Top-charm associated production at hadron colliders in the standard model with large extra dimensions

The precise calculations are carried out on the flavor changing neutral current couplings in the process $pp \to gg \to t\bar{c}(\bar{t}c)$ at the large hadron collider(LHC) and very large hadron collider(VLHC) in both frameworks of the minimal standard model(MSM) and its extension with extra dimensions. We find that the effects from the large extra dimensions can enhance the total cross section up to about several hundred times as that in the MSM, quantitatively.Comment: 5 pages, 8 figure

Associated production of graviton with e+e−e^+e^- pair via photon-photon collisions at a linear collider

We investigate the process \rreeG at the future International Linear Collider(ILC), where G_n is the Kaluza-Klein graviton in the Large Extra Dimension Model. When the fundamental energy scale is of a few ${\rm TeV}$, the cross section of this process can reach several hundred fb at a photon-photon collider with $\sqrt{s}=500 \sim 1000 GeV$, and the cross section in J=2 polarized photon collision mode is much larger than that in J=0 polarized photon collision mode. We present strategies to distinguish the graviton signal from numerous SM backgrounds, and find that the graviton signal with extra dimensions $\delta=3$ can be detected when ${\rm M_S} \le 2.67(1.40) {\rm TeV}$ and $\gamma \gamma$ c.m.s. energy $\sqrt{s}=1000(500) {\rm GeV}$ in unpolarized photon collision mode, while the detecting upper limit can be increased to 2.79(1.44) ${\rm TeV}$ in $+ -$ ($\lambda_1=1$, $\lambda_2=-1$) polarized photon collision mode(with photon polarization efficiency $P_{\gamma}=0.9$).Comment: Accepted by Phys. Rev.

WWγ/ZWW\gamma/Z production in the Randall-Sundrum model at LHC and CLIC

We study the $W^+W^-\gamma(Z)$ productions at both the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) in the framework of the Randall-Sundrum (RS) model. The impacts of the virtual RS Kaluza-Klein (KK) graviton on these processes are studied and compared with the standard model (SM) background. We present the integrated and differential cross sections in both the RS model and the SM. The results show that the relative RS discrepancies at the CLIC differ from those at the LHC, particularly in the transverse momentum and rapidity distributions. We also find that the RS signature performance, as a result of the resonance character of the RS KK-graviton spectrum, is distinctively unlike that in the large extra dimensions model. We conclude that the CLIC with unprecedented precision and high center-of-mass energy has a potential advantage over the LHC in exploring the effects of the RS KK graviton on the $W^+W^-\gamma(Z)$ production processes.Comment: 22 pages, 18 figure

Double Higgs boson production and decay in Randall-Sundrum model at hadron colliders

We investigate the double Higgs production and decay at the $14~ {\rm TeV}$ LHC and $33~ {\rm TeV}$ HE-LHC in both the standard model and Randall-Sundrum (RS) model. In our calculation we consider reasonably only the contribution of the lightest two Kaluza-Klein (KK) gravitons. We present the integrated cross sections and some kinematic distributions in both models. Our results show that the RS effect in the vicinities of $M_{HH} \sim M_{1}$, $M_{2}$ (the masses of the lightest two KK gravitons) or in the central Higgs rapidity region is quite significant, and can be extracted from the heavy SM background by imposing proper kinematic cuts on final particles. We also study the dependence of the cross section on the RS model parameters, the first KK graviton mass $M_1$ and the effective coupling $c_0$, and find that the RS effect is reduced obviously with the increment of $M_1$ or decrement of $c_0$.Comment: 26 pages, 11 figure

Topological phases of spinless pp-orbital fermions in zigzag optical lattices

Motivated by the experiment [St-Jean {\it et al}., Nature Photon. {\bf 11}, 651 (2017)] on topological phases with collective photon modes in a zigzag chain of polariton micropillars, we study spinless $p$-orbital fermions with local interorbital hoppings and repulsive interactions between $p_x$ and $p_y$ bands in zigzag optical lattices. We show that spinless $p$-band fermions in zigzag optical lattices can mimic the interacting Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model and the effective transverse field Ising model in the presence of local hoppings. We analytically and numerically discuss the ground-state phases and quantum phase transitions of the model. This work provides a simple scheme to simulate topological phases and the quench dynamics of many-body systems in optical lattices.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure

NLO QCD and electroweak corrections to ZZ+jetZZ+{\rm jet} production with ZZ-boson leptonic decays at LHC

In this paper we present the full NLO QCD + NLO EW corrections to the $Z$-boson pair production in association with a hard jet at the LHC. The subsequent $Z$-boson leptonic decays are included by adopting both the naive NWA and MadSpin methods for comparison. Since the $ZZ+{\rm jet}$ production is an important background for single Higgs boson production and new physics search at hadron colliders, the theoretical predictions with high accuracy for the hadronic production of $ZZ+{\rm jet}$ are necessary. We present the numerical results of the integrated cross section and various kinematic distributions of final particles, and conclude that it is necessary to take into account the spin correlation and finite width effects from the $Z$-boson leptonic decays. We also find that the NLO EW correction is quantitatively nonnegligible in matching the experimental accuracy at the LHC, particularly is significant in high transverse momentum region.Comment: 22 pages, 9 figure

