Upper Bounds on Top Quark Mass,Z Boson Decay Widths and Mass Ratio MW/MZ

In this paper we made a comprehensive analysis of some latest esperimental data-the Z boson decay widths, the mass ratio M_W/M_Z and effective vector coupling constant g_v, within the framework of standard model. We considered the 0(α_s²), order QCD corrections in tlte calculation of T_h and T_z. The analysis shows that the mass ratio (M_W/M_Z)² is rather sensitive to the change of the strong coupling constant α_s(M_Z), and the smaller value α_s(M_Z)≤0.128 is preferred. The upper bounds on top quark Inass M_t are obtained from different analyses. The final averaged result is M_t= 102 37 GeV, or M_t< 186 GeV at 95% C.L. for Higgs boson mass M_H in the range of 50～1000 GeV.     

Quark model relation for kaon charge radii

We derive the equation r_E²(K⁰)/r_E²(K⁺) = m_s² − m_n²))/(2m_s² + m_n²) relating the kaon electric charge radii and the strange (m_s) and non-strange (m_n) quark masses in the nonrelativistic quark model, and suggest an inequality which we expect to hold in the presence of relativistic corrections. New data for these charge radii are presently being analysed by two experimental groups.     

Considerations concerning the radiative corrections to muon decay in the Fermi and Standard theories

The FAC, PMS, and BLM optimization methods are applied to the QED corrections to the muon lifetime in the Fermi V-A theory. The FAC and PMS scales are close to m_e, while the BLM scale nearly coincides with the geometric average √m_em_μ. The optimized expressions are employed to estimate the third order coefficient in the (m_μ) expansion and the theoretical error of the perturbative series. Using arguments based on effective field theory and a simple examination of Feynman diagrams, it is shown that, if contributions of (m_μ²/M_W²) are neglected, the corrections to muon decay in the SM factorize into the QED correction of the Fermi V-A theory and the electroweak amplitude g²/(1 − Δr), both of which are strictly scale-independent. We use the results to clarify how the QED corrections to muon decay and the Fermi constant G_F should be used in the SM, and what is the natural choice of scales if running couplings are employed.     

Compton scattering by the proton through θcms = 75° and 90° in the Δ-resonance region

Differential cross sections for Compton scattering by the proton have been measured in the energy interval between 200 and 500 MeV at scattering angles of θcms = 75° and θcms = 90° using the CATS, the CATS/TRAJAN, and the COPP setups with the Glasgow Tagger at MAMI (Mainz). The data are compared with predictions from dispersion theory using photo-meson amplitudes from the recent VPI solution SM95. The experiment and the theoretical procedure are described in detail. It is found that the experiment and predictions are in agreement as far as the energy dependence of the differential cross sections in the Δ-range is concerned. However, there is evidence that a scaling down of the resonance part of the M1+3/2 photo-meson amplitude by (2.8 ± 0.9)% is required in comparison with the VPI analysis. The deduced value of the M1+3/2-photoproduction amplitude at the resonance energy of 320 MeV is: |M1+3/2| = (39.6 ± 0.4) × 10−3 mπ+−1.     

Glueballs as bound states of massive gluons

Recent work in both lattice and continuum QCD shows that the gauge field is massive. We investigate the bound states of massive gluons with a Schrödinger equation and find M(0⁺⁺) ≈ 2.3 m, M(0⁻⁺) ≈ 2.7 m, M(2⁺⁺) ≈ 3.2 m, where m is the gluon mass; we expect from this as well as earlier work that m ≈ 500 MeV. These glueballs have widths typical of allowed hadronic decays.     

Measurement of the slope parameter for the neutral pion spectrum in KL → πππ decay

The π⁰ spectrum in the K_L⁰ → 3π decay was measured using a wire chambers magnetic spectrometer. In the usual approximation, the matrix element can be expressed as: M² ≈ 1 + 2a₀(M_K/M_π²)(2T_π⁰−T_π⁰max) + a₁(M_K²/M_π⁴)(2T_π⁰−T_π⁰max)². We obtained a₀ = −0.282 ± 0.011 and a₁ consistent with zero.     

The Higgs Boson Mass in MSM and the New Data

In this paper we study the implications of the top quark mass measurement at CDF for the Higgs boson mass M_H. We find that the present data are most likely in favor of heavy Higgs boson, M_H = 340_-270⁺⁷⁷⁰ GeV for M_t = 174 GeV, but no realistic constraints on M_H could be derived until the measurement of M_t reaches high precision.     

