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Overfrustrated and Underfrustrated Spin-Glasses in d=3 and 2: Evolution of Phase Diagrams and Chaos Including Spin-Glass Order in d=2
In spin-glass systems, frustration can be adjusted continuously and
considerably, without changing the antiferromagnetic bond probability p, by
using locally correlated quenched randomness, as we demonstrate here on
hypercubic lattices and hierarchical lattices. Such overfrustrated and
underfrustrated Ising systems on hierarchical lattices in d=3 and 2 are
studied. With the removal of just 51 % of frustration, a spin-glass phase
occurs in d=2. With the addition of just 33 % frustration, the spin-glass phase
disappears in d=3. Sequences of 18 different phase diagrams for different
levels of frustration are calculated in both dimensions. In general,
frustration lowers the spin-glass ordering temperature. At low temperatures,
increased frustration favors the spin-glass phase (before it disappears) over
the ferromagnetic phase and symmetrically the antiferromagnetic phase. When any
amount, including infinitesimal, frustration is introduced, the chaotic
rescaling of local interactions occurs in the spin-glass phase. Chaos increases
with increasing frustration, as seen from the increased positive value of the
calculated Lyapunov exponent , starting from when
frustration is absent. The calculated runaway exponent of the
renormalization-group flows decreases with increasing frustration to
when the spin-glass phase disappears. From our calculations of entropy and
specific heat curves in d=3, it is seen that frustration lowers in temperature
the onset of both long- and short-range order in spin-glass phases, but is more
effective on the former. From calculations of the entropy as a function of
antiferromagnetic bond concentration p, it is seen that the ground-state and
low-temperature entropy already mostly sets in within the ferromagnetic and
antiferromagnetic phases, before the spin-glass phase is reached.Comment: Published version, 18 phase diagrams, 12 figures, 10 page
Odd q-State Clock Spin-Glass Models in Three Dimensions, Asymmetric Phase Diagrams, and Multiple Algebraically Ordered Phases
Distinctive orderings and phase diagram structures are found, from
renormalization-group theory, for odd q-state clock spin-glass models in d=3
dimensions. These models exhibit asymmetric phase diagrams, as is also the case
for quantum Heisenberg spin-glass models. No finite-temperature spin-glass
phase occurs. For all odd , algebraically ordered
antiferromagnetic phases occur. One such phase is dominant and occurs for all
. Other such phases occupy small low-temperature portions of the
phase diagrams and occur for . All algebraically
ordered phases have the same structure, determined by an attractive
finite-temperature sink fixed point where a dominant and a subdominant pair
states have the only non-zero Boltzmann weights. The phase transition critical
exponents quickly saturate to the high q value.Comment: Published version, 9 pages, 10 phase diagrams, 5 figures, 1 tabl
Flavor changing neutral currents in top quark production and decay
Top quark flavor changing neutral current (FCNC) interactions are highly
suppressed in the Standard Model. Therefore, any large signal of FCNCs will
indicate the existence of new interactions. In this paper, searches for FCNC
interactions in top quark production and decay at the Tevatron and LHC are
presented. FCNC searches in and decays, and
in top quark production in , are
summarized. Effect of top quark FCNCs on single top quark cross-section, and
the searches for same-sign top quark pair production through FCNCs are also
described. None of the searches yielded positive results and exclusion limits
on branching rations, coupling strengths and cross-sections are obtained.
Future prospects of FCNC searches are also briefly discussed.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures, To appear in the proceedings of the 6th
International Workshop on Top Quark Physics (TOP 2013), Durbach, Germany,
14-19 September 201
Measurement of Top Quark Properties in Single Top Quark Production at CMS
Single top-quark t-channel production is exploited for studies of top quark
properties. The analyses include the measurement of the CKM matrix element,
, search for anomalous couplings of the top quark using a Bayesian
neural network analysis, measurement of single top-quark polarization which
directly confirms the V-A nature of the production vertex, and the
measurement of W-helicity fractions in the phase space sampled by a selection
optimized for t-channel single top-quark production, orthogonal to the
final states used in traditional measurements of these
properties. All measurements are found to be consistent with the standard model
predictions.Comment: 6 pages, 13 figures, To appear in the proceedings of ICHEP2014: 37th
International Conference on High Energy Physics, 2-9 July 2014, Valencia,
Spai
Top Quark Measurements in CMS
Measurements involving top quarks provide important tests of QCD. A selected
set of top quark measurements in CMS including the strong coupling constant,
top quark pole mass, constraints on parton distribution functions, top quark
pair differential cross sections, ttbar+0 and >0 jet events, top quark mass
studied using various kinematic variables in different phase-space regions, and
alternative top quark mass measurements is presented. The evolution of expected
uncertainties in future LHC runs for the standard and alternative top quark
mass measurements is also presented.Comment: 6 pages, 11 figures, To appear in the proceedings of QCD14: 17th High
Energy International Conference in Quantum Chromodynamics, 30 Jun-4 Jul 2014,
Montpellier (France
Measurements of Top Quark Properties at the LHC
Recent measurements of top quark properties at the LHC from ATLAS and CMS
experiments are presented. The presented results include top quark mass,
dependence of top mass measurements on event kinematics, top anti-top mass
difference, bottom quark content in top quark decays, W boson polarization and
anomalous couplings, search for CP violation in single top events, vector boson
production associated with top-antitop pairs and top polarization.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, To appear in the proceedings of the 48th
Rencontres de Moriond: QCD and Hadronic Interactions, La Thuile, Italy, 9-16
Mar 201
Top Quark Properties Measurements in CMS
Recent top quark properties measurements made with the CMS detector at the
LHC are presented. The measurements summarized include spin correlation of top
quark pairs, asymmetries, top quark mass, and the underlying event in top quark
pair events. The results are compared to the standard model predictions and new
physics models.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, To appear in the proceedings of LaThuile2016, Les
Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee d'Aoste, March 6-12, 2016, La Thuile,
Aosta Valley, Ital
Measurements of the top-quark properties at CMS
Measurements of several top-quark properties, obtained from the CMS data
collected in 2011 and 2012 at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV are
presented. The results include measurements of the top pair charge asymmetry,
the W helicity in top quark decays and the search for anomalous couplings, the
top quark charge, and of the ttbar spin correlation. The fraction of top quarks
decaying into a W-boson and a b-quark relative to all top quark decays,
R=Br(t->Wb)/Br(t->Wq), as well as, the cross sections of ttbar events produced
in association with a photon or a W or a Z boson are also presented.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the XXI
International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects
(DIS2013), Marseille, 22-26 April 201
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