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New Parametrization of Neutrino Mixing Matrix
Global fits to neutrino oscillation data are compatible with tri-bimaximal
mixing pattern, which predicts and . We propose here to
parametrize the tri-bimaximal mixing matrix by its hermitian
generator using the exponential map. Then we use the exponential map
to express the deviations from tri-bimaximal pattern by deriving the hermitian
matrices and . These deviations might come from the symmetry
breaking of the neutrino and charged lepton sectors.Comment: 10 pages, no figures, correted minor typo
Model for a Light Z' Boson
A model of a light boson is constructed and phenomenological bounds are
derived. This boson arises from a very simple extension to the Standard
Model, and it is constrained to be light because the vacuum expectation values
which generate its mass also break the electroweak gauge group. It is difficult
to detect experimentally because it couples exclusively or primarily (depending
on symmetry breaking details) to second and third generation leptons. However,
if the boson is sufficiently light, then there exists the possibility of
the two-body decay occuring. This will provide a
striking signature to test the model.Comment: 20 pages + 5 pages of figures (appended as postscipt files), LaTeX,
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Topological phase due to electric dipole moment and magnetic monopole interaction
We show that there is an anologous Aharonov-Casher effect on a neutral
particle with electric dipole moment interacting with a magnetic filed produced
by magnetic monopoles.Comment: 8 page
Collective Modes in the Loop Ordered Phase of Cuprates
We show that the two branches of collective modes discovered recently in
under-doped Cuprates with huge spectral weight are a necessary consequence of
the loop-current state. Such a state has been shown in earlier experiments to
be consistent with the symmetry of the order parameter competing with
superconductivity in four families of Cuprates. We also predict a third branch
of excitations and suggest techniques to discover it. Using parameters to fit
the observed modes, we show that the direction of the effective moments in the
ground state lies in a cone at an angle to the c-axis as observed in
experiments
Hints of Standard Model Higgs Boson at the LHC and Light Dark Matter Searches
The most recent results of searches at the LHC for the Higgs boson h have
turned up possible hints of such a particle with mass m_h about 125 GeV
consistent with standard model (SM) expectations. This has many potential
implications for the SM and beyond. We consider some of them in the contexts of
a simple Higgs-portal dark matter (DM) model, the SM plus a real gauge-singlet
scalar field D as the DM candidate, and a couple of its variations. In the
simplest model with one Higgs doublet and three or four generations of
fermions, for D mass m_D DD tends to have a
substantial branching ratio. If future LHC data confirm the preliminary Higgs
indications, m_D will have to exceed m_h/2. To keep the DM lighter than m_h/2,
one will need to extend the model and also satisfy constraints from DM direct
searches. The latter can be accommodated if the model provides sizable isospin
violation in the DM-nucleon interactions. We explore this in a
two-Higgs-doublet model combined with the scalar field D. This model can offer
a 125-GeV SM-like Higgs and a light DM candidate having isospin-violating
interactions with nucleons at roughly the required level, albeit with some
degree of fine-tuning.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figures, slightly revised, main conclusions unchanged,
references added, matches published versio
SU(2) gluon propagator on a coarse anisotropic lattice
We calculated the SU(2) gluon propagator in Landau gauge on an anisotropic
coarse lattice with the improved action. The standard and the improved scheme
are used to fix the gauge in this work. Even on the coarse lattice the lattice
gluon propagator can be well described by a function of the continuous
momentum. The effect of the improved gauge fixing scheme is found not to be
apparent. Based on the Marenzoni's model, the mass scale and the anomalous
dimension are extracted and can be reasonably extrapolated to the continuum
limit with the values and . We also extract the
physical anisotropy from the gluon propagator due to the explicit
dependence of the gluon propagator.Comment: LaTeX, 14 pages including 4 ps figure
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