TeV能区物理

文章简要介绍研究TeV能区物理的意义、重要性和当前国际上的发展形势,以及清华大学粒子物理理论组为发展TeV能区物理研究所做的工作和取得的成果.     

TeV能区物理

文章简要介绍研究TeV能区物理的意义、重要性和当前国际上的发展形势,以及清华大学粒子物理理论组为发展TeV能区物理研究所做的工作和取得的成果.     

A compact 341 model at TeV scale

We build a gauge model based on the SU(3)_c⊗SU(4)_L⊗U(1)_X$SU{\left(3\right)}_c\otimes SU{\left(4\right)}_L\otimes U{\left(1\right)}_X$ symmetry where the scalar spectrum needed to generate gauge boson and fermion masses has a smaller scalar content than usually assumed in literature. We compute the running of its abelian gauge coupling and show that a Landau pole shows up at the TeV scale, a fact that we use to consistently implement those fermion masses that are not generated by Yukawa interactions, including neutrino masses. This is appropriately achieved by non renormalizable effective operators, suppressed by the Landau pole scale. Also, SU(3)_c⊗SU(3)_L⊗U(1)_N$SU{\left(3\right)}_c\otimes SU{\left(3\right)}_L\otimes U{\left(1\right)}_N$ models embedded in this gauge structure are bound to be strongly coupled at this same energy scale, contrary to what is generally believed, and neutrino mass generation is rather explained through the same effective operators used in the larger gauge group. Besides, their nice features, as the existence of cold dark matter candidates and the ability to reproduce the observed standard model Higgs-like phenomenology, are automatically inherited by our model. Finally, our results imply that this model is constrained to be observed or discarded soon, since it must be realized at the currently probed energy scale in LHC.     

Leptoquarks and vector-like strong interactions at the TeV scale

In a vector-like extension of the minimal standard model with mirror fermions leptoquarks can be bound states of fermion-mirror-fermion pairs held together by a new strong interaction at the TeV scale. The small couplings of leptoquarks to light fermion pairs arise due to mixing. The large Q² event excess at HERA and also the high E_T jet excess at Tevatron can potentially be explained.     

Multiple seesaw mechanisms of neutrino masses at the TeV scale

In pursuit of a balance between theoretical naturalness and experimental testability, we propose two classes of multiple seesaw mechanisms at the TeV scale to understand the origin of tiny neutrino masses. They are novel extensions of the canonical and double seesaw mechanisms, respectively, by introducing even and odd numbers of gauge-singlet fermions and scalars. It is thanks to a proper implementation of the global U(1)×Z_2N$\mathrm{U}(1)\times {\mathbb{Z}}_{2N}$ symmetry that the overall neutrino mass matrix in either class has a suggestive nearest-neighbor-interaction pattern. We briefly discuss possible consequences of these TeV-scale seesaw scenarios, which can hopefully be explored in the upcoming Large Hadron Collider and precision neutrino experiments, and present a simple but instructive example of model building.     

Transplanckian collisions in TeV scale gravity

Collisions at transplanckian energies offer model independent tests of TeV scale gravity. One spectacular signal is given by black-hole production, though a full calculation of the corresponding cross-section is not yet available. Another signal is given by gravitational elastic scattering, which may be less spectacular but which can be nicely computed in the forward region using the eikonal approximation. In this talk I discuss the distinctive signatures of eikonalized scattering at future accelerators.     

Light-cone broadening and TeV scale extra dimensions

We examine the effect of light-cone broadening induced by quantum-gravity foam in the context of theories with “large” extra dimensions stretching between two parallel brane worlds. We consider the propagation of photon probes on one of the branes, including the response to graviton fluctuations, from both field- and string-theoretical viewpoints. In the latter approach, the dominant source of light-cone broadening may be the recoil of the D-brane, which scales linearly with the string coupling. Astrophysical constraints then place strong restrictions on consistent string models of macroscopic extra dimensions. The broadening we find in the field-theoretical picture seems to be close to the current sensitivity of gravity-wave interferometers, and therefore could perhaps be tested experimentally in the foreseeable future.     

