118390410
Light dark matter from the U(1)(X) sector in the NMSSM with gauge mediation
Cosmic ray anomalies observed by PAMELA and Fermi-LAT experiments may be interpreted by heavy (TeV-scale) dark matter annihilation enhanced by Sommerfeld effects mediated by a very light (sub-GeV) U(1)(X) gauge boson, while the recent direct searches from CoGeNT and DAMA/LIBRA experiments may indicate a rather light (similar to 7GeV) dark matter with weak interaction. Motivated by these apparently different scales, we consider a gauge mediated next-to-the minimal supersymmetric standard model (NMSSM) entended with a light U(1)(X) sector plus a heavy sector ((H) over barh, Hh), which can provide both a light (similar to 7GeV) and a heavy (TeV-scale) dark matter without introducing any ad hoc new scale. Through the Yukawa coupling between Hh and the messager fields, the U(1)(X) gauge symmetry is broken around the GeV scale radiatively and a large negative m(S)(2) is generated for the NMSSM singlet S. Furthermore, the small kinetic mixing parameter between U(1)(X) and U(1)(Y) is predicted to be theta similar to 10(-5) - 10(-6) after integrating out the messengers. Such a light dark matter, which can have a normal relic density from the late decay of the right-handed sneutrino (assumed to be the ordinary next-to-the lightest supersymmetric particle and thermally produced in the early Universe), can serve a good candidate to explain the recent CoGeNT and DAMA/LIBRA results.
119232543
On naturalness of the MSSM and NMSSM
A bstractWith a bottom-up approach, we consider naturalness in the MSSM and NMSSM. Assuming the light stops, the LHC gluino search implies that the degree of fine tuning in both models is less than 2.5%. Taking the LHC hints for the SM-like Higgs boson mass mh ~ 125 GeV seriously, we find that naturalness will favor the NMSSM. We study the Higgs boson mass for several scenarios in the NMSSM: (1) A large λ and the doublet-singlet Higgs boson mixing effect pushing upward or pulling downward mh. The former case can readily give the di-photon excess of the Higgs boson decay whereas the latter case can not. However, we point out that the former case has a new large fine-tuning related to strong λ−RGE running effect and vacuum stability. (2) A small λ and the mixing effect pushing mh upward. Naturalness status becomes worse and no significant di-photon excess can be obtained. In these scenarios, the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) as a dark matter candidate is strongly disfavored by the XENON100 experiment. Even if the LSP can be a viable dark matter candidate, there does exist fine-tuning. The above naturalness evaluation is based on a high mediation scale for supersymmetry breaking, whereas for a low mediation scale, fine-tuning can be improved by about one order.
119201106
Semi-direct Gauge-Yukawa mediation
We propose semi-direct Gauge-Yukawa mediation of supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking. The messenger fields mediating SUSY breaking to the visible sector do not directly couple with the goldstino field, and instead they have gauge and Yukawa interactions with some primary messenger fields which couple directly with the goldstino fields. From the explicit Feynman diagram calculations for the SUSY breaking soft masses, we find that the SUSY particle spectra can be realistic. Especially, this generalization of semi-direct gauge mediation solves the massless gaugino mass problem since the holomorphic soft mass terms of the messenger fields can be generated by Yukawa couplings. We also provide some arguments that this scenario can be realized naturally in some dynamical SUSY-breaking models such as the ISS-like model.
118563295
Origins of the isospin violation of dark matter interactions
Light dark matter (DM) with a large DM-nucleon spin-independent scattering cross section and moreover proper isospin violation (ISV) f(n)/f(p) approximate to -0.7 may provide a way to understand the confusing DM.)M direct detection results. Further using the stringent astrophysical and collider constraints, we systematically investigate the origin of ISV,T first via general operator analyses and further via specifying three types of mediators: a light Z ' from chiral U(1)(x), an approximate spectator Higgs doublet (It can explain the W + jj anomaly simultaneously) and color triplets. In addition, although Z' from an exotic U(1)(x) mixing with U(1)(Y) generates only f(n) = 0, we can combine it with the conventional to achieve the proper ISV. As a concrete example, we propose the U(1)(x) model where the U(1)(x) charged light sneutrino is an inelastic DM, which dominantly annihilates to light dark states such as Z' with sub-GeV mass. The model can consistently (with other DM direct detection results) and safely interpret the recent GoGeNT annual modulation result.
