27 research outputs found
Diphoton production at hadron colliders: transverse-momentum resummation at next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy
We consider the transverse-momentum (qT) distribution of a diphoton pair
produced in hadron collisions. At small values of qT , we resum the
logarithmically-enhanced perturbative QCD contributions up to
next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy. At intermediate and large values
of qT, we consistently combine resummation with the known next-to-leading order
perturbative result. All perturbative terms up to order \alpha_S^2 are included
in our computation which, after integration over qT, reproduces the known
next-to-next-to-leading order result for the diphoton pair production total
cross section. We present a comparison with LHC data and an estimate of the
perturbative accuracy of the theoretical calculation by performing the
corresponding variation of scales. In general we observe that the effect of the
resummation is not only to recover the predictivity of the calculation at small
transverse momentum, but also to improve substantially the agreement with the
experimental data.Comment: 17 pages, 16 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1007.235
Unified limiting form of graviton radiation at extreme energies
We derive the limiting form of graviton radiation in gravitational scattering
at transplanckian energies () and small deflection angles. We show
that --- owing to the graviton's spin 2 --- such limiting form unifies the
soft- and Regge- regimes of emission, by covering a broad angular range, from
forward fragmentation to deeply central region. The single-exchange emission
amplitudes have a nice expression in terms of the transformation phases of
helicity amplitudes under rotations. As a result, the multiple-exchange
emission amplitudes can be resummed via an impact parameter -space
factorization theorem that takes into account all coherence effects. We then
see the emergence of an energy spectrum of the emitted radiation which, being
tuned on , is reminiscent of Hawking's radiation.
Such a spectrum is much softer than the one na\"ively expected for increasing
input energies and neatly solves a potential energy crisis. Furthermore, by
including rescattering corrections in the (quantum) factorization formula, we
are able to recover the classical limit and to find the corresponding quantum
corrections. Perspectives for the extrapolation of such limiting radiation
towards the classical collapse regime (where is of the order of the
gravitational radius ) are also discussed.Comment: 45 pages, 15 figures, new result, some corrections and additional
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Indirect Sensitivity to Heavy Z' Bosons at a Multi-TeV e+e- Collider
We compare the phenomenology of two models, the so-called minimal Z' and an
effective model for a SM-like Higgs realised as a composite state of a new
strong interaction, at a multi-TeV linear collider in the hypothesis that the
new physics is at a scale beyond the direct reach of the machine.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the International
Workshop on Future Linear Colliders LCWS201
A naturally light dilaton
Goldstone's theorem does not apply straightforwardly to the case of
spontaneously broken scale invariance. We elucidate under what conditions a
light scalar degree of freedom, identifiable with the dilaton, can naturally
arise. Our construction can be considered an explicit dynamical solution to the
cosmological constant problem in the scalar version of gravity.Comment: v2: published versio
From hidden symmetry to extra dimensions: a five dimensional formulation of the Degenerate BESS model
We consider the continuum limit of a moose model corresponding to a
generalization to N sites of the Degenerate BESS model. The five dimensional
formulation emerging in this limit is a realization of a RS1 type model with
SU(2)_L x SU(2)_R in the bulk, broken by boundary conditions and a vacuum
expectation value on the infrared brane. A low energy effective Lagrangian is
derived by means of the holographic technique and corresponding bounds on the
model parameters are obtained.Comment: Latex file, 40 pages and 5 figure
Modified spontaneous symmetry breaking pattern by brane-bulk interaction terms
We show how translational invariance can be broken by the vacuum that drives
the spontaneous symmetry breaking of extra-dimensional extensions of the
Standard Model, when delta-like interactions between brane and bulk scalar
fields are present. We explicitly build some examples of vacuum configurations,
which induce the spontaneous symmetry breaking, and have non trivial profile in
the extra coordinate.Comment: 13 pages, two figure