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An analytical study of lattice gauge theory at finite temperature
Abstract We extended the variational cumulant expansion for lattice gauge theories to finite temperature. The phase diagram of the Z(2) gauge model is given in four dimensions. The asymmetric Z(2) model at finite temperature is also treated.
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Supersymmetric electroweak corrections to single top quark production at the Fermilab Tevatron
We calculate the O({alpha}{sub ew}M{sub t}{sup 2}/M{sub W}{sup 2}) supersymmetric (SUSY) electroweak corrections to single top quark production via q{bar q}{sup {prime}}{r_arrow}t{bar b} at the Fermilab Tevatron in the minimal supersymmetric model. The supersymmetric electroweak corrections to the cross section are at most a few percent for tan{beta} {gt} 1, but can exceed 10{percent} for tan{beta} {lt} 1. The combined effects of SUSY electroweak corrections and the Yukawa corrections can exceed 10{percent} for favorable parameter values, which might be observable at a high-luminosity Tevatron. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
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Di-photon Higgs signal at the LHC: A comparative study in different supersymmetric models
As the most important discovery channel for a light Higgs boson at the LHC the di-photon signal gg --> h --> gamma gamma is sensitive to underlying physics. In this work we investigate such a signal in a comparative way by considering three different supersymmetric models, namely the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model (NMSSM) and the nearly minimal supersymmetric standard model (nMSSM). Under the current collider and cosmological constraints we scan over the parameter space and obtain the following observation in the allowed parameter space: (i) In the nMSSM the signal rate is always suppressed; (ii) In the MSSM the signal rate is suppressed in most cases, but in a tiny corner of the parameter space it can be enhanced (maximally by a factor of 2); (iii) In the NMSSM the signal rate can be enhanced or suppressed depending on the parameter space, and the enhancement factor can be as large as 7. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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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.
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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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.
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A nonperturbative scenario for EFT renormalization
120520076
Soliton mass and discrete coupling constants in the quantized sine-Gordon model
The soliton mass in the quantized sine-Gordon model over the whole range of the coupling constant (g2 from 0 to 8 pi ) is evaluated by means of the Gaussian effective potential method. The analytical expression with numerical results is presented. The authors find that the coupling constant g can only take discrete values. A new kind of soliton linking g Phi =0 to g Phi = pi emerges at a set of special coupling constants g.
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Dynamical symmetry breaking of massless $\lambda\phi^4$ and renormalization scheme dependence
Through two loop effective potential we demonstrate that the $\bar{MS}$ scheme of dimensional regularization and Jackiw's prescription in cut-off regularization allow for the dynamical breaking solution in massless $\lambda\phi^4$ theory, while the Coleman-Weinberg prescription does not. The beta function of the broken phase is negative, like in the one loop effective potential, but the UV fixed point is not zero, i.e., not an asymptotic freedom solution, unlike the one loop case. Some related issues were briefly discussed.
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On the underlying theory approach for quantum theories
Some explanations and implications of the underlying theory approach for quantum theories (QM or QFT) are discussed and suggested. This simple idea seems to have significantly nontrivial effects for our understanding of the quantum theories.
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Quantum field theory: Finiteness and Effectiveness
A new attempt is demonstrated that QFTs can be UV finite if they are viewed as the low energy effective theories of a fundamental underlying theory (that is complete and well-defined in all respects) according to the modern standard point of view. This approach works for any interaction model and space-time dimension. It is much simpler in principle and in technology comparing to any known renormalization program.Unlike the known renormalization methods, the importance of the procedure for defining the ambiguities (corresponding to the choice of the renormalization conditions in the conventional program) is fully appreciated in the new approach. It is shown that the high energy theory(s) or the underlying theory(s) in fact 'stipulates (stipulate)' the low energy and effective ones through these definitions within our approach while all the conventional methods miss this important point. Some simple but important nonperturbative examples are discussed to show the power and plausibility of the new approach. Other related issues (especially the IR problem and the implication of our new approach for the canonical quantization procedure) are briefly touched.