Searches for the technicolor signatures via gg→W～(±)π_t～(■) at the Large Hadron Collider

In this paper,we calculate the production of a charged top pion in association with a W boson via gg fusion at CERN's Large Hadron Collider in the context of the topcolor assisted technicolor model.We find that the total cross section of pp→gg→W～(±)π_t～(■) is several dozen femtobarns with reasonable values of the parameters,and the total cross section of pp→W～(±)π_t～(■) can reach a few hundred femtobarns when we consider the sum of the contributions of these two parton subprocesses,gg→W～(±)π_t～(■) and b→W～...     

Study of ππ production in two-photon collisions at Belle

We have measured the cross section for π⁺π^－ production in two-photon collisions using a data sample with an integrated luminosity of 85.9fb^－1 collected with the Belle detector. The f₀(980) resonance is observed as a peak in the energy spectrum of the cross section. We also report preliminary results for γγ→π⁰π⁰ with two-photon center-of-mass energies ranging from 0.6 to 4.0GeV, based on a 95fb^－1 data sample. We find at least four resonant structures including a peak from f₀(980). In addition, there is evidence for χ_c0 production. We also make a preliminary discussion of the angular dependence and cross section ratio of γγ→π⁺π^－ and γγ→π⁰π⁰.     

Production of a neutral scalar associated with a photon at the LHC in the topcolorassisted technicolor model

In the context of the topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) model, we consider the production of the neutral scalar S(π_t⁰ or h_t⁰) associated with a photon at the LHC and compare our results with those given by the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (MSSM). We find that its production cross section is larger or smaller than that of the scalar particle predicted by the MSSM model, depending on the values of the relevant free parameters.     

Configuration of the valence neutrons of 17B

The reaction cross section of ¹⁷B on ¹²C target at (43.7±2.4)MeV/u has been measured at the Radioactive Ion Beam Line in Lanzhou (RIBLL). The root-mean-square matter radius (R_rms) was deduced to be (2.92±0.10)fm, while the R_rms of the core and the valence neutron distribution are 2.28fm and 5.98fm respectively. Assuming a ``core plus 2n' structure in ¹⁷B, the mixed configuration of (2s_1/2) and (1d_5/2) of the valence neutrons is studied and the     

Searching for a neutral top-Higgs in association with top-quark pairs at an e~+e~- collider in the TC2 model

We investigate the associated production of the neutral top-Higgs h_t⁰ with a pair of top-quarks in the context of the topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) model at the future e⁺e^- Linear Colliders (LC) i.e. e⁺e^- → tt h_t⁰. We calculate the production rate and present the distributions of the transverse momenta of top-Higgs and top-quarks. The results show that the total cross section is typically of the order of 1.0-7.5 fb in the energy range between 1000 GeV and 2000 GeV of the LC for the whole top-Higgs mass region of interest. It should be distinctly possible that hundreds or even thousands of h_t⁰ signals can be produced per year at the LC given the luminosity L=500 fb^-1.     

Production of Λ-hypernuclei in A(p,K+)ΛB reactions

The production of Λ-hypernuclei in the A(p, K⁺)_ΛB reaction is investigated in the framework of the distorted wave impulse approximation(DWIA). The total cross sections and differential cross sections for various nuclear targets are calculated with an elementary process pN→NKΛ where the additional contributions from the N^*(1535) resonance and the final state interaction between p and Λ are included. The dependence of the production cross sections of Λ-hypernuclei on the phenomenological nuclear density and the nucleon number in the target, as well as the distortion effect of the incident proton and outgoing kaon, are also explored. It is shown that the distortion effect tends to decrease the cross     

D+ → η(')l+νl semileptonic decays in light-cone sum rules

We calculate the D → η transition form factor in light-cone sum rules by taking improved current correlators to avoid the pollution from the twist-3 wave function. We get consistent results of the D⁺ → η^(')l⁺ν_l decays with the experimental data. By comparing the difference between the results of the branching ratios of D⁺ → η^(')l⁺ν_l from a two-pole parameterization model and from a BZ parameterization model, we find that the two-pole model and the BZ model are comparably believable. One way is supposed for the determination of the η-η' mixing angle from the dependence of the branching ratios of D⁺ → η^(')l⁺ν_l decays on the η-η' mixing angle.     