Triple Z0Z^0-boson production in large extra dimensions model at ILC

We investigate the effects induced by the interactions of the Kaluza-Klein (KK) graviton with the standard model (SM) particles on the triple $Z^0$-boson production process at the ILC in the framework of the large extra dimension (LED) model. We present the dependence of the integrated cross sections on the electron-positron colliding energy $\sqrt{s}$, and various kinematic distributions of final $Z^0$ bosons and their subsequential decay products in both the SM and the LED model. We also provide the relationship between the integrated cross section and the fundamental scale $M_S$ by taking the number of the extra dimensions ($d$) as 3, 4, 5, and 6, respectively. The numerical results show that the LED effect can induce a observable relative discrepancy for the integrated cross section ($\delta_{LED}$), which can reach the value of $13.11$ when $M_S = 3.5 (3.8) TeV$ and the colliding energy $\sqrt{s} = 1 TeV$. We find the relative discrepancy of LED effect can even reach few dozen percent in the high transverse momentum area or the central rapidity region of the final $Z^0$-bosons and muons.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figure

Searching for τ→μγ\tau \rightarrow \mu \gamma lepton-flavor-violating decay at super charm-tau factory

We investigate the possibility of searching the lepton-flavor-violating (LFV) $\tau\rightarrow \mu\gamma$ rare decay at the Super Charm-Tau Factory (CTF). By comparing the kinematic distributions of the LFV signal and the standard model (SM) background, we develop an optimized event selection criteria which can significantly reduce the background events. It is concluded that new $2 \sigma$ upper limit of about $1.9 \times 10^{-9}$ on $Br(\tau \rightarrow \mu \gamma)$ can be obtained at the CTF, which is beyond the capability of Super-B factory in searching $\tau$ lepton rare decay. Within the framework of the scalar leptoquark model, a joint constraint on $\lambda_1 \lambda_2$ and $M_{LQ}$ can be derived from the upper bound on $Br(\tau \rightarrow \mu \gamma)$. With $1000~ fb^{-1}$ data expected at the CTF, we get $\lambda_1\lambda_2 < 7.2 \times 10^{-2}~(M_{LQ} = 800~ {\rm GeV})$ and $M_{LQ} > 900~{\rm GeV}~(\lambda_1 \lambda_2 = 9 \times 10^{-2})$ at $95\%$ confidence level (C.L.).Comment: 15 pages, 9 figure

WWZ/γWWZ/\gamma production in large extra dimensions model at LHC and ILC

We investigate the effect induced by the Kaluza-Klein (KK) graviton in the $W^+W^-\gamma/Z$ production in the framework of the large extra dimensions (LED) model at both the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the International Linear Collider (ILC). The integrated cross sections and various kinematic distributions in the LED model are presented and compared with those in the standard model. The results show that the contributions from KK-graviton exchange remarkably affect the observables of the triple gauge boson ($W^+W^-\gamma/Z$) production processes at both the ILC and the LHC, particularly either in the high transverse momentum region or in the central rapidity region. We also find that the relative LED discrepancy for the $W^+W^-\gamma/Z$ production at the LHC is generally larger than that at the ILC due to the additional LED contribution via $gg$ fusion subprocess and the KK-graviton exchanging resonant effect induced by the continuous large colliding energy in $pp$ collision. We conclude that the $W^{+}W^{-}\gamma$ and $W^{+}W^{-}Z$ productions at the LHC could have the distinct advantage over at the ILC from the aspect of effectively exploring the LED signal in measuring $W^+W^-\gamma/Z$ production.Comment: 23 pages, 19 figure

P-wave excited Bc∗∗B_c^{**} meson photoproduction at the LHeC

As an important sequential work of the S-wave $B_c^{(*)}$ ($^1S_0(^3S_1)$) meson production at the large hadron electron collider (LHeC), we investigate the production of the P-wave excited $B_c^{**}$ states ($^1P_1$ and $^3P_J$ with $J=0,1,2$) via photoproduction mechanism within the framework of nonrelativistic QCD at the LHeC. Generally, the $e^-+P \to \gamma+ g \rightarrow B_c^{**} +b+ \bar{c}$ process is considered as the main production mechanism at an electron-proton collider due to the large luminosity of the gluon. However, according to our experience on the S-wave $B_c^{(*)}$ meson production at the LHeC, the extrinsic production mechanism, i.e., $e^-+P \to\gamma+c \rightarrow B_c^{**} +b$ and $e^-+P \to\gamma+\bar{b} \rightarrow B_c^{**}+\bar{c}$, could also provide dominating contributions at low $p_T$ region. A careful treatment between these channels is performed and the results on total and differential cross sections, together with main uncertainties are discussed. Taking the quark masses $m_b=4.90\pm0.40$ GeV and $m_c=1.50\pm0.20$ GeV into account and summing up all the production channels, we expect to accumulate $(2.48^{+3.55}_{-1.75}) \times 10^4$ $B_c^{**}({^{1}P_1})$, $(1.14^{+1.49}_{-0.82}) \times 10^4$ $B_c^{**}({^{3}P_0})$, $(2.38^{+3.39}_{-1.74}) \times 10^4$ $B_c^{**}({^{3}P_1})$ and $(5.59^{+7.84}_{-3.93}) \times 10^4$ $B_c^{**}({^{3}P_2})$ events at the $\sqrt{S}=1.30~\rm{TeV}$ LHeC in one operation year with luminosity ${\cal L}= 10^{33}$ cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$. With such sizable events, it is worth studying the properties of excited P-wave $B_c^{**}$ states at the LHeC