the Higgs quartic and the gauge colour couplings of the Type-II Two Higgs Doublet Model at a high-energy boundary. The phenomenological viability of the reduced theory suggests the value of $\tan\beta$ and the scale in which new physics may appear.
[ { "created": "Sat, 21 Oct 2023 13:54:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-10-24
[ [ "Pech", "M. A. May", "" ], [ "Mondragón", "M.", "" ], [ "Patellis", "G.", "" ], [ "Zoupanos", "G.", "" ] ]
The idea of reduction of couplings consists in the search for relations between seemingly independent couplings of a renormalizable theory that are renormalization group invariant. In this article, we demonstrate the existence of such 1-loop relations among the top Yukawa, the Higgs quartic and the gauge colour couplings of the Type-II Two Higgs Doublet Model at a high-energy boundary. The phenomenological viability of the reduced theory suggests the value of $\tan\beta$ and the scale in which new physics may appear.
2405.11906
Leonarc Michelle Santos
Leonarc Michelle Santos, Vince Angelo A. Chavez, Denny Lane B. Sombillo
Pole structure of $P_\psi^N(4312)^+$ via machine learning and uniformized S-matrix
11 pages, 4 figures, 7 tables
null
null
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We probed the pole structure of the $P_\psi^{N}(4312)^{+}$ using a trained deep neural network. The training dataset was generated using uniformized independent S-matrix poles to ensure that the obtained interpretation is as model-independent as possible. To prevent possible ambiguity in the interpretation of the pole structure, we included the contribution from the off-diagonal element of the S-matrix. Five out of the six neural networks we trained favor $P_\psi^{N}(4312)^{+}$ as possibly having a three-pole structure, with one pole on each of the unphysical sheets - a first in its report. The two poles can be associated to a pole-shadow pair which is a characteristic of a true resonance. On the other hand, the last pole is most likely associated with the coupled-channel effect. The combined effect of these poles produced a peak below the $\Sigma^{+}_C\bar{D}^0$ which mimic the line shape of a hadronic molecule.
[ { "created": "Mon, 20 May 2024 09:40:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 25 May 2024 02:38:49 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-05-28
[ [ "Santos", "Leonarc Michelle", "" ], [ "Chavez", "Vince Angelo A.", "" ], [ "Sombillo", "Denny Lane B.", "" ] ]
We probed the pole structure of the $P_\psi^{N}(4312)^{+}$ using a trained deep neural network. The training dataset was generated using uniformized independent S-matrix poles to ensure that the obtained interpretation is as model-independent as possible. To prevent possible ambiguity in the interpretation of the pole structure, we included the contribution from the off-diagonal element of the S-matrix. Five out of the six neural networks we trained favor $P_\psi^{N}(4312)^{+}$ as possibly having a three-pole structure, with one pole on each of the unphysical sheets - a first in its report. The two poles can be associated to a pole-shadow pair which is a characteristic of a true resonance. On the other hand, the last pole is most likely associated with the coupled-channel effect. The combined effect of these poles produced a peak below the $\Sigma^{+}_C\bar{D}^0$ which mimic the line shape of a hadronic molecule.
1508.07686
Chien-Wen Hwang
Chi-Yee Cheung and Chien-Wen Hwang
Three symmetry breakings in strong and radiative decays of strange heavy mesons
26 pages, 9 figures; several changes made for further clarity; one figure and some references added; results and conclusions unchanged, version to appear in Eur. Phys. J. C. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1401.3917
Eur.Phys.J. C76 (2016) 1, 19
10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-3883-5
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper, we investigate three symmetry breaking effects in strong and radiative decays of strange heavy mesons. We study 1/m_Q corrections within the heavy quark effect theory, as well as SU(3) and SU(2) symmetry breakings induced by light quark mass differences and the \eta-\pi mixing vertex. These effects are studied in a covariant model. The numerical results show that the 1/m_Q corrections of the coupling constants are consistent with \alpha_s \Lambda_{QCD}/m_Q. The SU(3) symmetry violating effect of the strong coupling constant is obviously larger than that of the magnetic coupling constant. The value of the \eta-\pi mixing vertex has some changes because of the renewed data. As compared with the other theoretical calculations and the experimental data, our radiative decay rates are much larger than those of the other theoretical methods, except for \chiPT; however, our branching ratios are close to the experimental data.
[ { "created": "Mon, 31 Aug 2015 04:46:43 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:20:16 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-02-17
[ [ "Cheung", "Chi-Yee", "" ], [ "Hwang", "Chien-Wen", "" ] ]
In this paper, we investigate three symmetry breaking effects in strong and radiative decays of strange heavy mesons. We study 1/m_Q corrections within the heavy quark effect theory, as well as SU(3) and SU(2) symmetry breakings induced by light quark mass differences and the \eta-\pi mixing vertex. These effects are studied in a covariant model. The numerical results show that the 1/m_Q corrections of the coupling constants are consistent with \alpha_s \Lambda_{QCD}/m_Q. The SU(3) symmetry violating effect of the strong coupling constant is obviously larger than that of the magnetic coupling constant. The value of the \eta-\pi mixing vertex has some changes because of the renewed data. As compared with the other theoretical calculations and the experimental data, our radiative decay rates are much larger than those of the other theoretical methods, except for \chiPT; however, our branching ratios are close to the experimental data.
1012.4714
Bugaev
Edgar Bugaev
Physics of high energy atmospheric muons
Based on the invited talk on the XVI International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2010), Batavia, IL, USA (28 June - 2 July 2010), 7 pages, 8 figures
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the first part of the talk the interesting new results of MINOS, OPERA and CMS collaborations (connected with the observational evidence of the rise in the muon charge ratio at muon energies around 1 TeV) are briefly discussed from theoretical point of view. A short review of charge asymmetric effects in muon energy losses is given. In the second part of the talk, the modern theoretical approaches to the problem of heavy quark production in high energy nucleon-nucleus interactions are briefly considered (color dipole formalism, saturation models). The recent new theoretical developments in the ancient problem of intrinsic charm are also discussed.
[ { "created": "Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:10:37 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-12-22
[ [ "Bugaev", "Edgar", "" ] ]
In the first part of the talk the interesting new results of MINOS, OPERA and CMS collaborations (connected with the observational evidence of the rise in the muon charge ratio at muon energies around 1 TeV) are briefly discussed from theoretical point of view. A short review of charge asymmetric effects in muon energy losses is given. In the second part of the talk, the modern theoretical approaches to the problem of heavy quark production in high energy nucleon-nucleus interactions are briefly considered (color dipole formalism, saturation models). The recent new theoretical developments in the ancient problem of intrinsic charm are also discussed.
hep-ph/0601051
Graham Shore
G.M. Shore
Pseudoscalar Meson Decay Constants and Couplings, the Witten-Veneziano Formula beyond large N_c, and the Topological Susceptibility
27 pages, 4 figures
Nucl.Phys. B744 (2006) 34-58
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.03.011
SWAT 04-418
hep-ph hep-th
null
The QCD formulae for the radiative decays $\eta,\eta'\to\c\c$, and the corresponding Dashen--Gell-Mann--Oakes--Renner relations, differ from conventional PCAC results due to the gluonic $U(1)_A$ axial anomaly. This introduces a critical dependence on the gluon topological susceptibility. In this paper, we revisit our earlier theoretical analysis of radiative pseudoscalar decays and the DGMOR relations and extract explicit experimental values for the decay constants. This is our main result. The flavour singlet DGMOR relation is the generalisation of the Witten-Veneziano formula beyond large $N_c$, so we are able to give a quantitative assessment of the realisation of the $1/N_c$ expansion in the $U(1)_A$ sector of QCD. Applications to other aspects of $\eta'$ physics, including the relation with the first moment sum rule for the polarised photon structure function $g_1^\c$, are highlighted. The $U(1)_A$ Goldberger-Treiman relation is extended to accommodate SU(3) flavour breaking and the implications of a more precise measurement of the $\eta$ and $\eta'$-nucleon couplings are discussed. A comparison with the existing literature on pseudoscalar meson decay constants using large-$N_c$ chiral Lagrangians is also made.
[ { "created": "Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:49:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Shore", "G. M.", "" ] ]
The QCD formulae for the radiative decays $\eta,\eta'\to\c\c$, and the corresponding Dashen--Gell-Mann--Oakes--Renner relations, differ from conventional PCAC results due to the gluonic $U(1)_A$ axial anomaly. This introduces a critical dependence on the gluon topological susceptibility. In this paper, we revisit our earlier theoretical analysis of radiative pseudoscalar decays and the DGMOR relations and extract explicit experimental values for the decay constants. This is our main result. The flavour singlet DGMOR relation is the generalisation of the Witten-Veneziano formula beyond large $N_c$, so we are able to give a quantitative assessment of the realisation of the $1/N_c$ expansion in the $U(1)_A$ sector of QCD. Applications to other aspects of $\eta'$ physics, including the relation with the first moment sum rule for the polarised photon structure function $g_1^\c$, are highlighted. The $U(1)_A$ Goldberger-Treiman relation is extended to accommodate SU(3) flavour breaking and the implications of a more precise measurement of the $\eta$ and $\eta'$-nucleon couplings are discussed. A comparison with the existing literature on pseudoscalar meson decay constants using large-$N_c$ chiral Lagrangians is also made.
hep-ph/9610224
null
Howard Baer and Michal Brhlik
QCD Improved $b\to s\gamma$ Constraints on the Minimal Supergravity Model
14 pages REVTEX plus 7 PS figures; this version contains revised figures and text due to discovery of a bug in the program used to generate results for the previous version of this manuscript
Phys.Rev.D55:3201-3208,1997
10.1103/PhysRevD.55.3201
FSU-HEP-961001
hep-ph
null
Recent advances in the QCD corrections to $b\to s\gamma$ decay in the MSSM include i.) evaluation of the relevant operators, Wilson coefficients and anomalous dimension matrix elements for the various MSSM effective theories valid at scales beyond $Q =M_W$, ii.) calculations of most of the needed anomalous dimension matrix elements to next-to-leading order for scales $m_b\alt Q <M_W$, and iii.) calculations of ${\cal O}(\alpha_s)$ virtual and bremsstrahlung corrections to the $b\to s\gamma$ decay operators at scale $Q\sim m_b$. We assemble all these known results to gain an estimate of $B(b\to s\gamma )$ for the parameter space of the minimal supergravity model (mSUGRA). We find a much reduced scale dependence of our result compared to usual leading-log evaluations. Comparison with the latest CLEO results yields stringent constraints on parameter space. Much of mSUGRA parameter space is ruled out for $\mu <0$, especially for large $tan\beta$. We compare these results with other constraints from cosmology and non-standard vacua. Also, we compare with expectations for discovering mSUGRA at LEP2, the Tevatron and the CERN LHC.
[ { "created": "Wed, 2 Oct 1996 21:05:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 14 Oct 1996 15:18:15 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-01-27
[ [ "Baer", "Howard", "" ], [ "Brhlik", "Michal", "" ] ]
Recent advances in the QCD corrections to $b\to s\gamma$ decay in the MSSM include i.) evaluation of the relevant operators, Wilson coefficients and anomalous dimension matrix elements for the various MSSM effective theories valid at scales beyond $Q =M_W$, ii.) calculations of most of the needed anomalous dimension matrix elements to next-to-leading order for scales $m_b\alt Q <M_W$, and iii.) calculations of ${\cal O}(\alpha_s)$ virtual and bremsstrahlung corrections to the $b\to s\gamma$ decay operators at scale $Q\sim m_b$. We assemble all these known results to gain an estimate of $B(b\to s\gamma )$ for the parameter space of the minimal supergravity model (mSUGRA). We find a much reduced scale dependence of our result compared to usual leading-log evaluations. Comparison with the latest CLEO results yields stringent constraints on parameter space. Much of mSUGRA parameter space is ruled out for $\mu <0$, especially for large $tan\beta$. We compare these results with other constraints from cosmology and non-standard vacua. Also, we compare with expectations for discovering mSUGRA at LEP2, the Tevatron and the CERN LHC.
1010.6058
Alexander Belyaev
Elena Accomando, Alexander Belyaev, Luca Fedeli, Stephen F.King, Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous
Z' physics with early LHC data
25 pages, 14 figures, revtex, references added
Phys.Rev.D83:075012,2011
10.1103/PhysRevD.83.075012
SHEP-10-36
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the prospects for setting limits on or discovering spin-1 $Z'$ bosons using early LHC data at 7 TeV. Our results are based on the narrow width approximation in which the leptonic Drell-Yan $Z'$ boson production cross-section only depends on the $Z'$ boson mass together with two parameters $c_u$ and $c_d$. We carefully discuss the experimental cuts that should be applied and tabulate the theoretical next-to-next-to-leading order corrections which must be included. Using these results the approach then provides a safe, convenient and unbiased way of comparing experiment to theoretical models which avoids any built-in model dependent assumptions. We apply the method to three classes of perturbative $Z'$ boson benchmark models: $E_6$ models, left-right symmetric models and sequential standard models. We generalise each class of model in terms of {mixing angles which continuously parametrize} linear combinations of pairs of generators and lead to distinctive orbits in the $c_u-c_d$ plane. We also apply this method to the strongly coupled four-site benchmark model in which two $Z'$ bosons are predicted. By comparing the experimental limits or discovery bands to the theoretical predictions on the $c_u$-$c_d$ plane, we show that the LHC at 7 TeV with integrated luminosity of 500 pb$^{-1}$ will greatly improve on current Tevatron mass limits for the benchmark models. If a $Z'$ is discovered our results show that measurement of the mass and cross-section will provide a powerful discriminator between the benchmark models using this approach.
[ { "created": "Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:18:09 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:21:40 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-04-22
[ [ "Accomando", "Elena", "" ], [ "Belyaev", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Fedeli", "Luca", "" ], [ "King", "Stephen F.", "" ], [ "Shepherd-Themistocleous", "Claire", "" ] ]
We discuss the prospects for setting limits on or discovering spin-1 $Z'$ bosons using early LHC data at 7 TeV. Our results are based on the narrow width approximation in which the leptonic Drell-Yan $Z'$ boson production cross-section only depends on the $Z'$ boson mass together with two parameters $c_u$ and $c_d$. We carefully discuss the experimental cuts that should be applied and tabulate the theoretical next-to-next-to-leading order corrections which must be included. Using these results the approach then provides a safe, convenient and unbiased way of comparing experiment to theoretical models which avoids any built-in model dependent assumptions. We apply the method to three classes of perturbative $Z'$ boson benchmark models: $E_6$ models, left-right symmetric models and sequential standard models. We generalise each class of model in terms of {mixing angles which continuously parametrize} linear combinations of pairs of generators and lead to distinctive orbits in the $c_u-c_d$ plane. We also apply this method to the strongly coupled four-site benchmark model in which two $Z'$ bosons are predicted. By comparing the experimental limits or discovery bands to the theoretical predictions on the $c_u$-$c_d$ plane, we show that the LHC at 7 TeV with integrated luminosity of 500 pb$^{-1}$ will greatly improve on current Tevatron mass limits for the benchmark models. If a $Z'$ is discovered our results show that measurement of the mass and cross-section will provide a powerful discriminator between the benchmark models using this approach.
1712.08298
Khaled Abdel-Waged Khaled Abdel-Waged
Khaled Abdel-Waged, Nuha Felemban
Nucleon shadowing effects in $Cu+Cu$ and $Au+Au$ collisions at RHIC within the HIJING code
18 pages, 10 figures
Abdel-Waged et al 2017 J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys
10.1088/1361-6471/aaa101
null
hep-ph nucl-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The centrality dependence of pseudorapidity density of charged particles ($ dN_{ch}/d\eta $) in $Cu+Cu$ ($Au+Au$) collisions at RHIC energy of $ \sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=22.4$ , $62.4 $ and $200$ ($19.6$, $62.4$ and $200$) GeV, is investigated within an improved HIJING code. The standard HIJING model is enhanced by a prescription for collective nucleon-nucleon ($NN$) interactions and more modern parton distribution functions. The collective $NN$-interactions are used to induce both cascade and nucleon shadowing effects. We find collective cascade broadens the pseudorapidity distributions in the tails (at $ |\eta|> y_{\rm beam} $) above $25-30\%$ collision centrality to be consistent with the $ dN_{ch}/d\eta $ data at $ \sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=19.6$, $22.4$, $62.4 $ GeV. The overall contribution of nucleon shadowing is shown to depress the whole shape of $ dN_{ch}/d\eta$ in the primary interaction region (at $ |\eta|< y_{\rm beam} $) for semiperipheral ($ 20-25 $ \%) and peripheral ($\ge 35-40$\%) $Cu+Cu$ ($Au+Au$) interactions at $ \sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=200$ GeV, in accordance with the PHOBOS data.
[ { "created": "Fri, 22 Dec 2017 04:07:55 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-12-25
[ [ "Abdel-Waged", "Khaled", "" ], [ "Felemban", "Nuha", "" ] ]
The centrality dependence of pseudorapidity density of charged particles ($ dN_{ch}/d\eta $) in $Cu+Cu$ ($Au+Au$) collisions at RHIC energy of $ \sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=22.4$ , $62.4 $ and $200$ ($19.6$, $62.4$ and $200$) GeV, is investigated within an improved HIJING code. The standard HIJING model is enhanced by a prescription for collective nucleon-nucleon ($NN$) interactions and more modern parton distribution functions. The collective $NN$-interactions are used to induce both cascade and nucleon shadowing effects. We find collective cascade broadens the pseudorapidity distributions in the tails (at $ |\eta|> y_{\rm beam} $) above $25-30\%$ collision centrality to be consistent with the $ dN_{ch}/d\eta $ data at $ \sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=19.6$, $22.4$, $62.4 $ GeV. The overall contribution of nucleon shadowing is shown to depress the whole shape of $ dN_{ch}/d\eta$ in the primary interaction region (at $ |\eta|< y_{\rm beam} $) for semiperipheral ($ 20-25 $ \%) and peripheral ($\ge 35-40$\%) $Cu+Cu$ ($Au+Au$) interactions at $ \sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=200$ GeV, in accordance with the PHOBOS data.
