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MSSM-inspired multifield inflation
Despite the fact that experimentally with a high degree of statistical
significance only a single Standard Model--like Higgs boson is discovered at
the LHC, extended Higgs sectors with multiple scalar fields not excluded by
combined fits of the data are more preferable theoretically for internally
consistent realistic models of particle physics. We analyze the inflationary
scenarios which could be induced by the two-Higgs doublet potential of the
Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) where five scalar fields have
nonminimal couplings to gravity. Observables following from such MSSM-inspired
multifield inflation are calculated and a number of consistent inflationary
scenarios are constructed. Cosmological evolution with different initial
conditions for the multifield system leads to consequences fully compatible
with observational data on the spectral index and the tensor-to-scalar ratio.
It is demonstrated that the strong coupling approximation is precise enough to
describe such inflationary scenarios.Comment: 27 pages, 4 figures, 5 tables. Version to appear in JHEP. Additions
made to the text of the Introduction dealing with the issues of conformity of
this multifield model and models of N=1 supergravity (pages 2-3). Added new
inflationary scenarios, which are an artifact of such analysis (pages 11-12,
Tables 1-4). Additional comments on page 9 and page 13. New references adde
A possible search for Majorana neutrinos at future lepton colliders
We discuss the process , where is
a heavy Majorana neutrino and . Large cross sections are
expected for these processes at high center-of-mass energies, which can be
reached at future lepton-lepton colliders. The Monte Carlo simulation of the
studied processes is produced within the framework of the seesaw type-I model,
where the Majorana neutrinos (or heavy neutral leptons, HNL), are introduced in
the standard leptonic sector. Recently the possibility to search for the direct
HNL production was studied in the process with
the subsequent decay . In this paper we investigate
an alternative process with the lepton number violation by two
units. The similar processes appear in collisions with the same-sign beams,
or . The cross sections of the processes under
consideration are enhanced by the soft photon exchange in the -channel. We
calculate the cross sections for the signals and potential Standard Model
backgrounds for the beam collisions at the 1 TeV center-of-mass energy
and the collisions at 3 TeV and 10 TeV. Due to the diagrams with
soft -channel photons and respective interference the promptly emitted
leptons are produced in the direction close to the corresponding beam. These
leptons will be lost in the beam pipe or badly measured by forward detectors.
However, the signal events can be well separated from backgrounds using the
rest of the event containing the particles. Finally, the expected
upper limits on the mixing parameters as a function of M()
are calculated.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 3 table
Higgs boson production under the resonance threshold at LEP II
We consider the possibility of Higgs boson detection at LEP II under the
resonance threshold () in the framework of complete tree
level approach to the calculation of the amplitude, simulating b-quark fragmentation to hadrons and taking into
account typical detector properties. At the energy below the threshold
175 GeV Higgs boson production under the threshold is
practically background free.Comment: 19 pages, including 1 figure in LaTeX, 8 postscript figure
Probe of the Wtb coupling in pair production at Linear Colliders
The Wtb vertex can be probed on future colliders in the processes of single
top production (LHC, pp mode, NLC, mode) and of top pair production
(NLC, e^+ e^- mode). We analyse observables sensitive to anomalous Wtb
couplings in the top pair production process of e^+ e^- collisions. In
particular, forward-backward and spin-spin asymmetries of the top decay
products and the asymmetry of the lepton energy spectum are considered.
Possible bounds on anomalous couplings obtained are competitive to those
expected from the upgraded Tevatron and LHC. The validity of the infinitely
small width approximation for the three-body top decay is also studied in
detail.Comment: 23 pages, 6 figures, uses axodraw.st
Hamiltonian formulation of nonlinear travelling Whistler waves
International audienceA Hamiltonian formulation of nonlinear, parallel propagating, travelling whistler waves is developed. The complete system of equations reduces to two coupled differential equations for the transverse electron speed and a phase variable representing the difference in the phases of the transverse complex velocities of the protons and the electrons. Two integrals of the equations are obtained. The Hamiltonian integral H, is used to classify the trajectories in the phase plane, where and w=u2 are the canonical coordinates. Periodic, oscilliton solitary wave and compacton solutions are obtained, depending on the value of the Hamiltonian integral H and the AlfvΓ©n Mach number M of the travelling wave. The second integral of the equations of motion gives the position x in the travelling wave frame as an elliptic integral. The dependence of the spatial period, L, of the compacton and periodic solutions on the Hamiltonian integral H and the AlfvΓ©n Mach number M is given in terms of complete elliptic integrals of the first and second kind. A solitary wave solution, with an embedded rotational discontinuity is obtained in which the transverse Reynolds stresses of the electrons are balanced by equal and opposite transverse stresses due to the protons. The individual electron and proton phase variables and are determined in terms of and . An alternative Hamiltonian formulation in which is the new independent variable replacing x is used to write the travelling wave solutions parametrically in terms of
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