236 research outputs found
Two-Loop Corrections to the Neutral Higgs Boson Masses in the CP-Violating NMSSM
We present our calculation of the two-loop corrections of to the neutral Higgs boson masses of the CP-violating
Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (NMSSM). The
calculation is performed in the Feynman diagrammatic approach in the gaugeless
limit at vanishing external momentum. We apply a mixed
-on-shell (OS) renormalization scheme for the NMSSM
input parameters. Furthermore, we exploit a as well as
an OS renormalization in the top/stop sector. The corrections are implemented
in the Fortran code NMSSMCALC for the calculation of the Higgs spectrum both in
the CP-conserving and CP-violating NMSSM. The code also provides the Higgs
boson decays including the state-of-the-art higher-order corrections. The
corrections computed in this work improve the already available corrections in
NMSSMCALC which are the full one-loop corrections without any approximation and
the two-loop corrections in the gaugeless limit
and at vanishing external momentum. Depending on the chosen parameter point, we
find that the corrections add about
4-7% to the one-loop mass of the SM-like Higgs boson for
renormalization in the top/stop sector and they reduce
the mass by about 6-9% if OS renormalization is applied. For an estimate of the
theoretical uncertainty we vary the renormalization scale and change the
renormalization scheme and show that care has to be taken in the corresponding
interpretation
Experimenting from a distance in case of diffraction and interference
Diffraction and interference are basic phenomena of waves. They are treated in wave optics extensively, because experimental setups are easy to built, diffraction patterns are visible and because of their importance for further
subjects at school and university (diffraction of X-rays, cristallography, Fourier-Transformation, . . . ). Unfortunately, in many cases the experiments are demonstration experiments with a few diffracting objects and not enough possibilities for the students to participate. Therefore we developed a very flexible Remotely Controlled Laboratory (RCL) about diffraction and interference—a real experiment, which can be performed over the internet. The user can choose from among 5 different wavelengths, about 150 diffracting objects and 3 different techniques of qualitative and quantitative measurement. In this contribution we describe the experimental setup, give an overview about experimental results and end with the added value of the experiment
Higgs-boson masses and mixing matrices in the NMSSM: analysis of on-shell calculations
We analyze the Higgs-boson masses and mixing matrices in the NMSSM based on an on-shell (OS) renormalization of the gauge-boson and Higgs-boson masses and the parameters of the top/scalar top sector. We compare the implementation of the OS calculations in the codes NMSSMCALC and NMSSM-FeynHiggs up to O(αtαs). We identify the sources of discrepancies at the one- and at the twoloop level. Finally we compare the OS and DR evaluation as implemented in NMSSMCALC. The results are important ingredients for an estimate of the theoretical precision of Higgs-boson mass calculations in the NMSSM
Screened-interaction expansion for the Hubbard model and determination of the quantum Monte Carlo Fermi surface
We develop a systematic self-consistent perturbative expansion for the self
energy of Hubbard-like models. The interaction lines in the Feynman diagrams
are dynamically screened by the charge fluctuations in the system. Although the
formal expansion is exact-assuming that the model under the study is
perturbative-only if diagrams to all orders are included, it is shown that for
large-on-site-Coulomb-repulsion-U systems weak-coupling expansions to a few
orders may already converge. We show that the screened interaction for the
large-U system can be vanishingly small at a certain intermediate electron
filling; and it is found that our approximation for the imaginary part of the
one-particle self energy agrees well with the QMC results in the low energy
scales at this particular filling. But, the usefulness of the approximation is
hindered by the fact that it has the incorrect filling dependence when the
filling deviates from this value. We also calculate the exact QMC Fermi
surfaces for the two-dimensional (2-D) Hubbard model for several fillings. Our
results near half filling show extreme violation of the concepts of the band
theory; in fact, instead of growing, Fermi surface vanishes when doped toward
the half-filled Mott-Hubbard insulator. Sufficiently away from half filling,
noninteracting-like Fermi surfaces are recovered. These results combined with
the Luttinger theorem might show that diagrammatic expansions for the
nearly-half-filled Hubbard model are unlikely to be possible; however, the
nonperturbative part of the solution seems to be less important as the filling
gradually moves away from one half. Results for the 2-D one-band Hubbard model
for several hole dopings are presented. Implications of this study for the
high-temperature superconductors are also discussed.Comment: 11 pages, 12 eps figures embedded, REVTeX, submitted to Phys. Rev. B;
(v2) minor revisions, scheduled for publication on November 1
Temperature dependent band structure of the Kondo insulator
We present a Qantum Monte Carlo (QMC) study of the temperature dependent
dynamics of the Kondo insulator. Working at the so-called symmetrical point
allows to perform minus-sign free QMC simulations and thus reach temperatures
of less than 1% of the conduction electron bandwidth. Study of the temperature
dependence of the single particle Green's function and dynamical spin
correlation function shows a surprisingly intricate low temperature band
structure and gives evidence for two characteristic temperatures, which we
identify with the Kondo and coherence temperature, respectively. In particular,
the data show a temperature induced metal-insulator transition at the coherence
temperature.Comment: RevTex-file, 4 PRB pages with 4 eps figures. Hardcopies of figures
(or the entire manuscript) can be obtained by e-mail request to:
[email protected]
Kink Structure in the Quasiparticle Band of Doped Hubbard Systems
By making use of the self-consistent projection operator method with
high-momentum and high-energy resolutions, we find a kink structure in the
quasiparticle excitation spectrum of the two-dimensional Hubbard model in the
underdoped regime. The kink is caused by a mixing between the quasiparticle
state and excitations with short-range antiferromagnetic order. We suggest that
this might be the origin of the strong concentration dependence of the 'kink'
found in La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} (x=0.03-0.07).Comment: 3 pages, 4 figures. to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 74,
No. 9, September 15, 200
Kondo screening and exhaustion in the periodic Anderson model
We investigate the paramagnetic periodic Anderson model using the dynamical
mean-field theory in combination with the modified perturbation theory which
interpolates between the weak and strong coupling limits. For the symmetric
PAM, the ground state is always a singlet state. However, as function of the
hybridization strength, a crossover from collective to local Kondo screening is
found. Reducing the number of conduction electrons, the local Kondo singlets
remain stable. The unpaired f-electrons dominate the physics of the system. For
very low conduction electron densities, a large increase of the effective mass
of the quasiparticles is visible, which is interpreted as the approach of the
Mott-Hubbard transition.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, accepted by Phys. Rev.
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