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Indirect Effect of Supersymmetric Triplets in Stop Decays
We study an extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model with a
zero hypercharge triplet, and the effect that such a particle has on stop
decays. This model has the capability of predicting a 125.5 GeV Higgs even in
the presence of light stops and it can modify the diphoton rate by means of the
extra charged fermion triplet coupled to the Higgs. Working in the limit where
the scalar triplet decouples, and with small values of mA, we find that the
fermion triplet can greatly affect the branching ratios of the stops, even in
the absence of a direct stop-triplet coupling. We compare the triplet extension
with the MSSM and discuss how the additional fields affect the search for stop
pair production.Comment: pdfLateX, 16 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, Typos, minor changes.
Version published in JHE
Looking for signals beyond the neutrino Standard Model
Any new neutrino physics at the TeV scale must include a suppression
mechanism to keep its contribution to light neutrino masses small enough. We
review some seesaw model examples with weakly broken lepton number, and comment
on the expected effects at large colliders and in neutrino oscillations.Comment: LaTeX 10 pages, 9 PS figures. Contribution to the Proceedings of the
XXXI International School of Theoretical Physics "Matter To The Deepest"
Ustron, Poland, September 5-11, 2007. Typos correcte
Massless scalar field in de Sitter spacetime: unitary quantum time evolution
We prove that, under the standard conformal scaling, a massless field in de
Sitter spacetime admits an O(4)-invariant Fock quantization such that time
evolution is unitarily implemented. This result disproves previous claims in
the literature. We discuss the relationship between this quantization with
unitary dynamics and the family of O(4)-invariant Hadamard states given by
Allen and Folacci, as well as with the Bunch-Davies vacuum.Comment: 23 pages. Typos corrected, matches published versio
Unitary evolution and uniqueness of the Fock quantization in flat cosmologies with compact spatial sections
We study the Fock quantization of scalar fields with a time dependent mass in
cosmological scenarios with flat compact spatial sections. This framework
describes physically interesting situations like, e.g., cosmological
perturbations in flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetimes, generally
including a suitable scaling of them by a background function. We prove that
the requirements of vacuum invariance under the spatial isometries and of a
unitary quantum dynamics select (a) a unique canonical pair of field variables
among all those related by time dependent canonical transformations which scale
the field configurations, and (b) a unique Fock representation for the
canonical commutation relations of this pair of variables. Though the proof is
generalizable to other compact spatial topologies in three or less dimensions,
we focus on the case of the three-torus owing to its relevance in cosmology,
paying a especial attention to the role played by the spatial isometries in the
determination of the representation.Comment: 23 pages. New section 4.2. Added references. Published in EJT
Uniqueness of the Fock quantization of scalar fields in spatially flat cosmological spacetimes
We study the Fock quantization of scalar fields in (generically) time
dependent scenarios, focusing on the case in which the field propagation occurs
in --either a background or effective-- spacetime with spatial sections of flat
compact topology. The discussion finds important applications in cosmology,
like e.g. in the description of test Klein-Gordon fields and scalar
perturbations in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetime in the observationally
favored flat case. Two types of ambiguities in the quantization are analyzed.
First, the infinite ambiguity existing in the choice of a Fock representation
for the canonical commutation relations, understandable as the freedom in the
choice of inequivalent vacua for a given field. Besides, in cosmological
situations, it is customary to scale the fields by time dependent functions,
which absorb part of the evolution arising from the spacetime, which is treated
classically. This leads to an additional ambiguity, this time in the choice of
a canonical pair of field variables. We show that both types of ambiguities are
removed by the requirements of (a) invariance of the vacuum under the
symmetries of the three-torus, and (b) unitary implementation of the dynamics
in the quantum theory. In this way, one arrives at a unique class of unitarily
equivalent Fock quantizations for the system. This result provides considerable
robustness to the quantum predictions and renders meaningful the confrontation
with observation.Comment: 15 pages, version accepted for publication in JCA
Transverse Symmetry and Spin-3/2 Fields
We study the possible covariant Lagrangians that describe the propagation of
pure spin-3/2 particles. We show that, apart from the well-known
Rarita-Schwinger Lagrangian, there is another possibility where the field is
described by a gamma-traceless combination and that both Lagrangians yield the
same physical predictions for the interaction of conserved sources. We also
prove that for the case when the spin-2 field is described by a traceless
field, there is no possible spin-3/2 action that makes the system
supersymmetric. Nevertheless, the interaction between this field andthe
spin-3/2 field may be possible.Comment: 12 pages. To appear in Peyresq XII proceeding
Triboson interpretations of the ATLAS diboson excess
The ATLAS excess in fat jet pair production is kinematically compatible with
the decay of a heavy resonance into two gauge bosons plus an extra particle.
This hypothesis would explain the absence of such a large excess in the
analogous CMS analysis of fat dijet final states, as well as the negative
results of diboson resonance searches in the semi-leptonic decay modes. If the
extra particle is the Higgs boson, this hypothesis might also explain
-statistical fluctuations aside- why the CMS search for WH resonances in the
semi-leptonic channel finds some excess while in the fully hadronic one it does
not have a significant deviation.Comment: LaTeX 17 pages. v2: Enlarged discussion to address CMS WH excess. v3:
Added discussion of diboson helicities. Final version to appear in JHE
Electroweak constraints on see-saw messengers and their implications for LHC
We review the present electroweak precision data constraints on the mediators
of the three types of see-saw mechanisms. Except in the see-saw mechanism of
type I, with the heavy neutrino singlets being mainly produced through their
mixing with the Standard Model leptons, LHC will be able to discover or put
limits on new scalar (see-saw of type II) and lepton (see-saw of type III)
triplets near the TeV. If discovered, it may be possible in the simplest models
to measure the light neutrino mass and mixing properties that neutrino
oscillation experiments are insensitive to.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, To appear in the Proceedings of the Rencontres de
Moriond 2008 EW Session, La Thuile (Italy), March 1-8, 200
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