On the status of expansion by regions

We discuss the status of expansion by regions, i.e. a well-known strategy to obtain an expansion of a given multiloop Feynman integral in a given limit where some kinematic invariants and/or masses have certain scaling measured in powers of a given small parameter. Using the Lee-Pomeransky parametric representation, we formulate the corresponding prescriptions in a simple geometrical language and make a conjecture that they hold even in a much more general case. We prove this conjecture in some partial cases and illustrate them in a simple example.Comment: Published version: presentation improved, Section 7 delete

Quasi-exactly solvable problems and the dual (q-)Hahn polynomials

A second-order differential (q-difference) eigenvalue equation is constructed whose solutions are generating functions of the dual (q-)Hahn polynomials. The fact is noticed that these generating functions are reduced to the (little q-)Jacobi polynomials, and implications of this for quasi-exactly solvable problems are studied. A connection with the Azbel-Hofstadter problem is indicated.Comment: 15 pages, LaTex; final version, presentation improved, title changed, to appear in J.Math.Phy

Fermionic decays of scalar leptoquarks and scalar gluons in the minimal four color symmetry model

Fermionic decays of the scalar leptoquarks $S=S_1^{(+)}, S_1^{(-)}, S_m$ and of the scalar gluons $F=F_1, F_2$ predicted by the four color symmetry model with the Higgs mechanism of the quark-lepton mass splitting are investigated. Widths and branching ratios of these decays are calculated and analysed in dependence on coupling constants and on masses of the decaying particles. It is shown that the decays $S_1^{(+)}\to tl^+_j, S_1^{(-)}\to \nu_i\tilde b, S_m\to t\tilde \nu_j, F_1\to t\tilde b, F_2\to t\tilde t$ are dominant with the widths of order of a few GeV for $m_S, m_F<1$ TeV and with the total branching ratios close to 1. In the case of $m_S < m_t$ the dominant scalar leptoquark decays are S_1^{(+)}\to cl_j^+, S_1^{(-)}\to \nu_i\tilde b, S_m\to b\l_j^+, S_m\to c\tilde \nu_j with the total branching ratios $Br(S_1^{(+)}\to cl^+) \approx$ $Br(S_1^{(-)}\to \nu\tilde b) \approx 1$, $Br(S_m\to bl^+) \approx 0.9$ and $Br(S_m\to c\tilde \nu) \approx 0.1.$ A search for such decays at the LHC and Tevatron may be of interest.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure, 1 table, to be published in Modern Physics Letters

On the Clebsch-Gordan coefficients for the two-parameter quantum algebra SU(2)p,qSU(2)_{p,q}

We show that the Clebsch - Gordan coefficients for the $SU(2)_{p,q}$ - algebra depend on a single parameter Q = $\sqrt{pq}$ ,contrary to the explicit calculation of Smirnov and Wehrhahn [J.Phys.A 25 (1992),5563].Comment: 5 page

On a general analytical formula for U_q(su(3))-Clebsch-Gordan coefficients

We present the projection operator method in combination with the Wigner-Racah calculus of the subalgebra U_q(su(2)) for calculation of Clebsch-Gordan coefficients (CGCs) of the quantum algebra U_q(su(3)). The key formulas of the method are couplings of the tensor and projection operators and also a tensor form for the projection operator of U_q(su(3)). We obtain a very compact general analytical formula for the U_q(su(3)) CGCs in terms of the U_q(su(2)) Wigner 3nj-symbols.Comment: 9 pages, LaTeX; to be published in Yad. Fiz. (Phys. Atomic Nuclei), (2001