1910.10008
Akira Watanabe
Akira Watanabe, Takahiro Sawada, Mei Huang
Extraction of gluon distributions from structure functions at small x in holographic QCD
6 pages, 4 figures; v2: version accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135470
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the nucleon and pion gluon distribution functions in the framework of holographic QCD, focusing on the small Bjorken x region. Based on an approximate relation, the gluon distributions are extracted from structure functions of the unpolarized deep inelastic scattering which can be calculated with a holographic QCD model, assuming the Pomeron exchange. All the adjustable parameters of the model are determined with the HERA data of the proton structure functions. We explicitly show that the extracted proton gluon distribution is consistent with results of the recent global QCD analysis. The structure functions of the pion can be computed without any additional parameter, which enables us to predict its gluon distribution also. We find that the resulting pion gluon density is smaller than the proton's, and agrees with the recent global QCD analysis result within the uncertainties.
[ { "created": "Tue, 22 Oct 2019 14:34:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 5 May 2020 07:28:06 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-06-24
[ [ "Watanabe", "Akira", "" ], [ "Sawada", "Takahiro", "" ], [ "Huang", "Mei", "" ] ]
We investigate the nucleon and pion gluon distribution functions in the framework of holographic QCD, focusing on the small Bjorken x region. Based on an approximate relation, the gluon distributions are extracted from structure functions of the unpolarized deep inelastic scattering which can be calculated with a holographic QCD model, assuming the Pomeron exchange. All the adjustable parameters of the model are determined with the HERA data of the proton structure functions. We explicitly show that the extracted proton gluon distribution is consistent with results of the recent global QCD analysis. The structure functions of the pion can be computed without any additional parameter, which enables us to predict its gluon distribution also. We find that the resulting pion gluon density is smaller than the proton's, and agrees with the recent global QCD analysis result within the uncertainties.
1604.04526
Geraldine Servant
Iason Baldes, Thomas Konstandin and Geraldine Servant
A First-Order Electroweak Phase Transition from Varying Yukawas
6 pages, 4 figures; v2: PLB version (includes references to explicit realisations studied in the mean time)
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2018.10.015
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We show that the dynamics responsible for the variation of the Yukawa couplings of the Standard Model fermions generically leads to a very strong first-order electroweak phase transition, assuming that the Yukawa couplings are large and of order 1 before the electroweak phase transition and reach their present value afterwards. There are good motivations to consider that the flavour structure could emerge during electroweak symmetry breaking, for example if the Froggatt-Nielsen field dynamics were linked to the Higgs field. In this paper, we do not need to assume any particular theory of flavour and show in a model-independent way how the nature of the electroweak phase transition is completely changed when the Standard Model Yukawas vary at the same time as the Higgs is acquiring its vacuum expectation value. The thermal contribution of the fermions creates a barrier between the symmetric and broken phase minima of the effective potential, leading to a first-order phase transition. This offers new routes for generating the baryon asymmetry at the electroweak scale, strongly tied to flavour models.
[ { "created": "Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:50:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 6 Dec 2018 21:51:34 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-12-10
[ [ "Baldes", "Iason", "" ], [ "Konstandin", "Thomas", "" ], [ "Servant", "Geraldine", "" ] ]
We show that the dynamics responsible for the variation of the Yukawa couplings of the Standard Model fermions generically leads to a very strong first-order electroweak phase transition, assuming that the Yukawa couplings are large and of order 1 before the electroweak phase transition and reach their present value afterwards. There are good motivations to consider that the flavour structure could emerge during electroweak symmetry breaking, for example if the Froggatt-Nielsen field dynamics were linked to the Higgs field. In this paper, we do not need to assume any particular theory of flavour and show in a model-independent way how the nature of the electroweak phase transition is completely changed when the Standard Model Yukawas vary at the same time as the Higgs is acquiring its vacuum expectation value. The thermal contribution of the fermions creates a barrier between the symmetric and broken phase minima of the effective potential, leading to a first-order phase transition. This offers new routes for generating the baryon asymmetry at the electroweak scale, strongly tied to flavour models.
1112.4771
Laslo Reichert
Carolina Arbel\'aez, Martin Hirsch, Laslo Reichert
Supersymmetric mass spectra and the seesaw type-I scale
17 pages, 7 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP02(2012)112
IFIC/11-70
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We calculate supersymmetric mass spectra with cMSSM boundary conditions and a type-I seesaw mechanism added to explain current neutrino data. Using published, estimated errors on SUSY mass observables for a combined LHC+ILC analysis, we perform a theoretical $\chi^2$ analysis to identify parameter regions where pure cMSSM and cMSSM plus seesaw type-I might be distinguishable with LHC+ILC data. The most important observables are determined to be the (left) smuon and selectron masses and the splitting between them, respectively. Splitting in the (left) smuon and selectrons is tiny in most of cMSSM parameter space, but can be quite sizeable for large values of the seesaw scale, $m_{SS}$. Thus, for very roughly $m_{SS} \ge 10^{14}$ GeV hints for type-I seesaw might appear in SUSY mass measurements. Since our numerical results depend sensitively on forecasted error bars, we discuss in some detail the accuracies, which need to be achieved, before a realistic analysis searching for signs of type-I seesaw in SUSY spectra can be carried out.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:01:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-03
[ [ "Arbeláez", "Carolina", "" ], [ "Hirsch", "Martin", "" ], [ "Reichert", "Laslo", "" ] ]
We calculate supersymmetric mass spectra with cMSSM boundary conditions and a type-I seesaw mechanism added to explain current neutrino data. Using published, estimated errors on SUSY mass observables for a combined LHC+ILC analysis, we perform a theoretical $\chi^2$ analysis to identify parameter regions where pure cMSSM and cMSSM plus seesaw type-I might be distinguishable with LHC+ILC data. The most important observables are determined to be the (left) smuon and selectron masses and the splitting between them, respectively. Splitting in the (left) smuon and selectrons is tiny in most of cMSSM parameter space, but can be quite sizeable for large values of the seesaw scale, $m_{SS}$. Thus, for very roughly $m_{SS} \ge 10^{14}$ GeV hints for type-I seesaw might appear in SUSY mass measurements. Since our numerical results depend sensitively on forecasted error bars, we discuss in some detail the accuracies, which need to be achieved, before a realistic analysis searching for signs of type-I seesaw in SUSY spectra can be carried out.
1904.10967
Djuna Croon
Djuna Croon, Rachel Houtz, and Veronica Sanz
Dynamical Axions and Gravitational Waves
22 pages, 4 figures. Version published in JHEP
JHEP 1907 (2019) 146
10.1007/JHEP07(2019)146
null
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper we explore the possibility of observable gravitational waves as a manifestation of the QCD axion dynamics. In particular, we focus on dynamical axion models which solve the strong CP problem, and include the confinement of a QCD-like gauge group at the TeV scale. We study the resulting chiral symmetry breaking phase transition for models with $N_F=3$ and $N_F=4$ light flavors using the linear sigma model. This model describes the scalar meson spectrum and its interactions, with the diagonal field $\varphi$ as the order parameter. We find that the amplitude of the gravitational wave spectrum depends on the mass of the dynamical axion $\eta'$ via the ratio $m_{\eta'}/m_\varphi$. The resulting spectra may be observed at future mid-range gravitational wave experiments such as AION/MAGIS, DECIGO, and BBO. Moreover, the TeV states can be searched for at colliders and their quantum numbers characterized, providing a unique connection between axion physics, gravitational waves and collider searches.
[ { "created": "Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:54:24 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-09-04
[ [ "Croon", "Djuna", "" ], [ "Houtz", "Rachel", "" ], [ "Sanz", "Veronica", "" ] ]
In this paper we explore the possibility of observable gravitational waves as a manifestation of the QCD axion dynamics. In particular, we focus on dynamical axion models which solve the strong CP problem, and include the confinement of a QCD-like gauge group at the TeV scale. We study the resulting chiral symmetry breaking phase transition for models with $N_F=3$ and $N_F=4$ light flavors using the linear sigma model. This model describes the scalar meson spectrum and its interactions, with the diagonal field $\varphi$ as the order parameter. We find that the amplitude of the gravitational wave spectrum depends on the mass of the dynamical axion $\eta'$ via the ratio $m_{\eta'}/m_\varphi$. The resulting spectra may be observed at future mid-range gravitational wave experiments such as AION/MAGIS, DECIGO, and BBO. Moreover, the TeV states can be searched for at colliders and their quantum numbers characterized, providing a unique connection between axion physics, gravitational waves and collider searches.
hep-ph/0105123
Tran. Truong
Tran N. Truong
Study of $\gamma\pi \to \pi\pi$ below 1 GeV using Integral Equation Approach
26 pages, 10 figures
Phys.Rev. D65 (2002) 056004
10.1103/PhysRevD.65.056004
KEK-TH-755
hep-ph
null
The scattering of $\gamma \pi \to \pi \pi$ is studied using the axial anomaly, elastic unitarity, analyticity and crossing symmetry. Using the technique to derive the Roy's equation, an integral equation for the P-wave amplitude is obtained in terms of the strong P-wave pion pion phase shifts. Its solution is obtained numerically by an iteration procedure using the starting point as the solution of the integral equation of the Muskelshsvilli-Omnes type. It is, however, ambiguous and depends sensitively on the second derivative of the P-wave amplitude at $s=m_\pi^2$ which cannot directly be measured.
[ { "created": "Mon, 14 May 2001 15:19:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:10:16 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Truong", "Tran N.", "" ] ]
The scattering of $\gamma \pi \to \pi \pi$ is studied using the axial anomaly, elastic unitarity, analyticity and crossing symmetry. Using the technique to derive the Roy's equation, an integral equation for the P-wave amplitude is obtained in terms of the strong P-wave pion pion phase shifts. Its solution is obtained numerically by an iteration procedure using the starting point as the solution of the integral equation of the Muskelshsvilli-Omnes type. It is, however, ambiguous and depends sensitively on the second derivative of the P-wave amplitude at $s=m_\pi^2$ which cannot directly be measured.
2204.00913
Scott Chapman
Scott Chapman
Charmonium tetraquarks and pentaquarks or an additional quark?
5 pages
null
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Most of the exotic hadrons discovered over the last 20 years fit into the quark model as normal mesons and baryons if the existence of a seventh flavor of quark is hypothesized. For the quark to reproduce the mass, spin, parity, production and decay modes of exotic hadrons, it would have to have a mass of $\sim$2.8 GeV, a charge of $-\tfrac{1}{3}$, and a W-boson-mediated interaction with the right-chiral component of the charm quark. The proposed spectrum of hadrons involving this quark is presented.
[ { "created": "Sat, 2 Apr 2022 17:57:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 8 Aug 2022 15:01:21 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 27 Aug 2022 20:43:06 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Tue, 13 Dec 2022 17:57:57 GMT", "version": "v4" }, { "created": "Thu, 5 Jan 2023 16:43:12 GMT", "version": "v5" }, { "created": "Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:28:19 GMT", "version": "v6" } ]
2024-01-09
[ [ "Chapman", "Scott", "" ] ]
Most of the exotic hadrons discovered over the last 20 years fit into the quark model as normal mesons and baryons if the existence of a seventh flavor of quark is hypothesized. For the quark to reproduce the mass, spin, parity, production and decay modes of exotic hadrons, it would have to have a mass of $\sim$2.8 GeV, a charge of $-\tfrac{1}{3}$, and a W-boson-mediated interaction with the right-chiral component of the charm quark. The proposed spectrum of hadrons involving this quark is presented.
1609.04908
Felix Ringer
Zhong-Bo Kang, Felix Ringer, Ivan Vitev
Heavy flavor production in heavy-ion collisions from soft collinear effective theory
4 pages, 2 figures, contribution to proceedings of Strangeness in Quark Matter 2016
J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 779 (2017), 012029
10.1088/1742-6596/779/1/012029
null
hep-ph hep-ex nucl-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We review a new approach to open heavy flavor production in heavy ion collisions based on Soft Collinear Effective Theory (SCET). We include both finite heavy quark masses in the SCET Lagrangian and Glauber gluons that describe the interaction of collinear partons with the hot and dense QCD medium. From the new effective field theory, we derive massive in-medium splitting kernels and propose a new framework for including in-medium interactions consistent with next-to-leading order calculations in QCD. We present numerical results for the suppression of $D$- and $B$-mesons and compare to results obtained within the traditional approach to parton energy loss. We find good agreement when comparing to existing data from the LHC at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02$ TeV and 2.76 TeV.
[ { "created": "Fri, 16 Sep 2016 04:56:30 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 20 Dec 2016 05:25:30 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-02-27
[ [ "Kang", "Zhong-Bo", "" ], [ "Ringer", "Felix", "" ], [ "Vitev", "Ivan", "" ] ]
We review a new approach to open heavy flavor production in heavy ion collisions based on Soft Collinear Effective Theory (SCET). We include both finite heavy quark masses in the SCET Lagrangian and Glauber gluons that describe the interaction of collinear partons with the hot and dense QCD medium. From the new effective field theory, we derive massive in-medium splitting kernels and propose a new framework for including in-medium interactions consistent with next-to-leading order calculations in QCD. We present numerical results for the suppression of $D$- and $B$-mesons and compare to results obtained within the traditional approach to parton energy loss. We find good agreement when comparing to existing data from the LHC at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02$ TeV and 2.76 TeV.
1504.07638
Vicent Mateu
Bahman Dehnadi, Andre H. Hoang, Vicent Mateu
Bottom and Charm Mass Determinations with a Convergence Test
53 pages, 16 figures, 19 tables; v2 typos fixed, references added, modification of section 6.3, results for bottom moments and bottom mass updated, matches published version
null
null
UWThPh-2015-09, LPN15-024
hep-ph hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present new determinations of the MS-bar charm quark mass using relativistic QCD sum rules at O(alpha_s^3) from the moments of the vector and the pseudoscalar current correlators. We use available experimental measurements from e+e- collisions and lattice simulation results, respectively. Our analysis of the theoretical uncertainties is based on different implementations of the perturbative series and on independent variations of the renormalization scales for the mass and the strong coupling. Taking into account the resulting set of series to estimate perturbative uncertainties is crucial, since some ways to treat the perturbative expansion can exhibit extraordinarily small scale dependence when the two scales are set equal. As an additional refinement, we address the issue that double scale variation could overestimate the perturbative uncertainties. We supplement the analysis with a test that quantifies the convergence rate of each perturbative series by a single number. We find that this convergence test allows to determine an overall and average convergence rate that is characteristic for the series expansions of each moment, and to discard those series for which the convergence rate is significantly worse. We obtain mc(mc) = 1.288 +- 0.020 GeV from the vector correlator. The method is also applied to the extraction of the MS-bar bottom quark mass from the vector correlator. We compute the experimental moments including a modeling uncertainty associated to the continuum region where no data is available. We obtain mb(mb) = 4.176 +- 0.023 GeV.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Apr 2015 20:01:09 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 1 Sep 2015 10:06:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-09-02
[ [ "Dehnadi", "Bahman", "" ], [ "Hoang", "Andre H.", "" ], [ "Mateu", "Vicent", "" ] ]
We present new determinations of the MS-bar charm quark mass using relativistic QCD sum rules at O(alpha_s^3) from the moments of the vector and the pseudoscalar current correlators. We use available experimental measurements from e+e- collisions and lattice simulation results, respectively. Our analysis of the theoretical uncertainties is based on different implementations of the perturbative series and on independent variations of the renormalization scales for the mass and the strong coupling. Taking into account the resulting set of series to estimate perturbative uncertainties is crucial, since some ways to treat the perturbative expansion can exhibit extraordinarily small scale dependence when the two scales are set equal. As an additional refinement, we address the issue that double scale variation could overestimate the perturbative uncertainties. We supplement the analysis with a test that quantifies the convergence rate of each perturbative series by a single number. We find that this convergence test allows to determine an overall and average convergence rate that is characteristic for the series expansions of each moment, and to discard those series for which the convergence rate is significantly worse. We obtain mc(mc) = 1.288 +- 0.020 GeV from the vector correlator. The method is also applied to the extraction of the MS-bar bottom quark mass from the vector correlator. We compute the experimental moments including a modeling uncertainty associated to the continuum region where no data is available. We obtain mb(mb) = 4.176 +- 0.023 GeV.
2208.05048
Mohamed Jakha
R. Chahri, S. El Asri, S. Mouslih, M. Jakha, B. Manaut, S. Taj
Relativistic elastic scattering of a muon neutrino by an electron in an elliptically polarized laser field
14 pages, 10 figures, 1 Appendix
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137620
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Within the framework of electroweak theory, we investigate the elastic scattering process $ e^{-} + \nu_{\mu} \rightarrow e^{-} + \nu_{\mu}$ in the presence of an intense elliptically polarized laser field. We derive an analytical expression for the spin-unpolarized differential cross section using the first Born approximation and the Dirac-Volkov states to describe the incident and scattered electrons. Our results generalize those found for the linearly polarized field by Bai \textit{et al.} [Phys. Rev. A \textbf{85}, 013402 (2012)] and for the circularly polarized field by El Asri \textit{et al.} [Phys. Rev. D \textbf{104}, 113001 (2021)]. We find that the differential cross section is significantly enhanced for linear polarization and reduced for circular and elliptical polarizations.
[ { "created": "Tue, 9 Aug 2022 21:36:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-12-28
[ [ "Chahri", "R.", "" ], [ "Asri", "S. El", "" ], [ "Mouslih", "S.", "" ], [ "Jakha", "M.", "" ], [ "Manaut", "B.", "" ], [ "Taj", "S.", "" ] ]
Within the framework of electroweak theory, we investigate the elastic scattering process $ e^{-} + \nu_{\mu} \rightarrow e^{-} + \nu_{\mu}$ in the presence of an intense elliptically polarized laser field. We derive an analytical expression for the spin-unpolarized differential cross section using the first Born approximation and the Dirac-Volkov states to describe the incident and scattered electrons. Our results generalize those found for the linearly polarized field by Bai \textit{et al.} [Phys. Rev. A \textbf{85}, 013402 (2012)] and for the circularly polarized field by El Asri \textit{et al.} [Phys. Rev. D \textbf{104}, 113001 (2021)]. We find that the differential cross section is significantly enhanced for linear polarization and reduced for circular and elliptical polarizations.