Renormalization group analysis and the top quark mass in the SU(4) × O(4) string model

We perform a two-loop renormalization group analysis for the gauge couplings in the SU(4) × O(4) model. We use the string theory prediction for the unification scale and the experimentally acceptable low energy values for ₃ and sin² θ_w, to determine the magnitudes of the various symmetry breaking scales as well as the value of the common gauge coupling at the unification scale. We solve the coupled differential system for the gauge and top and bottom Yukawa couplings, and determine the top mass as a function of two parameters which could be chosen to be the ratio of the Higgs VEV's that give masses to the up and down quarks and the value of the top coupling at the unification scale. We find a relatively heavy top quark mass which lies in the range 130m_t180 GeV.     

Ba（d）^o-Ba（d）^o Mixing and New Physics Effects in a Top Quark Two-Higgs Doublet Model

We calculate the new physics contributions to the neutral Bd^o and Ba^o meson mass splitting △Md and △Ma induced by the box diagrams involving the charged-Higgs bosons in the top quark two-Higgs doublet model （T2HDM）. Using the precision data, we obtain the bounds on the parameter space of the T2HDM： （a） For fixed MH = 400 GeV and 5= [0°, 60°], the upper bound on tan β is tan β≤ 30 after the inclusion of major theoretical uncertainties; （b） For the case of tan β≤ 20, a light charged Higgs boson with a mass around 300 GeV is allowed; and （c） The bounds on tan β and MH are strongly correlated： a smaller （larger） tan β means a lighter （heavier） charged Higgs boson.     

The Signatures of the Neutral Top-Pion at the NLC and the Tevatron in Topcolor-Assisted MWTC Model

The neutral top-pion π_t⁰ can couple to the gluons and the photons through the top quark triangle-loop. we calculate the corrections of the neutral top-pion π_t⁰ to the tt production cross section in topcolor-assisted multiscale walking technicolor model. We find that, for a heavy neutral top-pion, the corrections are quite significant. For m_t = 175 GeV, 5 GeV ≤ m_t¹ ≤ 20 GeV and M_πt = 350 GeV, the relative correction Δσ/σ₀ is larger than 10% which might be observed at a high-luminosity Tevatron. We further estimate the production cross section of π_t⁰ at the NLC experiment. We find that the production rate is significantly large. The neutral top-pion π_t⁰ may be detected in future e⁺e^- linear collider experiments.     

Testing supersymmetry in the associated production of CP-odd and charged Higgs bosons

In the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), the masses of the charged Higgs boson (H±) and the CP-odd scalar (A) are related by MH+2=MA2+mW2. Furthermore, because the coupling of W−–A–H+ is fixed by gauge interaction, the tree level production rate of depends only on one supersymmetry parameter—the mass (MA) of A. We show that to a good approximation this conclusion also holds at the one-loop level. Consequently, this process can be used to distinguish MSSM from its alternatives (such as a general two-Higgs-doublet model) by verifying the above mass relation, and to test the prediction of the MSSM on the product of the decay branching ratios of A and H± in terms of only one single parameter—MA.     

Measurement and analysis of the infrared reflection spectrum of semiconducting SnS

The infrared reflection spectrum of p-type SnS single crystals was measured between 2 and 25μ. The observed dispersion was ascribed to the combined effects of lattice vibrations and free holes. An analysis gave for the index of refraction n₀ = 3.6 ± 0.1, the dielectric constant = 19.5 ± 2, and the effective charge on the atoms e^* = 0.7e₀.

The effective mass of holes is isotropic in the plane perpendicular to the c-axis, with m^* = 0.20m₀; the effective mass parallel to the c-axis is much larger: m^* m₀.     

Single Production of Top Quark via e-γ Collision in Left-Right Twin Higgs Model

In the context of the left-right twin Higgs (LRTH) model, we fist study single production of the standard model (SM) top quark via e^-γ collisions. We find that the corrections of the LRTH model to the cross section of the process e^-γ→ν_ebt might be observed only for f≤750 GeV and the heavy top quark mass scale M≥500 GeV in future high energy linear e⁺e^- collider (LC) experiment with the center-of-mass (CM) energy s^½=500 GeV and a yearly integrated luminosity of £=100 fb^-1. We also consider single production of the heavy top quark T via e^-γ collisions. Our numerical results show that the possible signals of the heavy top quark T might be observed via the decay channel T→φ⁺b→tbb in future LC experiment with s^½=3 TeV and £=500 fb^-1.     

