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CP violating dimuon charge asymmetry in general left-right models
The recently measured charge asymmetry of like-sign dimuon events by the D0
collaboration at Tevatron shows the 3.9 \sigma\ deviation from the standard
model prediction. In order to solve this mismatch, we investigate the
right-handed current contributions to and
mixings which are the major source of the like-sign dimuon events in production in general left-right models without imposing manifest or
pseudo-manifest left-right symmetry. We find the allowed region of new physics
parameters satisfying the current experimental data.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figure
Singlet Fermionic Dark Matter with Dark
We present a fermionic dark matter model mediated by the hidden gauge boson.
We assume the QED-like hidden sector which consists of a Dirac fermion and
U(1) gauge symmetry, and introduce an additional scalar electroweak doublet
field with the U(1) charge as a mediator. The hidden U(1) symmetry is
spontaneously broken by the electroweak symmetry breaking and there exists a
massive extra neutral gauge boson in this model which is the mediator between
the hidden and visible sectors. Due to the U(1) charge, the additional
scalar doublet does not couple to the Standard Model fermions, which leads to
the Higgs sector of type I two Higgs doublet model. The new gauge boson couples
to the Standard Model fermions with couplings proportional to those of the
ordinary boson but very suppressed, thus we call it the dark boson. We
study the phenomenology of the dark boson and the Higgs sector, and show
the hidden fermion can be the dark matter candidate.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
A candidate LiBH4 for hydrogen storage: Crystal structures and reaction mechanisms of intermediate phases
First-principles calculation and x-ray diffraction simulation methods have been used to explore crystal structures and reaction mechanisms of the intermediate phases involved in dehydriding of LiBH4. LiBH4 was found to dehydride via two sequential steps: first dehydriding through LiBH, followed by the dehydriding of LiBH through LiB. The first step, which releases 13.1 wt. % hydrogen, was calculated to have an activation barrier of 2.33 eV per formula unit and was endothermic by 1.28 eV per formula unit, while the second step was endothermic by 0.23 eV per formula unit. On the other hand, if LiBH4 and LiBH each donated one electron, possibly to the catalyst doped on their surfaces, it was found that the barrier for the first step was reduced to 1.50 eV. This implies that the development of the catalyst to induce charge migration from the bulk to the surface is essential to make LiBH4 usable as a hydrogen storage material in a moderate temperature range, which is also important to stabilize the low-temperature structure of Pnma (no. 62) LiBH on dehydrogenation. Consequently, the high 13.1 wt. % hydrogen available from the dehydriding of LiBH4 and LiBH and their phase stability on Pnma when specific catalysts were used suggest that LiBH4 has good potential to be developed as the hydrogen storage medium capable of releasing the Department of Energy target of 6.5 wt. % for a hydrogen fuel cell car in a moderate temperature range
Phenomenology of a two-component dark matter model
We study a two-component dark matter model consisting of a Dirac fermion and
a complex scalar charged under new U(1) gauge group in the hidden sector. The
dark fermion plays the dominant component of dark matter which explains the
measured DM relic density of the Universe. It has no direct coupling to
ordinary standard model particles, thus evading strong constraints from the
direct DM detection experiments. The dark fermion is self-interacting through
the light dark gauge boson and it would be possible to address that this model
can be a resolution to the small scale structure problem of the Universe. The
light dark gauge boson, which interacts with the standard model sector, is also
stable and composes the subdominant DM component. We investigate the model
parameter space allowed by current experimental constraints and
phenomenological bounds. We also discuss the sensitivity of future experiments
such as SHiP, DUNE and ILC, for the obtained allowed parameter space.Comment: 13 pages, 1 figure, journal versio
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