1208.2212
Jae Sik Lee
J. S. Lee, M. Carena, J. Ellis, A. Pilaftsis and C. E. M. Wagner
CPsuperH2.3: an Updated Tool for Phenomenology in the MSSM with Explicit CP Violation
31 pages, 10 eps figures, 7 tables; H to Z gamma and SM BRs included; To appear in CPC; Typos in Eq.(A.2) corrected;The program may be obtained from http://www.hep.man.ac.uk/u/jslee/CPsuperH.html, or by contacting the first author at jslee@jnu.ac.kr; A comment added after Eq.(15) and a typo in Eq.(A.4) corrected
null
10.1016/j.cpc.2012.11.006
FERMILAB-PUB-12-466-T; ANL-HEP-PR-12-58; EFI-12-20; MAN/HEP/2012/11; KCL-PH-TH/2012-30; LCTS/2012-15; CERN-PH-TH/2012-195; CNU-HEP-12-01
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We describe the Fortran code CPsuperH2.3, which incorporates the following updates compared with its predecessor CPsuperH2.0. It implements improved calculations of the Higgs-boson masses and mixing including stau contributions and finite threshold effects on the tau-lepton Yukawa coupling. It incorporates the LEP limits on the processes e^+ e^- to H_i Z, H_i H_j and the CMS limits on H_i to tau^+ tau^- obtained from 4.6/fb of data at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. It also includes the decay mode H_i to Z gamma and the Schiff-moment contributions to the electric dipole moments of Mercury and Radium225, with several calculational options for the case of Mercury. These additions make CPsuperH2.3 a suitable tool for analyzing possible CP-violating effects in the MSSM in the era of the LHC and a new generation of EDM experiments
[ { "created": "Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:29:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:00:10 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:55:41 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:01:32 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2015-06-11
[ [ "Lee", "J. S.", "" ], [ "Carena", "M.", "" ], [ "Ellis", "J.", "" ], [ "Pilaftsis", "A.", "" ], [ "Wagner", "C. E. M.", "" ] ]
We describe the Fortran code CPsuperH2.3, which incorporates the following updates compared with its predecessor CPsuperH2.0. It implements improved calculations of the Higgs-boson masses and mixing including stau contributions and finite threshold effects on the tau-lepton Yukawa coupling. It incorporates the LEP limits on the processes e^+ e^- to H_i Z, H_i H_j and the CMS limits on H_i to tau^+ tau^- obtained from 4.6/fb of data at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. It also includes the decay mode H_i to Z gamma and the Schiff-moment contributions to the electric dipole moments of Mercury and Radium225, with several calculational options for the case of Mercury. These additions make CPsuperH2.3 a suitable tool for analyzing possible CP-violating effects in the MSSM in the era of the LHC and a new generation of EDM experiments
hep-ph/9905501
Dongsheng Liu
R. Delbourgo, Dongsheng Liu and M.D. Scadron
Meson PVV Interactions are determined by Quark Loops
21 pages, Revtex, one figure
Int.J.Mod.Phys.A14:4331-4346,1999
10.1142/S0217751X99002049
UTAS-PHYS-98-24
hep-ph
null
We show that all abnormal parity three-body meson interactions can be adequately described by quark loops, evaluated at zero external momentum, with couplings determined by $U(N_f)$ symmetry. We focus primarily on radiative meson decays which involve one pseudoscalar. The agreement with experiment for non-rare decays is surprisingly good and requires very few parameters, namely the coupling constants $g_{\pi qq}$ and $g_{\rho qq}$ and some mixing angles. This agreement extends to some three-body decays that are dominated by pion pairs in a P-wave state.
[ { "created": "Thu, 27 May 1999 07:47:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Delbourgo", "R.", "" ], [ "Liu", "Dongsheng", "" ], [ "Scadron", "M. D.", "" ] ]
We show that all abnormal parity three-body meson interactions can be adequately described by quark loops, evaluated at zero external momentum, with couplings determined by $U(N_f)$ symmetry. We focus primarily on radiative meson decays which involve one pseudoscalar. The agreement with experiment for non-rare decays is surprisingly good and requires very few parameters, namely the coupling constants $g_{\pi qq}$ and $g_{\rho qq}$ and some mixing angles. This agreement extends to some three-body decays that are dominated by pion pairs in a P-wave state.
1105.1346
Yacine Mehtar-Tani
Yacine Mehtar-Tani, Konrad Tywoniuk
Jet coherence in QCD media: the antenna radiation spectrum
15 pages, 2 figures, paper shortened and partly rewritten, references added, results unchanged
null
10.1007/JHEP01(2013)031
LU-TP 11-19
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the radiation of a highly energetic partonic antenna in a colored state traversing a dense QCD medium. Resumming multiple scatterings of all involved constituents with the medium we derive the general gluon spectrum which encompasses both longitudinal color coherence between scattering centers in the medium, responsible for the well known Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal (LPM) effect, and transverse color coherence between partons inside a jet, leading, in vacuum, to angular ordering of the parton shower. We discuss shortly the onset of transverse decoherence which is reached in opaque media. In this regime, the spectrum consists of independent radiation off the antenna constituents.
[ { "created": "Fri, 6 May 2011 18:11:52 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:59:33 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-05-28
[ [ "Mehtar-Tani", "Yacine", "" ], [ "Tywoniuk", "Konrad", "" ] ]
We study the radiation of a highly energetic partonic antenna in a colored state traversing a dense QCD medium. Resumming multiple scatterings of all involved constituents with the medium we derive the general gluon spectrum which encompasses both longitudinal color coherence between scattering centers in the medium, responsible for the well known Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal (LPM) effect, and transverse color coherence between partons inside a jet, leading, in vacuum, to angular ordering of the parton shower. We discuss shortly the onset of transverse decoherence which is reached in opaque media. In this regime, the spectrum consists of independent radiation off the antenna constituents.
1112.0219
Toshihiko Ota
Lorenzo Calibbi, Toshihiko Ota, Yasutaka Takanishi
Light neutralino in the MSSM: An update with the latest LHC results
4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the conference proceedings of TAUP 2011, Munich Germany, 5-9 September 2011
null
10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/012041
MPP-2011-144
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the scenario of light neutralino dark matter in the minimal supersymmetric standard model, which is motivated by the results of some of the direct detection experiments --- DAMA, CoGENT, and CRESST. We update our previous analysis with the latest results of the LHC. We show that new LHC constraints disfavour the parameter region that can reproduce the results of DAMA and CoGENT.
[ { "created": "Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:56:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:10:50 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-03
[ [ "Calibbi", "Lorenzo", "" ], [ "Ota", "Toshihiko", "" ], [ "Takanishi", "Yasutaka", "" ] ]
We discuss the scenario of light neutralino dark matter in the minimal supersymmetric standard model, which is motivated by the results of some of the direct detection experiments --- DAMA, CoGENT, and CRESST. We update our previous analysis with the latest results of the LHC. We show that new LHC constraints disfavour the parameter region that can reproduce the results of DAMA and CoGENT.
2211.02171
Hesham El Faham
Hesham El Faham, Andrea Giammanco, and Jan Hajer
Exploiting exotic LHC datasets for long-lived new particle searches
v2: version accepted by JHEP. 23 pages with tables and figures
null
10.1007/JHEP12(2022)123
null
hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Motivated by the expectation that new physics may manifest itself in the form of very heavy new particles, most of the operation time of the LHC is devoted to $pp$ collisions at the highest achievable energies and collision rates. The large collision rates imply tight trigger requirements that include high thresholds on the final-state particles' transverse momenta $p_{T}$ and an intrinsic background in the form of particle pileup produced by different collisions occurring during the same bunch crossing. This strategy is potentially sub-optimal for several well-motivated new physics models where new particles are not particularly heavy and can escape the online selection criteria of the multi-purpose LHC experiments due to their light mass and small coupling. A solution may be offered by complementary datasets that are routinely collected by the LHC experiments. These include heavy ion collisions, low-pileup runs for precision physics, and the so-called 'parking' and 'scouting' datasets. While some of them are motivated by other physics goals, they all have the usage of mild $p_{T}$ thresholds at the trigger-level in common. In this study, we assess the relative merits of these datasets for a representative model whose particular clean signature features long-lived resonances yielding displaced dimuon vertices. We compare the reach across those datasets for a simple analysis, simulating LHC data in Run 2 and Run 3 conditions with the Delphes simulation. We show that the scouting and parking datasets, which afford low-$p_{T}$ trigger thresholds by only using partial detector information and delaying the event reconstruction, respectively, have a reach comparable to the standard $pp$ dataset with conventional thresholds. We also show that heavy ion and low-pileup datasets are far less competitive for this signature.
[ { "created": "Thu, 3 Nov 2022 22:51:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 2 Jan 2023 18:29:22 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-01-03
[ [ "Faham", "Hesham El", "" ], [ "Giammanco", "Andrea", "" ], [ "Hajer", "Jan", "" ] ]
Motivated by the expectation that new physics may manifest itself in the form of very heavy new particles, most of the operation time of the LHC is devoted to $pp$ collisions at the highest achievable energies and collision rates. The large collision rates imply tight trigger requirements that include high thresholds on the final-state particles' transverse momenta $p_{T}$ and an intrinsic background in the form of particle pileup produced by different collisions occurring during the same bunch crossing. This strategy is potentially sub-optimal for several well-motivated new physics models where new particles are not particularly heavy and can escape the online selection criteria of the multi-purpose LHC experiments due to their light mass and small coupling. A solution may be offered by complementary datasets that are routinely collected by the LHC experiments. These include heavy ion collisions, low-pileup runs for precision physics, and the so-called 'parking' and 'scouting' datasets. While some of them are motivated by other physics goals, they all have the usage of mild $p_{T}$ thresholds at the trigger-level in common. In this study, we assess the relative merits of these datasets for a representative model whose particular clean signature features long-lived resonances yielding displaced dimuon vertices. We compare the reach across those datasets for a simple analysis, simulating LHC data in Run 2 and Run 3 conditions with the Delphes simulation. We show that the scouting and parking datasets, which afford low-$p_{T}$ trigger thresholds by only using partial detector information and delaying the event reconstruction, respectively, have a reach comparable to the standard $pp$ dataset with conventional thresholds. We also show that heavy ion and low-pileup datasets are far less competitive for this signature.
1002.0227
Andreas Crivellin
Andreas Crivellin and Jennifer Girrbach
Constraining the MSSM sfermion mass matrices with light fermion masses
12 pages, 10 figures
Phys.Rev.D81:076001,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.076001
TTP10-11
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the finite supersymmetric loop corrections to fermion masses and mixing matrices in the generic MSSM. In this context the effects of non-decoupling chirally-enhanced self-energies are studied beyond leading order in perturbation theory. These NLO corrections are not only necessary for the renormalization of the CKM matrix to be unitary, they are also numerically important for the light fermion masses. Focusing on the tri-linear A-terms with generic flavor-structure we derive very strong bounds on the chirality-changing mass insertions delta^{f\,LR,RL}_{IJ} by applying 't Hooft's naturalness criterion. In particular, the NLO corrections to the up quark mass allow us to constrain the unbounded element delta^{u\,RL}_{13} if at the same time $\delta^{u\,LR}_{13}$ is unequal to zero. Our result is important for single-top production at the LHC.
[ { "created": "Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:56:40 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:58:37 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-03-13
[ [ "Crivellin", "Andreas", "" ], [ "Girrbach", "Jennifer", "" ] ]
We study the finite supersymmetric loop corrections to fermion masses and mixing matrices in the generic MSSM. In this context the effects of non-decoupling chirally-enhanced self-energies are studied beyond leading order in perturbation theory. These NLO corrections are not only necessary for the renormalization of the CKM matrix to be unitary, they are also numerically important for the light fermion masses. Focusing on the tri-linear A-terms with generic flavor-structure we derive very strong bounds on the chirality-changing mass insertions delta^{f\,LR,RL}_{IJ} by applying 't Hooft's naturalness criterion. In particular, the NLO corrections to the up quark mass allow us to constrain the unbounded element delta^{u\,RL}_{13} if at the same time $\delta^{u\,LR}_{13}$ is unequal to zero. Our result is important for single-top production at the LHC.
hep-ph/0004121
Oleg V. Pavlovsky
O. V. Pavlovsky
A finite-energy solution in Yang-Mills theory and quantum fluctuations
7 pages (LaTeX), 2 .eps figures, minor corrections and additions
Phys.Lett. B485 (2000) 151
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00673-0
null
hep-ph
null
A finite-energy solution of Yang-Mills theory with a nonstandard lagrangian is provided. Properties of these solution are studied and also a possible physical interpretation is given.
[ { "created": "Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:53:34 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 5 Jul 2000 13:58:33 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Pavlovsky", "O. V.", "" ] ]
A finite-energy solution of Yang-Mills theory with a nonstandard lagrangian is provided. Properties of these solution are studied and also a possible physical interpretation is given.
hep-ph/0209078
Haitham Zaraket
Haitham Zaraket (University of Winnipeg)
$\gamma$-Radiation of thermalized Quark-Gluon-Plasma
6 pages, 2 ps figures, Contribution to the Proceedings of "Quark Matter 2002", Nantes, France, 18-24 Jul 2002
Nucl.Phys. A715 (2003) 713-716
10.1016/S0375-9474(02)01473-2
null
hep-ph
null
Long time ago, photon production was proposed as a probe and a thermometer for Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). However, only recently has the complete $\alpha_s$ order photon spectrum been obtained. In this paper we give a brief review of the problematic as well as discuss the ${\cal O}(\alpha_s)$ result.
[ { "created": "Fri, 6 Sep 2002 20:55:08 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Zaraket", "Haitham", "", "University of Winnipeg" ] ]
Long time ago, photon production was proposed as a probe and a thermometer for Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). However, only recently has the complete $\alpha_s$ order photon spectrum been obtained. In this paper we give a brief review of the problematic as well as discuss the ${\cal O}(\alpha_s)$ result.
hep-ph/0106265
National Center for Physics
Fayyazuddin
The decays \bar{B}->\bar{K}D and \bar{B}-> \bar{K}\bar{D} and final state interactions
7 pages, RevTeX
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
The decays \bar{B}-> \bar{K}D and \bar{B}-> \bar{K}\bar{D} taking into account final state interactions are discussed. These decays are described by four strong phases \delta_0,\delta_1,\bar{\delta}_0,\bar{\delta}_1 (subscripts 0 and 1 refers to I=0 and I=1 final states), one weak phase \gamma and four real amplitudes. It is argued that strong interaction dynamics implies \bar{\delta}_1=0,\delta_0=-\delta_1. Rescattering has significant effects on weak amplitudes. Taking into account, rescattering, we find that direct CP--violating asymmetry in these decays may lie in the range \mp 0.023\sin \gamma \leq \QTR{cal}{A}_{1,2}\leq \mp 0.086\sin \gamma.
[ { "created": "Sun, 24 Jun 2001 17:43:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Fayyazuddin", "", "" ] ]
The decays \bar{B}-> \bar{K}D and \bar{B}-> \bar{K}\bar{D} taking into account final state interactions are discussed. These decays are described by four strong phases \delta_0,\delta_1,\bar{\delta}_0,\bar{\delta}_1 (subscripts 0 and 1 refers to I=0 and I=1 final states), one weak phase \gamma and four real amplitudes. It is argued that strong interaction dynamics implies \bar{\delta}_1=0,\delta_0=-\delta_1. Rescattering has significant effects on weak amplitudes. Taking into account, rescattering, we find that direct CP--violating asymmetry in these decays may lie in the range \mp 0.023\sin \gamma \leq \QTR{cal}{A}_{1,2}\leq \mp 0.086\sin \gamma.
hep-ph/0301203
Marco Aurelio Diaz
Andrew G. Akeroyd and Marco A. Diaz
Searching for a light Fermiophobic Higgs Boson at the Tevatron
15 pages, including 5 eps-figures
Phys.Rev. D67 (2003) 095007
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.095007
KIAS-P02032, UCCHEP/22-03
hep-ph
null
We propose new production mechanisms for light fermiophobic Higgs bosons ($h_f$) with suppressed couplings to vector bosons ($V$) at the Fermilab Tevatron. These mechanisms (e.g. $qq'\to H^\pm h_f$) are complementary to the conventional process $qq'\to Vh_f$, which suffers from a strong suppression of $1/\tan^2\beta$ in realistic models with a $h_f$. The new mechanisms extend the coverage at the Tevatron Run II to the larger $\tan\beta$ region, and offer the possibility of observing new event topologies with up to 4 photons.
[ { "created": "Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:25:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Akeroyd", "Andrew G.", "" ], [ "Diaz", "Marco A.", "" ] ]
We propose new production mechanisms for light fermiophobic Higgs bosons ($h_f$) with suppressed couplings to vector bosons ($V$) at the Fermilab Tevatron. These mechanisms (e.g. $qq'\to H^\pm h_f$) are complementary to the conventional process $qq'\to Vh_f$, which suffers from a strong suppression of $1/\tan^2\beta$ in realistic models with a $h_f$. The new mechanisms extend the coverage at the Tevatron Run II to the larger $\tan\beta$ region, and offer the possibility of observing new event topologies with up to 4 photons.
