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Search for a Higgs Boson Decaying into Two Photons with the L3 Detector at LEP
A search is performed for a Higgs boson, decaying into two photons, using the
L3 data collected at centre of mass energies between = 189 and 202
GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 400 pb. The processes
, , are considered. The observed data are found to be consistent with the
expected background from standard physics processes. Limits on the branching
fraction of the Higgs boson decay into two photons as a function of the Higgs
mass are shown and a lower mass limit on a fermiophobic Higgs is derived.Comment: 3 pages, 2 postscript figures, Presented at the DPF2000 Conference,
August 9-12, 2000, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohi
Search for MSSM Higgses at the Tevatron
We present an overview of searches for MSSM Higgs at the Tevatron,
concentrating on searches probing the high tan(beta) region. We discuss the
search for A/H -> tau tau which is soon to be completed in the Run I data and
review the new tau triggers implemented by CDF and D0 in Run II, which will
greatly impact this analysis. We also present the results of a Run I search for
A/H bb -> bbbb performed by CDF and highlight expected improvements in this
channel by both experiments in Run II.Comment: 3 pages with 1 figure, to be published in "Proceedings of the 31st
International Conference on High Energy Physics ICHEP 2002
Phase diagram of a frustrated mixed-spin ladder with diagonal exchange bonds
Using exact numerical diagonalization and the conformal field theory
approach, we study the effect of magnetic frustrations due to diagonal exchange
bonds in a system of two coupled mixed-spin Heisenberg chains. It
is established that relatively moderate frustrations are able to destroy the
ferrimagnetic state and to stabilize the critical spin-liquid phase typical for
half-integer-spin antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains. Both phases are
separated by a narrow but finite region occupied by a critical
partially-polarized ferromagnetic phase.Comment: 5 PRB pages, 7 eps figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Probing the Weak Boson Sector in
We study possible deviations from the standard model in the reaction at a 500 GeV collider. As a photon source we use a
laser backscattered photon beam. We investigate the most general and vertices including operators up to
energy-dimension-six which are Lorentz invariant. These vertices require four
extra parameters; two are CP-conserving, and , and two are
CP-violating, and . We present analytical expressions of
the helicity amplitudes for the process for arbitrary
values of anomalous couplings. Assuming Standard Model values are actually
measured we present the allowed region in the () plane at the
90\% confidence level. We then show how the angular correlation of the
decay products can be used to extract detailed information on the anomalous
(especially CP-violating) and couplings.Comment: Latex, 25 pages, 12 figures (not included). One compressed postscript
file including all the figures available at
ftp://ftp.kek.jp/kek/preprints/TH/TH-420/kekth420.ps.g
Prospects of Measuring General Higgs Couplings at e^+e^- Linear Colliders
We examine how accurately the general HZV couplings, with V=Z,gamma, may be
determined by studying e^+e^- --> Hff-bar processes at future e^+e^- linear
colliders. By using the optimal-observable method, which makes use of all
available experimental information, we find out which combinations of the
various HZV coupling terms may be constrained most efficiently with high
luminosity. We also assess the benefits of measuring the tau-lepton helicities,
identifying the bottom-hadron charges, polarizing the electron beam and running
at two different collider energies. The HZZ couplings are generally found to be
well constrained, even without these options, while the HZ-gamma couplings are
not. The constraints on the latter may be significantly improved by beam
polarization.Comment: 28 pages (LaTeX), 5 figures (axodraw and eps
One-loop contributions of charginos and neutralinos to W-pair production in E+ E- collisions
We study the one-loop effects of charginos and neutralinos on the helicity
amplitudes for \eeww in the minimal supersymmetric standard model. The
calculation is tested by using two methods. First, the sum rule for the form
factors between \eeww and the process where the external bosons are
replaced by the corresponding Goldstone bosons is employed to test
the analytic expression and the accuracy of the numerical program. Second, the
decoupling property in the large mass limit is used to test the overall
normalization of the amplitudes. These two tests are most effectively carried
out when the amplitudes are expanded in terms of the modified minimal
subtraction () couplings of the standard model. The resulting
perturbation expansion is valid at collider energies below and around the
threshold of the light supersymmetric particles. We find that the corrections
to the cross section of the longitudinally polarized -pair production can be
as large as -1.4% at the threshold of the light chargino-pair production for
large scattering angles. We also study the effects of the CP-violating phase in
the chargino and neutralino sectors on the helicity amplitudes. We find that
the resulting CP-violating asymmetries can be at most 0.1%.Comment: 30 pages, 25 figures, Final verision, To appear in Physical Review D,
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VLBI Observations of NGC6240: resolving the double nuclei and radio supernovae
The European VLBI Network (EVN) has been used at two epochs in 2003 and 2009
to obtain multi-frequency high-resolution images of the merger galaxy NGC6240
in order to study the radio properties of all compact high-brightness
components in the galaxy. Our observations at milli-arcsecond resolution
detected the northern and southern nuclei and two radio components, which we
interpret as long-lived luminous supernovae associated with the circum-nuclear
starburst activity at the southern nucleus. The new VLBI data support the
presence of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) together with starburst activity
at the southern nucleus and provides some evidence for an AGN at the northern
nucleus. The two nuclei both display an inverted spectrum at lower GHz
frequencies. The spectrum of the southern nucleus indicates thermal free-free
absorption on parsec scales, consistent with the presence of an AGN.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in the Astronomical
Journa
Low-energy excitations in the magnetized state of the bond-alternating quantum S=1 chain system NTENP
High intensity inelastic neutron scattering experiments on the S=1
quasi-one-dimensional bond-alternating antiferromagnet Ni(C9D24N4)(NO2)ClO4
(NTENP) are performed in magnetic fields of up to 14.8~T. Excitation in the
high field magnetized quantum spin solid (ordered) phase are investigated. In
addition to the previously observed coherent long-lived gap excitation [M.
Hagiwara et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 94, 177202 (2005)], a broad continuum is
detected at lower energies. This observation is consistent with recent
numerical studies, and helps explain the suppression of the lowest-energy gap
mode in the magnetized state of NTENP. Yet another new feature of the
excitation spectrum is found at slightly higher energies, and appears to be
some kind of multi-magnon state.Comment: 5 pages, 4 fugure
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