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Classifying Reported and "Missing" Resonances According to Their P and C Properties
The Hilbert space H^3q of the three quarks with one excited quark is
decomposed into Lorentz group representations. It is shown that the quantum
numbers of the reported and ``missing'' resonances fall apart and populate
distinct representations that differ by their parity or/and charge conjugation
properties. In this way, reported and ``missing'' resonances become
distinguishable. For example, resonances from the full listing reported by the
Particle Data Group are accommodated by Rarita-Schwinger (RS) type
representations (k/2,k/2)*[(1/2,0)+(0,1/2)] with k=1,3, and 5, the highest spin
states being J=3/2^-, 7/2^+, and 11/2^+, respectively. In contrast to this,
most of the ``missing'' resonances fall into the opposite parity RS fields of
highest-spins 5/2^-, 5/2^+, and 9/2^+, respectively. Rarita-Schwinger fields
with physical resonances as lower-spin components can be treated as a whole
without imposing auxiliary conditions on them. Such fields do not suffer the
Velo-Zwanziger problem but propagate causally in the presence of
electromagnetic fields. The pathologies associated with RS fields arise
basically because of the attempt to use them to describe isolated spin-J=k+1/ 2
states, rather than multispin-parity clusters. The positions of the observed RS
clusters and their spacing are well explained trough the interplay between the
rotational-like (k/2)(k/2 +1)-rule and a Balmer-like -(k+1)^{-2}-behavior
The Search for Neutrino Oscillations numubar->nuebar with KARMEN
The neutrino experiment KARMEN is situated at the beam stop neutrino source
ISIS. It provides numu's, nue's and numubar's in equal intensities from the pi+
mu+ decay at rest (DAR). The oscillation channel numub->nueb is investigated in
the appearance mode with a 56t liquid scintillation calorimeter at a mean
distance of 17.7m from the nu source looking for p(nue,e+)n reactions. The
cosmic induced background for this oscillation search could be reduced by a
factor of 40 due to an additional veto counter installed in 1996. In the data
collected through 1997 and 1998 no potential oscillation event was observed.
Using a unified approach to small signals this leads to an upper limit for the
mixing angle of sin**2(2t) < 1.3x10^{-3} (90%CL) at large Dm**2. The excluded
area in (sin**2(2t),Dm**2) covers almost entirely the favored region defined by
the LSND numub->nueb evidence.Comment: Proceedings Contribution to Neutrino98 in Takayama, Japan, June 4-9,
1998; 13 pages, including 4 figure
Baryon Masses in Chiral Perturbation Theory with Infrared Regularization
The baryon masses are examined in SU(3) chiral perturbation theory to third
order using the recently proposed infrared regularization scheme. Fourth order
is estimated by evaluating the dominant diagram. With this regularization the
magnitude of the loop integrals is reduced so that the convergence of the
series appears to be better than in the heavy baryon approach.Comment: The original third order calculation is supplemented by an estimate
of fourth order using just the dominant diagram. The convergence still
appears to be better than in the heavy baryon approach. To be published in
Phys. Rev. C. 15 pages latex, 2 postscript figure
Q-ball formation in the gravity-mediated SUSY breaking scenario
We study the formation of Q-balls which are made of flat directions that
appear in the supersymmetric extension of the standard model in the context of
gravity-mediated supersymmetry breaking. The full non-linear calculations for
the dynamics of the complex scalar field are made. Since the scalar potential
in this model is flatter than \phi^2, we have found that fluctuations develop
and go non-linear to form non-topological solitons, Q-balls. The size of a
Q-ball is determined by the most amplified mode, which is completely determined
by the model parameters. On the other hand, the charge of Q-balls depends
linearly on the initial charge density of the Affleck-Dine (AD) field. Almost
all the charges are absorbed into Q-balls, and only a tiny fraction of the
charges is carried by a relic AD field. It may lead to some constraints on the
baryogenesis and/or parameters in the particle theory. The peculiarity of
gravity-mediation is the moving Q-balls. This results in collisions between
Q-balls. It may increase the charge of Q-balls, and change its fate.Comment: 9 pages, RevTex, 11 postscript figures included, to appear in Phys.
Rev.
The and decays with the fourth generation
If the fourth generation fermions exist, the new quarks could influence the
branching ratios of the decays of and . We
obtain two solutions of the fourth generation CKM factor
from the decay of . We use these
two solutions to calculate the new contributions of the fourth generation quark
to Wilson coefficients of the decay of . The branching ratio
and the forward-backward asymmetry of the decay of in the two
cases are calculated. Our results are quite different from that of SM in one
case, almost same in another case. If Nature chooses the formmer, the meson
decays could provide a possible test of the forth generation existence.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
New Uncertainties in QCD-QED Rescaling Factors using Quadrature Method
In this paper we briefly outline the quadrature method for estimating
uncertainties in a function of several variables and apply it to estimate the
numerical uncertainties in QCD-QED rescaling factors. We employ here the
one-loop order in QED and three-loop order in QCD evolution equations of
fermion mass renormalization. Our present calculations are found to be new and
also reliable compared to the earlier values employed by various authors.Comment: 14 page
Signatures of HyperCharge Axions in Colliders
If in addition to the standard model fields, a new pseudoscalar field that
couples to hypercharge topological number density, the hypercharge axion,
exists, it can be produced in colliders in association with photons or Z
bosons, and detected by looking for its decay into photons or Z's. For a range
of masses below a TeV and coupling above a fraction of 1/TeV, existing data
from LEP II and the Tevatron can already put interesting constraints, and in
future colliders accessible detection range is increased significantly. The
hypercharge axion can help in explaining the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the
universe.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, uses axodraw.st
CP violation in gauge theories
We define the CP transformation properties of scalars, fermions and vectors
in a gauge theory and show that only three types of interactions can lead to CP
violation: scalar interactions, fermion-scalar interactions and
associated with the strong CP problem and which involve only the gauge fields.
For technicolor theories this implies the absence of CP violation within
perturbation theory.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, revtex and epsf require
Sixth-Order Vacuum-Polarization Contribution to the Lamb Shift of the Muonic Hydrogen
The sixth-order electron-loop vacuum-polarization contribution to the
Lamb shift of the muonic hydrogen ( bound
state) has been evaluated numerically. Our result is 0.007608(1) meV. This
eliminates the largest uncertainty in the theoretical calculation. Combined
with the proposed precision measurement of the Lamb shift it will lead to a
very precise determination of the proton charge radius.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures the totoal LS number is change
Infrared Quasi Fixed Points and Mass Predictions in the MSSM
We consider the infrared quasi-fixed point solutions of the renormalization
group equations for the top-quark Yukawa coupling and soft supersymmetry
breaking parameters in the MSSM. The IR quasi-fixed points together with the
values of the gauge couplings, the top-quark and Z-boson masses allow one to
predict masses of the Higgs bosons, the stop squarks and the lightest chargino
as functions of the only free parameter or the gluino mass. The mass
of the lightest Higgs boson for and TeV is found
to be GeV. The case with is excluded by
experimental data.Comment: 17 pages, LateX file with 13 eps figures, Corrected version,
references are added. Final version to be published in Modern Physics Letters
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