Naturally small seesaw neutrino mass with no new physics beyond the TeV scale

If there is no new physics beyond the TeV energy scale, such as in a theory of large extra dimensions, the smallness of the seesaw neutrino mass, i.e., m(nu) = m(2)(D)/m(N), cannot be explained by a very large m(N). In contrast to previous attempts to find an alternative mechanism for a small m(nu), I show how a solution may be obtained in a simple extension of the standard model, without using any ingredient supplied by the large extra dimensions. It is also experimentally testable at future accelerators.     

Consequences of a Cosmological Phase Transition at the TeV Scale

A finite vacuum energy density implies the existence of a UV scale for gravitational modes. This gives a phenomenological scale to the dynamical equations governing the cosmological expansion that must satisfy constraints consistent with quantum measurability and spatial flatness. Examination of these constraints for the observed dark energy density establishes a time interval from the transition to the present, suggesting major modifications from the thermal equations of state far from Planck density scales. The assumption that a phase transition initiates the radiation dominated epoch is shown under several scenarios to be able to produce fluctuations to the CMB of the order observed. Quantum measurability constraints (eg. uncertainly relations) define cosmological scales bounded by luminal expansion rates. It is shown that the dark energy can consistently be interpreted as being due to the vacuum energy of collective gravitational modes which manifest as the zero-point motions of coherent Planck scale mass units prior to the UV scale onset of gravitational quantum de-coherence for the cosmology. A cosmological model with multiple scales, one of which replaces an apparent cosmological “constant”, is shown to reproduce standard cosmology during intermediate times, while making the exploration of the early and late time cosmology more accessible. Talk presented at the 2006 biennial conference of the International Association for Relativistic Dynamics, June 12–14, University of Connecticut (Storrs).     

Inflation as a cure for the cosmological problems of superstring models with intermediate scale breaking

Superstring inspired models with an intermediate stage of symmetry breaking have severe cosmological problems associated with the breaking of discrete symmetries (domain wall problem) and with the need for a light decoupled scalar field (Polonyi problem). We show that an early period of inflation which gives the desired flatness, dilution of unwanted species, and density fluctuations also eliminates the problem associated with intermediate scale breaking. Mechanisms regenerating the baryon-number asymmetry are briefly described.     

Search for TeV scale physics in heavy flavor decays

The subject of heavy flavor decays as probes for physics at and beyond the TeV scale is covered from the experimental perspective. Emphasis is placed on the more traditional beyond the standard model topics that have potential for impact in the early LHC era, and that are in anticipation of the B factory upgrade(s). The aim is to explain the physics, without getting too involved in the details, whether experimental or theoretical, to give the interested non-expert a perspective on the flavor/TeV link. We cover the forefront topics of CP violation in b→s transitions involving penguin and box diagrams, and probes of charged Higgs, right-handed and scalar interactions. We touch briefly on ϒ decay, D ⁰ mixing, rare K decays, and lepton flavor violating probes in τ decay. Our own phenomenological work is often used for illustration.     

Unified TeV scale picture of baryogenesis and dark matter

We present a simple extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model which provides a unified picture of cosmological baryon asymmetry and dark matter. Our model introduces a gauge singlet field N and a color triplet field X which couple to the right-handed quark fields. The out-of-equilibrium decay of the Majorana fermion N mediated by the exchange of the scalar field X generates adequate baryon asymmetry for MN approximately 100 GeV and MX approximately TeV. The scalar partner of N (denoted N1) is naturally the lightest SUSY particle as it has no gauge interactions and plays the role of dark matter. The model is experimentally testable in (i) neutron-antineutron oscillations with a transition time estimated to be around 10(10)sec, (ii) discovery of colored particles X at LHC with mass of order TeV, and (iii) direct dark matter detection with a predicted cross section in the observable range.