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.     

Searching for new physics in D0→μ+μ-, e+e-,μ±e干 at BES and/or the super charm-tau factory

In contrast with B⁰-B⁰, B_s-B_s mixing where the standard model (SM) contributions overwhelm that of the new physics beyond standard model (BSM), a measured relatively large D⁰-D⁰ mixing where the SM contribution is negligible, definitely implies the existence of the new physics BSM. It is natural to consider that the rare decays of D meson might be more sensitive to new physics, and the decay mode D⁰→μ⁺μ^- could be an ideal area to search for new physics because it is a flavor changing process. In this work we look for a trace of the new physics BSM in the leptonic decays of D⁰. Concretely we discuss the contributions of unparticle or an extra gauge boson Z' while imposing the constraints set by fitting the D⁰- D⁰ mixing data. We find that the long-distance SM effects for D⁰→l1 still exceed those contributions of the BSM under consideration, but for a double-flavor changing process such as D⁰→μ^±e⁺, the new physics contribution would be significant.     

Production of the new gauge boson BH via e－ collision in the littlest Higgs model

The lightest new gauge boson B_H with mass of hundreds GeV is predicted in the littlest Higgs model. B_H should be accessible in the planned ILC and the observation of such particle can strongly support the littlest Higgs model. The realization of γγ and e^－γ collisions would open a wider window to probe B_H. In this paper, we study the new gauge boson B_H production processes e－γ→e－γ     

Comprehensive analysis of e+e-→γηc(2S)

We discuss the production of η_c(2S) through the process e⁺e^-→γη_c(2S), where the leading contribution originates from 1-loop electroweak corrections. Adopting some reasonable light-cone distribution amplitudes, we analyze the cross section of this process. As the electron-positron center of mass energy √s=3770 MeV, the typical production cross section of this process is about 1 fb.     

Photodetachment of a Negative Hydrogen Molecular Ion near an Interface

Photodetachment of a negative hydrogen molecular ion near an interface is studied by using the two-centre model and the closed orbit theory. The calculation results show that the photodetachment cross section is related to the distance between the two centres in the H₂^- and different molecular ion-interface distances. The comparison between the cross section of H₂^- near an interface with the section of Hˉ shows that at the equilibrium distance of two centres and at low photon energy, the photodetachment cross section of H₂^- is about twice the cross section of Hˉ, which shows that the interference of the two nuclei is very strong; when the distance between the two centres is large, the section of H₂^- is almost the same as the cross section of Hˉ near one interface, which indicates that the interference effect of the two centres anishes.     

Measuring D0-D0 mixing in D→f0(980) K and more

We investigate the D⁰-D⁰ mixing through the doubly Cabibbo suppressed (DCS) channel D0→f₀(980)K^*0 and its charge conjugate channel, in which the K^*0 meson is reconstructed in both K⁺π^－ and K_Sπ⁰ final state. Although the decay D⁰→f₀(980)K^* has a small branching ratio, the final state mesons are relatively easy to identify. The f₀(980) meson can be replaced by the S-wave π⁺π^－ state, or a longitudinally polarized vector meson ρ⁰. All mixing parameters, including the mass difference and decay width difference, can be extracted by studying the time-dependent decay width of these channels. We show that the method is valid in all regions for mixing parameters and it does not depend on the strong phase difference.     

Study of pure annihilation decays Bd,s→D0D0

Within the heavy quark limit and the hierarchy approximation λ_QCD<< m_D<B, we analyze the B→D⁰D⁰ and B_s→D⁰D⁰ decays, which occur purely via annihilation type diagrams. As a rough estimate, we calculate their branching ratios and CP asymmetries in the perturbative QCD (PQCD) approach. The branching ratio of B→D⁰D⁰ is about 3.8×10^－5 that is just below the latest experimental upper limit. The branching ratio of B_s→D⁰D⁰ is about 6.8×10^－4, which could be measured in LHC-b. From the calculation, it is found that this branching ratio is not sensitive to the weak phase angle γ. In these two decay modes, there exist CP asymmetries because of the interference between weak and strong interaction. However, these asymmetries are too small to be measured easily.     

