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Final state interaction in the production of heavy unstable particles
We make an attempt to discuss in detail the effects originating from the
final state interaction in the processes involving production of unstable
elementary particles and their subsequent decay. Two complementary scenarios
are considered: the single resonance production and the production of two
resonances. We argue that part of the corrections due to the final state
interaction can be connected with the Coulomb phases of the involved charge
particles; the presence of the unstable particle in the problem makes the
Coulomb phase ``visible''. It is shown how corrections due to the final state
interaction disappear when one proceeds to the total cross-sections. We derive
one-loop non-factorizable radiative corrections to the lowest order matrix
element of both single and double resonance production. We discuss how the
infrared limit of the theories with the unstable particles is modified. In
conclusion we briefly discuss our results in the context of the forthcoming
experiments on the and the production at LEP and NLC.Comment: 33 pages, latex, 6 figures (added), version accepted for publication
in Nuc. Phys. B, substantial revisio
QCD Radiative Correction to Zero Recoil Sum Rules for Heavy Flavor Transitions in the Small Velocity Limit.
We consider the small velocity sum rules for heavy flavour semileptonic
transitions that are used to estimate the zero recoil values of semileptonic
heavy flavour form factors. We analyze the complete O() radiative
correction to these sum rules. The corrections are universal and influence all
"model-independent" bounds previously derived for semileptonic form factors at
zero recoil.Comment: 13 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures
Bulk viscosity in superfluid neutron star cores. I. Direct Urca processes in npe\mu matter
The bulk viscosity of the neutron star matter due to the direct Urca
processes involving nucleons, electrons and muons is studied taking into
account possible superfluidity of nucleons in the neutron star cores. The cases
of singlet-state pairing or triplet-state pairing (without and with nodes of
the superfluid gap at the Fermi surface) of nucleons are considered. It is
shown that the superfluidity may strongly reduce the bulk viscosity. The
practical expressions for the superfluid reduction factors are obtained. For
illustration, the bulk viscosity is calculated for two models of dense matter
composed of neutrons, protons,electrons and muons. The presence of muons
affects the bulk viscosity due to the direct Urca reactions involving electrons
and produces additional comparable contribution due to the direct Urca
reactions involving muons. The results can be useful for studying damping of
vibrations of neutron stars with superfluid cores.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures, latex, uses aa.cls, to be published in Astronomy
and Astrophysic
Two -loop radiative corrections to the Higgs decay width for large Higgs boson masses
This note is devoted to the calculation of the two-loop
radiative corrections to the Higgs decay width for large
values of the Higgs boson mass within the Minimal Standard Model.
The use of the Equivalence Theorem makes it possible to reduce the problem to
the consideration of the physical Higgs boson field and the Goldstone bosons
. We present analytical results for the various two- and
three-particle absorptive parts of two-loop contributions, using dispersive
techniques, analytic results for all but one of the dispersive contributions.
The typical size of the correction is percent for a Higgs boson
mass of order .Comment: 21 pages, 7 uuencoded figure
Bulk viscosity in superfluid neutron star cores. III. Effects of hyperons
Bulk viscosity of neutron star cores containing hyperons is studied taking
into account non-equilibrium weak process .
Rapid growth of the bulk viscosity within the neutron star core associated with
switching on new reactions (modified Urca process, direct Urca process, hyperon
reactions) is analyzed. The suppression of the bulk viscosity by superfluidity
of baryons is considered and found out to be very important.Comment: LaTeX, 9 pages, added reference, version accepted by Astron.
Astrophy
Cooling neutron stars and superfluidity in their interiors
We study the heat capacity and neutrino emission reactions (direct and
modified Urca processes, nucleon-nucleon bremsstrahlung, Cooper pairing of
nucleons) in matter of supranuclear density of the neutron star cores with
superfluid neutrons and protons. Various superfluidity types are analysed
(singlet-state pairing and two types of triplet-state pairing, without and with
nodes of the gap at a nucleon Fermi surface). The results are used for cooling
simulations of isolated neutron stars. Both, the standard cooling and the
cooling enhanced by the direct Urca process, are strongly affected by nucleon
superfluidity. Comparison of cooling theory of isolated neutron stars with
observations of their thermal radiation may give stringent constraints on the
critical temperatures of the neutron and proton superfluidities in the neutron
star cores.Comment: LaTeX, 85 pages, 23 figures, Physics - Uspekhi (accepted
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