Spin Correlations in Top Quark Pair Production Near Threshold at the e^＋e^- Linear Collider

We investigate the spin correlations in top quark pair production near the threshold at the e^ e^- linear collider. Comparing with the results above the threshold region, we find that near the threshold region the off-diagonal basis, the optimized decomposition of the top quark spins above the threshold region, does not exist, and the beamline basis is the optimal basis, in which there are the dominant spin components: the up-down (UD) component for e^-le^ scattering and the down-up (DU) component for eR^-e^ scattering can make up more than 50% of the total cross section,respectively.     

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→vebt 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 = 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 →Ф^＋b→tbb in future LC experiment with √s = 3 TeV and ￡ = 500 fb^-1.     

Top Quark Flavor Changing Decay t→ cH^0 in Little Higgs Model

We study theoretically the quantum effects of the littlest Higgs model （LH） mediated by flavor changing one-loop Feynman diagrams on the rare decay process t→ cH^0. The comparison of the decay width in the LH model with that in the standard model （SM） is made. We find that the decay branch ratio of t→ cH^0 in the LH model is at most of the order-10^-12, which is two order larger than in the SM. The numerical results show that the difference between the branch ratios in the LH model and the SM is generally sensitive to the LH model parameters, such as symmetry breaking scale f, Higgs boson mass mH0, and x=v＇4f/v^2 in our chosen parameter space, but relatively insensitive to the value choice of the cosine of the mixing angle c and the ratio λ1/λ2.     

Colour-Charged Quark Matter in Astrophysics？

Colour confinement is only a supposition, which has not yet been proven in QCD. Here we propose that macroscopic quark-gluon plasma in astrophysics could hardly maintain colourless because of causality. It is expected that the existence of chromatic strange quark stars as well as chromatic strangelets preserved from the QCD phase transition in the early Universe could be unavoidable if their colourless correspondents do exist.     

Extended Quark Potential Model From Random Phase Approximation

The quark potential model is extended to include the sea quark excitation using the random phase approximation.The effective quark interaction preserves the important QCD properties-chiral symmetry and confinement simultaneously.A primary qualitative analysis shows that the π meson as a well-known typical Goldstone boson and the other mesons made up of valence qq quark pair such as the ρ meson can also be described in this extended quark potential model.     

Quark Virtuality and QCD Vacuum Condensates

Based on the Dyson-Schwinger equations (DSEs) in the ‘rainbow‘ approximation, we investigate the quark virtuality in the vacuum state and quantum-chromodynamics (QCD) vacuum condensates. In particular, we calculate the local quark vacuum condensate and quark-gluon mixed condensates, and then the virtuality of quark. The calculated quark virtualities are λu,d^2 0.7 GeV^2 for u, d quarks, and λs^2=1.6 GeV^2 for s quark. Our theoretical predictions are consistent with empirical values used in QCD sum rules, and also fit to lattice QCD predictions.     

The Top－Charm Associated Production Within the R－Parity Violating Supersymmetric Model in Photon－Proton Collisions

The top-charm associated production with the effects from both B-and L-violating interactions in TeV scale photon-proton collisions is investigated in the framework of Rp minimal supersymmetric standard model.Within the bounds on the relevant R-parity violating couplings,the total cross section will reach the order or 10 fb in some parts of the parameter space.     

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.     

A Monte Carlo Study on the Identification of Quark and Gluon Jets

Three-jet events in e^ e^- collisions at 91.2 GeV are investigated using both HERWIG and JETSET Monte Carlo generators.The angles among the three jets are used to identify the quark and gluon jets.An analysis at the parton level is carried out to ensure the reasonableness of this method and an angular cut is utilized to improve the purity of this identification.The multiplicity inside the identified quark or gluon jets agrees with the quantum chromodynamic predictions qualitatively.     

