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The Indirect Limit on the Standard Model Higgs Boson Mass from the Precision FERMILAB, LEP and SLD Data
Standard Model fits are performed on the most recent leptonic and b quark Z
decay data from LEP and SLD, and FERMILAB data on top quark production, to
obtain and . Poor fits are obtained, with confidence levels
2%. Removing the b quark data improves markedly the quality of the fits and
reduces the 95% CL upper limit on by 50 GeV.Comment: 6 pages 3 tables i figur
Forward Physics at the LHC (Elba 2010)
The papers review the main theoretical and experimental aspects of the
Forward Physics at the Large Hadron Collider
Generalized Factorization in Non-leptonic Two-Body B-Decays: a Critical Look
We reanalyze critically the generalized factorization hypothesis in
non-leptonic two-body B-decays discussed recently by several authors. In
particular we address the determination of the factorization scale and
of the non-perturbative parameters and
which are supposed to measure non-factorizable contributions to hadronic matrix
elements with . We emphasize that both and
are renormalization scheme dependent and we demonstrate
analytically and numerically that for any chosen scale \mu_f=\ord(m_b) it is
possible to find a renormalization scheme for which . The existing data indicate that such "factorization
schemes" differ from the commonly used schemes NDR and HV. Similarly we point
out that the recent extractions of the effective number of colours
from two-body non-leptonic B-decays while and renormalization scheme
independent suffer from gauge dependences and infrared dependences.Comment: 20 pages, 2 figure
Multi-Parton Interactions at the LHC
We review the recent progress in the theoretical description and experimental
observation of multiple parton interactions. Subjects covered include
experimental measurements of minimum bias interactions and of the underlying
event, models of soft physics implemented in Monte Carlo generators,
developments in the theoretical description of multiple parton interactions and
phenomenological studies of double parton scattering. This article stems from
contributions presented at the Helmholtz Alliance workshop on "Multi-Parton
Interactions at the LHC", DESY Hamburg, 13-15 September 2010.Comment: 68 page
Do Evaporating Black Holes Form Photospheres?
Several authors, most notably Heckler, have claimed that the observable
Hawking emission from a microscopic black hole is significantly modified by the
formation of a photosphere around the black hole due to QED or QCD interactions
between the emitted particles. In this paper we analyze these claims and
identify a number of physical and geometrical effects which invalidate these
scenarios. We point out two key problems. First, the interacting particles must
be causally connected to interact, and this condition is satisfied by only a
small fraction of the emitted particles close to the black hole. Second, a
scattered particle requires a distance ~ E/m_e^2 for completing each
bremsstrahlung interaction, with the consequence that it is improbable for
there to be more than one complete bremsstrahlung interaction per particle near
the black hole. These two effects have not been included in previous analyses.
We conclude that the emitted particles do not interact sufficiently to form a
QED photosphere. Similar arguments apply in the QCD case and prevent a QCD
photosphere (chromosphere) from developing when the black hole temperature is
much greater than Lambda_QCD, the threshold for QCD particle emission.
Additional QCD phenomenological arguments rule out the development of a
chromosphere around black hole temperatures of order Lambda_QCD. In all cases,
the observational signatures of a cosmic or Galactic halo background of
primordial black holes or an individual black hole remain essentially those of
the standard Hawking model, with little change to the detection probability. We
also consider the possibility, as proposed by Belyanin et al. and D. Cline et
al., that plasma interactions between the emitted particles form a photosphere,
and we conclude that this scenario too is not supported.Comment: version published in Phys Rev D 78, 064043; 25 pages, 3 figures;
includes discussion on extending our analysis to TeV-scale,
higher-dimensional black hole
Calculation of parity and time invariance violation in the radium atom
Parity (P) and time (T) invariance violating effects in the Ra atom are
strongly enhanced due to close states of opposite parity, the large nuclear
charge Z and the collective nature of P,T-odd nuclear moments. We have
performed calculations of the atomic electric dipole moments (EDM) produced by
the electron EDM and the nuclear magnetic quadrupole and Schiff moments. We
have also calculated the effects of parity non-conservation produced by the
nuclear anapole moment and the weak charge. Our results show that as a rule the
values of these effects are much larger than those considered so far in other
atoms (enhancement is up to 10^5 times).Comment: 18 pages; LaTeX; Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Determination of absolute neutrino masses from Z-bursts
Ultrahigh energy neutrinos (UHE\nu) scatter on relic neutrinos (R\nu)
producing Z bosons, which can decay hadronically producing protons (Z-burst).
We compare the predicted proton spectrum with the observed ultrahigh energy
cosmic ray (UHECR) spectrum and determine the mass of the heaviest R\nu via a
maximum likelihood analysis. Our prediction depends on the origin of the
power-like part of the UHECR spectrum: m_\nu=2.75^{+1.28}_{-0.97} eV for
Galactic halo and 0.26^{+0.20}_{-0.14} eV for extragalactic (EG) origin. The
necessary UHE\nu flux should be detected in the near future.Comment: slight rewording, revised neutrino fluxes, conclusions unchanged,
version to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Enhanced Radiation Hardness and Faster Front Ends for the Beetle Readout Chip
This paper summarizes the recent progress in the development of the 128 channel pipelined readout chip Beetle, which is intended for the silicon vertex detector, the inner tracker, the pile-up veto trigger and the RICH detectors of LHCb.
Deficiencies found in the front end of the Beetle Version 1.0 and 1.1 chips resulted in the submissions of BeetleFE 1.1 and BeetleFE 1.2, while BeetleSR 1.0 implements test circuits to provide future Beetle chips with logic circuits hardened against single event upset (SEU).
Section I. motivates the development of new front ends for the Beetle chip, and section II. summarizes their concepts and construction. Section III. reports preliminary results from the BeetleFE 1.1 and BeetleFE 1.2 chips, while section IV. describes the BeetleSR 1.0 chip. An outlook on future test and development of the Beetle chip is given in section V
Experiments to Find or Exclude a Long-Lived, Light Gluino
Gluinos in the mass range ~1 1/2 - 3 1/2 GeV are absolutely excluded. Lighter
gluinos are allowed, except for certain ranges of lifetime. Only small parts of
the mass-lifetime parameter space are excluded for larger masses unless the
lifetime is shorter than ~ 2 10^{-11} (m_{gluino}/ GeV) sec. Refined mass and
lifetime estimates for R-hadrons are given, present direct and indirect
experimental constraints are reviewed, and experiments to find or definitively
exclude these possibilities are suggested.Comment: 27 pp, latex with 1 uufiled figure, RU-94-35. New version amplifies
discussion of some points and corresponds to version for Phys. Rev.
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