446 research outputs found
EDM constraints and CP asymmetries of B processes in supersymmetric models
We demonstrate that electric dipole moments (EDMs) strongly constrain
possible SUSY contributions to the CP asymmetries of B processes; LL and/or RR
flavour mixings between second and third generations are severely restricted by
the experimental limit on the mercury EDM, and so therefore are their possible
contributions to the CP asymmetries of B --> \phi K and B --> \eta' K. We find
that SUSY models with dominant LR and RL mixing through non-universal A-terms
is the only way to accommodate the apparent deviation of CP asymmetries from
those expected in the Standard Model without conflicting with the EDM bounds or
with any other experimental results.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
On supersymmetric contributions to the CP asymmetry of the B -> phi K_S
We analyse the CP asymmetry of the B -> phi K_S process in general
supersymmetric models. In the framework of the mass insertion approximation, we
derive model independent limits for the mixing CP asymmetry. We show that
chromomagnetic type of operator may play an important role in accounting for
the deviation of the mixing CP asymmetry between B -> phi K_S and B -> J/psi
K_S processes observed by Belle and BaBar experiments. A possible correlation
between the direct and mixing CP asymmetry is also discussed. Finally, we apply
our result in minimal supergravity model and supersymmetric models with
non-universal soft terms.Comment: 19 pages, 3 figure
New Source of CP violation in B physics ?
In this talk we discuss how the down type left-right squark mixing in
Supersymmetry can induce a new source of CP violation in the time dependent
asymmtries in B --> phi K process. We use QCD improved factorization process to
calculate the hadronic matrix element for the process and find the allowed
parameter space for and , the magnitude and phase of the down
type LR(RL) squark mixing parameter . In the same allowed
regin we calculate the expected CP asymmtries in the
process.Comment: 16 pages, Latex, 2 postscript figures, invited talk presented by N.G.
Deshpande at the 9th Adriatic meeting, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 4-14 September,
2003. With updated reference
Neutrino mixing and large CP violation in B physics
We show that in see-saw models of neutrino mass a la SUSY SO(10), the
observed large mixing in atmospheric neutrinos naturally leads to large b-s
transitions. If the associated new CP phase turns out to be large, this SUSY
contributions can drastically affect the CP violation in some of the B decay
channels yielding the beta and gamma angles of the unitarity triangle. They can
even produce sizeable CP asymmetries in some decay modes which are not CP
violating in the standard model context. Hence the observed large neutrino
mixing makes observations of low energy SUSY effect in some CP violating decay
channels potentially promising in spite of the agreement between the Standard
Model and data in K and B physics so far.Comment: References adde
The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model: Group Summary Report
CONTENTS: 1. Synopsis, 2. The MSSM Spectrum, 3. The Physical Parameters, 4.
Higgs Boson Production and Decays, 5. SUSY Particle Production and Decays, 6.
Experimental Bounds on SUSY Particle Masses, 7. References.Comment: 121 pages, latex + epsfig, graphicx, axodraw, Report of the MSSM
working group for the Workshop "GDR-Supersym\'etrie",France. Rep. PM/98-4
Monitoring Cognitive and Emotional Processes Through Pupil and Cardiac Response During Dynamic Versus Logical Task
The paper deals with the links between physiological measurements and cognitive and emotional functioning. As long as the operator is a key agent in charge of complex systems, the definition of metrics able to predict his performance is a great challenge. The measurement of the physiological state is a very promising way but a very acute comprehension is required; in particular few studies compare autonomous nervous system reactivity according to specific cognitive processes during task performance and task related psychological stress is often ignored. We compared physiological parameters recorded on 24 healthy subjects facing two neuropsychological tasks: a dynamic task that require problem solving in a world that continually evolves over time and a logical task representative of cognitive processes performed by operators facing everyday problem solving. Results showed that the mean pupil diameter change was higher during the dynamic task; conversely, the heart rate was more elevated during the logical task. Finally, the systolic blood pressure seemed to be strongly sensitive to psychological stress. A better taking into account of the precise influence of a given cognitive activity and both workload and related task-induced psychological stress during task performance is a promising way to better monitor operators in complex working situations to detect mental overload or pejorative stress factor of error
D-brane anti-D-brane effective action and brane interaction in open string channel
We construct the effective action of a -brane-anti--brane system by
making use of the non-abelian extension of tachyonic DBI action. We succeed the
construction by restricting the Chan-Paton factors of two non-BPS -branes
in the action to the Chan-Paton factors of a system. For the
special case that both branes are coincident, the action reduces to the one
proposed by A. Sen. \\The effective potential indicates that
when branes separation is larger than the string length scale, there are two
minima in the tachyon direction. As branes move toward each other under the
gravitational force, the tachyon tunneling from false to true vacuum may make a
bubble formation followed by a classical evolution of the bubble. On the other
hand, when branes separation is smaller than the string length scale, the
potential shows one maximum and one minimum. In this case, a homogeneous
tachyon rolling in real time makes an attractive potential for the branes
distance. This classical force is speculated to be the effective force between
the two branes.Comment: Latex, 14 pages, 1 figure, the version appears in JHE
A Quintessentially Geometric Model
We consider string inspired cosmology on a solitary -brane moving in the
background of a ring of branes located on a circle of radius . The motion of
the -brane transverse to the plane of the ring gives rise to a radion field
which can be mapped to a massive non-BPS Born-Infeld type field with a cosh
potential. For certain bounds of the brane tension we find an inflationary
phase is possible, with the string scale relatively close to the Planck scale.
The relevant perturbations and spectral indices are all well within the
expected observational bounds. The evolution of the universe eventually comes
to be dominated by dark energy, which we show is a late time attractor of the
model. However we also find that the equation of state is time dependent, and
will lead to late time Quintessence.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures. References and comments adde
A New Parametrization of the Seesaw Mechanism and Applications in Supersymmetric Models
We present a new parametrization of the minimal seesaw model, expressing the
heavy-singlet neutrino Dirac Yukawa couplings and Majorana
masses in terms of effective light-neutrino observables and an
auxiliary Hermitian matrix In the minimal supersymmetric version of the
seesaw model, the latter can be related directly to other low-energy
observables, including processes that violate charged lepton flavour and CP.
This parametrization enables one to respect the stringent constraints on
muon-number violation while studying the possible ranges for other observables
by scanning over the allowed parameter space of the model. Conversely, if any
of the lepton-flavour-violating process is observed, this measurement can be
used directly to constrain and As applications, we
study flavour-violating decays and the electric dipole moments of
leptons in the minimal supersymmetric seesaw model.Comment: Important references adde
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