Drell-Yan dilepton production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC

We investigate the lepton pair production with the Drell-Yan process in relativistic heavy ion collisions by computing the double differential cross section dσ/dM²dy and dσ/dM²dx_F at the next-to-leading order in p+Au and Au+Au collisions with √s_NN =200 GeV at RHIC. The resulting nuclear modification factors R^pAu and R^AuAu show strong sensitivity to the cold nuclear matter (CNM) effects and could probe the CNM effects at a very wide region of the longitudinal momentum fraction x. The variation of R with the invariant mass M, the rapidity y and the Feynman variable x_F is shown and we find that the nuclear modification factor for the double differential cross section could be smaller than 0.4 in some kinematic regions of high-energy nucleus-nucleus reactions at RHIC.     

Temperature-dependent cross sections for πφ and ρφ nonresonant reactions in hadronic matter

With a potential of which the large-distance part reflects lattice gauge results and of which the short-distance part is given by one gluon exchange plus perturbative one- and two-loop corrections, the Schrödinger equation brings about temperature dependence of meson masses and mesonic quark-antiquark relative-motion wave functions. The ground-state meson masses drop with increasing temperature. The transition amplitude calculated from the potential, the meson masses and the wave functions gives temperature-dependent cross sections for the five nonresonant reactions πφ→KK^* (or K^*K), πφ→K^*K^*,ρφ→KK,ρφ→KK^*(orK^*K) and ρφ→K^*K^*. The numerical temperature-dependent cross sections are parametrized. The peak cross section of either πφ→KK^* or πφ→K^*K^* increases from T=0 to T=0.75T_c and decreases with further increasing temperature. The cross section for ρφ→KK,ρφ→KK^* and ρφ→K^*K^* has a decreasing trend while the temperature increases from 0.75T_c.     

Cross section of reaction 181Ta(p,nγ)181W and the influence of the spin cut-off parameter on the cross section

In this work, the program Cindy was modified to calculate the formation cross section of each energy level of residual nucleus ¹⁸¹W resulting from the reaction ¹⁸¹Ta(p,nγ)¹⁸¹W. The concerned cross sections calculated at proton energy E_p=4.5-8.5 MeV agreed well with experimental results. The influence of the spin cut-off parameter in the energy level density model on the cross section was studied. The obtained results show that the influence of spin cut-off is obvious for lower energy levels.     

Event generators for η/η' rare decays into π+π-l+l- and e+e-μ+μ-

Study of the rare and forbidden decays of η/η' offers a sensitive probe to test fundamental symmetries of quantum chromodynamics and search for new physics beyond the Standard Model. To study the rare decays of η/η' to π⁺π^-e⁺e^-, π⁺π^-μ⁺μ^- and e⁺e^-μ⁺μ^- at the BESⅢ detector, we developed several event generators based on the vector meson dominant model with finite-width corrections and the pseudoscalar mesons mixing theory. The various distributions from event generators are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions, which indicates that the event generators work very well after implemention in the BESⅢ Monte Carlo simulation package. In the BESⅢ physics analysis, the performance of the event generators will be improved in accordance with the distributions of different variables of η/η' from data and the improvement on the theoretical calculations.     

Analysis of Bs→φμ+μ- decay within supersymmetry

Motivated by the rst measurement on B(B_s→φμ⁺μ^-) by the CDF Collaboration, we study the supersymmetric e ects in semi-leptonic B_s→φμ⁺μ^- decay. In our evaluations, we analyze the dependences of the dimuon invariant mass spectrum and the forward-backward asymmetry on relevant supersymmetric couplings in the MSSM with and without R-parity. The analyses show that the new experimental upper limits of B(B_s→φμ⁺μ^-)from the LHCb Collaboration could further improve the bounds on sneutrino exchange couplings and (δ_LL^u)₂₃ as well as (δ_LL,RR^u)₂₃ mass insertion couplings. In addition, within the allowed ranges of relevant couplings under the constraints from B(B_s→φμ⁺μ^-), B(B→K^(*)μ⁺μ^-) and (B_s→φμ⁺μ^-), the dimuon forward-backward asymmetry and the di erential dimuon forward-backward asymmetry of B_s→φμ⁺μ^-are highly sensitive to the squark exchange contribution and the (δ_LL^u)₂₃ mass insertion contribution. The results obtained in this work will be very useful in searching for supersymmetric signals at the LHC.