119054172
Proposals for studying TeV W(L) W(L) ---> W(L) W(L) interactions experimentally
We discuss how to experimentally study the symmetry breaking sector by observing $W_L W_L \rightarrow W_L W_L$ interactions in the TeV region. We discuss some general features of the event structure in the signal and background events. Various tricks to enhance the signal--to--background ratio are also presented. We show how to detect longitudinal $W$--bosons either in the central rapidity region of the detector or in the beam pipe direction.
120148837
CT10 next-to-next-to-leading order global analysis of QCD
We present next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) parton distribution functions (PDFs) from the CTEQ-TEA group. The CT10NNLO PDF fit is based on essentially the same global data sets used in the CT10 and CT10W NLO PDF analyses. After exploring the goodness of the fits to the HERA combined data and the Tevatron jet data, we present various predictions at NNLO accuracy for both existing and forthcoming precision measurements from the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The range of variations in the gluon distribution introduced by correlated systematic effects in inclusive jet production is also examined.
118429632
Higgs Boson Cross Section from CTEQ-TEA Global Analysis
We study the uncertainties of the Higgs boson production cross section through the gluon fusion subprocess at the LHC (with $\sqrt s=7, 8$ and $14$ TeV) arising from the uncertainties of the parton distribution functions (PDFs) and of the value of the strong coupling constant $\alpha_s(M_Z)$. These uncertainties are computed by two complementary approaches, based on the Hessian and the Lagrange Multiplier methods within the CTEQ-TEA global analysis framework. We find that their predictions for the Higgs boson cross section are in good agreement. Furthermore, the result of the Lagrange Multiplier method supports the prescriptions we have previously provided for using the Hessian method to calculate the combined PDF and $\alpha_s$ uncertainties, and to estimate the uncertainties at the $68\%$ confidence level by scaling them from the $90\%$ confidence level.
118605543
Recent progress on the study of the charmoniumlike states
In this article, we review the recent experimental studies on the charmoniumlike states, mainly from the e+e- annihilation experiments BESIII, Belle, BaBar, and CLEO-c, and the hadron collider experiment LHCb. We discuss the results on the X(3872), the vector Y states [Y(4008), Y(4660), and those in e+e- → π+π-hc], and the charged charmoniumlike states.
111383072
Update of the ALEPH non-strange spectral functions from hadronic $$\tau $$τ decays
An update of the ALEPH non-strange spectral functions from hadronic $$\tau $$τ decays is presented. Compared to the 2005 ALEPH publication, the main improvement is related to the use of a new method to unfold the measured mass spectra from detector effects. This procedure also corrects a previous problem in the correlations between the unfolded mass bins. Results from QCD studies and for the evaluation of the hadronic vacuum polarisation contribution to the anomalous muon magnetic moment are derived using the new spectral functions. They are found in agreement with published results based on the previous set of spectral functions.
118945076
Measurement of branching fractions in τ decays
Full LEP-I data collected by the ALEPH detector during 1991-1995 running are analyzed in order to measure the $\tau$ decay branching fractions. The analysis follows the global method used in the published study based on 1991-1993 data, with several improvements, especially concerning the treatment of photons and $\pi^0$'s. Extensive systematic studies are performed, in order to match the large statistics of the data sample corresponding to 327148 measured and identified $\tau$ decays. Preliminary values for the branching fractions are obtained for the 2 leptonic channels and 11 hadronic channels defined by their respective numbers of charged particles and $\pi^0$'s. Using previously published ALEPH results on final states with charged and neutral kaons, corrections are applied so that branching ratios for exclusive final states without kaons are derived. Some physics implications of the results are given, in particular concerning universality in the leptonic charged weak current, isospin invariance in $a_1$ decays, and the separation of vector and axial-vector components of the total hadronic rate.
15820481
Results from charmonium decays
Recent results from BES and CLEOc experiments on charmonium decays using J/psi, psi' and psi'' data samples collected in e+e- annihilation are reviewed, including the measurement of the relative phase between strong and electromagnetic decays of psi', the study of the ``rho pi puzzle'' in J/psi and psi' decays, and the search for the non-DDbar decays of psi''. The decays of chi_cJ produced in psi' radiative transition are also reviewed. These new results shed light on the understanding of QCD.
118853960
Exotic Hadrons
In this talk, we review the most recent progress in the searching for the exotic hadrons, including hybrids, multi-quark states, molecules and so on. We only focus on the studies with a charmonium and one or more light mesons in the final states. This covers the X(3872), the XY Z states at around 3.940 GeV, the Y (4140) and X(4350) in two-photon collisions, the Y states from ISR processes, and the charged Z states.