Probing the TC2 model via Production of Top Quark Pairs at Tevatron and LHC

The topcolour-assisted technicolour （TC2） model is an interesting dynamical theory among the various new physics models. We cMculate the total tt cross section and the relative correction of the TC2 model to the cross section at Tevatron Run Ⅱ and LHC. At the Tevatron Run Ⅱ, the cross section predicted by the standard model （SM） is consistent with the experimental data, and in most parameter spaces of the TC2 model, the relative correction of the TC2 model to the cross section is too small to be detectable. We find that the tt cross section is more sensitive to the parameters of the TC2 model at the LHC and the relative correction of the TC2 model to the cross section is over 10% in general. Such a value of the relative correction should be large enough to be detectable at the LHC. Therefore, it is promising to find the clue of the TC2 model via the tt production at the LHC.     

J／φ→γBB Decays and the Quark—pair Creation Model

We generalize the quark-pair creation model to a study of the radiative decays J/φ→γBB by assuming that the u.d,or s quark pairs are created with the same interaction strength,From the calculation of the ratio of the decay widths （J/φ→γpp)/Γ（J/φ→pp),we extract the quark-pari creation strength gI=15.40GeV,Based on the SU(6)spin-flavour basis and the “uds” basis,the radiative decay branching ratios cotaining strange baryons are evaluated.Measurements for these decay widths from the BESII data are suggested.     

Topcolor Assisted Technicolor Models and Single Top Quark Production via qqˊ→tb at the Tevatron

TC2 theory predicts a number of new particles including gauge bosons, technipions and top-pions. In this paper, we study and calculate the corrections of all these new particles to single top-quark production rate σ_t via the process qq^ˊ→tb at the Fermilab Tevatron. Our results show that the correction mainly comes from the virtual effect of the top-pions. With reasonable value of the parameters, the relative correction δσ_t/σ_t⁰ is larger than 15% which may be detected at the Tevatron RunII or RunIII.     

Associate Production of w± and H± with a Single Top Quark at LEP Ⅱ

Searching for a single top-quark production at LEP where the backgrohnd is relatively clean is interesting. We study e⁺e^- tb (t
b)+X cross sections at √s =200 GeV and √s =250 GeV energies in the framework of the minimal standard model and the extended standard model with two Higgs doublets. The resultant evaluation of the cross sections is not very encouraging, but can be optimistic and worth further serious studies in experiments and theories, if there exists charged Higgs with a large coupling parameter cotβ or the design luminosity is enhanced by several orders.     

Double Diffractive Process Factorization from ηc and γ Associated Production at Tevatron and LHC

We present a study of associated ηc and γ double diffractive production in pp^- collision based on Ingelman-Schlein model, and the framework of non-relativistic QOD factorization formalism for quarkonia production. The prediction of ηc and γ is more reliable than J/ψ production, because the associated ηc and γ production is a pure color-octet process, and the dominant contribution comes from color octet ^1S0^(8) subprocess, which is related to the color octet matrix element of ^1S0(8) of J/ψ by the heavy quark spin symmetry and the large PT J/ψ production data. We find that the ratio of diffractive to inclusive cross sections is independent of the values of color octet matrix elements, but is sensitive to the gluon factor of the Pomeron and renormalized Pomeron flux factors. So experimental measurement of this ratio can give us more information of the nature of Pomeron and test the assumption of hard diffractive factorization in hadron-hadron collisions.     

Bs →φπ^0 Decay in the Extra Down-Type Quark Model

Using the QCD factorization approach, we investigate the electro-weak penguin dominated process 13~ --, q57r~ in the extra down-type quark （EDQS） model. We calculate the effects of new physics （NP） on the branching fraction and direct CP asymmetry of the decay mode. It is found that the branching fraction can be increased by 15~o points or dropped by 13~o points than the standard model （SM） value, and its direct CP asymmetry can be increased by 35% points or dropped by 37% points than the SM one. The effects of NP on the direct CP asymmetry are more obvious than on the branching fraction. If this decay mode could be measured in the upcoming LHCb experiment, these results we obtain will be useful for further studies of the EDQS model.