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Twisty itsy bitsy topological field theory
We extend the topological field theory (``itsy bitsy topological field
theory"') of our previous work from mod-2 to twisted coefficients. This
topological field theory is derived from sutured Floer homology but described
purely in terms of surfaces with signed points on their boundary (occupied
surfaces) and curves on those surfaces respecting signs (sutures). It has
information-theoretic (``itsy'') and quantum-field-theoretic (``bitsy'')
aspects. In the process we extend some results of sutured Floer homology,
consider associated ribbon graph structures, and construct explicit admissible
Heegaard decompositions.Comment: 52 pages, 26 figure
Can Polarised Drell-Yan Shed More Light On The Proton Spin?
We analyse polarised Drell-Yan process using the factorisation method and
derive operator definitions for polarised parton distribution functions. We
demonstrate that a factorisation analogous to that in the unpolarised Drell-Yan
case holds in this process. We study the leading order gluonic contribution to
the first moment of polarised Drell-Yan function and show that it is consistent
with results obtained from polarised deep inelastic scattering.Comment: 12 page
Angular distribution of Drell-Yan process at hadron colliders to NLO-QCD in models of TeV scale gravity
In TeV scale gravity models, for dilepton production at hadron colliders, we
present the NLO-QCD corrections for the double differential cross section in
the invariant mass and scattering angle. For both ADD and RS models, the
quantitative impact of QCD corrections for extra dimension searches at LHC and
Tevatron are investigated. We present the K-factors for both ADD and RS models
at LHC and Tevatron. Inclusion of QCD corrections to NLO stabilises the cross
section with respect to scale variations.Comment: 35 pages, 12 figures, version to appear in NP
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