220 research outputs found
Bounds on the lightest Higgs boson mass with three and four fermion generations
We present lower bounds on the Higgs boson mass in the Standard Model with
three and four fermion generations SM(3,4), as well as upper bounds on the
lightest Higgs boson mass in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the SM
with three and four generations MSSM(3,4). Our analysis utilizes the SM(3,4)
renormalization-group-improved one-loop effective potential of the Higgs boson
to find the upper bounds on the Higgs mass in the MSSM(3,4) while the lower
bounds in the SM(3,4) are derived from considerations of vacuum stability. All
the bounds increase as the degenerate fourth generation mass increases,
providing more room in theory space that respects the increasing experimental
lower limit of the Higgs mass.Comment: 24 pages, 10 figures, Some additional discussion added. Final version
to be published in International Journal of Modern Physics
Proton Structure Functions from Chiral Dynamics and QCD Constraints
The spin fractions and deep inelastic structure functions of the proton are
analyzed using chiral field theory involving Goldstone bosons. A detailed
comparison with recent chiral models sheds light on their successful
description of the spin fractions of the proton as being due to neglecting
helicity non-flip chiral transitions. This approximation is valid for zero mass
quarks but not for constituent quarks. Since the chiral spin fraction models
with the pure spin-flip approximation reproduce the measured spin fractions of
the proton, axialvector constituent-quark-Goldstone boson coupling is found to
be inconsistent with the proton spin data. Initial quark valence distributions
are then constructed using quark counting constraints at Bjorken and
Regge behavior at . Sea quark distributions predicted by chiral field
theory on this basis have correct order of magnitude and shape. The spin
fractions agree with the data.Comment: 30 pages, 2 tables, 10 figure-ps files, LaTex. Accepted by Int. J.
Mod. Phys. A. More details added on polarized chiral splitting function
Algebraic approach to the spectral problem for the Schroedinger equation with power potentials
The method reducing the solution of the Schroedinger equation for several
types of power potentials to the solution of the eigenvalue problem for the
infinite system of algebraic equations is developed. The finite truncation of
this system provides high accuracy results for low-lying levels. The proposed
approach is appropriate both for analytic calculations and for numerical
computations. This method allows also to determine the spectrum of the
Schroedinger-like relativistic equations. The heavy quarkonium (charmonium and
bottomonium) mass spectra for the Cornell potential and the sum of the Coulomb
and oscillator potentials are calculated. The results are in good agreement
with experimental data.Comment: 17 pages, including 6 PostScript figures (epsf style
Current Issues in the Phenomenology of Particle Physics
The present status of the Standard Model and its experimental tests are
reviewed, including indications on the likely mass of the Higgs boson. Also
discussed are the motivations for supersymmetry and grand unification, searches
for sparticles at LEP, neutrino oscillations, and the prospects for physics at
the LHC.Comment: 32 pages, LaTeX, 10 figures (included), Invited plenary talk
presented at the Inaugural Conference of the APCTP, Seoul, June 199
Resonant final-state interactions in D^0 -> \bar{K}^{0} {\eta}, \bar{K}^{0} \eta' Decay
We have investimated the effect of the isospin 1/2, J^P = 0^+ resonant state
K^*_0(1950) on the decays D^0 ->\bar{K}^{0}\eta and D^0 ->\bar{K}^0 \eta' as a
function of the branching ratio sum r =Br(K^*_0(1950)->\bar{K}^0\eta)+
Br(K^*_0(1950)->\bar{K}^0 \eta' and coupling constants g_{K^*_0\bar{K}^0\eta},
g_{K^*_0\bar{K}^0\eta'}. We have used a factorized input for D^0 -> K^*_0(1950)
weak transition through a \pi K loop. We estimated both on- and off-shell
contributions from the loop. Our calculation shows that the off-shell effects
are significant. For a fit to the decay amplitude A(D^0 ->
\bar{K}^0 \eta') was possible, but the amplitude A(D^0 ->\bar{K}^0 \eta)
remained at its factorized value. For small values of r, , we were
able to fit A(D^0 -> \bar{K}^0 \eta), and despite the fact that A(D^0 ->
\bar{K}^0 \eta') could be raised by almost 100 % over its factorized value, it
still falls short of its experimental value. A simultaneous fit to both
amplitudes A(D^0 -> \bar{K}^0 \eta') and A(D^0 -> \bar{K}^0 \eta) was not
possible. We have also determined the strong phase of the resonant amplitudes
for both decays.
PACS numbers:13.25.Ft, 13.25.-k, 14.40.LbComment: 16 pages, 6 figures, 3 table
Dynamical Generation of Linear model SU(3) Lagrangian and Meson Nonet Mixing
This paper is the SU(3) extension of the dynamically generated SU(2) linear
model Lagrangian worked out previously using dimensional
regularization. After discussing the quark-level Goldberger-Treiman relations
for SU(3) and the related gap equations, we dynamically generate the meson
cubic and quartic couplings. This also constrains the meson-quark coupling
constant to and determines the SU(3) scalar meson masses in a
Nambu-Jona-Lasinio fashion. Finally we dynamically induce the U(3) pseudoscalar
and scalar mixing angles in a manner compatible with data.Comment: 19 printed pages, requires plain Tex, now published in IJMPA 13, 657
(1998
Tests for the asymptotic behaviour of the gamma^* --> gamma pi^0 form factor
The gamma^* --> gamma pi^0 transition measured at different photon
virtualities already provides us with a clean test for the behaviour of the
pi^0 gamma^* gamma off-shell axial anomaly at large time-like squared momenta.
It also allows reliable predictions for the branching ratio of heavy quarkonium
decays into omega pi^0.Comment: Latex, 7 pages + 1 .ps figure, comments on the Brodsky-Lepage limit
and 5 new references adde
Comment on Octet Baryon Magnetic Moments in the Chiral Quark Model with Configuration Mixing
The importance of exchange currents, and of conserving isotopic spin at both
the quark and baryon levels in application of the chiral quark model to any
calculation of baryon magnetic moments is emphasized.Comment: 5 pages, Latex fil
Solution of Two-Body Bound State Problems with Confining Potentials
The homogeneous Lippmann-Schwinger integral equation is solved in momentum
space by using confining potentials. Since the confining potentials are
unbounded at large distances, they lead to a singularity at small momentum. In
order to remove the singularity of the kernel of the integral equation, a
regularized form of the potentials is used. As an application of the method,
the mass spectra of heavy quarkonia, mesons consisting from heavy quark and
antiquark , are calculated for linear and
quadratic confining potentials. The results are in good agreement with
configuration space and experimental results.Comment: 6 pages, 5 table
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