133 research outputs found
Pionic Dark Matter
We study a phenomenological model where the lightest dark matter (DM)
particles are the pseudo-Goldstone excitations associated with a spontaneously
broken symmetry, and transforming linearly with respect to an unbroken group H.
For definiteness we take H = SU(N) and assume the Goldstone particles are
bosons; in parallel with QCD, we refer to these particles as dark-matter pions.
This scenario is in contrast to the common assumption that DM fields transform
linearly under the full symmetry of the model. We illustrate the formalism by
treating in detail the case of H = SU(2), in particular we calculate all the
interactions relevant for the Boltzmann equations, which we solve numerically;
we also derive approximate analytic solutions and show their consistency with
the numerical results. We then compare the results with the constraints derived
from the cold DM and direct detection experiments and derive the corresponding
restrictions on the model parameters.Comment: 35 pages, 15 figure
Pion form factor analysis using NLO analytic perturbation theory
I present results for the pion's electromagnetic form factor in the spacelike
region, which implement the most advanced perturbative information currently
available for this observable in conjunction with a pion distribution amplitude
that agrees with the CLEO data on the pion-photon transition form factor at the
level. I show that using for the running strong coupling and its
powers their analytic versions in the sense of Shirkov and Solovtsov, the
obtained predictions become insensitive to the renormalization scheme and scale
setting adopted. Joining the hard contribution with the soft part on account of
local duality and respecting the Ward identity at , the agreement with
the available experimental data, including expectations from planned
experiments at JLab, is remarkable both in trend and magnitude. I also comment
on Sudakov resummation within the analytic approach.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures embedded; uses espcrc2.tex. Invited talk presented
at QCD04, 5-9 July 2004, Montpellier, Franc
Seeking the CP-odd Higgs via
We show that the decay rates of the Higgs boson to a pseudoscalar quarkonium
and a pair of leptons, (), can be
substantially enhanced in a scenario with two Higgs doublets with a softly
broken symmetry (2HDM) when the CP-odd Higgs A is light, i.e.
. Depending on the type of 2HDM the enhancement of
with respect to its Standard Model
value can be an order of magnitude larger, i.e.
. The decays could
therefore provide an efficient channel to investigate the presence of a light
CP-odd Higgs and help to disentangle among various 2HDM scenarios.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figure
B, Bs -> K form factors: an update of light-cone sum rule results
We present an improved QCD light-cone sum rule (LCSR) calculation of the B ->
K and Bs -> K form factors, by including SU(3)-symmetry breaking corrections.
We use recently updated K-meson distribution amplitudes which incorporate the
complete SU(3)-breaking structure. By applying the method of the direct
integration in the complex plane, which is presented in a detail, the
analytical extraction of the imaginary parts of LCSR hard-scattering amplitudes
becomes unnecessary and therefore the complexity of the calculation is greatly
reduced. The values obtained for the relevant B_{(s)} -> K form factors are as
follows: f^+_{BK}(0)= 0.36^{+0.05}_{-0.04}, f^+_{B_sK}(0)= 0.30^{+0.04}_{-0.03}
and f^T_{BK}(0)= 0.38\pm 0.05, f^T_{B_sK}(0)= 0.30\pm 0.05. By comparing with
the B -> pi form factors extracted recently by the same method, we find the
following SU(3) violation among the B -> light form factors:
f^+_{BK}(0)/f^+_{B\pi}(0) = 1.38^{+0.11}_{-0.10}, f^+_{B_sK}(0)/f^+_{B\pi}(0) =
1.15^{+0.17}_{-0.09}, f^T_{BK}(0)/f^T_{B\pi}(0) = 1.49^{+0.18}_{-0.06} and
f^T_{B_sK}(0)/f^T_{B\pi}(0) = 1.17^{+0.15}_{-0.11}.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures, some figures and discussions added; version to
appear in PR
Form factors of B, Bs ā Ī· (ā²) and D, Ds ā Ī· (ā²) transitions from QCD light-cone sum rules
K -> pi gamma decays and space-time noncommutativity
We propose the K -> pi gamma decay mode as a signature of the violation of
the Lorentz invariance and the appearance of new physics via space-time
noncommutativity.Comment: 3 pages, 1 figure included, version to appear in Phys. Rev.
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