A Population of Short-Period Variable Quasars from PTF as Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates

Supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) at sub-parsec separations should be common in galactic nuclei, as a result of frequent galaxy mergers. Hydrodynamical simulations of circumbinary discs predict strong periodic modulation of the mass accretion rate on time-scales comparable to the orbital period of the binary. As a result, SMBHBs may be recognized by the periodic modulation of their brightness. We conducted a statistical search for periodic variability in a sample of 35,383 spectroscopically confirmed quasars in the photometric database of the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF). We analysed Lomb-Scargle periodograms and assessed the significance of our findings by modeling each individual quasar's variability as a damped random walk (DRW). We identified 50 quasars with significant periodicity beyond the DRW model, typically with short periods of a few hundred days. We find 33 of these to remain significant after a re-analysis of their periodograms including additional optical data from the intermediate-PTF and the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey (CRTS). Assuming that the observed periods correspond to the redshifted orbital periods of SMBHBs, we conclude that our findings are consistent with a population of unequal-mass SMBHBs, with a typical mass ratio as low as q = M2/M1 ~ 0.01.Comment: MNRAS (accepted), new section 4.

Tvorba f0-mezona procesom e +e − → ϕf

Enigmatic nature of f0(980) meson can be tested in C–τ factory with total energy in e +e − center of mass 3 < √ s < 4 GeV. This facility has the advantage compared with ϕ–factory with √ s = 1.02 GeV where f0(980) properties can be investigated in the process e +e − → γf0(980). The reason of that is strong phase volume suppression ∼ ω 3 of the cross section in the experiments at ϕ–factories. Our approach is based on the analysis of the lowest order loop Feynman diagrams with the strange constituent quark or charged kaon as virtual loop particles. The relative values of the contributions of quark loop and kaon loop are discussed. The differential cross section as well as the estimation of the total one are illustrated numerically.Zagonetna priroda mezona f0(980) može se istraživati u tvornicama C–τ s ukupnom energijom e +e − u sustavu središta mase 3 < √ s < 4 GeV. Takav pogon ima prednost prema tvornicama ϕ–mezona sa √ s = 1.02 GeV u kojima se može istraživati proces e +e − → γf0(980). Uzrok je snažno potisnuće udarnog presjeka faktorom ∼ ω 3 zbog faznog prostora u mjerenjima u tvornicama ϕ. Naš se pristup zasniva na analizi Feynmanovih diagrama petlja najnižeg reda uzimajući strani sastavni kvark ili nabijeni kaon kao virtualne čestice u petlji

Bremsstrahlung photon polarization for ee±→(eγ)e±ee^\pm\to (e\gamma)e^\pm, and ep→(eγ)pep\to (e\gamma)p high energy collisions

The polarization of bremsstrahlung photon in the processes $ee^\pm\to (e\gamma)e^\pm$, and $ep\to (e\gamma)p$ is calculated for peripheral kinematics, in the high energy limit where the cross section does not decrease with the incident energy. When the initial electron is unpolarized(longitudinally polarized) the final photon can be linearly (circularly) polarized. The Stokes parameters of the photon polarization are calculated as a function of the kinematical variables of process: the energy of recoil particle, the energy fraction of scattered electron, and the polar and azimuthal angles of photon. Numerical results are given in form of tables, for typical values of the relevant kinematic variables.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure

Electroweak Hadronic Contributions to the muon g-2

We reanalyze the two-loop electroweak hadronic contributions to the muon g-2 that may be enhanced by large logarithms. The present evaluation is improved over those already existing in the literature by the implementation of the current algebra Ward identities and the inclusion of the correct short-distance QCD behaviour of the relevant hadronic Green's function.Comment: 29 pages, 6 figures, LaTeX. Typos fixe

Contributions of semi-hadronic states Pγ;Sγ,π+π−γP\gamma;S\gamma, \pi^+\pi^-\gamma to amm of muon, in frames of Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model

We calculate the contribution of semi-hadronic states with pseudoscalar $P=\pi^0, \eta$ and scalar ($\sigma$(550))meson accompanied with real photon as an intermediate state of a heavy photon to the anomalous magnetic moment of muon. We consider the intermediate states with $\pi_0$ and $\sigma$ as a hadrons in frames of Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. The contribution of $\pi_0\gamma$ state is in agreement with results obtained in previous theoretical considerations as well as with experimental data $a_\mu^{\pi_0\gamma}\approx 4.5 \times 10^{-10}$, besides we estimate $a_{\mu}^{\eta\gamma}=0.7 \times 10^{-10}, a_{\mu}^{\sigma\gamma} \sim 1.5 \times 10^{-11}, a_{\mu}^{\pi^+\pi^-\gamma} \sim 3.2 \times 10^{-10}.$ We discass as well the LbL mechanism with $a_{\mu}^{lbl}=10.5 \cdot 10^{-10}.$Comment: 6 pages, 2 figure