20 research outputs found
Pattern of Texture Zeroes in Quark Mass Matrices With a Divergent Top-Yukawa Coupling at the GUT Scale
In a SUSY GUT model responsible for generating symmetric quark mass matrices
at the GUT scale (mu = Lamda) we assume that the top-Yukawa coupling, lamda_t,
becomes infinite at that scale. As a consequence, the MSSM renormalization
group equations for quark Yukawa couplings exhibit hierarchical solutions which
lead to a pattern of texture zeroes in quark mass matrices at mu = Lamda
similar to one of the solutions of Ramond, Roberts, and Ross. The evolution in
energy scale to low energies shows excellent agreement between the measured
quantities involving the scale-independent ratios of CKM matrix elements and
their predicted values in terms of quark mass ratios. It is noted that the
tt-bar condensate model of Bardeen, et al. predicts an infinite lamda_t at mu =
Lamda implying, for our model, that at mu = Lamda, both the symmetry of Yukawa
matrices and condensate dynamics may have a common origin.Comment: 29 pages, added PS version, fixed PS fil
Kurt Symanzik - a stable fixed point beyond triviality
In 1970 Kurt Symanzik proposed a "precarious" phi**4-theory with a negative
quartic coupling constant as a valid candidate for an asymptotically free
theory of strong interactions. Symanzik's deep insight in the non-trivial
properties of this theory has been overruled since then by the Hermitian
intuition of generations of scientists, who considered or consider this
actually non-Hermitian highly important theory to be unstable. This short -
certainly controversial - communication tries to shed some light on the
historical and formalistic context of Symanzik's theory in order to sharpen our
(quantum) intuition about non-perturbative theoretical physics between
(non)triviality and asymptotic freedom.Comment: 6 pages, no figures, new style files, revised for typos, improved
discussion, new references adde
Minimal See-Saw Model for Atmospheric and Solar Neutrino Oscillations
We present a minimal see-saw model based on an extension of the standard
model (SM) which includes an additional U(1), with gauge charge . Requirement of anomaly cancellation implies the
existence of two right-handed singlet neutrinos, carrying this gauge charge,
which have normal Dirac couplings to and but suppressed
ones to . Assuming the U(1) symmetry breaking scale to be
10~GeV, this model can naturally account for the large (small) mixing
solutions to the atmospheric (solar) neutrino oscillations.Comment: 14 pages, latex, no figure
Perturbative QCD Calculations of Total Cross Sections and Decay Widths in Hard Inclusive Processes
A summary of the current understanding of methods of analytical higher order
perturbative computations of total cross sections and decay widths in Quantum
Chromodynamics is presented. As examples, the total cross section in electron
positron annihilation, the hadronic decay rates of the tau lepton and Higgs
boson up to O(\alpha_s^2) and O(\alpha_s^3) are considered. The evaluation of
the four-loop QED \beta - function at an intermediate step of the calculation
is briefly described. The problem of renormalization group ambiguity of
perturbative results is considered and some of the existing prescriptions are
discussed. The problem of estimation of theoretical uncertainty in perturbative
calculations is briefly discussed.Comment: 83 pages, LaTeX, Reviews of Modern Physics style, 14 figures plus
figural equations (not included). Hard copy available upon request at
[email protected]. To be published in Reviews of Modern Physic