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$B_s\to K^{(*) -}K^{(*) +}, K^{(*) -}\pi^{+}, K^{(*) -}\rho^{+}$ decays in R-parity violating supersymmetry
With the first measurements of the branching ratios and the direct CP asymmetries of B s → K ― K + , K ― π + decays by the CDF collaboration, we constrain the relevant parameter space of the minimal supersymmetric standard model with R-parity violation. Using the constrained R-parity violating couplings, we further examine their possible effects in B s → K ―* π + , K (*)― ρ + and K (*)± K (*)∓ decays. We find that some branching ratios and CP asymmetries are very sensitive to the R-parity violating couplings. The direct longitudinal CP asymmetries of tree-dominated process B s → K *― ρ + could be enlarged to ∼70% and the longitudinal polarizations of B s → K *― K *+ , K *― ρ + decays could be suppressed very much by the squark exchange couplings. Near future experiments at CERN LHC can test these predictions and shrink/reveal the parameter spaces of RPV SUSY.
119180550
Anomalous tqZ coupling effects in rare B- and K-meson decays
A bstractAs a top-factory, the LHC is performing a direct study of top-quark anomalous FCNC couplings, which are, however, correlated closely with the rare B- and K-meson decays. In this paper, we study the effects of anomalous tqZ (with q = u, c) couplings in the rare decays Bs,d → μ+μ−, B → Xsν$ \overline \nu $, B → K(*)ν$ \overline \nu $, K+ → π+ν$ \overline \nu $, and KL → π0ν$ \overline \nu $. With the up-to-date experimental bounds on the branching ratios of these channels, constraints on the left-handed anomalous couplings $ X_{{ct}}^L $ and $ X_{{ut}}^L $ are derived, respectively. With these low-energy constraints taken into account, we find that, for real couplings $ X_{{ct}}^L $ and $ X_{{ut}}^L $, the indirect upper bounds on B(t → qZ) are much lower than that from the D0 collaboration, but are still compatible with the 5σ discovery potential of ATLAS with an integrated luminosity of 10 fb−1. With refined measurements to be available at the LHCb, the future super-B factories, the NA62 at CERN, and the KOTO at J-PARC, closer correlations between the t → qZ and the rare B- and K-meson decays are expected in the near future, which will be helpful for the searches of the top-quark FCNC decays at the LHC.
120402686
Perturbative QCD estimation of the Bc exclusive nonleptonic decays
We argue that the B-c exclusive nonleptonic decays are perturbatively calculable. Working in a perturbative QCD model of Brodsky et al, we pay attention to the estimate of the partial widths of the modes B-c --> J/Psi pi(+), J/Psi rho(+), etc., which serve to identify B-c mesons and determine the B-c mass and life time. Our estimations are found to be lower than the other predictions. We note that the spectator ansatz might be misleading in dealing with B-c weak decays. So the results will be potentially important at LHC to measure the B-c meson and to test various models of weak decays of heavy mesons.
118702585
Probe the R-parity Violating Supersymmetry Effects in the $B^0_s-\bar{B}^0_s$ Mixing
The recent measurements of the $B_s$ mass difference $\Delta M_s$ by the CDF and D{\O} collaborations are roughly consistent with the Standard Model predictions, therefore, these measurements will afford an opportunity to constrain new physics scenarios beyond the Standard Model. We consider the impact of the R-parity violating supersymmetry in the $B^0_s-\bar{B}^0_s$ mixing, and use the latest experimental results of $\Delta M_s$ to constrain the size of the R-parity violating tree level couplings in the $B^0_s-\bar{B}^0_s$ mixing. Then, using the constrained R-parity violating parameter space from $\Delta M_s$, we show the R-parity violating effects on the $B_s$ width difference $\Delta\Gamma_{s}$.
118478453
Constraints on anomalous $tcZ$ coupling from $\bar B \to \bar K^* \mu^+ \mu^-$ and $B_s \to \mu^+ \mu^-$ decays
In this paper, we analyze the possible anomalous $tcZ$ coupling effects in the $b \to s $ mediated decays $\bar B \to \bar K^* \mu^+ \mu^-$ and $B_s \to \mu^+ \mu^-$. After exploiting the available experimental data, the combined constraints on the anomalous coupling $X_{ct}^L$ are derived. It is found that, the bound on the magnitude $|X_{ct}^L|$ is dominated by the branching ratios of these two decays. Furthermore, one sign-flipped solution is excluded by the longitudinal fraction of $\bar B \to \bar K^* \mu^+ \mu^-$ at the low dilepton mass region. After considering the combined constraints, for general complex coupling $X_{ct}^L$, the predicted upper bound on $\mathcal B (t \to cZ)$ are compatible with that from the recent CMS direct search. In particular, for the case of real coupling $X_{ct}^L$, the upper bound reads $\mathcal B (t \to cZ)<1.0\times 10^{-4}$, which is much lower than the current CMS bound but still accessible at the LHC. With improved measurements at the LHC, the colser correlations between the $t \to cZ$ and $b \to s$ mediated (semi-) leptonic decays are expected in the near future.
