Contact interaction probes at the Linear Collider with polarized electron and positron beams

For contact-interaction searches at the Linear Collider, we discuss the advantages of polarizing both the electron and the positron beams as compared with polarizing only the electron beam. In particular, for the processes e^+e^-\to \mu^+\mu^-, \tau^+\tau^-, b\bar{b} and c\bar{c} at a future e^+e^- collider with \sqrt{s}=0.5 TeV we derive model-independent bounds on the four-fermion contact interaction parameters from studies of the helicity cross sections.Comment: 1+15 pages, LaTeX2e, including 7 figure

New physics signatures at a Linear Collider: model-independent analysis from `conventional' polarized observables

We discuss four-fermion contact-interaction searches in the processes e^+e^-\to\mu^+\mu^-, c{\bar c} and b{\bar b} at a future e^+e^- Linear Collider with c.m. energy \sqrt{s}=0.5 TeV and with both beams longitudinally polarized. Our analysis is based on the measurements of familiar polarized observables such as the total cross section and the forward-backward/left-right asymmetries, and accounts for the general set of contact interaction couplings as independent, non-zero, parameters thus avoiding simplifying, model-dependent, assumptions. We derive the corresponding model-independent constraints on the above-mentioned coupling constants, and evaluate the corresponding reach at the Linear Collider, emphasizing the role of beam polarization. We compare the results with a model-dependent procedure where only one coupling is varied at a time.Comment: 13 pages, including 3 figure

Polarized observables to probe Z' at the e+e- linear collider

We study the sensitivity to the Z' couplings of the processes $e^+e^-\to l^+l^-,\bar{b}b$ and $\bar{c}c$ at the linear collider with $\sqrt{s}=500 GeV$ with initial beam polarization, for typical extended model examples. To this aim, we use suitable integrated, polarized, observables directly related to the helicity cross sections that carry information on the individual Z' chiral couplings to fermions. We discuss the derivation of separate, model-independent limits on the couplings in the case of no observed indirect Z' signal within the expected experimental accuracy. In the hypothesis that such signals were, indeed, observed we assess the expected accuracy on the numerical determination of such couplings and the consequent range of Z' masses where the individual models can be distinguished from each other as the source of the effect.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, LaTe

Model-independent limits on four-fermion contact interactions at LC with polarization

Fermion compositeness, and other types of new physics that can be described by the exchange of very massive particles, can manifest themselves as the result of an effective four-fermion contact interaction. In the case of the processes $e^+e^-\to \mu^+\mu^-,\tau^+\tau^-,\bar{b}b$ and $\bar{c}c$ at future $e^+e^-$ colliders with $\sqrt{s}=0.5-1$ TeV, we examine the sensitivity to four-fermion contact interactions of two new integrated observables, $\sigma_+$ and $\sigma_-$, conveniently defined for such kind of analysis. We find that, if longitudinal polarization of the electron beam were available, these observables would offer the opportunity to separate the helicity cross sections and, in this way, to derive model-independent bounds on the relevant parameters.Comment: 13 pages, LaTe

Investigation of Nanostructured Thermoelectric Material Si0.8Ge0.2P0.022 for Application in Multisectional Legs of Thermoelectric Elements

Complex investigations of high-temperature thermoelectric material nanostructured Si0.8Ge0.2P0.022 n-type were carried out. Temperature dependencies of conductivity, thermoelectric coefficient and thermal conductivity were studied. Obtained data were used for the calculation of temperature dependence of ZT. Maximum value of ZT =1.04 is observed at 900 °C. Differential scanning calorimetry indicates on the high thermal stability of the nanostructured material. It was established that optimal temperature range for the application of the material in the multisectional legs of thermoelements is 600-900 °C

Search for new physics indirect effects in e+e−→W+W−e^+e^-\to W^+W^- at linear colliders with polarized beams

We discuss the potential of a $0.5\hskip 2pt TeV$ linear collider to explore manifestations of extended (or alternative) electroweak models of current interest, through measurements of the reaction $e^+e^-\to W^+W^-$ with both initial and final states polarization. Specifically, we consider the possibility to put stringent constraints on lepton mixing (or extended lepton couplings) and $Z-Z^\prime$ mixing, showing in particular the usefulness of polarization in order to disentangle these effects.Comment: 12 pages, latex, seven figures (available from [email protected]

Model independent constraints on contact interactions from LEP2

We quantitatively discuss the possibility of deriving model-independent constraints on the general four-fermion contact interaction couplings, from the currently available data on the two-fermion production processes $e^+e^-\to\mu^+\mu^-$, $b\bar{b}$ and $c\bar{c}$ with unpolarized initial beams. The method is essentially based on particular, simple, combinations of the measured total cross section and forward-backward asymmetry that allow partial separation of the helicity cross sections, and the combination of experimental data obtained at the different energies of TRISTAN, LEP1 and LEP2.Comment: 9 pages (Latex) with 6 figures and 1 tabl

Role of beam polarization in the determination of WWγWW\gamma and WWZWWZ couplings from e+e−→W+W−e^+e^-\to W^+W^-

We evaluate the constraints on anomalous trilinear gauge-boson couplings that can be obtained from the study of electron-positron annihilation into $W$ pairs at a facility with either the electron beam longitudinally polarized or both electron and positron beams transversely polarized. The energy ranges considered in the analysis are the ones relevant to the next-linear collider and to LEP~200. We discuss the possibilities of a model independent analysis of the general $CP$ conserving anomalous effective Lagrangian, as well as its restriction to some specific models with reduced number of independent couplings. The combination of observables with initial and final state polarizations allows to separately constrain the different couplings and to improve the corresponding numerical bounds.Comment: 24 pages, LaTeX, 9 figures (available on request from the authors

Gap generation in the XXZ model in a transverse magnetic field

The ground state phase diagram of the 1D XXZ model in transverse magnetic field is obtained. It consists of the gapped phases with different types of long range order (LRO) and critical lines at which the gap and the LRO vanish. Using scaling estimations and a mean-field approach as well as numerical results we found critical indices of the gap and the LRO in the vicinity of all critical lines.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, Late

Identification of extra neutral gauge bosons at the International Linear Collider

Heavy neutral gauge bosons, Z's, are predicted by many theoretical schemes of physics beyond the Standard Model, and intensive searches for their signatures will be performed at present and future high energy colliders. It is quite possible that Z's are heavy enough to lie beyond the discovery reach expected at the CERN Large Hadron Collider LHC, in which case only indirect signatures of Z' exchanges may occur at future colliders, through deviations of the measured cross sections from the Standard Model predictions. We here discuss in this context the foreseeable sensitivity to Z's of fermion-pair production cross sections at an e^+e^- linear collider, especially as regards the potential of distinguishing different Z' models once such deviations are observed. Specifically, we assess the discovery and identification reaches on Z' gauge bosons pertinent to the E_6, LR, ALR and SSM classes of models, that should be attained at the planned International Linear Collider (ILC). With the high experimental accuracies expected at the ILC, the discovery and the identification reaches on the Z' models under consideration could be increased substantially. In particular, the identification among the different models could be achieved for values of Z' masses in the discovery (but beyond the identification) reach of the LHC. An important role in enhancing such reaches is played by the electron (and possibly the positron) longitudinally polarized beams. Also, although the purely leptonic processes are experimentally cleaner, the measurements of c- and b-quark pair production cross sections are found to carry important, and complementary, information on these searches.Comment: 21 page