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Electroweak Baryogenesis and Higgs Signatures
We explore the connection between the strength of the electroweak phase transition and the properties of the Higgs boson. Our interest is in regions of parameter space that can realize electroweak baryogenesis. We do so in a simplified framework in which a single Higgs field couples to new scalar fields charged under $SU(3{)}_{c}$ by way of the Higgs portal. Such new scalars can make the electroweak phase transition more strongly first-order, while contributing to the effective Higgs boson couplings to gluons and photons through loop effects. For Higgs boson masses in the range $115\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}\ensuremath{\lesssim}{m}_{h}\ensuremath{\lesssim}130\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$, whenever the phase transition becomes strong enough for successful electroweak baryogenesis, we find that Higgs boson properties are modified by an amount observable by the LHC. We also discuss the baryogenesis window of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), which appears to be under tension. Furthermore, we argue that the discovery of a Higgs boson with standard model-like couplings to gluons and photons will rule out electroweak baryogenesis in the MSSM.
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Boosting stop searches with a 100 TeV proton collider
A bstractA proton-proton collider with center of mass energy around 100 TeV is the energy frontier machine that is likely to succeed the LHC. One of the primary physics goals will be the continued exploration of weak scale naturalness. Here we focus on the pair-production of stops that decay to a top and a neutralino. Most of the heavy stop parameter space results in highly boosted tops, populating kinematic regimes inaccessible at the LHC. New strategies for boosted top-tagging are needed and a simple, detector-independent tagger can be constructed by requiring a muon inside a jet. Assuming 20% systematic uncertainties, this future collider can discover (exclude) stops with masses up to 5.5 (8) TeV with 3000 fb−1 of integrated luminosity. Studying how the exclusion limits scale with luminosity motivates going beyond this benchmark in order to saturate the discovery potential of the machine.
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SUSY simplified models at 14, 33, and 100 TeV proton colliders
A bstractResults are presented for a variety of SUSY Simplified Models at the 14 TeV LHC as well as a 33 and 100 TeV proton collider. Our focus is on models whose signals are driven by colored production. We present projections of the upper limit and discovery reach in the gluino-neutralino (for both light and heavy flavor decays), squark-neutralino, and gluino-squark Simplified Model planes. Depending on the model a jets + $ E_T^{\mathrm{miss}} $, mono-jet, or same-sign di-lepton search is applied. The impact of pileup is explored. This study utilizes the Snowmass backgrounds and combined detector. Assuming 3000 fb−1 of integrated luminosity, a gluino that decays to light flavor quarks can be discovered below 2.3 TeV at the 14 TeV LHC and below 11 TeV at a 100 TeV machine.
119159310
Asymmetric Dark Matter from a GeV Hidden Sector
Asymmetric dark matter (ADM) models relate the dark matter (DM) density to the baryon asymmetry, so that a natural mass scale for ADM is around a few GeV. In existing models of ADM, this mass scale is unexplained; here we generate this GeV scale for DM) from the weak scale via gauge kinetic mixing with a new Abelian dark force. In addition, this dark sector provides an efficient mechanism for suppressing the symmetric abundance of DM through annihilations to the dark photon. We augment this sector with a higher dimensional operator responsible for communicating the baryon asymmetry to the dark sector. Our framework also provides a DM candidate for gauge mediation models. It results in a direct detection cross section of interest for current experiments: {sigma}{sub p} < or approx. 10{sup -41} cm{sup 2} for DM masses in the range 1-15 GeV.
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Singlet-Doublet Dark Matter
In light of recent data from direct detection experiments and the Large Hadron Collider, we explore models of dark matter in which an SU(2){sub L} doublet is mixed with a Standard Model singlet. We impose a thermal history. If the new particles are fermions, this model is already constrained due to null results from XENON100. We comment on remaining regions of parameter space and assess prospects for future discovery. We do the same for the model where the new particles are scalars, which at present is less constrained. Much of the remaining parameter space for both models will be probed by the next generation of direct detection experiments. For the fermion model, DeepCore may also play an important role.
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Correlation between the spin-independent and spin-dependent direct detection of dark matter
We study the correlation between spin-independent and spin-dependent scattering in the context of minimal supersymmetric standard model neutralino dark matter for both thermal and nonthermal histories. We explore the generality of this relationship with reference to other models. We discuss why either fine-tuning or numerical coincidences are necessary for the correlation to break down. We derive upper bounds on spin-dependent scattering mediated by a ${Z}^{0}$ boson.
