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Supersymmetric virtual effects in heavy quark pair production at LHC
We consider the production of heavy () quark pairs at proton colliders
in the theoretical framework of the MSSM. Under the assumption of a
"moderately" light SUSY scenario, we first compute the leading logarithmic MSSM
contributions at one loop for the elementary processes of production from a
quark and from a gluon pair in the 1 TeV c.m. energy region. We show that in
the initial gluon pair case (dominant in the chosen situation at LHC energies)
the electroweak and the strong SUSY contributions concur to produce an enhanced
effect whose relative value in the cross sections could reach the twenty
percent size for large values in the realistic proton-proton LHC
process.Comment: 19 pages and 8 figures; version to appear in Phys. Rev.
Bounds on universal new physics effects from fermion-antifermion production at LEP2
We consider lepton-antilepton annihilation into a fermion-antifermion pair at
variable c.m. energy. We propose for this process a simple parametrization of
the virtual effects of the most general model of new physics of
\underline{universal} type. This parametrization is based on a recent approach,
that uses the experimental results of LEP1, SLC as theoretical input. It
introduces \underline{three} functions whose energy dependence is argued to be
smooth and, in first approximation, negligible. A couple of representative
models of new physics are considered, as a support of the previous claim.
Explicit bounds are then derived for this type of new physics from the
available LEP2 data, and a discussion is given of the relevance in this respect
of the different experimental measurements. The method is then extended to
treat the case of two particularly simple models of {\it non universal} type,
for which it is possible to draw analogous conclusions.Comment: 15 pages, 3 tables and 4 figures. e-mail: [email protected]
The relevance of polarized bZ production at LHC
We consider the Z polarization asymmetry
A_Z=(sigma(Z_R)-sigma(Z_L))/(sigma(Z_R)+sigma(Z_L)) in the process of
associated bZ production at the LHC. We show that in the Standard Model (SM)
this quantity is essentially given by its Born approximation, remaining almost
unaffected by QCD scales and parton distribution functions variations as well
as by electroweak corrections. The theoretical quantity that appears in A_Z is
the same that provides the LEP1 Z -> b bbar forward-backward asymmetry, the
only measured observable still in some contradiction with the SM prediction. In
this sense, A_Z would provide the possibility of an independent verification of
the possible SM discrepancy, which could reach, if consistency with LEP1
measurements is imposed, values of the relative ten percent size.Comment: 10 pages, 5 eps figure
Supersymmetry Tests from a Combined Analysis of Chargino and Charged Higgs Boson Pair Production at a 1 TeV Linear Collider
We consider the production of chargino and charged Higgs boson pairs at
future linear colliders for c.m. energies in the one TeV range. Working in the
MSSM under the assumption of a "moderately" light SUSY scenario, we compute the
leading (double) and next-to leading (linear) supersymmetric logarithmic terms
of the so-called "Sudakov expansion" at one loop. We show that a combined
analysis of the slopes of the chargino and of the charged Higgs production
cross sections would offer a simple possibility for determining for
large () values and an allowed strip in the () plane. This
could provide a strong consistency test of the considered supersymmetric model.Comment: 4 pages, 4 Encapsulated PostScript Figure
Weak Interaction Sum Rules for Polarized top-antitop Production at LHC
We consider two polarization asymmetries in the process of top-antitop
production at LHC. We show that the theoretical predictions for these two
quantities, at the strong and electroweak partonic one-loop level, are free of
QCD and QED effects. At this perturbative level we derive two sum rules, that
relate measurable quantities of top-antitop production to genuinely weak
inputs. This would allow to perform two independent tests of the candidate
theoretical model, with a precision that will be fixed by the future
experimental accuracies of the different polarization measurements. A tentative
quantitative illustration of this statement for a specific MSSM scenario is
enclosed, and a generalization to include two other future realistic
measurements is also proposed.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures, local report number adde
Logarithmic Fingerprints of Virtual Supersymmetry
We consider the high energy behaviour of the amplitudes for production of
leptons, quarks, Higgs bosons, sleptons, squarks, gauge bosons, charginos,
neutralinos. We concentrate our discussion on the universal (process
independent) logarithmic terms which factorize the Born amplitude and which are
typically of the form [a ln(s/m^2)-ln^2(s/m^2)]. We perform a systematic
determination of the coefficient "a" for the various final states and we
emphasize the striking features which differentiate the SM and the MSSM cases.
We show that a comparison with experiments at future colliders should provide a
clean way to test the gauge and Higgs structures of the electroweak
interactions owing to the presence of sizeable (visible) virtual logarithmic
supersymmetric contributions.Comment: 11 pages e-mail: [email protected]
New Physics signals from measurable polarization asymmetries at LHC
We propose a new type of Z polarization asymmetry in bottom-Z production at
LHC that should be realistically measurable and would provide the determination
of the so-called parameter, whose available measured value still appears
to be in disagreement with the Standard Model prediction. This polarization can
be measured independently of a possible existence of Supersymmetry. If
Supersymmetry is found, a second polarization, i.e. the top longitudinal
polarization in top-charged Higgs production, would neatly identify the parameter. In this case, the value of should be in agreement with
the Standard Model. If Supersymmetry does not exist, a residual disagreement of
from the Standard Model prediction would be a clean signal of New Physics
of "non Supersymmetric" origin.Comment: typo correcte
QCD properties of twist operators in the N=6 Chern-Simons theory
We consider twist-1, 2 operators in planar N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons
ABJM theory. We derive higher order anomalous dimensions from integrability and
test various QCD-inspired predictions known to hold in N=4 SYM. In particular,
we show that the asymptotic anomalous dimensions display intriguing remnants of
Gribov-Lipatov reciprocity and Low-Burnett-Kroll logarithmic cancellations.
Wrapping effects are also discussed and shown to be subleading at large spin.Comment: 22 pages, expanded reference
Complete electroweak one loop contributions to the pair production cross section of MSSM charged and neutral Higgs bosons in e+e- collisions
In this paper, we review the production cross section for charged and neutral
Higgs bosons pairs in collisions beyond the tree level, in the
framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). A complete list
of formulas for all electroweak contributions at the one loop level is given. A
numerical code has been developed in order to compute them accurately and, in
turn, to compare the MSSM Higgs bosons pair production cross sections at tree
level and at the one loop level.Comment: 58 pages, 3 eps figure
Charged Higgs Production in the 1 TeV Domain as a Probe of Supersymmetric Models
We consider the production, at future lepton colliders, of charged Higgs
pairs in supersymmetric models. Assuming a relatively light SUSY scenario, and
working in the MSSM, we show that, for c.m. energies in the one TeV range, a
one-loop logarithmic Sudakov expansion that includes an "effective" next-to
subleading order term is adequate to the expected level of experimental
accuracy. We consider then the coefficient of the linear (subleading) SUSY
Sudakov logarithm and the SUSY next to subleading term of the expansion and
show that their dependence on the supersymmetric parameters of the model is
drastically different. In particular the coefficient of the SUSY logarithm is
only dependent on while the next to subleading term depends on a
larger set of SUSY parameters. This would allow to extract from the data
separate informations and tests of the model.Comment: 18 pages and 13 figures e-mail: [email protected]
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