0802.3008
Altug Ozpineci
T. M. Aliev, K. Azizi, A. Ozpineci, M. Savci
Nucleon Electromagnetic Form Factors in QCD
21 pages, 7 figures
Phys.Rev.D77:114014,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.114014
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The nucleon electromagnetic form factors are calculated in light cone QCD sum rules framework using the most general form of the nucleon interpolating current. Using two forms of the distribution amplitudes (DA's), predictions for the form factors are presented and compared with existing experimental data. It is shown that our results describe remarkably well the existing experimental data.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:56:32 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:44:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Aliev", "T. M.", "" ], [ "Azizi", "K.", "" ], [ "Ozpineci", "A.", "" ], [ "Savci", "M.", "" ] ]
The nucleon electromagnetic form factors are calculated in light cone QCD sum rules framework using the most general form of the nucleon interpolating current. Using two forms of the distribution amplitudes (DA's), predictions for the form factors are presented and compared with existing experimental data. It is shown that our results describe remarkably well the existing experimental data.
hep-ph/0405223
Pedro Bicudo
P. Bicudo
The pomeron conjecture and two gluon glueballs
9 pages, 3 eps figures, uses enclosed frascatiphys.sty; talk at the Second PANDA Physics Workshop, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, March 2004 March 18-19, 2004
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
In this talk the pomeron conjecture is reviewed and constituent gluon models are derived. In a simple two-gluon glueball spectrum the pomeron trajectory and the daughter trajectories are computed. The open problems of two-gluon glueballs are discussed, including transversality and Yang's theorem, the spin tensor interactions, the structure of the string and decays. The related systems of charmed hybrids and of the gluelump are also addressed. To conclude, different aspects of glueballs that could be measured at PANDA are highlighted.
[ { "created": "Sun, 23 May 2004 16:40:53 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Bicudo", "P.", "" ] ]
In this talk the pomeron conjecture is reviewed and constituent gluon models are derived. In a simple two-gluon glueball spectrum the pomeron trajectory and the daughter trajectories are computed. The open problems of two-gluon glueballs are discussed, including transversality and Yang's theorem, the spin tensor interactions, the structure of the string and decays. The related systems of charmed hybrids and of the gluelump are also addressed. To conclude, different aspects of glueballs that could be measured at PANDA are highlighted.
hep-ph/9207243
Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss
COBE, Inflation, and Light Scalars
13 pages, no figs
null
null
YCTP-P21-92
hep-ph astro-ph
null
Comparison of theobservedanisotropy with that predicted iadiabaticDM models suggest that much of thserved signal may be due to long wavelenh gravitational waves. In inflationary models this requires the generation of tensor fluctuations to be at least comparable to scalar density fltuations. This i is feasible, but depends sensitively on the inflaton potential. Alternatively, isocurvature quantum fluctuations in an axion-like field could produce a quadrupole anisotropy proportional to the gravitational wave anisotropy,k independent of the inflaton potential. These could also produce large scale structure with more power on larger scales than their adiabatic counterparts.
[ { "created": "Thu, 16 Jul 1992 02:58:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Krauss", "Lawrence M.", "" ] ]
Comparison of theobservedanisotropy with that predicted iadiabaticDM models suggest that much of thserved signal may be due to long wavelenh gravitational waves. In inflationary models this requires the generation of tensor fluctuations to be at least comparable to scalar density fltuations. This i is feasible, but depends sensitively on the inflaton potential. Alternatively, isocurvature quantum fluctuations in an axion-like field could produce a quadrupole anisotropy proportional to the gravitational wave anisotropy,k independent of the inflaton potential. These could also produce large scale structure with more power on larger scales than their adiabatic counterparts.
2210.07846
Javier Mazzitelli
Stefano Catani, Simone Devoto, Massimiliano Grazzini, Stefan Kallweit, Javier Mazzitelli, Chiara Savoini
Higgs boson production in association with a top-antitop quark pair in next-to-next-to leading order QCD
8 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure. Version published on PRL
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.111902
TIF-UNIMI-2022-15, ZU-TH 46/22, MPP-2022-128, PSI-PR-22-30
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The associated production of a Higgs boson with a top-antitop quark pair is a crucial process at the LHC since it allows for a direct measurement of the top-quark Yukawa coupling. We present the computation of the radiative corrections to this process at the next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in QCD perturbation theory. This is the very first computation for a $2 \to 3$ process with massive coloured particles at this perturbative order. We develop a soft Higgs boson approximation for loop amplitudes, which enables us to reliably quantify the impact of the yet unknown two-loop contribution. At the centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV the NNLO corrections increase the next-to-leading order result for the total cross section by about 4% and lead to a significant reduction of perturbative uncertainties.
[ { "created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:15:15 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 8 Mar 2023 10:36:08 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-03-29
[ [ "Catani", "Stefano", "" ], [ "Devoto", "Simone", "" ], [ "Grazzini", "Massimiliano", "" ], [ "Kallweit", "Stefan", "" ], [ "Mazzitelli", "Javier", "" ], [ "Savoini", "Chiara", "" ] ]
The associated production of a Higgs boson with a top-antitop quark pair is a crucial process at the LHC since it allows for a direct measurement of the top-quark Yukawa coupling. We present the computation of the radiative corrections to this process at the next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in QCD perturbation theory. This is the very first computation for a $2 \to 3$ process with massive coloured particles at this perturbative order. We develop a soft Higgs boson approximation for loop amplitudes, which enables us to reliably quantify the impact of the yet unknown two-loop contribution. At the centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV the NNLO corrections increase the next-to-leading order result for the total cross section by about 4% and lead to a significant reduction of perturbative uncertainties.
1711.06718
George De Conto
G. De Conto, A. C. B. Machado, J. P. B. C. de Melo
The Higgs boson in the minimal 3-3-1 model
36 pages, 12 figures
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2018.07.056
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper we present the mass matrices and mass eigenstates for the CP-even neutral scalars in the minimal 331 model (m331) and its self-interactions, showing that the m331 automatically reproduces the Higgs potential of the Standard Model. We also present a method to generate numerical solutions for the quarks and leptons masses and their mixings, which we apply to study FCNC processes, being to calculate the contributions of all exotic neutral particles of the m331 to the mass differences in meson oscillations.
[ { "created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2017 20:29:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:09:01 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 7 Mar 2018 17:16:12 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2018-10-17
[ [ "De Conto", "G.", "" ], [ "Machado", "A. C. B.", "" ], [ "de Melo", "J. P. B. C.", "" ] ]
In this paper we present the mass matrices and mass eigenstates for the CP-even neutral scalars in the minimal 331 model (m331) and its self-interactions, showing that the m331 automatically reproduces the Higgs potential of the Standard Model. We also present a method to generate numerical solutions for the quarks and leptons masses and their mixings, which we apply to study FCNC processes, being to calculate the contributions of all exotic neutral particles of the m331 to the mass differences in meson oscillations.
1110.5452
Shigeki Matsumoto
Masahiro Ibe, Shigeki Matsumoto, and Tsutomu T. Yanagida
The GeV-scale dark matter with B-L asymmetry
16 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2012.01.032
null
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
One of important properties of dark matter is its stability. The U(1)$_{\rm B-L}$ gauge symmetry is the most attractive symmetry to guarantee the stability. Though the symmetry is expected to be broken at very high energy scale to account for tiny neutrino masses through the seesaw mechanism, the residual discrete symmetry of U(1)$_{\rm B-L}$ can stabilize the dark matter naturally. We prove that, when there is new physics connecting B$-$L charges of dark matter and standard model particles at the scale between the electroweak and the U(1)$_{\rm B-L}$ breaking, the mass of dark matter is definitely predicted to be (5--7)/$Q_{\rm DM}$ GeV ($Q_{DM}$ is the B$-$L charge of dark matter) independent not only of details of the new physics but also of its energy scale. We also show two attractive examples. First one is the scalar dark matter with the B$-$L charge of one, which turns out to be very consistent with current CoGeNT results. Another one is the fermionic dark matter having the B$-$L charge of one third, which is also attractive from the viewpoint of model building.
[ { "created": "Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:35:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-30
[ [ "Ibe", "Masahiro", "" ], [ "Matsumoto", "Shigeki", "" ], [ "Yanagida", "Tsutomu T.", "" ] ]
One of important properties of dark matter is its stability. The U(1)$_{\rm B-L}$ gauge symmetry is the most attractive symmetry to guarantee the stability. Though the symmetry is expected to be broken at very high energy scale to account for tiny neutrino masses through the seesaw mechanism, the residual discrete symmetry of U(1)$_{\rm B-L}$ can stabilize the dark matter naturally. We prove that, when there is new physics connecting B$-$L charges of dark matter and standard model particles at the scale between the electroweak and the U(1)$_{\rm B-L}$ breaking, the mass of dark matter is definitely predicted to be (5--7)/$Q_{\rm DM}$ GeV ($Q_{DM}$ is the B$-$L charge of dark matter) independent not only of details of the new physics but also of its energy scale. We also show two attractive examples. First one is the scalar dark matter with the B$-$L charge of one, which turns out to be very consistent with current CoGeNT results. Another one is the fermionic dark matter having the B$-$L charge of one third, which is also attractive from the viewpoint of model building.
1504.03248
Jenifer Nebreda
J.A. Carrasco, J. Nebreda, J.R. Pelaez and A.P. Szczepaniak
Dispersive calculation of complex Regge trajectories for the lightest $f_2$ resonances
8 pages, 4 figures
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2015.08.019
null
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We apply a recently developed dispersive formalism to calculate the Regge trajectories of the $f_2(1270)$ and $f_2'(1525)$ mesons. Trajectories are calculated, not fitted to a family of resonances. Assuming that these spin-2 resonances can be treated in the elastic approximation the only input are the pole position and residue of the resonances. In both cases, the predicted Regge trajectories are almost real and linear, with slopes in agreement with the universal value of order 1 GeV$^{-2}$.
[ { "created": "Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:30:49 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-09-30
[ [ "Carrasco", "J. A.", "" ], [ "Nebreda", "J.", "" ], [ "Pelaez", "J. R.", "" ], [ "Szczepaniak", "A. P.", "" ] ]
We apply a recently developed dispersive formalism to calculate the Regge trajectories of the $f_2(1270)$ and $f_2'(1525)$ mesons. Trajectories are calculated, not fitted to a family of resonances. Assuming that these spin-2 resonances can be treated in the elastic approximation the only input are the pole position and residue of the resonances. In both cases, the predicted Regge trajectories are almost real and linear, with slopes in agreement with the universal value of order 1 GeV$^{-2}$.
1801.10157
Patrick Schaefers
A. S. Belyaev, P. B. Schaefers, M. C. Thomas
Precise test of Higgs properties via triple Higgs production in VBF at future colliders
20 pages, 8 figures
Phys. Rev. D 99, 015030 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevD.99.015030
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
For certain classes of Beyond the Standard Model theories, including composite Higgs models, the coupling of the Higgs to gauge bosons can be different from the Standard Model one. In this case, the multi-boson production via vector boson fusion (VBF) can be hugely enhanced in comparison to the SM production one due to the lack of cancellation in longitudinal vector boson scattering. Among these processes, triple Higgs boson production in VBF plays a special role - its enhancement is especially spectacular due to the absence of background from transversely polarised vector bosons in the final state. While the rates from $pp\to jjhhh$ production in vector boson fusion are too low at the LHC and even at future 33 TeV $pp$ colliders, we have found that the 100 TeV $pp$ future circular collider (FCC) has the unique opportunity to probe the $hVV$ coupling far beyond the LHC sensitivity. We have evaluated the $pp\to jjhhh$ rates as a function of deviation from the $hVV$ coupling and have found that the background is much smaller than the signal for observable signal rates. We also found that the 100 TeV $pp$ FCC can probe the $hVV$ coupling up to the permille level, which is far beyond the LHC reach. These results highlight a special role of the $hhh$ VBF production and stress once more the importance of the 100 TeV $pp$ FCC.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-01-30
[ [ "Belyaev", "A. S.", "" ], [ "Schaefers", "P. B.", "" ], [ "Thomas", "M. C.", "" ] ]
For certain classes of Beyond the Standard Model theories, including composite Higgs models, the coupling of the Higgs to gauge bosons can be different from the Standard Model one. In this case, the multi-boson production via vector boson fusion (VBF) can be hugely enhanced in comparison to the SM production one due to the lack of cancellation in longitudinal vector boson scattering. Among these processes, triple Higgs boson production in VBF plays a special role - its enhancement is especially spectacular due to the absence of background from transversely polarised vector bosons in the final state. While the rates from $pp\to jjhhh$ production in vector boson fusion are too low at the LHC and even at future 33 TeV $pp$ colliders, we have found that the 100 TeV $pp$ future circular collider (FCC) has the unique opportunity to probe the $hVV$ coupling far beyond the LHC sensitivity. We have evaluated the $pp\to jjhhh$ rates as a function of deviation from the $hVV$ coupling and have found that the background is much smaller than the signal for observable signal rates. We also found that the 100 TeV $pp$ FCC can probe the $hVV$ coupling up to the permille level, which is far beyond the LHC reach. These results highlight a special role of the $hhh$ VBF production and stress once more the importance of the 100 TeV $pp$ FCC.
0806.3360
C. A. Dominguez
C. A. Dominguez
Electromagnetic Form Factors of Hadrons in Quantum Field Theories
Invited talk at the Sixth International Conference on Perspectives in Hadronic Physics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, May 2008
AIPConf.Proc.1056:23-30,2008
10.1063/1.3013047
UCT-TP-272/08
hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this talk, recent results are presented of calculations of electromagnetic form factors of hadrons in the framework of two quantum field theories (QFT), (a) Dual-Large $N_c$ QCD (Dual-$QCD_\infty$) for the pion, proton, and $\Delta(1236)$, and (b) the Kroll-Lee-Zumino (KLZ) fully renormalizable Abelian QFT for the pion form factor. Both theories provide a QFT platform to improve on naive (tree-level) Vector Meson Dominance (VMD). Dual-$QCD_\infty$ provides a tree-level improvement by incorporating an infinite number of zero-width resonances, which can be subsequently shifted from the real axis to account for the time-like behaviour of the form factors. The renormalizable KLZ model provides a QFT improvement of VMD in the framework of perturbation theory. Due to the relative mildness of the $\rho\pi\pi$ coupling, and the size of loop suppression factors, the perturbative expansion is well defined in spite of this being a strong coupling theory. Both approaches lead to considerable improvements of VMD predictions for electromagnetic form factors, in excellent agreement with data.
[ { "created": "Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:17:57 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Dominguez", "C. A.", "" ] ]
In this talk, recent results are presented of calculations of electromagnetic form factors of hadrons in the framework of two quantum field theories (QFT), (a) Dual-Large $N_c$ QCD (Dual-$QCD_\infty$) for the pion, proton, and $\Delta(1236)$, and (b) the Kroll-Lee-Zumino (KLZ) fully renormalizable Abelian QFT for the pion form factor. Both theories provide a QFT platform to improve on naive (tree-level) Vector Meson Dominance (VMD). Dual-$QCD_\infty$ provides a tree-level improvement by incorporating an infinite number of zero-width resonances, which can be subsequently shifted from the real axis to account for the time-like behaviour of the form factors. The renormalizable KLZ model provides a QFT improvement of VMD in the framework of perturbation theory. Due to the relative mildness of the $\rho\pi\pi$ coupling, and the size of loop suppression factors, the perturbative expansion is well defined in spite of this being a strong coupling theory. Both approaches lead to considerable improvements of VMD predictions for electromagnetic form factors, in excellent agreement with data.
hep-ph/0612308
Seiberg
Ofer Aharony and Nathan Seiberg
Naturalized and simplified gauge mediation
8 pages, minor changes
JHEP 0702:054,2007
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/02/054
null
hep-ph hep-th
null
Following recent developments in model building we construct a simple, natural and controllable model of gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking.
[ { "created": "Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:02:07 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:30:23 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Aharony", "Ofer", "" ], [ "Seiberg", "Nathan", "" ] ]
Following recent developments in model building we construct a simple, natural and controllable model of gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking.
0711.2902
C. Hanhart
Yu. S. Kalashnikova, A. E. Kudryavtsev, A. V. Nefediev, J. Haidenbauer, and C. Hanhart
Comment on "Once more about the KK molecule approach to the light scalars"
RevTeX, 4 pages. Version as published in comment section of Phys.Rev.D plus discussion of reply to this comment contained in arXiv:0806.2993
Phys.Rev.D78:058501,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.058501
FZJ-IKP-TH-2007-29
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this manuscript we comment on the criticism raised recently by Achasov and Kiselev [Phys. Rev. D 76, 077501 (2007)] on our work on the radiative decays phi to gamma a_0/f_0 [Eur. Phys. J. A 24, 437 (2005)]. Specifically, we demonstrate that their criticism relies on results that violate gauge-invariance and is therefore invalid.
[ { "created": "Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:48:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:02:29 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Kalashnikova", "Yu. S.", "" ], [ "Kudryavtsev", "A. E.", "" ], [ "Nefediev", "A. V.", "" ], [ "Haidenbauer", "J.", "" ], [ "Hanhart", "C.", "" ] ]
In this manuscript we comment on the criticism raised recently by Achasov and Kiselev [Phys. Rev. D 76, 077501 (2007)] on our work on the radiative decays phi to gamma a_0/f_0 [Eur. Phys. J. A 24, 437 (2005)]. Specifically, we demonstrate that their criticism relies on results that violate gauge-invariance and is therefore invalid.
hep-ph/0606051
Thomas G. Rizzo
Thomas G. Rizzo
Noncommutative Inspired Black Holes in Extra Dimensions
30 pages, 12 figures; slight text modifications and references added
JHEP 0609 (2006) 021
10.1088/1126-6708/2006/09/021
SLAC-PUB-11864
hep-ph gr-qc hep-th
null
In a recent string theory motivated paper, Nicolini, Smailagic and Spallucci (NSS) presented an interesting model for a noncommutative inspired, Schwarzschild-like black hole solution in 4-dimensions. The essential effect of having noncommutative co-ordinates in this approach is to smear out matter distributions on a scale associated with the turn-on of noncommutativity which was taken to be near the 4-d Planck mass. In particular, NSS took this smearing to be essentially Gaussian. This energy scale is sufficiently large that in 4-d such effects may remain invisible indefinitely. Extra dimensional models which attempt to address the gauge hierarchy problem, however, allow for the possibility that the effective fundamental scale may not be far from $\sim$ 1 TeV, an energy regime that will soon be probed by experiments at both the LHC and ILC. In this paper we generalize the NSS model to the case where flat, toroidally compactified extra dimensions are accessible at the Terascale and examine the resulting modifications in black hole properties due to the existence of noncommutativity. We show that while many of the noncommutativity-induced black hole features found in 4-d by NSS persist, in some cases there can be significant modifications due the presence of extra dimensions. We also demonstrate that the essential features of this approach are not particularly sensitive to the Gaussian nature of the smearing employed by NSS.