118656803
Realistic flipped SU(5) from orbifold SO(10)
We propose a realistic flipped SU(5) model derived from a five-dimensional orbifold SO(10) model. The Standard Model (SM) fermion masses and mixings are explained by combining the traditional Froggatt-Nielsen mechanism with the five-dimensional wave function profiles of the SM fermions. Employing tree-level spontaneous R-symmetry breaking in the hidden sector and extra(ordinary) gauge mediation, we obtain realistic supersymmetry breaking soft mass terms with non-vanishing gaugino masses. Including the messenger fields at the intermediate scale and Kaluza-Klein states at the compactification scale, we study gauge coupling unification. We show that the SO(10) unified gauge coupling is very strong and the unification scale can be much higher than the compactification scale. We briefly discuss proton decay as well.
119234621
A Rediatively Light Stop Saves the Best Global Fit for Higgs Boson Mass and Decays
The LHC discovered the Standard Model (SM) like Higgs boson with mass around 125 GeV. However, there exist hints of deviations from Higgs decays. Including the Tevatron data, the deviations can be explained by the extremely mixed stop sector in the sense of best global fit (BGF). We analyze the relations among the competing reduced coupling hGG, Higgs boson mass,and LHC stop mass m_{\wt t_1} lower bound at the tree- and one-loop level. In particular, we point out that we use the light stop running mass in the Higgs boson mass calculation while the light stop pole mass in the Higgs decays. So the gluino radiative correction on the light stop mass plays the crucial role. Its large negative correction saves the GBF in the Minimal Supersymmetric SM (MSSM) and the next to the MSSM (NMSSM) constrained by the perturbativity. Moreover, a light stop is predicted: in the MSSM if we set the gluino mass M_3\lesssim4 TeV, we have m_{\wt t_1}<m_t; while in the NMSSM, imposing the least tuning condition we get m_{\wt t_1}\simeq130 GeV for M_3\simeq1.5 TeV.
121755334
DOUBLE PARTON FRAGMENTATION FUNCTION AND ITS EVOLUTION IN QUARKONIUM PRODUCTION
We summarize the results of a recent study on a new perturbative QCD factorization formalism for the production of heavy quarkonia of large transverse momentum pT at collider energies. Such a new factorization formalism includes both the leading power (LP) and next-to-leading power (NLP) contributions to the cross section in the expansion for heavy quark mass mQ. For the NLP contribution, the so-called double parton fragmentation functions are involved, whose evolution equations have been derived. We estimate fragmentation functions in the non-relativistic QCD formalism, and found that their contribution reproduce the bulk of the large enhancement found in explicit NLO calculations in the color singlet model. Heavy quarkonia produced from NLP channels prefer longitudinal polarization, in contrast to the single parton fragmentation function. This might shed some light on the heavy quarkonium polarization puzzle.
10583946
Low-mass dilepton production in pp and AA collisions
Abstract We adopt a factorized QCD formalism to describe the transverse momentum distribution of lowmass lepton pairs produced in pp collisions, when the pair transverse momentum Q T 4 ≫ Q , with the pair's invariant mass Q as low as Q ∼ Λ Q C D . We extend this formalism to dilepton production in AA collisions by including the nuclear-dependent power correction due to parton multiple scattering.
118412729
Evolution of twist-3 multiparton correlation functions relevant to single transverse-spin asymmetry
We construct two sets of twist-3 correlation functions that are responsible for generating the novel single transverse-spin asymmetry in the QCD collinear factorization approach. We derive evolution equations for these universal three-parton correlation functions. We calculate evolution kernels relevant to the gluonic pole contributions to the asymmetry at the order of {alpha}{sub s}. We find that all evolution kernels are infrared safe as they should be and have a lot in common with the Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Alterelli-Parisi evolution kernels of unpolarized parton distributions. By solving the evolution equations, we explicitly demonstrate the factorization scale dependence of these twist-3 correlation functions.
119668468
Transverse momentum broadening of vector bosons in heavy ion collisions at the LHC
We calculate in perturbative QCD the transverse momentum broadening of vector bosons in heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We predict transverse momentum broadening of $W/Z$ bosons constructed from their leptonic decay channels, which should be a clean probe of initial-state medium effect. We also predict the upper limit of transverse momentum broadening of J/$\psi$ and $\Upsilon$ production as a function of N$_{\rm part}$ at the LHC energy.
12579671
Heavy quarkonium production and polarization.
We present a perturbative QCD factorization formalism for the production of heavy quarkonia of large transverse momentum p(T) at collider energies, which includes both the leading-power (LP) and next-to-leading-power (NLP) contributions to the cross section in the m(Q)(2)/p(T)(2) expansion for heavy quark mass m(Q). We estimate fragmentation functions in the nonrelativistic QCD formalism and reproduce the bulk of the large enhancement found in explicit next-to-leading-order calculations in the color-singlet model. Heavy quarkonia produced from NLP channels prefer longitudinal polarization.