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Precise QCD predictions on top quark pair production mediated by massive color octet vector boson at hadron colliders
We present a theoretical framework for systematically calculating
next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD effects to various experimental observables in
models with massive COVB in a model independent way at hadron colliders.
Specifically, we show the numerical results for the NLO QCD corrections to
total cross sections, invariant mass distribution and AFB of top quark pairs
production mediated by a massive COVB in both the fixed scale (top quark mass)
scheme and the dynamical scale (top pair invariant mass) scheme. Our results
show that the NLO QCD calculations in the dynamical scale scheme is more
reasonable than the fixed scheme and the naive estimate of the NLO effects by
simple rescaling of the LO results with the SM NLO K-factor is not appropriate.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables; version published in EPJ
Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to a heavy resonance production and decay into top quark pair at the LHC
We present a complete next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD calculation to a heavy
resonance production and decay into a top quark pair at the LHC, where the
resonance could be either a Randall-Sundrum (RS) Kaluza-Klein (KK) graviton
or an extra gauge boson . The complete NLO QCD corrections can enhance the
total cross sections by about and for the and
the , respectively, depending on the resonance mass. We also explore in
detail the NLO corrections to the polar angle distributions of the top quark,
and our results show that the shapes of the NLO distributions can be different
from the leading order (LO) ones for the KK graviton. Moreover, we study the
NLO corrections to the spin correlations of the top quark pair production via
the above process, and find that the corrections are small.Comment: Published version in PR
The contributions of components to the axial charges of proton and its resonances
We calculate the axial charges of the proton and its resonances in the
framework of the constituent quark model, which is extended to include the
components. If 20% admixtures of the components in
the proton are assumed, the theoretical value for the axial charge in our model
is in good agreement with the empirical value, which can not be well reproduced
in the traditional constituent quark model even though the symmetry breaking or relativistic effect is taken into account. We also
predict an unity axial charge for with 30%
components constrained by the strong and electromagnetic decays.Comment: 4 pages, 4 table
Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the top quark decay via the Flavor-Changing Neutral-Current operators with mixing effects
In this paper detailed calculations of the complete
corrections to top quark decay widths are presented
(). Besides describing in detail the calculations in our previous
paper (arXiv:0810.3889), we also include the mixing effects of the
Flavor-Changing Neutral-Current (FCNC) operators for and , which were not considered in our previous paper. The results for are the same as in our previous paper. But the mixing effects can either
be large or small, and increase or decrease the branching ratios for and , depending on the values of the anomalous couplings
(,
and ).Comment: 21 pages, 12 figure
One-loop Helicity Amplitudes for Top Quark Pair Production in Randall-Sundrum Model
In this paper, we show how to calculate analytically the one-loop helicity
amplitudes for the process induced by KK gluon,
using the spinor-helicity formalism. A minimal set of Feynman rules which are
uniquely fixed by gauge invariance and the color representation of the KK gluon
are derived and used in the calculation. Our results can be applied to a
variety of models containing a massive color octet vector boson.Comment: 37 pages, 10 figures, journal versio
Nonperturbative Effect in Threshold Resummation
We show that the conventional threshold resummation calculation cannot
describe well the low energy Drell-Yan (DY) data without including the
non-perturbative correction terms which are deduced from analyzing the
asymptotic behavior of the resummation formalism. It is demonstrated that the
non-perturbative correction is generally small for the large invariant mass DY
pairs produced at the Tevatron and the LHC.Comment: JHEP06(2009)03
Infall, Fragmentation and Outflow in Sgr B2
Observations of HCO lines and continuum at 1.3 mm towards Sgr B2(N) and
Sgr B2(M) cores were carried out with the SMA. We imaged HCO line
absorption against the continuum cores and the surrounding line emission
clumps. The results show that the majority of the dense gas is falling into the
major cores where massive stars have been formed. The filaments and clumps of
the continuum and gas are detected outside of Sgr B2(N) and Sgr B2(M) cores.
Both the spectra and moment analysis show the presence of outflows from Sgr
B2(M) cores. The HCO gas in the red-shifted outflow of Sgr B2(M) appears
to be excited by a non-LTE process which might be related to the shocks in the
outflow.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, Published in J. Physics Conference Serie
Antiarrhythmic and proarrhythmic effects of subcutaneous nerve stimulation in ambulatory dogs
Background
High output subcutaneous nerve stimulation (ScNS) remodels the stellate ganglia and suppresses cardiac arrhythmia.
Objective
To test the hypothesis that long duration low output ScNS causes cardiac nerve sprouting, increases plasma norepinephrine concentration and the durations of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT) in ambulatory dogs.
Methods
We prospectively randomized 22 dogs (11 males and 11 females) into 5 different output groups for 2 months of ScNS: 0 mA (sham) (N=6), 0.25 mA (N=4), 1.5 mA (N=4), 2.5 mA (N=4) and 3.5 mA (N=4).
Results
As compared with baseline, the changes of the durations of PAT episodes per 48 hours were significantly different among different groups (sham, -5.0±9.5 s; 0.25 mA 95.5±71.0 s; 1.5 mA, -99.3±39.6 s; 2.5 mA, -155.3±87.8 s and 3.5 mA, -76.3±44.8 s, p<0.001). The 3.5 mA group had greater reduction of sinus heart rate than the sham group (-29.8±15.0 bpm vs -14.5±3.0 bpm, p=0.038). Immunohistochemical studies showed that the 0.25 mA group had a significantly increased while 2.5 mA and 3.5 mA stimulation had a significantly reduced growth-associated protein 43 nerve densities in both atria and ventricles. The plasma Norepinephrine concentrations in 0.25 mA group was 5063.0±4366.0 pg/ml, which was significantly higher than other groups of dogs (739.3±946.3, p=0.009). There were no significant differences in the effects of simulation between males and females.
Conclusions
In ambulatory dogs, low output ScNS causes cardiac nerve sprouting, increases plasma norepinephrine concentration and the duration of PAT episodes while high output ScNS is antiarrhythmic
Non-Markovian reduced dynamics and entanglement evolution of two coupled spins in a quantum spin environment
The exact quantum dynamics of the reduced density matrix of two coupled spin
qubits in a quantum Heisenberg XY spin star environment in the thermodynamic
limit at arbitrarily finite temperatures is obtained using a novel operator
technique. In this approach, the transformed Hamiltonian becomes effectively
Jaynes-Cumming like and thus the analysis is also relevant to cavity quantum
electrodynamics. This special operator technique is mathematically simple and
physically clear, and allows us to treat systems and environments that could
all be strongly coupled mutually and internally. To study their entanglement
evolution, the concurrence of the reduced density matrix of the two coupled
central spins is also obtained exactly. It is shown that the dynamics of the
entanglement depends on the initial state of the system and the coupling
strength between the two coupled central spins, the thermal temperature of the
spin environment and the interaction between the constituents of the spin
environment. We also investigate the effect of detuning which in our model can
be controlled by the strength of a locally applied external magnetic field. It
is found that the detuning has a significant effect on the entanglement
generation between the two spin qubits.Comment: 9 pages (two-coulumn), 6 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Signatures of the light gluino in the top quark production
If a light gluino, with a mass of the order of GeV, exists in the minimal
supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model, then it can contribute to the
production rate of the top quark pairs at hadron colliders via the process
gluino + gluino --> t + tbar. Because the top quark is heavy, the masses of the
superpartners of the left-handed and right-handed top quarks can be very
different such that a parity-violating observable can be induced at the tree
level. We discuss the phenomenology of this parity violating asymmetry at the
CERN Large Hadron Collider.Comment: 23 pages, 5 Postscript figure
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