[ { "created": "Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:28:13 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:08:41 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Rizzo", "Thomas G.", "" ] ]
In a recent string theory motivated paper, Nicolini, Smailagic and Spallucci (NSS) presented an interesting model for a noncommutative inspired, Schwarzschild-like black hole solution in 4-dimensions. The essential effect of having noncommutative co-ordinates in this approach is to smear out matter distributions on a scale associated with the turn-on of noncommutativity which was taken to be near the 4-d Planck mass. In particular, NSS took this smearing to be essentially Gaussian. This energy scale is sufficiently large that in 4-d such effects may remain invisible indefinitely. Extra dimensional models which attempt to address the gauge hierarchy problem, however, allow for the possibility that the effective fundamental scale may not be far from $\sim$ 1 TeV, an energy regime that will soon be probed by experiments at both the LHC and ILC. In this paper we generalize the NSS model to the case where flat, toroidally compactified extra dimensions are accessible at the Terascale and examine the resulting modifications in black hole properties due to the existence of noncommutativity. We show that while many of the noncommutativity-induced black hole features found in 4-d by NSS persist, in some cases there can be significant modifications due the presence of extra dimensions. We also demonstrate that the essential features of this approach are not particularly sensitive to the Gaussian nature of the smearing employed by NSS.
1404.1003
P. S. Bhupal Dev
P. S. Bhupal Dev, Peter Millington, Apostolos Pilaftsis, Daniele Teresi
Flavour Covariant Transport Equations: an Application to Resonant Leptogenesis
109 pages, 14 figures, 5 tables; typos corrected; final published version
Nucl. Phys. B 886 (2014) 569-664
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2014.06.020
MAN/HEP/2014/01, IPPP/14/20, DCPT/14/40
hep-ph astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a fully flavour-covariant formalism for transport phenomena, by deriving Markovian master equations that describe the time-evolution of particle number densities in a statistical ensemble with arbitrary flavour content. As an application of this general formalism, we study flavour effects in a scenario of resonant leptogenesis (RL) and obtain the flavour-covariant evolution equations for heavy-neutrino and lepton number densities. This provides a complete and unified description of RL, capturing three distinct physical phenomena: (i) the resonant mixing between the heavy-neutrino states, (ii) coherent oscillations between different heavy-neutrino flavours, and (iii) quantum decoherence effects in the charged-lepton sector. To illustrate the importance of this formalism, we numerically solve the flavour-covariant rate equations for a minimal RL model and show that the total lepton asymmetry can be enhanced by up to one order of magnitude, as compared to that obtained from flavour-diagonal or partially flavour off-diagonal rate equations. Thus, the viable RL model parameter space is enlarged, thereby enhancing further the prospects of probing a common origin of neutrino masses and the baryon asymmetry in the Universe at the LHC, as well as in low-energy experiments searching for lepton flavour and number violation. The key new ingredients in our flavour-covariant formalism are rank-4 rate tensors, which are required for the consistency of our flavour-mixing treatment, as shown by an explicit calculation of the relevant transition amplitudes by generalizing the optical theorem. We also provide a geometric and physical interpretation of the heavy-neutrino degeneracy limits in the minimal RL scenario. Finally, we comment on the consistency of various suggested forms for the heavy-neutrino self-energy regulator in the lepton-number conserving limit.
[ { "created": "Thu, 3 Apr 2014 16:53:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 25 Apr 2014 18:03:25 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:51:36 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:59:52 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2015-04-28
[ [ "Dev", "P. S. Bhupal", "" ], [ "Millington", "Peter", "" ], [ "Pilaftsis", "Apostolos", "" ], [ "Teresi", "Daniele", "" ] ]
We present a fully flavour-covariant formalism for transport phenomena, by deriving Markovian master equations that describe the time-evolution of particle number densities in a statistical ensemble with arbitrary flavour content. As an application of this general formalism, we study flavour effects in a scenario of resonant leptogenesis (RL) and obtain the flavour-covariant evolution equations for heavy-neutrino and lepton number densities. This provides a complete and unified description of RL, capturing three distinct physical phenomena: (i) the resonant mixing between the heavy-neutrino states, (ii) coherent oscillations between different heavy-neutrino flavours, and (iii) quantum decoherence effects in the charged-lepton sector. To illustrate the importance of this formalism, we numerically solve the flavour-covariant rate equations for a minimal RL model and show that the total lepton asymmetry can be enhanced by up to one order of magnitude, as compared to that obtained from flavour-diagonal or partially flavour off-diagonal rate equations. Thus, the viable RL model parameter space is enlarged, thereby enhancing further the prospects of probing a common origin of neutrino masses and the baryon asymmetry in the Universe at the LHC, as well as in low-energy experiments searching for lepton flavour and number violation. The key new ingredients in our flavour-covariant formalism are rank-4 rate tensors, which are required for the consistency of our flavour-mixing treatment, as shown by an explicit calculation of the relevant transition amplitudes by generalizing the optical theorem. We also provide a geometric and physical interpretation of the heavy-neutrino degeneracy limits in the minimal RL scenario. Finally, we comment on the consistency of various suggested forms for the heavy-neutrino self-energy regulator in the lepton-number conserving limit.
1506.08688
Riccardo Torre
Andrea Thamm, Riccardo Torre, Andrea Wulzer
A composite Heavy Vector Triplet in the ATLAS di-boson excess
6 pages, 1 table, 1 figure; v2: typos corrected, references added
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 221802 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.221802
DFPD-2015/TH/16, MITP/15-044
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Composite vector resonances in the triplet of the SM SU$(2)_{L}$ gauge group are a universal prediction of "natural" new physics models involving a new strongly-interacting sector and are therefore among the most plausible new particles that the LHC could discover. We consider the possibility that one such triplet could account for the ATLAS excess in the invariant-mass spectrum of boson-tagged jets and we assess the compatibility of this hypothesis with all other relevant resonance searches. We find that the hypothesis is not excluded and that the predicted signal is close to the expected sensitivity of several channels, some of which show an upper fluctuation of the observed limit while others do not. An accurate study of the signal compatibility with these fluctuations could only be performed by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:41:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:15:39 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-12-02
[ [ "Thamm", "Andrea", "" ], [ "Torre", "Riccardo", "" ], [ "Wulzer", "Andrea", "" ] ]
Composite vector resonances in the triplet of the SM SU$(2)_{L}$ gauge group are a universal prediction of "natural" new physics models involving a new strongly-interacting sector and are therefore among the most plausible new particles that the LHC could discover. We consider the possibility that one such triplet could account for the ATLAS excess in the invariant-mass spectrum of boson-tagged jets and we assess the compatibility of this hypothesis with all other relevant resonance searches. We find that the hypothesis is not excluded and that the predicted signal is close to the expected sensitivity of several channels, some of which show an upper fluctuation of the observed limit while others do not. An accurate study of the signal compatibility with these fluctuations could only be performed by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations.
hep-ph/0406006
Troy Andre
Troy C. Andre
Radiative Corrections to K^0_{l3} Decays
Accepted in Annals of Physics; 16 pages, 8 figures; v3 contains minor text changes
AnnalsPhys.322:2518-2544,2007
10.1016/j.aop.2006.11.014
EFI-04-17
hep-ph
null
We calculate the long-distance radiative corrections \delta^e_{LD} and \delta^{\mu}_{LD} to the K^0 -> \pi^- e^+ \nu_e and the K^0 -> pi^- \mu^+ \nu_{\mu} decay rates. This analysis includes contributions to the long-distance radiative corrections from outside the kinematically-allowed three-body Dalitz region and tests the sensitivity of the radiative corrections to the hadronic K-pi form factors. A program, KLOR, was written to numerically evaluate the radiative corrections and to generate Monte Carlo events for experimental acceptance studies. The K^0_{e3} and the K^0_{\mu 3} long-distance radiative correction parameters are determined to be (1.3 +/- 0.3)% and (1.9 +/- 0.3)%, respectively. We also present predictions for the fraction of radiative K^0_{l3} events satisfying various requirements on final-state photon kinematics.
[ { "created": "Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:43:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:28:03 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 2 Dec 2006 02:43:10 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-09-29
[ [ "Andre", "Troy C.", "" ] ]
We calculate the long-distance radiative corrections \delta^e_{LD} and \delta^{\mu}_{LD} to the K^0 -> \pi^- e^+ \nu_e and the K^0 -> pi^- \mu^+ \nu_{\mu} decay rates. This analysis includes contributions to the long-distance radiative corrections from outside the kinematically-allowed three-body Dalitz region and tests the sensitivity of the radiative corrections to the hadronic K-pi form factors. A program, KLOR, was written to numerically evaluate the radiative corrections and to generate Monte Carlo events for experimental acceptance studies. The K^0_{e3} and the K^0_{\mu 3} long-distance radiative correction parameters are determined to be (1.3 +/- 0.3)% and (1.9 +/- 0.3)%, respectively. We also present predictions for the fraction of radiative K^0_{l3} events satisfying various requirements on final-state photon kinematics.
hep-ph/0210145
Piotr H. Chankowski
A.J. Buras (Munich), P.H. Chankowski (Warsaw), J. Rosiek (Munich and Warsaw) and L. Slawianowska (Warsaw)
$\Delta M_{d,s}$, $B^0_{d,s}\to\mu^+\mu^-$ and $B\to X_s\gamma$ in Supersymmetry at Large $\tan\beta$
86 pages, 10 postscript figures. Minor changes, some references added. Version to be published in Nuclear Physics B
Nucl.Phys.B659:3,2003
10.1016/S0550-3213(03)00190-1
TUM-HEP-479/02, IFT-02/34
hep-ph
null
We present an effective Lagrangian formalism for the calculation of flavour changing neutral and charged scalar currents in weak decays including $SU(2)\times U(1)$ symmetry breaking effects and the effects of the electroweak couplings $g_1$ and $g_2$. We apply this formalism to the MSSM with large $\tan\beta$ with the CKM matrix as the only source of flavour violation, heavy supersymmetric particles and light Higgs bosons. We give analytic formulae for the neutral and charged Higgs boson couplings to quarks including large $\tan\beta$ resummed corrections in the $SU(2) \times U(1)$ limit and demonstrate that these formulae can only be used for a semi-quantitative analysis. In particular they overestimate the effects of large $\tan\beta$ resummed corrections. We give also improved analytic formulae that reproduce the numerical results of the full approach within $5-10%$. We present for the first time the predictions for the branching ratios $B^0_{s,d}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ and the $B^0_{d,s}-\bar B^0_{d,s}$ mass differences $\Delta M_{d,s}$ that include simultaneously the resummed large $\tan\beta$ corrections, $SU(2)\times U(1)$ breaking effects and the effects of the electroweak couplings. We perform an anatomy of the correlation between the increase of the rates of the decays $B^0_{s,d}\to\mu^+\mu^-$ and the suppression of $\Delta M_s$, that for large $\tan\beta$ are caused by the enhanced flavour changing neutral Higgs couplings to down quarks. We take into account the constraint from $B\to X_s \gamma$ clarifying some points in the calculation of the large $\tan\beta$ enhanced corrections to this decay.
[ { "created": "Wed, 9 Oct 2002 15:10:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:33:48 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Buras", "A. J.", "", "Munich" ], [ "Chankowski", "P. H.", "", "Warsaw" ], [ "Rosiek", "J.", "", "Munich and\n Warsaw" ], [ "Slawianowska", "L.", "", "Warsaw" ] ]
We present an effective Lagrangian formalism for the calculation of flavour changing neutral and charged scalar currents in weak decays including $SU(2)\times U(1)$ symmetry breaking effects and the effects of the electroweak couplings $g_1$ and $g_2$. We apply this formalism to the MSSM with large $\tan\beta$ with the CKM matrix as the only source of flavour violation, heavy supersymmetric particles and light Higgs bosons. We give analytic formulae for the neutral and charged Higgs boson couplings to quarks including large $\tan\beta$ resummed corrections in the $SU(2) \times U(1)$ limit and demonstrate that these formulae can only be used for a semi-quantitative analysis. In particular they overestimate the effects of large $\tan\beta$ resummed corrections. We give also improved analytic formulae that reproduce the numerical results of the full approach within $5-10%$. We present for the first time the predictions for the branching ratios $B^0_{s,d}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ and the $B^0_{d,s}-\bar B^0_{d,s}$ mass differences $\Delta M_{d,s}$ that include simultaneously the resummed large $\tan\beta$ corrections, $SU(2)\times U(1)$ breaking effects and the effects of the electroweak couplings. We perform an anatomy of the correlation between the increase of the rates of the decays $B^0_{s,d}\to\mu^+\mu^-$ and the suppression of $\Delta M_s$, that for large $\tan\beta$ are caused by the enhanced flavour changing neutral Higgs couplings to down quarks. We take into account the constraint from $B\to X_s \gamma$ clarifying some points in the calculation of the large $\tan\beta$ enhanced corrections to this decay.
hep-ph/0302127
Michael Eides
Michael I. Eides (University of Kentucky, USA, and Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia), Howard Grotch (University of Kentucky, USA), and Valery A. Shelyuto (D. I. Mendeleev Institute of Metrology, Russia)
Three-Loop Radiative-Recoil Corrections to Hyperfine Splitting in Muonium
27 pages, 6 figures, 7 tables
Phys.Rev. D67 (2003) 113003
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.113003
UK/03-01
hep-ph physics.atom-ph
null
We calculate three-loop radiative-recoil corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium generated by the diagrams with the first order electron and muon polarization loop insertions in graphs with two exchanged photons. These corrections are enhanced by the large logarithm of the electron-muon mass ratio. The leading logarithm squared contribution was obtained a long time ago. Here we calculate the single-logarithmic and nonlogarithmic contributions. We previously calculated the three-loop radiative-recoil corrections generated by two-loop polarization insertions in the exchanged photons. The current paper therefore concludes calculation of all three-loop radiative-recoil corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium generated by diagrams with closed fermion loop insertions in the exchanged photons. The new results obtained here improve the theory of hyperfine splitting, and affect the value of the electron-muon mass ratio extracted from experimental data on the muonium hyperfine splitting.
[ { "created": "Sun, 16 Feb 2003 00:34:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Eides", "Michael I.", "", "University of Kentucky, USA, and Petersburg Nuclear\n Physics Institute, Russia" ], [ "Grotch", "Howard", "", "University of Kentucky, USA" ], [ "Shelyuto", "Valery A.", "", "D. I. Mendeleev Institute of Metrology, Russia" ] ]
We calculate three-loop radiative-recoil corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium generated by the diagrams with the first order electron and muon polarization loop insertions in graphs with two exchanged photons. These corrections are enhanced by the large logarithm of the electron-muon mass ratio. The leading logarithm squared contribution was obtained a long time ago. Here we calculate the single-logarithmic and nonlogarithmic contributions. We previously calculated the three-loop radiative-recoil corrections generated by two-loop polarization insertions in the exchanged photons. The current paper therefore concludes calculation of all three-loop radiative-recoil corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium generated by diagrams with closed fermion loop insertions in the exchanged photons. The new results obtained here improve the theory of hyperfine splitting, and affect the value of the electron-muon mass ratio extracted from experimental data on the muonium hyperfine splitting.
1404.5207
Yandong Liu
Zhaofeng Kang, Jinmian Li, Tianjun Li, Yandong Liu, Guo-Zhu Ning
Light Doubly Charged Higgs Boson via the $WW^*$ Channel at LHC
23 pages, 4 figures, typos fixed, references added, EPJC version
null
10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3774-1
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The doubly charged Higgs bosons $H^{\pm\pm}$ searches at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have been studied extensively and strong bound is available for $H^{\pm\pm}$ dominantly decaying into a pair of same-sign di-leptons. In this paper we point out that there is a large cavity in the light $H^{\pm\pm}$ mass region left unexcluded. In particular, $H^{\pm\pm}$ can dominantly decay into $WW$ or $WW^*$ (For instance, in the type-II seesaw mechanism the triplet acquires a vacuum expectation value around 1 GeV.), and then it is found that $H^{\pm\pm}$ with mass even below $2m_W$ remains untouched by the current collider searches. Searching for such a $H^{\pm\pm}$ at the LHC is the topic of this paper. We perform detailed signal and background simulation, especially including the non-prompt $t\bar{t}$ background which is the dominant one nevertheless ignored before. We show that such $H^{\pm\pm}$ should be observable at the 14 TeV LHC with 10-30 fb$^{-1}$ integrated luminosity.
[ { "created": "Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:23:58 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 22 Jul 2014 06:43:04 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:22:37 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2016-01-27
[ [ "Kang", "Zhaofeng", "" ], [ "Li", "Jinmian", "" ], [ "Li", "Tianjun", "" ], [ "Liu", "Yandong", "" ], [ "Ning", "Guo-Zhu", "" ] ]
The doubly charged Higgs bosons $H^{\pm\pm}$ searches at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have been studied extensively and strong bound is available for $H^{\pm\pm}$ dominantly decaying into a pair of same-sign di-leptons. In this paper we point out that there is a large cavity in the light $H^{\pm\pm}$ mass region left unexcluded. In particular, $H^{\pm\pm}$ can dominantly decay into $WW$ or $WW^*$ (For instance, in the type-II seesaw mechanism the triplet acquires a vacuum expectation value around 1 GeV.), and then it is found that $H^{\pm\pm}$ with mass even below $2m_W$ remains untouched by the current collider searches. Searching for such a $H^{\pm\pm}$ at the LHC is the topic of this paper. We perform detailed signal and background simulation, especially including the non-prompt $t\bar{t}$ background which is the dominant one nevertheless ignored before. We show that such $H^{\pm\pm}$ should be observable at the 14 TeV LHC with 10-30 fb$^{-1}$ integrated luminosity.
hep-ph/0005281
Shi-Lin Zhu
Shi-Lin Zhu, S.J. Puglia, B.R. Holstein and M. J. Ramsey-Musolf
Chiral Symmetry and the Parity-Violating $NN\pi$ Yukawa Coupling
RevTex, 26 pages + 5 PS figures
Phys.Rev. D63 (2001) 033006
10.1103/PhysRevD.63.033006
null
hep-ph hep-ex hep-lat nucl-ex nucl-th
null
We construct the complete SU(2) parity-violating (PV) $\pi, N, \Delta$ interaction Lagrangian with one derivative, and calculate the chiral corrections to the PV Yukawa $NN\pi$ coupling constant $h_\pi$ through ${\cal O}(1/\Lambda_\chi^3)$ in the leading order of heavy baryon expansion. We discuss the relationship between the renormalized $\hpi$, the measured value of $\hpi$, and the corresponding quantity calculated microscopically from the Standard Model four-quark PV interaction.
