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    Higgs Phenomenology of Minimal Universal Extra Dimensions

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    The minimal model of Universal Extra Dimensions (MUED) is briefly reviewed. We explain how the cross-sections for Higgs production via gluon fusion and decay into two photons are modified, relative the the Standard Model (SM) values, by KK particles running in loops, leading to an enhancement of the gg to h to two photons and gg to h to W+W- cross-sections. ATLAS and CMS searches for the SM Higgs in these channels are reinterpreted in the context of MUED and used to place new limits on the MUED parameter space. Only a small region of between 1 and 3 GeV around mh = 125 GeV for 500 GeV < 1/R < 1600 GeV remains open at the 95 % confidence level.Comment: Presented at the 2011 Hadron Collider Physics symposium (HCP-2011), Paris, France, November 14-18 2011, 3 pages, 4 figure

    Tree Level Unitarity Bounds for the Minimal B-L Model

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    We have derived the unitarity bounds in the high energy limit for the minimal B-L extension of the Standard Model by analysing the full class of Higgs and would-be Goldstone boson two-to-two scatterings at tree level. Moreover, we have investigated how these limits could vary at some lower critical value of the energy.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables; 1d figure modified, typos corrected, bibliography augmented; published in PRD after minor adjustmen

    The Z' boson of the minimal B-L model at future Linear Colliders in e+e- --> mu+mu-

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    We study the capabilities of future electron-positron Linear Colliders, with centre-of-mass energy at the TeV scale, in accessing the parameter space of a Zâ€ČZ' boson within the minimal B−LB-L model. We carry out a detailed comparison between the discovery regions mapped over a two-dimensional configuration space (Zâ€ČZ' mass and coupling) at the Large Hadron Collider and possible future Linear Colliders for the case of di-muon production. As known in the literature for other Zâ€ČZ' models, we confirm that leptonic machines, as compared to the CERN hadronic accelerator, display an additional potential in discovering a Zâ€ČZ' boson as well as in allowing one to study its properties at a level of precision well beyond that of any of the existing colliders.Comment: 5 pages, proceeding of LC09 (Perugia), published by the Italian Physical Society in the Nuovo Cimento C (Colloquia

    Gauge invariant effective action for the Polyakov line in the SU(N) Yang--Mills theory at high temperatures

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    We integrate out fast varying quantum fluctuations around static A_4 and A_i fields for the SU(N) gauge group. By assuming that the gluon fields are slowly varying but allowing for an arbitrary amplitude of A_4 we obtain two variants of the effective high-temperature theory for the Polyakov line. One is the effective action for the gauge-invariant eigenvalues of the Polyakov line, and it is explicitly Z(N) symmetric. The other is the effective action for the Polyakov line itself as an element of the SU(N). In this case the theory necessarily includes the spatial components A_i to ensure its gauge invariance under spatial gauge transformations. We derive the 1-loop effective action in the `electric' and `magnetic' sectors, summing up all powers of A_4.Comment: RevTex4, 2 figure

    Generalized Density Matrix Revisited: Microscopic Approach to Collective Dynamics in Soft Spherical Nuclei

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    The generalized density matrix (GDM) method is used to calculate microscopically the parameters of the collective Hamiltonian. Higher order anharmonicities are obtained consistently with the lowest order results, the mean field [Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) equation] and the harmonic potential [quasiparticle random phase approximation (QRPA)]. The method is applied to soft spherical nuclei, where the anharmonicities are essential for restoring the stability of the system, as the harmonic potential becomes small or negative. The approach is tested in three models of increasing complexity: the Lipkin model, model with factorizable forces, and the quadrupole plus pairing model.Comment: submitted to Physical Review C on 08 May, 201

    Strong Coupling Constants of Decuplet Baryons with Vector Mesons

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    We provide a comprehensive study of strong coupling constants of decuplet baryons with light nonet vector mesons in the framework of light cone QCD sum rules. Using the symmetry arguments, we argue that all coupling constants entering the calculations can be expressed in terms of only one invariant function even if the SU(3)fSU(3)_f symmetry breaking effects are taken into account. We estimate the order of SU(3)fSU(3)_f symmetry violations, which are automatically considered by the employed approach.Comment: 19 Pages, 4 Figures and 5 Table

    Small size pentaquark width: calculation in QCD sum rules

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    The pentaquark width is calculated in QCD sum rules. The higher dimension operators contribution is accounted. It is shown, that ΓΘ\Gamma_{\Theta} should be very small, less than 1Mev1Mev.Comment: 10 peges, 7 figure

    Production of Z' and W' via Drell-Yan processes in the 4D Composite Higgs Model at the LHC

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    We present an analysis of both the Neutral Current (NC) and Charged Current (CC) Drell-Yan processes at the LHC within a 4 Dimensional realization of a Composite Higgs model studying the cross sections and taking into account the possible impact of the extra fermions present in the spectrum.Comment: Conference proceeding, XII IFAE Edition, 3-5 April 2013, Cagliari. 2 pages, 2 figures; v2 typo correcte

    Higgs Boson in the 4DCHM: LHC phenomenology

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    Composite Higgs models provide an elegant solution to the hierarchy problem present in the Standard Model (SM) and give an alternative pattern leading to the mechanism of Electro-Weak Symmetry Breaking (EWSB). We present an analysis of the Higgs boson production and decay within a recently proposed realistic realization of this general idea: the 4D Composite Higgs Model (4DCHM). Comparing our results with the latest Large Hadron Collider (LHC) data we show that the 4DCHM could provide an alternative explanation with respect to the SM of the LHC results pointing to the discovery of a Higgs-like particle at 125 GeV.Comment: Conference proceeding, EPS-HEP 2013, 18-24 July 2013, Stockholm. 3 pages, 2 figures, typo correcte

    Calculation of the pentaquark width by QCD sum rule

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    The pentaquark width is calculated in QCD sum rules. Result for ΓΘ\Gamma_{\Theta} show, that ΓΘ\Gamma_{\Theta} can vary in the region less than 1MeVMeV. The main conclusion is, that if pentaquark is genuine states then sum rules really predict the narrow width of pentaquark ξ+\theta^+, and the suppression of the width is both parametrical and numerical.Comment: 8 Ppages, 3 figures,the numerical error was corrected, two figures are modified. In the limit of errors the result did not change significantl
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