Probing the EOS and nn cross section by analyzing the collective flow at high and intermediate energy in the RVUU approach

We have studied the collective flow at high and intermediate energy in a relativistic Vlasov-Uehling-Uhlenbeck (RVUU) approach based on Walecka's QHD-I model, with the aim to probe the nuclear-matter equation of state (EOS) and the in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross section σ. At high energy (1.2 GeV/u), the out-of-plane azimuthal correlation function C(Ψ) is only sensitive to the effective mass m^* and insensitive to the nuclear compressibility K and the effective nucleon-nucleon cross section σ within a reasonable range. We have found that the preferred value of m^* is about 0.85 m. With this value of m^*, from the in-plane mean transverse momentum P_x(Y) which is sensitive to both m^* and σ we have drawn an effective nn cross section σ, namely σ 0.8σ_f where σ_f is the free nucleon-nucleon cross section in Cugnon's parametrization. Taking advantage of the fact that the energy of vanishing flow (EVF) at intermediate energy (around 100 MeV/u) is only sensitive to the nucleon-nucleon cross section σ, we have drawn some information on the nucleon-nucleon cross section σ, namely σ = (1.4±0.2)σ_f.     

Search for narrow NNπ resonances in exclusive pp→ppππ measurements

Narrow structures in the range of a few MeV have been searched for in ppπ⁺ and ppπ⁻ invariant mass spectra (M_ppπ⁺ and M_ppπ⁻) obtained from exclusive measurements of the pp→ppπ⁺π⁻ reaction at T_p=725,750 and 775 MeV using the PROMICE/WASA detector at CELSIUS. The selected reaction is particularly well suited for the search for dibaryon resonances decoupled from NN and/or NΔ. In the mass range 2020 MeV/c²<m_dibaryon<2085 MeV/c² no narrow structures could be identified on the 3σ level of statistical significance neither in M_ppπ⁻ nor in M_ppπ⁺ giving an upper limit (95% C.L.) for dibaryon production in this reaction of σ<20 nb.     

Detecting heavy charged Higgs bosons at the LHC with triple b-tagging

We investigate the charged Higgs boson signal at the LHC using its dominant production and decay modes with triple b-tagging, i.e. , followed by leptonic decay of one W and hadronic decay of the other. We consider the continuum background from the associated production of with a b- or a light quark or gluon jet, which can be mis-tagged as b-jet. We reconstruct the top quark masses to identify the 3rd b-jet accompanying the pair, and use its p_T distribution to distinguish the signal from the background. Combining this with the reconstruction of the H^± mass gives a viable signature over two interesting regions of the parameter space – i.e. tanβ1 and m_t/m_b.     

Anomalous magnetic behavior of the Co0.53Ga0.47 spin glass above the freezing temperature

We present here the detailed analysis of the magnetic behavior of the Co_0.53Ga_0.47 alloy, especially at temperatures above the freezing temperature T_f = 10 K. Low field static magnetization measurements were performed by using the SQUID magnetometer in the temperature range 5–65 K and magnetic fields up to 100 Oe. The temperature dependence of the field cooled susceptibility π_FC(T) at T > T_f has an anomaly, which is displayed in the double change of the curvature near T_s = 24 K. The data of magnetization M_FC in an external field H lie on a universal curve M_FC(H/T) at temperatures T_f < T < T_s. The plots of π^-1_FC(T) and non-linear magnetic susceptibility π^nl_FC(T^-3) are linear lines in the temperature range T_f−T_s. The strong deviation of π^-1_FC(T) and π^nl_FC(T^-3) from straight line, taking place at T T_s, indicates that T_s is an upper temperature limit of the classical superparamagnetic behavior with the constant cluster moment. The results suggest that such phenomena may be fairly universal for spin glasses.     

The ΔNγ electromagnetic transition form factors GM(q) and GE(q)

A parameter-free, nonperturbative calculation of the ΔNγ electromagnetic transition amplitudes GM*(q2), GE*(q2), and the resonant multipole ratio REM(q2)≡E1+3/2(q2)/M1+3/2(q2) is performed in terms of the well-known nucleon isovector Sachs form factor GMV. Our methods are fully relativistic with conservation of the electromagnetic current guaranteed. We find that GM*(q2) decreases more rapidly than the nucleon dipole form factor when −q21 GeV2/c2 and that REM(q2) remains small even for very high four-momentum transfer implying that the perturbative QCD prediction REM(q2)→1 is purely asymptotic and is valid only for extremely high |q2|.