[ { "created": "Sun, 28 May 2000 22:56:34 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Zhu", "Shi-Lin", "" ], [ "Puglia", "S. J.", "" ], [ "Holstein", "B. R.", "" ], [ "Ramsey-Musolf", "M. J.", "" ] ]
We construct the complete SU(2) parity-violating (PV) $\pi, N, \Delta$ interaction Lagrangian with one derivative, and calculate the chiral corrections to the PV Yukawa $NN\pi$ coupling constant $h_\pi$ through ${\cal O}(1/\Lambda_\chi^3)$ in the leading order of heavy baryon expansion. We discuss the relationship between the renormalized $\hpi$, the measured value of $\hpi$, and the corresponding quantity calculated microscopically from the Standard Model four-quark PV interaction.
hep-ph/0007312
Maxim Kotsky
V.S. Fadin, R. Fiore, M.I. Kotsky
The Compatibility of the Gluon Reggeization with the s-channel Unitarity
11 pages
Phys.Lett. B494 (2000) 100-108
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01161-8
UNICAL-TH 00/2, Budker INP 2000-62
hep-ph
null
Recently the non-forward BFKL kernel for interaction of two Reggeized gluons in the antisymmetric colour octet state in the $t$-channel was obtained in the next-to-leading order. It gives the possibility to check in this order the bootstrap condition for this kernel, appearing as the requirement of the compatibility of gluon Reggeization with the $s$-channel unitarity.
[ { "created": "Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:31:21 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Fadin", "V. S.", "" ], [ "Fiore", "R.", "" ], [ "Kotsky", "M. I.", "" ] ]
Recently the non-forward BFKL kernel for interaction of two Reggeized gluons in the antisymmetric colour octet state in the $t$-channel was obtained in the next-to-leading order. It gives the possibility to check in this order the bootstrap condition for this kernel, appearing as the requirement of the compatibility of gluon Reggeization with the $s$-channel unitarity.
1410.0356
Kuver Sinha
Archana Anandakrishnan, Bibhushan Shakya, Kuver Sinha
Dark Matter at the Pseudoscalar Higgs Resonance in the pMSSM and SUSY GUTs
14 pages, 6 figures
Phys. Rev. D 91, 035029 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.91.035029
OHSTPY-HEP-T-14-005, MCTP-14-35
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study dark matter at the MSSM pseudoscalar Higgs resonance (A-funnel), which is one of the few remaining MSSM thermal dark matter candidates in the $100-1000$ GeV range safe from direct detection constraints. To illustrate the various factors at play, this study is performed in two contrasting set-ups: a bottom-up phenomenological MSSM (pMSSM) approach that allows significant freedom, and the top-down, highly constrained Yukawa unified $SO(10)$ GUT model. In the pMSSM, for $\mu > 0$, the entire parameter space lies above the coherent neutrino background and mostly within reach of XENON1T and LZ, while blind spots exist at $m_A\,> \, 800\,$GeV for $\mu < 0$; the strongest constraints come from $A/H \rightarrow \tau \tau$ searches at the LHC. For Yukawa unified models, the confluence of $B_s \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^-$ constraints, fits to the bottom quark and Higgs masses, and gluino mass bounds from the LHC result in a prediction: realizing the pseudoscalar resonance $requires$ gaugino mass non-universality, with a mass ratio that is determined to within a small range.
[ { "created": "Wed, 1 Oct 2014 20:00:02 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-03-05
[ [ "Anandakrishnan", "Archana", "" ], [ "Shakya", "Bibhushan", "" ], [ "Sinha", "Kuver", "" ] ]
We study dark matter at the MSSM pseudoscalar Higgs resonance (A-funnel), which is one of the few remaining MSSM thermal dark matter candidates in the $100-1000$ GeV range safe from direct detection constraints. To illustrate the various factors at play, this study is performed in two contrasting set-ups: a bottom-up phenomenological MSSM (pMSSM) approach that allows significant freedom, and the top-down, highly constrained Yukawa unified $SO(10)$ GUT model. In the pMSSM, for $\mu > 0$, the entire parameter space lies above the coherent neutrino background and mostly within reach of XENON1T and LZ, while blind spots exist at $m_A\,> \, 800\,$GeV for $\mu < 0$; the strongest constraints come from $A/H \rightarrow \tau \tau$ searches at the LHC. For Yukawa unified models, the confluence of $B_s \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^-$ constraints, fits to the bottom quark and Higgs masses, and gluino mass bounds from the LHC result in a prediction: realizing the pseudoscalar resonance $requires$ gaugino mass non-universality, with a mass ratio that is determined to within a small range.
hep-ph/0401141
Chun-Khiang Chua
Hai-Yang Cheng and Chun-Khiang Chua
Covariant Light-Front Approach for B to K* gamma, K_1 gamma, K*_2 gamma Decays
18 pages, 2 figures; to be published in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D69:094007,2004; Erratum-ibid.D81:059901,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.69.094007 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.059901
null
hep-ph hep-ex
null
Exclusive radiative B decays, B to K* gamma, K_1(1270) gamma, K_1(1400) gamma and K*_2(1430) gamma, are studied in the framework of a covariant light-front quark model. The tensor form factor T_1(q^2) at q^2=0, which is relevant to the decay B to K* gamma, is found to be 0.24, substantially smaller than what expected from the conventional light-front model or light-cone sum rules. Taking into account the sizable next-to-leading order (NLO) corrections, the calculated branching ratio of B to K* gamma agrees with experiment, while most of the existing models predict too large B to K* gamma compared to the data. The relative strength of B to K_1(1270) gamma and B to K_1(1400) gamma rates is very sensitive to the sign of the K_1(1270)-K_1(1400) mixing angle. Contrary to the other models in which K_1(1270) gamma and K_1(1400) gamma rates are predicted to be comparable, it is found that one of them is strongly suppressed owing to a large cancellation between two different form factor terms. The calculated branching ratio of B to K*_2 gamma is in a good agreement with experiment and this may imply the smallness of NLO corrections to this radiative decay mode.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:20:12 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:57:21 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Cheng", "Hai-Yang", "" ], [ "Chua", "Chun-Khiang", "" ] ]
Exclusive radiative B decays, B to K* gamma, K_1(1270) gamma, K_1(1400) gamma and K*_2(1430) gamma, are studied in the framework of a covariant light-front quark model. The tensor form factor T_1(q^2) at q^2=0, which is relevant to the decay B to K* gamma, is found to be 0.24, substantially smaller than what expected from the conventional light-front model or light-cone sum rules. Taking into account the sizable next-to-leading order (NLO) corrections, the calculated branching ratio of B to K* gamma agrees with experiment, while most of the existing models predict too large B to K* gamma compared to the data. The relative strength of B to K_1(1270) gamma and B to K_1(1400) gamma rates is very sensitive to the sign of the K_1(1270)-K_1(1400) mixing angle. Contrary to the other models in which K_1(1270) gamma and K_1(1400) gamma rates are predicted to be comparable, it is found that one of them is strongly suppressed owing to a large cancellation between two different form factor terms. The calculated branching ratio of B to K*_2 gamma is in a good agreement with experiment and this may imply the smallness of NLO corrections to this radiative decay mode.
0709.1022
Youichi Yamada
Youichi Yamada
b\to s\nu\bar{\nu} decay in the MSSM: Implication of b\to s\gamma at large tan beta
17 pages, references added, figures refined
Phys.Rev.D77:014025,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.014025
TU-796
hep-ph
null
The decay $b\to s\nu\bar{\nu}$ is discussed in the minimal supersymmetric standard model with general flavor mixing for squarks, at large $\tan\beta$. In this case, in addition to the chargino loop contributions which were analyzed in previously studies, $\tan\beta$-enhanced contributions from the gluino and charged Higgs boson loops might become sizable compared with the standard model contribution, at least in principle. However, it is demonstrated that the experimental bounds on the new physics contributions to the radiative decay $b\to s\gamma$ should strongly constrain these contributions to $b\to s\nu\bar{\nu}$, especially on the gluino contribution. We also briefly comment on a possible constraint from the $B_s\to\mu^+\mu^-$ decay.
[ { "created": "Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:43:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:59:42 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Yamada", "Youichi", "" ] ]
The decay $b\to s\nu\bar{\nu}$ is discussed in the minimal supersymmetric standard model with general flavor mixing for squarks, at large $\tan\beta$. In this case, in addition to the chargino loop contributions which were analyzed in previously studies, $\tan\beta$-enhanced contributions from the gluino and charged Higgs boson loops might become sizable compared with the standard model contribution, at least in principle. However, it is demonstrated that the experimental bounds on the new physics contributions to the radiative decay $b\to s\gamma$ should strongly constrain these contributions to $b\to s\nu\bar{\nu}$, especially on the gluino contribution. We also briefly comment on a possible constraint from the $B_s\to\mu^+\mu^-$ decay.
1606.06986
Sergio Pastor
Pablo F. de Salas, Sergio Pastor
Relic neutrino decoupling with flavour oscillations revisited
19 pages, 6 figures
JCAP 07 (2016) 051
10.1088/1475-7516/2016/07/051
IFIC/16-10, TTK-16-23
hep-ph astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the decoupling process of neutrinos in the early universe in the presence of three-flavour oscillations. The evolution of the neutrino spectra is found by solving the corresponding momentum-dependent kinetic equations for the neutrino density matrix, including for the first time the proper collision integrals for both diagonal and off-diagonal elements. This improved calculation modifies the evolution of the off-diagonal elements of the neutrino density matrix and changes the deviation from equilibrium of the frozen neutrino spectra. However, it does not vary the contribution of neutrinos to the cosmological energy density in the form of radiation, usually expressed in terms of the effective number of neutrinos, N_eff. We find a value of N_eff=3.045, in agreement with previous theoretical calculations and consistent with the latest analysis of Planck data. This result does not depend on the ordering of neutrino masses. We also consider the effect of non-standard neutrino-electron interactions (NSI), predicted in many theoretical models where neutrinos acquire mass. For two sets of NSI parameters allowed by present data, we find that N_eff can be reduced down to 3.040 or enhanced up to 3.059.
[ { "created": "Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:29:30 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-07-29
[ [ "de Salas", "Pablo F.", "" ], [ "Pastor", "Sergio", "" ] ]
We study the decoupling process of neutrinos in the early universe in the presence of three-flavour oscillations. The evolution of the neutrino spectra is found by solving the corresponding momentum-dependent kinetic equations for the neutrino density matrix, including for the first time the proper collision integrals for both diagonal and off-diagonal elements. This improved calculation modifies the evolution of the off-diagonal elements of the neutrino density matrix and changes the deviation from equilibrium of the frozen neutrino spectra. However, it does not vary the contribution of neutrinos to the cosmological energy density in the form of radiation, usually expressed in terms of the effective number of neutrinos, N_eff. We find a value of N_eff=3.045, in agreement with previous theoretical calculations and consistent with the latest analysis of Planck data. This result does not depend on the ordering of neutrino masses. We also consider the effect of non-standard neutrino-electron interactions (NSI), predicted in many theoretical models where neutrinos acquire mass. For two sets of NSI parameters allowed by present data, we find that N_eff can be reduced down to 3.040 or enhanced up to 3.059.
hep-ph/0301009
Antonio Lopez Maroto
J.A.R. Cembranos, A. Dobado, A. L. Maroto
Phenomenological implications of brane world scenarios with low tension
8 pages, LaTeX uses aipproc, 2 figures. Talk given by A. Dobado in the X Mexican School of Particles and Fields, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, 2002
AIPConf.Proc.670:235-242,2003
10.1063/1.1594340
null
hep-ph
null
The recent proposal of theories with compactified large extra dimensions is reviewed. We pay especial attention to brane world models with low tension where the only relevant degrees of freedom at low energies are the Standard Model (SM) particles and the branons, which are transversal brane oscillations. By using an effective Lagrangian, we study some phenomenological consequences of these scenarios in a model independent way.
[ { "created": "Fri, 3 Jan 2003 10:56:11 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Cembranos", "J. A. R.", "" ], [ "Dobado", "A.", "" ], [ "Maroto", "A. L.", "" ] ]
The recent proposal of theories with compactified large extra dimensions is reviewed. We pay especial attention to brane world models with low tension where the only relevant degrees of freedom at low energies are the Standard Model (SM) particles and the branons, which are transversal brane oscillations. By using an effective Lagrangian, we study some phenomenological consequences of these scenarios in a model independent way.
0801.2415
Gudrid Moortgat-Pick
G. Moortgat-Pick, I.R. Bailey, D.P. Barber, E. Baynham, A. Birch, T. Bradshaw, A. Brummitt, S. Carr, J.A. Clarke, P. Cooke, J.B. Dainton, T. Hartin, Y. Ivanyushenkov, L.J. Jenner, A. Lintern, L.I. Malysheva, O.B. Malyshev, J. Rochford, S. Riemann, A. Sch\"alicke, P. Schmid, D.J. Scott, A. Ushakov, L. Zang
Challenge of polarized beams at future colliders
5 pages, contribution to the proceedings of EPS07
J.Phys.Conf.Ser.110:112004,2008
10.1088/1742-6596/110/11/112004
COCKCROFT-07-22, IPPP/07/72, DCPT/07/144
hep-ph
null
A short overview about the potential of polarized beams at future colliders is given. In particular the baseline design for polarized beams at the ILC is presented and the physics case for polarized $e^-$ and $e^+$ is discussed. In order to fulfil the precision requirements spin tracking from the source to the interaction point is needed. Updates concerning the theoretical calculations as well as their implementation in simulation codes are reported.
[ { "created": "Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:28:09 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Moortgat-Pick", "G.", "" ], [ "Bailey", "I. R.", "" ], [ "Barber", "D. P.", "" ], [ "Baynham", "E.", "" ], [ "Birch", "A.", "" ], [ "Bradshaw", "T.", "" ], [ "Brummitt", "A.", "" ], [ "Carr", "S.", "" ], [ "Clarke", "J. A.", "" ], [ "Cooke", "P.", "" ], [ "Dainton", "J. B.", "" ], [ "Hartin", "T.", "" ], [ "Ivanyushenkov", "Y.", "" ], [ "Jenner", "L. J.", "" ], [ "Lintern", "A.", "" ], [ "Malysheva", "L. I.", "" ], [ "Malyshev", "O. B.", "" ], [ "Rochford", "J.", "" ], [ "Riemann", "S.", "" ], [ "Schälicke", "A.", "" ], [ "Schmid", "P.", "" ], [ "Scott", "D. J.", "" ], [ "Ushakov", "A.", "" ], [ "Zang", "L.", "" ] ]
A short overview about the potential of polarized beams at future colliders is given. In particular the baseline design for polarized beams at the ILC is presented and the physics case for polarized $e^-$ and $e^+$ is discussed. In order to fulfil the precision requirements spin tracking from the source to the interaction point is needed. Updates concerning the theoretical calculations as well as their implementation in simulation codes are reported.
hep-ph/9905404
David London
D. London, N. Sinha and R. Sinha
Can One Measure the Weak Phase of a Penguin Diagram?
20 pages, no figures
Phys.Rev. D60 (1999) 074020
10.1103/PhysRevD.60.074020
UdeM-GPP-TH-99-58, IMSc-99/-5/18
hep-ph
null
The b -> d penguin amplitude receives contributions from internal u, c and t-quarks. We show that it is impossible to measure the weak phase of any of these penguin contributions without theoretical input. However, it is possible to obtain the weak phase if one makes a single assumption involving the hadronic parameters. With such an assumption, one can test for the presence of new physics in the b -> d flavour-changing neutral current by comparing the weak phase of B_d^0-{\bar B}_d^0 mixing with that of the t-quark contribution to the b -> d penguin.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 May 1999 16:39:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "London", "D.", "" ], [ "Sinha", "N.", "" ], [ "Sinha", "R.", "" ] ]
The b -> d penguin amplitude receives contributions from internal u, c and t-quarks. We show that it is impossible to measure the weak phase of any of these penguin contributions without theoretical input. However, it is possible to obtain the weak phase if one makes a single assumption involving the hadronic parameters. With such an assumption, one can test for the presence of new physics in the b -> d flavour-changing neutral current by comparing the weak phase of B_d^0-{\bar B}_d^0 mixing with that of the t-quark contribution to the b -> d penguin.
