Top rare decays t→cV in mirror twin Higgs models

The decay t→cV(V=γ,Z,g)processes in mirror twin Higgs models with colorless top partners are studied in this paper.We report that the branchi ng ratios of these decays can strongly affect the standard model expectations in some parameter spaces and may be detectable according to the current precision electroweak measurements.Thus,constraints on the model parameters may be obtained from the branching fraction of the decay processes,which may serve as a robust detection tool for this new physics model.     

中性top-pion的产生和衰变

研究了顶色辅助的人工色(TC2?)理论预言的中性top-pion π0t的产生和衰变.结果表明:在高能正负电子对撞(LC)实验中,通过e⁺e^－→γπ0t和e⁺e^－→Z π0t过程可以产生大量的π0t粒子,通过e⁺e^－→γπ0t→γtc和e⁺e^－→π0tZ→tcZ过程可以探测中性top-pion π0t?的可能物理迹象.     

在高能e+e－对撞机上探测top-Higgs的可能性

计算了top-Higgsh0t对过程e⁺e^－→tc νeνe,e⁺e^－→γ(Z)tc的贡献,并进一步讨论了在高能线性e⁺e^－对撞机(LC)上探测此粒子的可能性.结果表明:h0t对过程e⁺e^－→tc νeνe的贡献很大,通过此过程可在LC实验中探测top-Higgs;另外e⁺e^－→γtc也是探测h0t的有效过程.     

Single top production associated with a neutral scalar at LHC in topcolor-assisted technicolor

The topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) model predicts a number of neutral scalars like the top-pion (π⁰_t) and the top-Higgs (h⁰_t). These scalars have flavor-changing neutral-current (FCNC) top quark couplings, among which the top-charm transition couplings may be sizable. Such FCNC couplings induce single top productions associated with a neutral scalar at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) through the parton processes cg→t π⁰_t and cg→t h⁰_t. In this paper we examine these productions and find their production rates can exceed the 3σ sensitivity of the LHC in a large part of parameter space. Since in the Standard Model and the minimal supersymmetric model such rare productions have unobservably small production rates at the LHC, these rare processes will serve as a good probe for the TC2 model.     

Explaining DAMPE results by dark matter with hierarchical lepton-specific Yukawa interactions

We propose to interpret the DAMPE electron excess at 1.5 Te V through scalar or Dirac fermion dark matter(DM) annihilation with doubly charged scalar mediators that have lepton-specific Yukawa couplings. The hierarchy of such lepton-specific Yukawa couplings is generated through the Froggatt-Nielsen mechanism, so that the dark matter annihilation products can be dominantly electrons. Stringent constraints from LEP2 on intermediate vector boson production can be evaded in our scenarios. In the case of scalar DM, we discuss one scenario with DM annihilating directly to leptons and another scenario with DM annihilating to scalar mediators followed by their decays. We also discuss the Breit-Wigner resonant enhancement and the Sommerfeld enhancement in the case where the s-wave annihilation process is small or helicity-suppressed. With both types of enhancement, constraints on the parameters can be relaxed and new ways for model building can be opened in explaining the DAMPE results.     

Top Quark Decay t → cb-↑b in Topcolor-Assisted Technicolor Models

The topcolor-assisted technicolor （TC2） model predicts the existence of the top-pions and the CP-even top-Higgs with large flavor-changing couplings to the top quark, which at tree-level can mediate the top quark three-body decay t → cb-↑b. We study this decay, show the dependence of the decay rate on the relevant TC2 parameters and compare the results with the predictions in the minimal supersymmetric model. We find that the decay rate in the TC2 model is much larger than that in the minimal supersymmetric model if the new particles are not too heavy. However, in consideration of the ODF and the LEP experiment limits, the top-pion mass is greater than 340 GeV in a more realistic parameter space, so the decay width of the channel t → cb-↑b intermediated by top-pions will be depressed greatly and difficult to be detected at the future collider. Thus, to observe this channel at the future collider, considering the top-higgs contribution may be the possible way when the masses of the top-pions and the top-higgs are not degenerate.