119300824
Higher harmonic anisotropic flow measurements of charged particles at 2.76 TeV with the ALICE detector
We report the measurements of elliptic flow $v_{2}$, as well as higher harmonics triangular flow $v_{3}$ and quadrangular flow $v_{4}$, in $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} =$ 2.76 TeV Pb--Pb collisions, measured with the ALICE detector. We show that the measured elliptic and triangular flow can be understood from the initial spatial anisotropy and its event--by--event fluctuations. The resulting fluctuations of $v_{2}$ and $v_{3}$ are also discussed.
118388670
Generic framework for anisotropic flow analyses with multiparticle azimuthal correlations
We present a new generic framework which enables exact and fast evaluation of all multi-particle azimuthal correlations. The framework can be readily used along with a correction framework for systematic biases in anisotropic flow analyses due to various detector inefficiencies. A new recursive algorithm has been developed for higher order correlators for the cases where their direct implementation is not feasible. We propose and discuss new azimuthal observables for anisotropic flow analyses which can be measured for the first time with our new framework. Effects of finite detector granularity on multi-particle correlations are quantified and discussed in detail. We point out the existence of a systematic bias in traditional differential flow analyses which stems solely from the applied selection criteria on particles used in the analyses, and is also present in the ideal case when only flow correlations are present. Finally, we extend the applicability of our generic framework to the case of differential multi-particle correlations.
119117650
Anisotropic flow of identified particles in Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}} =$ 2.76 TeV with the ALICE detector
The measurement of anisotropic flow of identified particles, including charged pion, kaon, (anti-)proton as well as strange and multi-strange particles (${\rm K_{S}^{0}}$, ${\rm \Lambda}$, ${\rm \Xi}$ and ${\rm \Omega}$) are measured in Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{{\rm NN}}}}$ = 2.76 TeV with the ALICE detector. The results are compared to measurements at RHIC and hydrodynamic model calculations. The mass splitting and the scaling with the number of constituent quarks of the anisotropic flow are also discussed.
18105043
Chiral couplings of W ′ and top quark polarization at the LHC
If a TeV-scale charged gauge boson (W') is discovered at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), it will become imperative to determine its chiral couplings to standard model (SM) fermions in order to learn about the underlying theory containing the W'. We describe the reconstruction of the tb decay mode of the W' at the LHC, and identify various kinematic observables such as the angular distributions of the top quark and the lepton resulting from top decay that can be used to disentangle the chiral couplings of the W' to SM fermions. We demonstrate by presenting analytical expressions, numerical simulations, as well as intuitive illustrations for these observables at the LHC that among the SM fermions, the polarized top quark can most directly probe the chirality of such couplings.
123787607
The Contribution of Reggeon in charge exchange processes
We discuss in this paper The experimental results on maximum psedo-rapidity $\eta_{max}$ distribution in the charge exchange process $e+p\to e+n+X$ in ZEUS Collaboration at HERA. We calculate the contributions of \regg ($\rho$-Reggeon associated with $\rho$ meson) from regge phenomenology and $\pi^{+}$-exchange from pion cloud model. The results show that neither the \regg-exchange nor the pion cloud model alone can explain the experimental data well, but after considering both these two processes together, by using Monte Carlo simulation, a good agreement between theoretical results and experimental data is found. This means that in discussing the large rapidity gap phenomena in deep inelastic scattering, both of the two processes play substantial role.
119440725
Implications from recent measurements on sin 2 beta and muon g-2
The recent data on CP asymmetry in $B->J/\Psi K_S$ and muon g-2 are discussed in the framework of standard model and beyond. Possible new phase effects besides the CKM phase are discussed in the processes concerning CP violation in B decays and muon anomalous magnetic moment (muon g-2). It is found that the new phases will result in difference between angles $beta$ measured from $B->J/\Psi K_S$ and the one from global fit. The ration between them serves as a probe of not only new physics but also new phase besides the CKM phase In the case of muon g-2, the new phase may change the interferences between various contributions. By including the new phases, some cancelations in the real coupling cases can be avoided and the large value of muon g-2 observed in the recent measurements can be understood.
119217238
Holographic Wilsonian RG flow and sliding membrane paradigm
We study the relations between two different approaches to the holographic Renormalization Group (RG) flow at the dual gravity level: One is the radial evolution of the classical equation of motion and the other is the flow equation given by the holographic Wilsonian RG coming from the cut off independence. Apparently, the two flows look different. We give general proofs that the two flows are actually equivalent. The role of the momentum continuity (MC) is essential. We show that MC together with cut off independence gives the evolution equation of the boundary values. Equivalence of conductivity flows in two paradigm has been shown as an explicit example. We also get the connecting formula of Green functions and AC conductivity at arbitrary slice in terms of its value at horizon for various geometry backgrounds.
16971592
Flavor symmetry analysis of charmless B ---> VP decays
Based upon flavor SU(3) symmetry, we perform global fits to charmless B decays into one pseudoscalar meson and one vector meson in the final state. We consider different symmetry breaking schemes and find that the one implied by naive scaling, where strangeness-conserving and strangeness-changing amplitudes are related by the ratio of appropriate decay constants, is slightly favored over the exact symmetry case. The ((rho) over bar, (eta) over bar) vertex of the unitarity triangle (UT) constrained by our fits is consistent with other methods within errors. We have found large color-suppressed, electroweak penguin and singlet penguin amplitudes when the spectator quark ends up in the final-state vector meson. Nontrivial relative strong phases are also required to explain the data. The best-fit parameters are used to compute branching ratio and CP asymmetry observables in all of the decay modes, particularly those in the B(s) decays to be measured at the Tevatron and LHC experiments.