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Testing the QCD string at large Nc from the thermodynamics of the hadronic phase
It is generally believed that in the limit of a large number of colors (Nc) the description of confinement via flux tubes becomes valid and QCD can be modeled accurately via a hadronic string theory—at least for highly excited states. QCD at large Nc also has a well‐defined deconfinement transition at a temperature Tc. In this talk it is shown how the thermodyanmics of the metastable hadronic phase of QCD (above Tc) at large NC can be related directly to properties of the effective QCD string. The key points in the derivation is the weakly interacting nature of hadrons at large Nc and the existence of a Hagedorn temperature TH for the effective string theory. From this it can be seen at large Nc and near TH, the energy density and pressure of the hadronic phase scale as E ∼ (TH − T)−(D⊥−6)/2 (for D⊥ < 6) and P ∼ (TH − T)−(D⊥−4)/2 (for D⊥ < 4) where D⊥ is the effective number of transverse dimensions of the string theory. This behavior for D⊥ < 6 is qualitatively different from typical models in statistica...
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The Predictive power of effective field theory in N N scattering: 3 S 1 - 3 D 1 mixing at next-to-next-to leading order
The convergence of the Q expansion in the ^3S_1-^3D_1 mixing angle is investigated through the renormalization condition used to fit the free paramteter encountered at NNLO. Although the NNLO calculation describes the data well at momenta much less than 50 MeV, a variation in the renormalization condition results in 100% expected uncertainties at momenta as low as 100 MeV. This uncertainty can be traced to the presence of large cancelations between terms entering at NNLO, which are found to be several times larger than the terms entering at NLO. This implies a fundamental lack of predictive power at this order int he Q expansion of \epsilon_1. Given the small empirical size, this lack of predictive power is easily understood in terms of simple power counting arguments.
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Excited baryons in large N(c) QCD revisited: The Resonance picture versus single quark excitations
We analyze excited baryon properties via a ${1/N}_{c}$ expansion from two perspectives: as resonances in meson-nucleon scattering, and as single-quark excitations in the context of a simple quark model. For both types of analysis one can derive novel patterns of degeneracy that emerge as ${N}_{c}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\infty},$ and that are shown to be compatible with one another. This helps justify the single-quark excitation picture and may give some insight into its successes. We also find that in the large ${N}_{c}$ limit one of the ${S}_{11}$ baryons does not couple to the $\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{-}N$ channel but couples to the $\ensuremath{\eta}\ensuremath{-}N$ channel. This is empirically observed in the $N(1535),$ which couples very weakly to the $\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{-}N$ channel and quite strongly to the $\ensuremath{\eta}\ensuremath{-}N$ channel. The comparatively strong coupling of the $N(1650)$ to the $\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{-}N$ channel and weak coupling to $\ensuremath{\eta}\ensuremath{-}N$ channel is also predicted. In the context of the simple quark model picture we reproduce expressions for mixing angles that are accurate up to ${O(1/N}_{c})$ corrections and are in good agreement with mixing angles extracted phenomenologically.
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Baryon isovector electric properties and the large Nc and chiral limits.
Abstract A model independent calculation is given for the nucleon isovector electric charge radius which is valid in the limit Nc → ∞, mπ → 0, Ncmπ fixed. This expression reduces to that of the Skyrme model in the limit Ncmπ → ∞.
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Regularization and renormalization in effective field theories of the nucleon-nucleon interaction
Abstract Some form of nonperturbative regularization is necessary if effective field theory treatments of the NN interaction are to yield finite answers. We discuss various regularization schemes used in the literature. Two of these methods involve formally iterating the divergent interaction and then regularizing and renormalizing the resultant amplitude. Either a (sharp or smooth) cutoff can be introduced, or dimensional regularization can be applied. We show that these two methods yield different results after renormalization. Furthermore, if a cutoff is used, the NN phase shift data cannot be reproduced if the cutoff is taken to infinity. We also argue that the assumptions which allow the use of dimensional regularization in perturbative EFT calculations are violated in this problem. Another possibility is to introduce a regulator into the potential before iteration and then keep the cutoff parameter finite. We argue that this does not lead to a systematically-improvable NN interaction.