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THE PHASE-TRANSITION GENERATED BY RADIAL MODE OF THE HIGGS FIELD IN LATTICE Z(2) GAUGE-HIGGS MODEL
We study the 4-dimensional lattice Z(2) gauge-Higgs theory in the variational cumulant expansion approach. It is shown that the existence of the first order phase transition between Higgs and confinement regions is fundamentally dependent on the fluctuation of the radial mode of the scalar (Higgs) field.
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A SM-like Higgs near 125 GeV in low energy SUSY: a comparative study for MSSM and NMSSM
A bstractMotivated by the recent LHC hints of a Higgs boson around 125 GeV, we assume a SM-like Higgs with the mass 123-127 GeV and study its implication in low energy SUSY by comparing the MSSM and NMSSM. We consider various experimental constraints at 2σ level (including the muon g − 2 and the dark matter relic density) and perform a comprehensive scan over the parameter space of each model. Then in the parameter space which is allowed by current experimental constraints and also predicts a SM-like Higgs in 123-127 GeV, we examine the properties of the sensitive parameters (like the top squark mass and the trilinear coupling At) and calculate the rates of the di-photon signal and the V V* (V = W, Z) signals at the LHC. Our typical findings are: (i) In the MSSM the top squark and At must be large and thus incur some fine-tuning, which can be much ameliorated in the NMSSM; (ii) In the MSSM a light stau is needed to enhance the di- photon rate of the SM-like Higgs to exceed its SM prediction, while in the NMSSM the di-photon rate can be readily enhanced in several ways; (iii) In the MSSM the signal rates of pp → h → V V* at the LHC are never enhanced compared with their SM predictions, while in the NMSSM they may get enhanced significantly; (iv) A large part of the parameter space so far survived will be soon covered by the expected XENON100(2012) sensitivity (especially for the NMSSM).
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SuperWIMP dark matter scenario in light of WMAP
Abstract.The heavy gravitino in the minimal supergravity (mSUGRA) models is likely to be the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP). Produced from the late decays of the metastable weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) such as the lightest neutralinos, the stable gravitinos can be plausible candidates for the cold dark matter in the universe. Such gravitino dark matter can naturally evade the current detection experiments due to its superweak couplings. However, this scenario must be subjected to the constraints from the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) predictions for light element abundances as well as the Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (WMAP) data for the relic density. Assuming the popular case in which the lightest neutralino is the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle (NLSP), we find that requiring BBN predictions for light element abundances to agree with the WMAP data can impose upper and lower mass bounds on both the gravitino LSP and the neutralino NLSP. A scan over the mSUGRA parameter space, subjected to the BBN constraints, the WMAP data and the $b\to s \gamma$ bounds, shows that the low $\tan\beta$ ($\lesssim 40$) region as well as the region accessible at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be severely constrained. Such stringent constraints on the parameter space might be instructive for testing this scenario in future collider experiments.
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Virtual effects of split-SUSY in Higgs productions at linear colliders
In split supersymmetry, gauginos and higgsinos are the only supersymmetric particles possibly accessible at foreseeable colliders like the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the International Linear Collider (ILC). In order to account for the cosmic dark matter measured by WMAP, these gauginos and higgsinos are stringently constrained and could be explored at the colliders through their direct productions and/or virtual effects in some processes. The clean environment and high luminosity of the ILC render the virtual effects at percent level meaningful in unraveling the new physics effects. In this work we assume split supersymmetry and calculate the virtual effects of the WMAP-allowed gauginos and higgsinos in the Higgs productions e+e-→Zh and e+e-→νeν̄eh through WW fusion at the ILC. We find that the production cross section of e+e-→Zh can be altered by a few percent in some part of the WMAP-allowed parameter space, while the correction to the WW fusion process e+e-→νeν̄eh is below 1%. Such virtual effects are correlated with the cross sections of chargino pair productions and can offer complementary information in probing split supersymmetry at the colliders.
119516872
Muon anomalous magnetic moment in technicolor models
Contributions to the muon anomalous magnetic moment are evaluated in the technicolor model with scalars and topcolor assisted technicolor model, In the technicolor model with scalers, the additional contributions come from the loops of scalers, which were found sizable only for a very large f/f' disfavored by the experiment of h --> s gamma. The topcolor effect is also found to be large only for an unnaturally large tan theta', and thus the previously evaluated loop effects of extended technicolor bosons, suppressed by m(mu)(2)/M-ETC(2), must be resorted to account for the E821 experiment. So, if the E821 experiment result persists, it would be a challenge to technicolor models. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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Probing topcolor-assisted technicolor from top charge asymmetry and triple-top production at the LHC
In a topcolor-assisted technicolor model (TC2) with large FCNC top quark couplings, we study its correlated contributions to the top quark forward-backward asymmetry (A(FB)) at the Tevatron, the top charge asymmetry (A(C)) and the triple-top production at the LHC. Under current constraints on the top quark from the LHC and Tevatron (such as the total and differential production rates), we scan the parameter space of such a TC2 model. We find that in the allowed parameter space the TC2 model can explain the Tevatron measured A(FB) at 2 sigma level, but meanwhile significantly enhance A(C) at the LHC. Such enhanced A(C), albeit currently allowed by the LHC measurement at 2 sigma level, will serve as a test of TC2 with the improvement of measurement precision at the LHC. Then with all the constraints (including the requirement to explain A(FB) at 2 sigma level and satisfying the current LHC measurement of A(C) at 2 sigma level), we find that the TC2 model can induce sizable triple-top production at the 14 TeV LHC (the production rate can maximally reach 16 pb). Due to the low SM backgrounds, the triple-top production can also be a good probe for TC2 model, complementary to A(C). (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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On the renormalization of effective field theories for nucleon-nucleon interactions
The renormalization in nonperturbative regimes are investigated in a compact and general parametrization of the T -matrix for nucleon-nucleon scattering. The underlying theory perspective and the ’fixing’ of the prescriptions for the T -matrix from physical boundary conditions are stressed with various existing schemes briefly addressed.
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Quantum field theory can be UV finite if it is taken as effective one
This is a further explanation of a new and simple renormalization approach recently proposed by the author (hep-th/9708104, Ref. [1], that is somewhat sketchy) for any ordinary QFT (whether renormalizable or not) in any spacetime dimension. We discussed the physical motivations of the new approach and its efficiency when compared to the existent renormalization approaches. Some other important issues related are briefly touched.
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A note on nonperturbative renormalization of effective field theory
Within the realm of contact potentials, the key structures intrinsic of nonperturbative renormalization of T-matrices are unraveled using rigorous solutions and an inverse form of the algebraic Lippmann?Schwinger equation. The intrinsic mismatches between effective field theory power counting and nonperturbative divergence structures are shown for the first time to preclude the conventional counterterm algorithm from working in the renormalization of EFT for NN scattering in nonperturbative regimes.
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A nonperturbative scenario for EFT renormalization
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Comparative analysis of non-perturbative effects in B ---> X(u)l anti-nu(l) decays
In order to extract the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |V_{ub}| from B -> X_u l anti-nu_l decays, the overwhelming background from B -> X_c l anti-nu_l decays must be reduced by appropriate acceptance cuts. We study the non-perturbative effects due to the motion of the b quark inside the B meson on the phenomenologically relevant decay distributions of B -> X_u l anti-nu_l in the presence of such cuts in a comparative analysis based on shape functions and the parton model in the light-cone limit. Comparisons with recent data from the CLEO, BABAR, and BELLE collaborations favor the shape-function approach.