23,942 research outputs found
Revisiting B_s\to\mu^+\mu^- and B\to K^{(*)}\mu^+\mu^- decays in the MSSM with and without R-parity
The rare decays B_s -> \mu^+\mu^- and B -> K^{(*)}\mu^+\mu^- are sensitive to
new particles and couplings via their interferences with the standard model
contributions. Recently, the upper bound on B(B_s -> \mu^+\mu^-) has been
improved significantly by the CMS, LHCb, CDF, and D{\O} experiments. Combining
with the measurements of B(B-> K^{(*)}\mu^+\mu^-), we derive constraints on the
relevant parameters of minimal supersymmetic standard model with and without
R-parity, and examine their contributions to the dimuon forward-backward
asymmetry in B-> K^{*}\mu^+\mu^- decay. We find that (i) the contribution of
R-parity violating coupling products
\lambda^{\prime}_{2i2}\lambda^{\prime*}_{2i3} due to squark exchange is
comparable with the theoretical uncertainties in B-> K \mu^+\mu^- decay, but
still could be significant in B-> K^{*}\mu^+\mu^- decay and could account for
the forward-backward asymmetry in all dimuon invariant mass regions; (ii) the
constrained mass insertion (\delta^{u}_{LL})_{23} could have significant
contribution to dA_{FB}(B-> K^{*}\mu^+\mu^-)/ds, and such effects are favored
by thr recent results of the Belle, CDF, and LHCb experiments.Comment: 20 pages, 9 figures, published versio
Single-walled carbon nanotube bundle under hydrostatic pressure studied by the first-principles calculations
The structural, electronic, optical and vibrational properties of the
collapsed (10,10) single-walled carbon nanotube bundle under hydrostatic
pressure have been studied by the first-principles calculations. Some features
are observed in the present study: First, a collapsed structure is found, which
is distinct from both of the herringbone and parallel structures obtained
previously. Secondly, a pseudo-gap induced by the collapse appears along the
symmetry axis \textit{X}. Thirdly, the relative orientation between
the collapsed tubes has an important effect on their electronic, optical and
vibrational properties, which provides an efficient experimental method to
distinguish unambiguously three different collapsed structures.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figure
- …