2402.18901
Ulas Ozdem
U. \"Ozdem
Electromagnetic properties of $\Omega_{c}^0$ resonances via light-cone QCD
12 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-ex hep-lat
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We systematically study the electromagnetic properties of controversial states whose internal structure is not elucidated and we try to offer a different point of view to unravel the internal structure of these states. Inspired by the $\Omega_c$ states observed by the LHCb Collaboration, we study the electromagnetic properties of the $\Omega_c$ states as the compact diquark-diquark-antiquark pentaquarks with both $J^P = \frac{1}{2}^-$ and $J^P = \frac{3}{2}^-$ in the context of the QCD light-cone sum rule model. From the obtained numerical results, we conclude that the magnetic dipole moments of the $\Omega_c$ states can reflect their inner structures, which can be used to distinguish their spin-parity quantum numbers. Measuring the magnetic moment of the $\Omega_c$ states in future experimental facilities can be very helpful for understanding the internal organization and identifying the quantum numbers of these states.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Feb 2024 06:55:05 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 2 May 2024 10:09:10 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 6 Aug 2024 06:17:00 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2024-08-07
[ [ "Özdem", "U.", "" ] ]
We systematically study the electromagnetic properties of controversial states whose internal structure is not elucidated and we try to offer a different point of view to unravel the internal structure of these states. Inspired by the $\Omega_c$ states observed by the LHCb Collaboration, we study the electromagnetic properties of the $\Omega_c$ states as the compact diquark-diquark-antiquark pentaquarks with both $J^P = \frac{1}{2}^-$ and $J^P = \frac{3}{2}^-$ in the context of the QCD light-cone sum rule model. From the obtained numerical results, we conclude that the magnetic dipole moments of the $\Omega_c$ states can reflect their inner structures, which can be used to distinguish their spin-parity quantum numbers. Measuring the magnetic moment of the $\Omega_c$ states in future experimental facilities can be very helpful for understanding the internal organization and identifying the quantum numbers of these states.
hep-ph/0410303
Per Osland
B. K. Gjelsten, D. J. Miller, P. Osland
Measurement of SUSY masses via cascade decays for SPS 1a
57 pages, several figures, some of which should be viewed/printed in colour. v2: version accepted for publication
JHEP 0412:003,2004
10.1088/1126-6708/2004/12/003
ATL-PHYS-2004-029, Edinburgh 2004/12
hep-ph hep-ex
null
If R-parity conserving supersymmetry exists below the TeV-scale, new particles will be produced and decay in cascades at the LHC. The lightest supersymmetric particle will escape the detectors, thereby complicating the full reconstruction of the decay chains. In this paper we expand on existing methods for determining the masses of the particles in the cascade from endpoints of kinematical distributions. We perform scans in the mSUGRA parameter space to delimit the region where this method is applicable. From the examination of theoretical distributions for a wide selection of mass scenarios it is found that caution must be exerted when equating the theoretical endpoints with the experimentally obtainable ones. We provide analytic formulae for the masses in terms of the endpoints most readily available. Complications due to the composite nature of the endpoint expressions are discussed in relation to the detailed analysis of two points on the SPS~1a line. Finally we demonstrate how a Linear Collider measurement can improve dramatically on the precision of the masses obtained.
[ { "created": "Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:30:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:34:14 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-04-13
[ [ "Gjelsten", "B. K.", "" ], [ "Miller", "D. J.", "" ], [ "Osland", "P.", "" ] ]
If R-parity conserving supersymmetry exists below the TeV-scale, new particles will be produced and decay in cascades at the LHC. The lightest supersymmetric particle will escape the detectors, thereby complicating the full reconstruction of the decay chains. In this paper we expand on existing methods for determining the masses of the particles in the cascade from endpoints of kinematical distributions. We perform scans in the mSUGRA parameter space to delimit the region where this method is applicable. From the examination of theoretical distributions for a wide selection of mass scenarios it is found that caution must be exerted when equating the theoretical endpoints with the experimentally obtainable ones. We provide analytic formulae for the masses in terms of the endpoints most readily available. Complications due to the composite nature of the endpoint expressions are discussed in relation to the detailed analysis of two points on the SPS~1a line. Finally we demonstrate how a Linear Collider measurement can improve dramatically on the precision of the masses obtained.
hep-ph/9810259
Matthias Jamin
M. Jamin and A. Pich
Bottom quark mass from QCD sum rules for the Upsilon system
4 pages, 1 figure, Invited talk at the Euroconference QCD'98, Montpellier, July 1998
Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.74:300-303,1999
10.1016/S0920-5632(99)00182-6
HD-THEP-98-50, FTUV/98-75, IFIC/98-76
hep-ph
null
The talk presents an update of the bottom quark mass determination from QCD moment sum rules for the Upsilon system by the authors. Employing the MS_bar scheme, we find m_b(m_b) = 4.19 +- 0.06 GeV. The differences to our previous analysis will be discussed and we comment on the determination of the pole mass for the bottom quark.
[ { "created": "Tue, 6 Oct 1998 11:11:20 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-01-25
[ [ "Jamin", "M.", "" ], [ "Pich", "A.", "" ] ]
The talk presents an update of the bottom quark mass determination from QCD moment sum rules for the Upsilon system by the authors. Employing the MS_bar scheme, we find m_b(m_b) = 4.19 +- 0.06 GeV. The differences to our previous analysis will be discussed and we comment on the determination of the pole mass for the bottom quark.
1411.3300
Kuang-Ta Chao
H.S. Shao, H. Han, Y.Q. Ma, C. Meng, Y.J. Zhang, K.T. Chao
Yields and polarizations of prompt $\jpsi$ and $\psits$ production in hadronic collisions
Version published in JHEP, 17 pages, 8 figures
JHEP05 (2015) 103
null
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We give predictions of $\jpsi$ and $\psits$ yields and polarizations in prompt production at hadron colliders based on non-relativistic QCD factorization formula. We calculate short-distance coefficients of all important color-octet intermediate channels as well as color-singlet channels up to $\mathcal{O}(\alpha_S^4)$, i.e. next-to-leading order in $\alpha_S$. For prompt $\jpsi$ production, we also take into account feeddown contributions from $\chi_{cJ}$(J=0,1,2) and $\psits$ decays. Color-singlet long-distance matrix elements (LDMEs) are estimated by using potential model, and color-octet LDMEs are extracted by fitting the Tevatron yield data only. The predictions are satisfactory for both yields and polarizations of prompt $\jpsi$ and prompt $\psits$ production at the Tevatron and the LHC. In particular, we find our predictions for polarizations of prompt $\jpsi$ production have only a little difference from our previous predictions for polarizations of direct $\jpsi$ production.
[ { "created": "Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:06:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 1 Jun 2015 11:18:24 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-02
[ [ "Shao", "H. S.", "" ], [ "Han", "H.", "" ], [ "Ma", "Y. Q.", "" ], [ "Meng", "C.", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Y. J.", "" ], [ "Chao", "K. T.", "" ] ]
We give predictions of $\jpsi$ and $\psits$ yields and polarizations in prompt production at hadron colliders based on non-relativistic QCD factorization formula. We calculate short-distance coefficients of all important color-octet intermediate channels as well as color-singlet channels up to $\mathcal{O}(\alpha_S^4)$, i.e. next-to-leading order in $\alpha_S$. For prompt $\jpsi$ production, we also take into account feeddown contributions from $\chi_{cJ}$(J=0,1,2) and $\psits$ decays. Color-singlet long-distance matrix elements (LDMEs) are estimated by using potential model, and color-octet LDMEs are extracted by fitting the Tevatron yield data only. The predictions are satisfactory for both yields and polarizations of prompt $\jpsi$ and prompt $\psits$ production at the Tevatron and the LHC. In particular, we find our predictions for polarizations of prompt $\jpsi$ production have only a little difference from our previous predictions for polarizations of direct $\jpsi$ production.
1706.06402
Kasper Lang{\ae}ble
Frederik F. Hansen, Tadeusz Janowski, Kasper Langaeble, Robert B. Mann, Francesco Sannino, Tom G. Steele, Zhi-Wei Wang
Phase structure of complete asymptotically free SU($N_c$) theories with quarks and scalar quarks
37 pages, 16 figures, including several appendices
Phys. Rev. D 97, 065014 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.97.065014
CP3-Origins-2017-022 DNRF90, CERN-TH-2017-133
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We determine the phase diagram of complete asymptotically free SU($N_c$) gauge theories featuring $N_s$ complex scalars and $N_f$ Dirac quarks transforming according to the fundamental representation of the gauge group. The analysis is performed at the maximum known order in perturbation theory. We unveil a very rich dynamics and associated phase structure. Intriguingly we discover that the complete asymptotically free conditions guarantee that the infrared dynamics displays long distance conformality, and in a regime when perturbation theory is applicable. We conclude our analysis by determining the quantum corrected potential of the theory and summarising the possible patterns of radiative symmetry breaking. These theories are of potential phenomenological interest as either elementary or composite ultraviolet finite extensions of the Standard Model.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:10:51 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-03-28
[ [ "Hansen", "Frederik F.", "" ], [ "Janowski", "Tadeusz", "" ], [ "Langaeble", "Kasper", "" ], [ "Mann", "Robert B.", "" ], [ "Sannino", "Francesco", "" ], [ "Steele", "Tom G.", "" ], [ "Wang", "Zhi-Wei", "" ] ]
We determine the phase diagram of complete asymptotically free SU($N_c$) gauge theories featuring $N_s$ complex scalars and $N_f$ Dirac quarks transforming according to the fundamental representation of the gauge group. The analysis is performed at the maximum known order in perturbation theory. We unveil a very rich dynamics and associated phase structure. Intriguingly we discover that the complete asymptotically free conditions guarantee that the infrared dynamics displays long distance conformality, and in a regime when perturbation theory is applicable. We conclude our analysis by determining the quantum corrected potential of the theory and summarising the possible patterns of radiative symmetry breaking. These theories are of potential phenomenological interest as either elementary or composite ultraviolet finite extensions of the Standard Model.
1112.3956
Andreas Papaefstathiou
Andreas Papaefstathiou and Kazuki Sakurai
Determining the helicity structure of third generation resonances
40 pages, 36 figures. Version accepted for publication by JHEP
null
10.1007/JHEP06(2012)069
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We examine methods that have been proposed for determining the helicity structure of decays of new resonances to third generation quarks and/or leptons. We present analytical and semi-analytical predictions and assess the applicability of the relevant variables in realistic reconstruction scenarios using Monte Carlo-generated events, including the effects of QCD radiation and multiple parton interactions, combinatoric ambiguities and fast detector simulation.
[ { "created": "Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 2 Jul 2012 15:53:02 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2012-07-03
[ [ "Papaefstathiou", "Andreas", "" ], [ "Sakurai", "Kazuki", "" ] ]
We examine methods that have been proposed for determining the helicity structure of decays of new resonances to third generation quarks and/or leptons. We present analytical and semi-analytical predictions and assess the applicability of the relevant variables in realistic reconstruction scenarios using Monte Carlo-generated events, including the effects of QCD radiation and multiple parton interactions, combinatoric ambiguities and fast detector simulation.
2406.15506
Bernanda Telalovic
Bernanda Telalovic, Damiano F.G. Fiorillo, Pablo Mart\'inez-Mirav\'e, Edoardo Vitagliano, Mauricio Bustamante
The next galactic supernova can uncover mass and couplings of particles decaying to neutrinos
38 pages, 7 figures
null
null
null
hep-ph astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Many particles predicted by extensions of the Standard Model feature interactions with neutrinos, e.g., Majoron-like bosons $\phi$. If the mass of $\phi$ is larger than about 10 keV, they can be produced abundantly in the core of the next galactic core-collapse supernova through neutrino coalescence, and leave it with energies of around 100 MeV. Their subsequent decay to high-energy neutrinos and anti-neutrinos provides a distinctive signature at Earth. Ongoing and planned neutrino and dark matter experiments allow us to reconstruct the energy, flavor, and time of arrival of these high-energy neutrinos. For the first time, we show that these measurements can help pinpointing the mass of $\phi$ and its couplings to neutrinos of different flavor. Our results can be generalized in a straightforward manner to other hypothetical feebly interacting particles, like novel gauge bosons or heavy neutral leptons, that decay into neutrinos.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Jun 2024 18:00:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-06-25
[ [ "Telalovic", "Bernanda", "" ], [ "Fiorillo", "Damiano F. G.", "" ], [ "Martínez-Miravé", "Pablo", "" ], [ "Vitagliano", "Edoardo", "" ], [ "Bustamante", "Mauricio", "" ] ]
Many particles predicted by extensions of the Standard Model feature interactions with neutrinos, e.g., Majoron-like bosons $\phi$. If the mass of $\phi$ is larger than about 10 keV, they can be produced abundantly in the core of the next galactic core-collapse supernova through neutrino coalescence, and leave it with energies of around 100 MeV. Their subsequent decay to high-energy neutrinos and anti-neutrinos provides a distinctive signature at Earth. Ongoing and planned neutrino and dark matter experiments allow us to reconstruct the energy, flavor, and time of arrival of these high-energy neutrinos. For the first time, we show that these measurements can help pinpointing the mass of $\phi$ and its couplings to neutrinos of different flavor. Our results can be generalized in a straightforward manner to other hypothetical feebly interacting particles, like novel gauge bosons or heavy neutral leptons, that decay into neutrinos.
hep-ph/9407346
Alexander Ignatiev
A.Yu.Ignatiev and G.C.Joshi
Non-Zero Electric Charge of the Neutrino and the Solar Neutrino Problem
29 pages, UM-P/94-73, RCHEP-94/21, in REVTEX
Phys.Rev.D51:2411-2420,1995
10.1103/PhysRevD.51.2411
null
hep-ph astro-ph
null
It has recently been shown that the neutrino can have non-zero electric charge in a number of gauge theories, including the Minimal Standard Model. Assuming non-zero neutrino charge, we develop a new approach to the solar neutrino problem. The key idea is that the charged neutrinos will be deflected by the Lorentz force while they are crossing the solar magnetic fields. Such a deflection will result in the anisotropy of the solar neutrino flux. Because of this anisotropy, the solar neutrino flux registered on earth can be reduced as compared to the Standard Solar Model prediction. The mechanism is purely classical and does not require neutrino oscillations, spin-flip or neutrino decay. We discuss qualitatively the consequences of our scenario for present and future solar neutrino experiments as well as differences between our mechanism and other proposed solutions.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Jul 1994 03:04:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-07-19
[ [ "Ignatiev", "A. Yu.", "" ], [ "Joshi", "G. C.", "" ] ]
It has recently been shown that the neutrino can have non-zero electric charge in a number of gauge theories, including the Minimal Standard Model. Assuming non-zero neutrino charge, we develop a new approach to the solar neutrino problem. The key idea is that the charged neutrinos will be deflected by the Lorentz force while they are crossing the solar magnetic fields. Such a deflection will result in the anisotropy of the solar neutrino flux. Because of this anisotropy, the solar neutrino flux registered on earth can be reduced as compared to the Standard Solar Model prediction. The mechanism is purely classical and does not require neutrino oscillations, spin-flip or neutrino decay. We discuss qualitatively the consequences of our scenario for present and future solar neutrino experiments as well as differences between our mechanism and other proposed solutions.
1003.1041
Alexander Krikun
Alexander Krikun
Four-point correlator of vector currents and electric current susceptibility in holographic QCD
14 pages, 1 figure (v2: references added, typos corrected)
Phys.Lett.B692:36-42,2010
10.1016/j.physletb.2010.07.009
ITEP-TH-13/10
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this work we calculate the four-point correlation function of vector quark currents of QCD via holographic QCD model. Computing the correlator we take into account the exchange of vector and axial vector bosons and dilaton in the bulk. The result is used for calculation of the two-point correlator of electromagnetic currents in external magnetic field at zero momentum, related to RHIC experiments, chiral magnetic effect and lattice study. At zero temperature we find this quantity to be loosely connected with chiral symmetry breaking and strongly dependent on the confinement properties. Some features of the AdS/QCD models are also discussed.
[ { "created": "Thu, 4 Mar 2010 13:44:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:22:12 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-20
[ [ "Krikun", "Alexander", "" ] ]
In this work we calculate the four-point correlation function of vector quark currents of QCD via holographic QCD model. Computing the correlator we take into account the exchange of vector and axial vector bosons and dilaton in the bulk. The result is used for calculation of the two-point correlator of electromagnetic currents in external magnetic field at zero momentum, related to RHIC experiments, chiral magnetic effect and lattice study. At zero temperature we find this quantity to be loosely connected with chiral symmetry breaking and strongly dependent on the confinement properties. Some features of the AdS/QCD models are also discussed.
0710.4365
Weizhen Deng
Fang-Yong Zou, Xiao-Lin Chen, Wei-Zhen Deng
The Three-body Force and the Tetraquark Interpretation of Light Scalar Mesons
null
Chin.Phys.C32:515-520,2008
10.1088/1674-1137/32/7/002
null
hep-ph
null
We study the possible tetraquark interpretation of light scalar meson states $a_0(980)$, $f_0(980)$, $\kappa$, $\sigma$ within the framework of the non-relativistic potential model. The wave functions of tetraquark states are obtained in a space spanned by multiple Gaussian functions. We find that the mass spectra of the light scalar mesons can be well accommodated in the tetraquark picture if we introduce a three-body quark interaction in the quark model. Using the obtained multiple Gaussian wave functions, the decay constants of tetraquarks are also calculated within the ``fall apart'' mechanism.
[ { "created": "Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:57:31 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-03-17
[ [ "Zou", "Fang-Yong", "" ], [ "Chen", "Xiao-Lin", "" ], [ "Deng", "Wei-Zhen", "" ] ]
We study the possible tetraquark interpretation of light scalar meson states $a_0(980)$, $f_0(980)$, $\kappa$, $\sigma$ within the framework of the non-relativistic potential model. The wave functions of tetraquark states are obtained in a space spanned by multiple Gaussian functions. We find that the mass spectra of the light scalar mesons can be well accommodated in the tetraquark picture if we introduce a three-body quark interaction in the quark model. Using the obtained multiple Gaussian wave functions, the decay constants of tetraquarks are also calculated within the ``fall apart'' mechanism.
1601.00586
Yuji Omura
P. Ko, Yuji Omura, Chaehyun Yu
Diphoton Excess at 750 GeV in leptophobic U(1)$^\prime$ model inspired by $E_6$ GUT
21 pages, 4 figures. Published version
JHEP1604 (2016) 098
10.1007/JHEP04(2016)098
KIAS-16002
hep-ph hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the 750 GeV diphoton excess at the LHC@13TeV in the framework of leptophobic U(1)$^\prime$ model inspired by $E_6$ grand unified theory (GUT). In this model, the Standard Model (SM) chiral fermions carry charges under extra U(1)$^\prime$ gauge symmetry which is spontaneously broken by a U(1)$^\prime$-charged singlet scalar ($\Phi$). In addition, extra quarks and leptons are introduced to achieve the anomaly-free conditions, which is a natural consequence of the assumed $E_6$ GUT. These new fermions are vectorlike under the SM gauge group but chiral under new U(1)$^\prime$, and their masses come entirely from the nonzero vacuum expectation value of $\Phi$ through the Yukawa interactions. Then, the CP-even scalar $h_\Phi$ from $\Phi$ can be produced at the LHC by the gluon fusion and decay to the diphoton via the one-loop diagram involving the extra quarks and leptons, and can be identified as the origin of diphoton excess at 750 GeV. In this model, $h_\Phi$ can decay into a pair of dark matter particles as well as a pair of scalar bosons, thereby a few tens of the decay width may be possible.
