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Phenomenology of SIDIS unpolarized cross sections and azimuthal asymmetries
I review the phenomenology of unpolarized cross sections and azimuthal
asymmetries in semi-inclusive deeply inelastic scattering (SIDIS). The general
theoretical framework is presented and the validity of the Gaussian model is
discussed. A brief account of the existing analyses is provided.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, invited talk at "Transversity 2011", Veli
Losinj, Croati
Hadronic and electromagnetic probes of hot and dense matter in a Boltzmann+Hydrodynamics model of relativistic nuclear collisions
We present recent results on bulk observables and electromagnetic probes
obtained using a hybrid approach based on the Ultrarelativistic Quantum
Molecular Dynamics transport model with an intermediate hydrodynamic stage for
the description of heavy-ion collisions at AGS, SPS and RHIC energies. After
briefly reviewing the main results for particle multiplicities, elliptic flow,
transverse momentum and rapidity spectra, we focus on photon and dilepton
emission from hot and dense hadronic matter.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of WISH 2010: International Workshop on
Interplay between Soft and Hard interactions in particle production at
ultrarelativistic energies, Catania, Italy, 8-10 September 201
Pair Photoproduction in Constant and Homogeneous Electromagnetic Fields
The process of pair creation by a photon in a constant and homogeneous
electromagnetic field of an arbitrary configuration is investigating. At high
energy the correction to the standard quasiclassical approximation (SQA) has
been calculated. In the region of intermediate photon energies where SQA is
inapplicable the new approximation, developed recently by authors, is used. The
influence of weak electric field on the process in a magnetic field is
considered. In particular, in the presence of electric field the root
divergence in the probability of pair creation on the Landau energy levels is
vanished. For smaller photon energies the low energy approximation is used. The
found probability describes the absorption of soft photon by particles created
by field. At low photon energy the electric field action dominates and the
influence of magnetic field on the process is connected with the interaction of
it and the magnetic moment of creating particles.Comment: 11 page
The Z' boson of the minimal B-L model at future Linear Colliders in e+e- --> mu+mu-
We study the capabilities of future electron-positron Linear Colliders, with
centre-of-mass energy at the TeV scale, in accessing the parameter space of a
boson within the minimal model. We carry out a detailed comparison
between the discovery regions mapped over a two-dimensional configuration space
( mass and coupling) at the Large Hadron Collider and possible future
Linear Colliders for the case of di-muon production. As known in the literature
for other models, we confirm that leptonic machines, as compared to the
CERN hadronic accelerator, display an additional potential in discovering a
boson as well as in allowing one to study its properties at a level of
precision well beyond that of any of the existing colliders.Comment: 5 pages, proceeding of LC09 (Perugia), published by the Italian
Physical Society in the Nuovo Cimento C (Colloquia
Three-body Casimir-Polder interactions
As part of our program to develop the description of three-body effects in
quantum vacuum phenomena, we study the three-body interaction of two
anisotropically polarizable atoms with a perfect electrically conducting plate,
a generalization of earlier work. Three- and four-scattering effects are
important, and lead to nonmonotonic behavior.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures, for the proceedings of the conference
Mathematical Structures in Quantum Systems, Benasque, Spain, July 2012, to be
published in Nuovo Ciment
Recent progress in QCD at the LHC
Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics has experienced an impressive progress in
the last few years, boosted by the requirements of the LHC experimental
program. In this contribution, I briefly review a selection of recent results
in QCD and LHC phenomenology, covering progress in parton distribution
functions, automation of NLO calculations, merging and matching at NLO, new
calculations at NNLO accuracy and their matching to parton showers, and new
developments and techniques in jet physics and jet substructure tools.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the "Rencontres
de physique de la Vallee d'Aoste 2014" Conference, La Thuile, Italy, February
201
Spatial variations of the SrI 4607\AA scattering polarization signals at subgranular scale observed with ZIMPOL at GREGOR telescope
Sr I 4607\AA spectral line shows one of the strongest scattering polarization
signals in the visible solar spectrum. The amplitudes of these signals are
expected to vary at granular spatial scales. This variation can be due to
changes in the magnetic field intensity and orientation (Hanle effect) as well
as due to spatial and temporal variations in the plasma properties. Measuring
the spatial variation of such polarization signal would allow us to study the
properties of the magnetic fields at subgranular region. But, the observations
are challenging since both high spatial resolution and high spectropolarimetric
sensitivity are required at the same time. To the aim of measuring these
spatial variations at granular scale, we carried out a spectro-polarimetric
measurement with the Zurich IMaging POLarimeter (ZIMPOL), at the GREGOR solar
telescope at different limb distances on solar disk. Our results show a spatial
variation of scattering linear polarization signals in Sr I 4607\AA line at the
granular scale at every , starting from 0.2 to 0.8. The correlation
between the polarization signal amplitude and the continuum intensity imply
statistically that the scattering polarization is higher at the granular
regions than in the intergranular lanes.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, Proceeding of Third Meeting of the Italian Solar
and Heliospheric Community, OCTOBER 28-31, 2018 - TURI
The Importance of Off-Axis Beaming in Jet Models
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are widely thought to originate from collimated jets
of material moving at relativistic velocities. Emission from such a jet should
be visible even when viewed from outside the angle of collimation. Using Monte
Carlo population synthesis methods and including the effects of this off-axis
beaming, we can compare various GRB jet models against the global properties of
observed bursts. We explore whether or not the X-Ray Flashes (XRFs) seen by
HETE-2 and BeppoSAX can be explained as classical GRBs viewed off-axis, and
begin to address the more general question of the importance of off-axis
beaming in current burst samples.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure. Poster presented at the 4th Workshop Gamma-Ray
Bursts in the Afterglow Era, Rome,18-22 October 2004. Editors: L. Piro, L.
Amati, S. Covino, and B. Gendre. Il Nuovo Cimento, in pres
The highest energy neutrinos: first evidence for cosmic origin
Developments in neutrino astronomy have been to a great extent motivated by
the search for the sources of the cosmic rays, leading at a very early stage to
the concept of a cubic kilometer neutrino detector. Almost four decades later
such an instrument, IceCube, is taking data and has produced the first evidence
for a flux of high-energy neutrinos of cosmic origin. After a brief review of
the history of the field, we will introduce IceCube and describe the first
analysis of data taken with the completed instrument. The atmospheric neutrino
flux cannot accommodate an excess of 28 neutrinos observed with energies above
60 TeV. We will briefly speculate on the origin of these events. Readers
interested specifically in IceCube results may refer directly to section 3.Comment: 22 pages, 8 figures, Pontecorvo 201
Higgs sector of the MSSM: lepton flavor violation at colliders and neutralino dark matter
We examine the prospects for the detection of Higgs mediated lepton flavor
violation at LHC and at a photon collider in the minimal supersymmetric
standard model with large lepton flavor violating mass insertions in the
sector constraining the parameter space with several experimental
bounds. We find rates probably too small to be observed at future experiments
if models have to accommodate for a neutralino relic density as measured by
WMAP and explain the anomaly: better prospects are found if these
two constraints are applied only as upper bounds. The spin-independent
neutralino-nucleon cross section in the studied constrained parameter space is
just below the present CDMS limit while gamma rates from neutralino
annihilation in the halo are strongly suppressed.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, Prepared for the proceedings of the workshop:
"LC09: Physics at the TeV Scale and the Dark Matter Connection",
21-24 September 2009, Perugia, Ital
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