245 research outputs found
Higgs boson masses in supersymmetric theories
The Higgs boson mass problem is considered in the next to minimal supersymmetric standard model. The Higgs potential and the renormalization group equations for the gauge, Yukawa and scalar coupling constants are analyzed. The restrictions for the Higgs boson masses are found for the cases of presence and absence of spontaneous CP- violation
Complete gluon bremsstrahlung corrections to the process b -> s l+ l-
In a recent paper, we presented the calculation of the order (alpha_s)
virtual corrections to b->s l+ l- and of those bremsstrahlung terms which are
needed to cancel the infrared divergences. In the present paper we work out the
remaining order(alpha_s) bremsstrahlung corrections to b->s l+ l- which do not
suffer from infrared and collinear singularities. These new contributions turn
out to be small numerically. In addition, we also investigate the impact of the
definition of the charm quark mass on the numerical results.Comment: 20 pages including 11 postscript figure
Local density of states of chiral Hall edge states in gyrotropic photonic clusters
We have constructed the Green's tensor for two-dimensional gyrotropic photonic clusters and have calculated their optical local density of states (LDOS). For clusters that support the chiral Hall edge states we calculate the LDOS as a function of wavele
Modal Analysis Of Enhanced Absorption In Silicon Nanowire Arrays
We analyze the absorption of solar radiation by silicon nanowire arrays, which are being considered for photovoltaic applications. These structures have been shown to have enhanced absorption compared with thin films, however the mechanism responsible for this is not understood. Using a new, semi-analytic model, we show that the enhanced absorption can be attributed to a few modes of the array, which couple well to incident light, overlap well with the nanowires, and exhibit strong Fabry-Perot resonances. For some wavelengths the absorption is further enhanced by slow light effects. We study the evolution of these modes with wavelength to explain the various features of the absorption spectra, focusing first on a dilute array at normal incidence, before generalizing to a dense array and off-normal angles of incidence. The understanding developed will allow for optimization of simple SiNW arrays, as well as the development of more advanced designs
Absorption enhancing proximity effects in aperiodic nanowire arrays
Aperiodic Nanowire (NW) arrays have higher absorption than equivalent periodic arrays, making them of interest for photovoltaic applications. An inevitable property of aperiodic arrays is the clustering of some NWs into closer proximity than in the equi
Direct CP-asymmetry in Inclusive Rare B-decays in 2HDM
The direct CP-asymmetry in the inclusive and decays is investigated in the two-Higgs doublet extension of the
Standard Model (2HDM). The investigation is performed in the lowest
non-vanishing order of the perturbation theory using the existing restrictions
on the 2HDM parameters space. It is shown that the direct CP-asymmetry in the
decay can deviate significantly from the Standard Model
predictions. In the presence of only one source of CP-violation (the CKM matrix
weak phase) can have the sign opposite to that in
the SM. The new source of CP-violation can make
arbitrary small (unlike the SM case) and hence unmeasurable. Quantitatively,
the obtained results suffer from the uncertainty of the choice of
renormalization scale. As for the rate asymmetry, its
renormalization scale dependence in the lowest non-vanishing order does not
allow to conclude if this quantity is efficient for testing New Physics beyond
the Standard Model.Comment: 16 pages including 2 figure
Two-dimensional local density of states in two-dimensional photonic crystals
We calculate the two-dimensional local density of states (LDOS) for two-dimensional photonic crystals composed of a finite cluster of circular cylinders of infinite length. The LDOS determines the dynamics of radiation sources embedded in a photonic crystal. We show that the LDOS decreases exponentially inside the crystal for frequencies within a photonic band gap of the associated infinite array and demonstrate that there exist "hot" and "cold" spots inside the cluster even for wavelengths inside a gap, and also for wavelengths corresponding to pass bands. For long wavelengths the LDOS exhibits oscillatory behavior in which the local density of states can be more than 30 times higher than the vacuum level. © 2001 Optical Society of America
Manifestation of photonic band structure in small clusters of spherical particles
We study the formation of the photonic band structure in small clusters of
dielectric spheres. The first signs of the band structure, an attribute of an
infinite crystal, can appear for clusters of 5 particles. Density of resonant
states of a cluster of 32 spheres may exhibit a well defined structure similar
to the density of electromagnetic states of the infinite photonic crystal. The
resonant mode structure of finite-size aggregates is shown to be insensitive to
random displacements of particles off the perfect lattice positions as large as
half-radius of the particle. The results were obtained by an efficient
numerical method, which relates the density of resonant states to the the
scattering coefficients of the electromagnetic scattering problem. Generalized
multisphere Mie (GMM) solution was used to obtain scattering matrix elements.
These results are important to miniature photonic crystal design as well as
understanding of light localization in dense random media.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
decays in the Left-Right Symmetric Model
We consider decays in the Left-Right Symmetric Model. Values
of observables sensitive to chiral structure such as the polarization
in the decays and the mixing-induced CP
asymmetries in the decays can deviate in the LRSM
significantly from the SM values. The combined analysis of and
as well as can be used to determine the
model parameters.Comment: 16 pages with 7 figures, Version to be published in PR
NNLL corrections to the angular distribution and to the forward-backward asymmetries in b -> X_s l+ l-
We present NNLL results for the double differential decay width dGamma(b ->
X_s l+ l-)/(dsh dcos(theta)), where theta is the angle between the momenta of
the b-quark and the l+, measured in the rest-frame of the lepton pair. From
these results we also derive NNLL results for the lepton forward-backward
asymmetries. Genuinely new calculations for the combined virtual- and gluon
bremsstrahlung corrections associated with the operators O_7, O_9 and O_10 are
necessary. We find that the NNLL corrections drastically reduce the
renormalization scale dependence of the forward-backward asymmetries. In
particular, sh_0, the position at which the forward-backward asymmetries
vanish, is essentially free of uncertainties due to the renormalization scale
at NNLL precision. We find sh_0(NNLL)=0.162 +/- 0.005, where the error is
dominated by the uncertainty in (m_c/m_b). This is to be compared with
sh_0(NLL)=0.144 +/- 0.020, where the error is dominated by uncertainties due to
the choice of mu.Comment: 26 pages including 11 postscript figure
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