118024604
Exclusive radiative B-meson decays within minimal flavor-violating two-Higgs-doublet models
In the "Higgs basis" for a generic two-Higgs-doublet model, only one doublet gets a nonzero vacuum expectation value and, under the criterion of minimal flavor violation, the other one is fixed to be either color-singlet or color-octet, referred to, respectively, as the type-III and type-C models. Both of them can naturally avoid large FCNC transitions and provide very interesting phenomena in some low-energy processes. In this paper, we study their effects on exclusive radiative B-meson decays due to the exchange of colorless or colored charged Higgs. It is found that while constraints from the branching ratios are slightly weaker than the ones from the inclusive B -> X-s gamma decay, the isospin asymmetries in exclusive decays provide very complementary bounds on the model parameters. As the two models predict similar corrections to the dipole coefficient C-7(eff), but similar magnitudes with opposite signs to C-8(eff), the branching ratios cannot discriminate the two models, and we have to resort to the direct CP and isospin asymmetries of b -> s processes, which are more sensitive to C-8(eff). Due to the CKM factors vertical bar lambda((d))(u)vertical bar similar to vertical bar lambda((d))(t)vertical bar, the terms proportional to lambda((d))(u) make the observables of b -> d processes exhibit a different dependence on the possible new physics phase. In addition, correlations between the various observables in the exclusive B -> V gamma and the inclusive B -> X-s,X-d gamma decays are investigated, which could provide further insights into the models with more precise experimental measurements and theoretical predictions for these decays.
118602451
QCD FACTORIZATION BASED ON SIX-QUARK OPERATOR EFFECTIVE HAMILTONIAN FROM PERTURBATIVE QCD AND CHARMLESS BOTTOM MESON DECAYS B((s)) -> pi pi, pi K, KK
The charmless bottom meson decays are systematically investigated based on an approximate six-quark operator effective Hamiltonian from perturbative QCD. It is shown that within this framework the naive QCD factorization method provides a simple way to evaluate the hadronic matrix elements of two-body mesonic decays. The singularities caused by on mass-shell quark propagator and gluon exchanging interaction are appropriately treated. Such a simple framework allows us to make theoretical predictions for the decay amplitudes with reasonable input parameters. The resulting theoretical predictions for all the branching ratios and CP asymmetries in the charmless B0, B+, Bs → ππ, πK, KK decays are found to be consistent with the current experimental data except for a few decay modes. The observed large branching ratio in B→π0π0 decay remains a puzzle though the predicted branching ratio may be significantly improved by considering the large vertex corrections in the effective Wilson coefficients. More precise measurements of charmless bottom meson decays, especially on CP violations in B → KK and Bs → ππ, πK, KK decay modes, will provide a useful test and guide us to a better understanding on perturbative and nonperturbative QCD.
118503899
Pre-neutron-emission mass distributions for reaction $^{238}$U(n, f) up to 60 MeV
The pre-neutron-emission mass distributions for reaction U(n, f) up to 60 MeV are systematically studied with an empirical fission potential model. The energy dependence of the peaks and valleys of the pre-neutron-emission mass distributions is described by an exponential form based on the newly measured data. The energy dependence of evaporation neutrons before scission is also considered, which plays a crucial role for the reasonable description of the mass distributions. The measured data for the pre-neutron-emission mass distributions for reaction U(n, f) are reasonably well reproduced up to 60 MeV. The mass distributions at unmeasured energies are also predicted with this approach. PACS. 24.75.+i General properties of fission – 25.85.Ec Neutron-induced fission
119272630
Charmless B-s -> PP, PV, VV decays based on the six-quark effective Hamiltonian with strong phase effects II
We provide a systematic study of charmless B-s -> PP, PV, VV decays (P and V denote pseudoscalar and vector mesons, respectively) based on an approximate six-quark operator effective Hamiltonian from QCD. The calculation of the relevant hard-scattering kernels is carried out, the resulting transition form factors are consistent with the results of QCD sum-rule calculations. By taking into account important classes of power corrections involving "chirally enhanced" terms and the vertex corrections as well as weak annihilation contributions with non-trivial strong phase, we present predictions for the branching ratios and CP asymmetries of B-s decays into PP, PV and VV final states, and also for the corresponding polarization observables in VV final states. It is found that the weak annihilation contributions with non-trivial strong phase have remarkable effects on the observables in the color-suppressed and penguin-dominated decay modes. In addition, we discuss the SU(3) flavor symmetry and show that the symmetry relations are generally respected.
119232831
Prediction for the mass spectra of resonance mesons in the soft-wall AdS/QCD model with a modified 5D metric
A soft-wall anti-de Sitter/QCD model with a modified five-dimensional metric at the infrared region is constructed to obtain a nontrivial dilaton solution, which incorporates the chiral symmetry breaking and linear confinement. By taking the pion mass and decay constant as two input mass scales, the resulting predictions for the resonance states of pseudoscalar, scalar, vector, and axial-vector mesons agree remarkably with the experimentally confirmed resonance states. The effects of the quartic interaction term are investigated by taking an appropriate sign and magnitude for maintaining the stability of the bulk scalar potential. It is shown that such a simply modified soft-wall anti-de Sitter/QCD model can lead to a consistent prediction for the mass spectra of resonance states in the pseudoscalar, scalar, vector, and axial-vector mesons; the agreement with the experimental data is found to be better than 10% for the excited meson states. The resulting pion form factor also agrees well with the experimental data.
125676983
Elastic alpha+Ne-20 scattering in the alpha+O-16 model of Ne-20
A folding potential for the elastic alpha+Ne-20 scattering is constructed based on the alpha+O-16 structure model of the Ne-20 nucleus. The elastic scattering angular distributions of the alpha+Ne-20 system at incident energies E-alpha = 31.1, 54.1, and 104.0 MeV have been calculated by using the folding potential. The experimental angular distributions and the anomalous large angle scattering (ALAS) features can be satisfactorily described. The anomaly of the alpha+Ne-20 system is clearly reconfirmed in the present folding model analysis and should be further systematically investigated.