119408018
Chargino Contributions to Epsilon and Epsilon-Prime
We analyze the chargino contributions to the K-\bar K mixing and epsilon-prime in the mass insertion approximation and derive the corresponding bounds on the mass insertion parameters. We find that the chargino contributions can significantly enlarge the regions of the parameter space where CP violation can be fully supersymmetric. In principle, the observed values of epsilon and epsilon-prime may be entirely due to the chargino -- up-squark loops.
17840929
Torsion constraints in the Randall-Sundrum scenario
Torsion appears due to fermions coupled to gravity and leads to the strongest particle physics bounds on flat extra dimensions. In this work, I consider torsion constraints in the case of a warped extra dimension with brane and bulk fermions. From current data I obtain a $3\ensuremath{\sigma}$ bound on the TeV-brane mass scale ${\ensuremath{\Lambda}}_{\ensuremath{\pi}}g~2.2 (10) \mathrm{TeV}$ for the anti-de Sitter curvature $k=1(0.01)$ in (reduced) Planck units. If Dirac or light sterile neutrinos reside on the brane, the bound increases to 17 (78) TeV.
119352335
Constraints on gauged B-3L(tau) and related theories
We consider extensions of the Standard Model with an extra U(1) gauge boson which couples to B-(alpha L_e + beta L_mu + gamma L_tau) with alpha + beta + gamma = 3. We show that the extra gauge boson necessarily mixes with the Z leading to potentially significant corrections to the Z-f-fbar vertex. The constraints on the size of this correction imposed by the Z-pole data from LEP and SLD are derived.
17128114
On Inflation in the Presence of a Gaugino Condensate
Abstract We study the effect of inflation on gaugino condensation in supergravity. Unless the Hubble scale H is significantly below the gaugino condensation scale, the gaugino condensate is a dynamical variable which cannot be integrated out. For a sufficiently high H , the gaugino condensate evolves to zero which in turn leads to dilaton/moduli destabilization. In practice, this often occurs at the Hubble rate about an order of magnitude below the gaugino condensation scale. This effect is independent of the specifics of moduli stabilization and thus places model-independent constraints on inflationary scenarios. It also applies more generally to any periods of fast expansion in the early Universe.
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Supersymmetric Jarlskog invariants: The neutrino sector
We generalize the notion of the Jarlskog invariant to supersymmetric models with right-handed neutrinos. This allows us to formulate basis-independent necessary and sufficient conditions for $CP$ conservation in such models.
118714441
The NMSSM and string theory
Abstract We study the possibility of constructing the NMSSM from the heterotic string. String-derived NMSSMs are much more rare than MSSMs due to the extra requirement that there exist a light singlet which couples to the Higgs pairs. They share the common feature that the singlet self-interactions are typically suppressed, leading to either the “decoupling” or the Peccei–Quinn limit of the NMSSM. In the latter case, the spectrum contains a light pseudoscalar which may be relevant to the MSSM fine-tuning problem. We provide a Z 6 heterotic orbifold example of the NMSSM with approximate Peccei–Quinn symmetry, whose origin lies in the string selection rules combined with our choice of the vacuum configuration.
109125768
A feedback circuit for the stochastic extraction of protons from the U-70 synchrotron: Development and beam tests
Results of research efforts in 2005 that were directed toward developing a system for stochastic (noise) slow extraction of the beam from the U-70 proton synchrotron of the Institute for High Energy Physics are presented. The goal of the study was to develop a full-function prototype of the stochastic slow extraction system and test it on the beam. This prototype, designed for trial operation during machine runs, is capable of producing lengthy flat-topped smooth spills and suppressing their ripple. Approaches to design of the feedback loop that affects the waiting beam stack (which is neither a linear nor time-invariant system) are discussed. A circuit model of the beam being extracted is proposed and analyzed. A dedicated electronic system for beam experiments is described. Results of the beam tests during the U-70 machine run of 2005, which confirm the serviceability of the noise extraction system prototype, are presented.
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A STOCHASTIC SLOW EXTRACTION SCHEME FOR U70 SYNCHROTRON
Outcomes of a feasibility study for a low-budget stochastic slow extraction system in the U70 proton synchrotron of IHEP are reported. The existing 200 MHz (spill) RF system is to be employed as a longitudinal kicker. It will be driven by a sum of a non-random RF carrier plus an additive random amplitude-modulated signal — either quadrature or in-phase, or both. A few novel solutions to be implemented in the longitudinal diffusion technique that would force protons into the conventional 3-rd order transverse extraction resonance are foreseen so as to comply with the technical constraints inherent in U70. Getting a-few-seconds-long and high-quality spills is assessed as being viable with the system in question.
59025092
Decreasing transient beam loading in RF cavities of U-70 accelerator
The U-70 RF system was worked out to operate with the injector-linac at 100 MeV energy. A wide RF range was (2.6-6.1) MHz. For the U-70 injector Booster the wide RF range decreased and now it is (5.5-6.1) MHz. This fact and simplest method of changing the parameters in RF ferrite dominated cavities allow one to increase of the equivalent value of the cavity capacitance for the main frequency by about a factor of 2.7 and increase of the value of the cavity gap capacitance by about a factor of 5. The experimental investigation of the U-70 RF cavities due to the injection of bunches from the Booster into the U-70 orbit, near transition and on main flat-top is presented.
115315717
Analysis of the Feedback-Loop Stability in the RF System of the U-70 Synchrotron
We present a systematic approach for investigating the stability of the accelerating system used in the U-70 proton synchrotron (Institute for High-Energy Physics). This system employs tunable ferrite-loaded cavities and is encircled by six feedback loops (both dedicated and spurious) with a cross-talk through a heavy beam loading, high accelerating rate, and the overlapping of the loop passbands. Ensuring the safety margin against self-excitation of the RF system imposes constraints on the limiting intensity of the beam that is accelerated in the synchrotron
110736460
UPGRADING LONGITUDINAL BEAM BEHAVIOR IN IHEP BOOSTER
Operation of 1.5 GeV fast-cycling Booster proton synchrotron of IHEP has been long hampered by unwanted oscillations in bunch length. To identify the reason of such beam behavior, a dedicated beam-dynamics research program has been initiated. The scope of this activity has covered a variety of the might-be mechanisms behind — coherent instabilities, malfunction of voltage amplitude feedbacks, quality of the voltage program, etc. Ultimately, phase loop encircling the VCO has been upgraded, which resulted in a noticeably suppressed scale of both, dipole and quadrupole oscillations of beam. BEAM OBSERVATIONS Coherent oscillations in bunch length were incidentally observed during routine operation of the machine. These were monitored as a distortion of bunch shape prior to beam transfer. The process was accompanied by an occurrence of asymmetry in longitudinal density distribution. This picture had a rather uncertain cycle-to-cycle recurrence. Each time, the beam conduct was subject to improving noticeably with finer tuning the initial value of radio-frequency in the Booster. Still, a mismatch with phase-plane trajectories of the accepting ring, U70, persisted. It hampered subsequent accumulation and acceleration of a high intensity beam in U70. To this end, a dedicated R&D program was launched to study beam longitudinal oscillations through the entire cycle and elaborate technical cures against oscillations in bunch length, specifically.