[ { "created": "Mon, 4 Jan 2016 17:47:42 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 20 Apr 2016 07:13:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-04-21
[ [ "Ko", "P.", "" ], [ "Omura", "Yuji", "" ], [ "Yu", "Chaehyun", "" ] ]
We discuss the 750 GeV diphoton excess at the LHC@13TeV in the framework of leptophobic U(1)$^\prime$ model inspired by $E_6$ grand unified theory (GUT). In this model, the Standard Model (SM) chiral fermions carry charges under extra U(1)$^\prime$ gauge symmetry which is spontaneously broken by a U(1)$^\prime$-charged singlet scalar ($\Phi$). In addition, extra quarks and leptons are introduced to achieve the anomaly-free conditions, which is a natural consequence of the assumed $E_6$ GUT. These new fermions are vectorlike under the SM gauge group but chiral under new U(1)$^\prime$, and their masses come entirely from the nonzero vacuum expectation value of $\Phi$ through the Yukawa interactions. Then, the CP-even scalar $h_\Phi$ from $\Phi$ can be produced at the LHC by the gluon fusion and decay to the diphoton via the one-loop diagram involving the extra quarks and leptons, and can be identified as the origin of diphoton excess at 750 GeV. In this model, $h_\Phi$ can decay into a pair of dark matter particles as well as a pair of scalar bosons, thereby a few tens of the decay width may be possible.
hep-ph/0401083
Franco Buccella
F. Buccella and P. Sorba
Narrow width pentaquarks
11 pages
Mod.Phys.Lett. A19 (2004) 1547
10.1142/S0217732304014835
DSF-43/2003
hep-ph
null
A general study of pentaquarks built with four quarks in a L=1 state and an antiquark in S-wave shows that several of such states are forbidden by a selection rule, which holds in the limit of flavour symmetry, to decay into a baryon and a meson final state. We identify the most promising \bar{10} multiplet for the classification of the Theta^+ and Xi^{--} particles recently discovered with the prediction of a narrow width for both of them.
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:32:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Buccella", "F.", "" ], [ "Sorba", "P.", "" ] ]
A general study of pentaquarks built with four quarks in a L=1 state and an antiquark in S-wave shows that several of such states are forbidden by a selection rule, which holds in the limit of flavour symmetry, to decay into a baryon and a meson final state. We identify the most promising \bar{10} multiplet for the classification of the Theta^+ and Xi^{--} particles recently discovered with the prediction of a narrow width for both of them.
1104.2115
Bennie F. L. Ward
B.F.L. Ward (1,2) ((1) Department of Physics, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA, (2) PH-TH, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland)
QCD for the LHC
15 pages, 5 figures. Invited talk presented at 2011 Epiphany Conference, Krakow, Poland, Jan., 2011; improved references; added Baylor preprint number
Acta Phys. Pol.B42:1663-1678, 2011
10.5506/APhysPolB.42.1663
CERN-PH-TH/2011-077; BU-HEPP-11-02
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the new era of precision QCD as it relates to the physics requirements of the LHC for both the signal and background type processes. Some attention is paid to the issue of the theoretical error associated with any given theoretical prediction. In the cases considered, we present where the theory precision is at this writing and where it needs to go in order that it not impede the discovery potential of the LHC physics program. To complete the discussion, we also discuss possible paradigms the latter program may help us understand and some new developments that may play a role in achieving that respective understanding.
[ { "created": "Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:54:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:21:56 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 2 May 2011 06:35:52 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2014-09-05
[ [ "Ward", "B. F. L.", "" ] ]
We discuss the new era of precision QCD as it relates to the physics requirements of the LHC for both the signal and background type processes. Some attention is paid to the issue of the theoretical error associated with any given theoretical prediction. In the cases considered, we present where the theory precision is at this writing and where it needs to go in order that it not impede the discovery potential of the LHC physics program. To complete the discussion, we also discuss possible paradigms the latter program may help us understand and some new developments that may play a role in achieving that respective understanding.
hep-ph/9907333
Gerhard Ecker
J. Bijnens, G. Colangelo and G. Ecker
Renormalization of chiral perturbation theory to order p^6
43 pages, LaTeX2e, 1 figure
Annals Phys. 280 (2000) 100-139
10.1006/aphy.1999.5982
LU TP 99-14, ZU-TH 18/99, UWThPh-1999-42
hep-ph
null
The renormalization of chiral perturbation theory is carried out to next-to-next-to-leading order in the meson sector. We calculate the divergent part of the generating functional of Green functions of quark currents to O(p^6) for chiral SU(n), involving one- and two-loop diagrams. The renormalization group equations for the renormalized low-energy constants of O(p^6) are derived. We compare our results with previous two-loop calculations in chiral perturbation theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:59:40 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Bijnens", "J.", "" ], [ "Colangelo", "G.", "" ], [ "Ecker", "G.", "" ] ]
The renormalization of chiral perturbation theory is carried out to next-to-next-to-leading order in the meson sector. We calculate the divergent part of the generating functional of Green functions of quark currents to O(p^6) for chiral SU(n), involving one- and two-loop diagrams. The renormalization group equations for the renormalized low-energy constants of O(p^6) are derived. We compare our results with previous two-loop calculations in chiral perturbation theory.
1404.6258
Jeonghyeon Song
Neil D. Christensen, Tao Han, Zhuoni Qian, Josh Sayre, Jeonghyeon Song, and Stefanus
Determining the Dark Matter Particle Mass through Antler Topology Processes at Lepton Colliders
Detector simulations implemented; results updated
Phys. Rev. D 90, 114029 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.90.114029
PITT-PACC 1402
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the kinematic cusps and endpoints of processes with the "antler topology" as a way to measure the masses of the parity-odd missing particle and the intermediate parent at a high energy lepton collider. The fixed center of mass energy at a lepton collider makes many new physics processes suitable for the study of the antler decay topology. It also provides new kinematic observables with cusp structures, optimal for the missing mass determination. We also study realistic effects on these observables, including initial state radiation, beamstrahlung, acceptance cuts, and detector resolution. We find that the new observables, such as the reconstructed invariant mass of invisible particles and the summed energy of the observable final state particles, appear to be more stable than the commonly considered energy endpoints against realistic factors and are very efficient at measuring the missing particle mass. For the sake of illustration, we study smuon pair production and chargino pair production within the framework of the minimal supersymmetric standard model. We adopt the log-likelihood method to optimize the analysis. We find that at the 500 GeV ILC, a precision of approximately 0.5 GeV can be achieved in the case of smuon production with a leptonic final state, and approximately 2 GeV in the case of chargino production with a hadronic final state.
[ { "created": "Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:01:26 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 30 Oct 2014 04:31:20 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-12-31
[ [ "Christensen", "Neil D.", "" ], [ "Han", "Tao", "" ], [ "Qian", "Zhuoni", "" ], [ "Sayre", "Josh", "" ], [ "Song", "Jeonghyeon", "" ], [ "Stefanus", "", "" ] ]
We study the kinematic cusps and endpoints of processes with the "antler topology" as a way to measure the masses of the parity-odd missing particle and the intermediate parent at a high energy lepton collider. The fixed center of mass energy at a lepton collider makes many new physics processes suitable for the study of the antler decay topology. It also provides new kinematic observables with cusp structures, optimal for the missing mass determination. We also study realistic effects on these observables, including initial state radiation, beamstrahlung, acceptance cuts, and detector resolution. We find that the new observables, such as the reconstructed invariant mass of invisible particles and the summed energy of the observable final state particles, appear to be more stable than the commonly considered energy endpoints against realistic factors and are very efficient at measuring the missing particle mass. For the sake of illustration, we study smuon pair production and chargino pair production within the framework of the minimal supersymmetric standard model. We adopt the log-likelihood method to optimize the analysis. We find that at the 500 GeV ILC, a precision of approximately 0.5 GeV can be achieved in the case of smuon production with a leptonic final state, and approximately 2 GeV in the case of chargino production with a hadronic final state.
1802.09903
Toshifumi Yamada
Naoyuki Haba, Hiroyuki Umeeda and Toshifumi Yamada
$\epsilon'/\epsilon$ Anomaly and Neutron EDM in $SU(2)_L\times SU(2)_R\times U(1)_{B-L}$ model with Charge Symmetry
35 pages, 6 figures. Version accepted for publication in JHEP
null
10.1007/JHEP05(2018)052
null
hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The Standard Model prediction for $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ based on recent lattice QCD results exhibits a tension with the experimental data. We solve this tension through $W_R^+$ gauge boson exchange in the $SU(2)_L\times SU(2)_R\times U(1)_{B-L}$ model with `charge symmetry', whose theoretical motivation is to attribute the chiral structure of the Standard Model to the spontaneous breaking of $SU(2)_R\times U(1)_{B-L}$ gauge group and charge symmetry. We show that $M_{W_R}<58$ TeV is required to account for the $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ anomaly in this model. Next, we make a prediction for the neutron EDM in the same model and study a correlation between $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ and the neutron EDM. We confirm that the model can solve the $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ anomaly without conflicting the current bound on the neutron EDM, and further reveal that almost all parameter regions in which the $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ anomaly is explained will be covered by future neutron EDM searches, which leads us to anticipate the discovery of the neutron EDM.
[ { "created": "Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:29:09 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 8 Mar 2018 17:31:18 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 25 Apr 2018 05:09:26 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2018-06-13
[ [ "Haba", "Naoyuki", "" ], [ "Umeeda", "Hiroyuki", "" ], [ "Yamada", "Toshifumi", "" ] ]
The Standard Model prediction for $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ based on recent lattice QCD results exhibits a tension with the experimental data. We solve this tension through $W_R^+$ gauge boson exchange in the $SU(2)_L\times SU(2)_R\times U(1)_{B-L}$ model with `charge symmetry', whose theoretical motivation is to attribute the chiral structure of the Standard Model to the spontaneous breaking of $SU(2)_R\times U(1)_{B-L}$ gauge group and charge symmetry. We show that $M_{W_R}<58$ TeV is required to account for the $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ anomaly in this model. Next, we make a prediction for the neutron EDM in the same model and study a correlation between $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ and the neutron EDM. We confirm that the model can solve the $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ anomaly without conflicting the current bound on the neutron EDM, and further reveal that almost all parameter regions in which the $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ anomaly is explained will be covered by future neutron EDM searches, which leads us to anticipate the discovery of the neutron EDM.
1608.05279
Hendrik van Hees
R. Rapp and H. van Hees
Thermal Electromagnetic Radiation in Heavy-Ion Collisions
5 pages, 4 figures; contribution to the NICA White Paper (EPJA topical issue)
Eur. Phys. Jour. A 52, 257 (2016)
10.1140/epja/i2016-16257-0
null
hep-ph nucl-ex nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We review the potential of precise measurements of electromagnetic probes in relativistic heavy-ion collisions for the theoretical understanding of strongly interacting matter. The penetrating nature of photons and dileptons implies that they can carry undistorted information about the hot and dense regions of the fireballs formed in these reactions and thus provide a unique opportunity to measure the electromagnetic spectral function of QCD matter as a function of both invariant mass and momentum. In particular we report on recent progress on how the medium modifications of the (dominant) isovector part of the vector current correlator ($\rho$ channel) can shed light on the mechanism of chiral symmetry restoration in the hot and/or dense environment. In addition, thermal dilepton radiation enables novel access to (a) the fireball lifetime through the dilepton yield in the low invariant-mass window $0.3 \; \mathrm{GeV} \leq M \leq 0.7 \; \mathrm{GeV}$, and (b) the early temperatures of the fireball through the slope of the invariant-mass spectrum in the intermediate-mass region ($1.5 \; \mathrm{GeV} <M< 2.5 \; \mathrm{GeV}$). The investigation of the pertinent excitation function suggests that the beam energies provided by the NICA and FAIR projects are in a promising range for a potential discovery of the onset of a first order phase transition, as signaled by a non-monotonous behavior of both low-mass yields and temperature slopes.
[ { "created": "Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:36:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-08-23
[ [ "Rapp", "R.", "" ], [ "van Hees", "H.", "" ] ]
We review the potential of precise measurements of electromagnetic probes in relativistic heavy-ion collisions for the theoretical understanding of strongly interacting matter. The penetrating nature of photons and dileptons implies that they can carry undistorted information about the hot and dense regions of the fireballs formed in these reactions and thus provide a unique opportunity to measure the electromagnetic spectral function of QCD matter as a function of both invariant mass and momentum. In particular we report on recent progress on how the medium modifications of the (dominant) isovector part of the vector current correlator ($\rho$ channel) can shed light on the mechanism of chiral symmetry restoration in the hot and/or dense environment. In addition, thermal dilepton radiation enables novel access to (a) the fireball lifetime through the dilepton yield in the low invariant-mass window $0.3 \; \mathrm{GeV} \leq M \leq 0.7 \; \mathrm{GeV}$, and (b) the early temperatures of the fireball through the slope of the invariant-mass spectrum in the intermediate-mass region ($1.5 \; \mathrm{GeV} <M< 2.5 \; \mathrm{GeV}$). The investigation of the pertinent excitation function suggests that the beam energies provided by the NICA and FAIR projects are in a promising range for a potential discovery of the onset of a first order phase transition, as signaled by a non-monotonous behavior of both low-mass yields and temperature slopes.
hep-ph/0408101
Cristian Pisano
Cristian Pisano
Testing the Equivalent Photon Approximation of the Proton in the Process $e p\to \nu W X$
Revised version, one reference added, to appear in EPJ
Eur.Phys.J. C38 (2004) 79-84
10.1140/epjc/s2004-02017-x
DO-TH 04/09
hep-ph
null
The accuracy of the equivalent photon approximation (EPA) of the proton in describing the inelastic process $ep\to \nu W X$ is investigated. In particular, the scale dependence of the corresponding inelastic photon distribution is discussed. Furthermore, an estimate of the total number of events, including the ones coming from the elastic and quasi-elastic channels of the reaction, is given for the HERA collider.
[ { "created": "Sat, 7 Aug 2004 12:16:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:32:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Pisano", "Cristian", "" ] ]
The accuracy of the equivalent photon approximation (EPA) of the proton in describing the inelastic process $ep\to \nu W X$ is investigated. In particular, the scale dependence of the corresponding inelastic photon distribution is discussed. Furthermore, an estimate of the total number of events, including the ones coming from the elastic and quasi-elastic channels of the reaction, is given for the HERA collider.
hep-ph/0402017
Alberto Casas
J.A. Casas, J.R. Espinosa and I. Hidalgo
A Relief to the Supersymmetric Fine Tuning Problem
Latex file, 10 pages, 3 figures, uses ws-p8-50x6-00.cls; based on talk given at the String Phenomenology Workshop held at Durham, July 29 - August 4, 2003
null
10.1142/9789812702463_0011
IFT-UAM/CSIC-04-03
hep-ph
null
As is well known, electroweak breaking in the MSSM requires substantial fine-tuning. We explain why this fine tuning problem is abnormally acute, and this allows to envisage possible solutions to this undesirable situation. Following these ideas, we review some recent work which shows how in models with SUSY broken at a low scale (not far from the TeV) this fine-tuning can be dramatically reduced or even absent.
[ { "created": "Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:37:39 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-08-23
[ [ "Casas", "J. A.", "" ], [ "Espinosa", "J. R.", "" ], [ "Hidalgo", "I.", "" ] ]
As is well known, electroweak breaking in the MSSM requires substantial fine-tuning. We explain why this fine tuning problem is abnormally acute, and this allows to envisage possible solutions to this undesirable situation. Following these ideas, we review some recent work which shows how in models with SUSY broken at a low scale (not far from the TeV) this fine-tuning can be dramatically reduced or even absent.
1302.0004
Ben Heidenreich
Csaba Cs\'aki and Ben Heidenreich
A Complete Model for R-parity Violation
31 pages, 4 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.88.055023
null
hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a complete model whose low energy effective theory is the R-parity violating NMSSM with a baryon number violating udd vertex of the MFV SUSY form, leading to prompt LSP decay and evading the ever stronger LHC bounds on low-scale R-parity conserving supersymmetry. MFV flavor structure is enforced by gauging an SU(3) flavor symmetry at high energies. After the flavor group is spontaneously broken, mass mixing between the standard model fields and heavy vector-like quarks and leptons induces hierarchical Yukawa couplings which depend on the mixing angles. The same mechanism generates the udd coupling, explaining its shared structure. A discrete R-symmetry is imposed which forbids all other dangerous lepton and baryon-number violating operators (including Planck-suppressed operators) and simultaneously solves the mu problem. While flavor constraints require the flavor gauge bosons to be outside of the reach of the LHC, the vector-like top partners could lie below 1 TeV.
[ { "created": "Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2013-10-02
[ [ "Csáki", "Csaba", "" ], [ "Heidenreich", "Ben", "" ] ]
We present a complete model whose low energy effective theory is the R-parity violating NMSSM with a baryon number violating udd vertex of the MFV SUSY form, leading to prompt LSP decay and evading the ever stronger LHC bounds on low-scale R-parity conserving supersymmetry. MFV flavor structure is enforced by gauging an SU(3) flavor symmetry at high energies. After the flavor group is spontaneously broken, mass mixing between the standard model fields and heavy vector-like quarks and leptons induces hierarchical Yukawa couplings which depend on the mixing angles. The same mechanism generates the udd coupling, explaining its shared structure. A discrete R-symmetry is imposed which forbids all other dangerous lepton and baryon-number violating operators (including Planck-suppressed operators) and simultaneously solves the mu problem. While flavor constraints require the flavor gauge bosons to be outside of the reach of the LHC, the vector-like top partners could lie below 1 TeV.