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Hints of new physics in bottomonium decays and spectroscopy
2004
A non-standard light CP-odd Higgs boson could induce a slight (but observable) lepton universality breakdown in Upsilon leptonic decays. Moreover, the mixing between such a pseudoscalar Higgs and $\eta_b$ states might shift the mass levels of the latter, thereby changing the values of the $m_{\Upsilon(nS)}-m_{\eta_b(nS)}$ splittings predicted in the standard model. Besides, also the $\eta_b$ width could be broader than expected, with potentially negative consequences for its discovery in both $e^+e^-$ and hadron colliders.
Bounds on models with one latticized extra dimension
2003
We study an extension of the standard model with one latticized extra dimension accessible to all fields. The model is characterized by the size of the extra dimension and the number of sites, and contains a tower of massive particles. At energies lower than the mass of the new particles there are no tree-level effects. Therefore, bounds on the scale of new physics can only be set from one-loop processes. We calculate several observables sensitive to loop-effects, such as the $\rho$ parameter, $b\to s \gamma$, $Z\to b\bar b$, and the $B^0\rightleftharpoons\bar{B}^0$ mixing, and use them to set limits on the lightest new particles for different number of sites. It turns out that the continuo…
An ultraviolet completion for the Scotogenic model
2021
The Scotogenic model is an economical scenario that generates neutrino masses at the 1-loop level and includes a dark matter candidate. This is achieved by means of an ad-hoc $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry, which forbids the tree-level generation of neutrino masses and stabilizes the lightest $\mathbb{Z}_2$-odd state. Neutrino masses are also suppressed by a quartic coupling, usually denoted by $\lambda_5$. While the smallness of this parameter is natural, it is not explained in the context of the Scotogenic model. We construct an ultraviolet completion of the Scotogenic model that provides a natural explanation for the smallness of the $\lambda_5$ parameter and induces the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ parity a…
Critical review of [K- ppn] bound states
2008
We make a thorough study of the process of three body kaon absorption in nuclei, in connection with a recent FINUDA experiment which claims the existence of a deeply bound kaonic state from the observation of a peak in the Lambda d invariant mass distribution following K- absorption on Li6. We show that the peak is naturally explained in terms of K- absorption from three nucleons leaving the rest as spectators. We can also reproduce all the other observables measured in the same experiment and used to support the hypothesis of the deeply bound kaon state. Our study also reveals interesting aspects of kaon absorption in nuclei, a process that must be understood in order to make progress in t…
Four species neutrino oscillations at nu-Factory: sensitivity and CP-violation
1999
The prospects of measuring the leptonic angles and CP-odd phases at a {\em neutrino factory} are discussed in the scenario of three active plus one sterile neutrino. We consider the $\nu_\mu \raw \nu_e$ LSND signal. Its associated large mass difference leads to observable neutrino oscillations at short ($\sim 1$ km) baseline experiments. Sensitivities to the leptonic angles down to $10^{-3}$ can be easily achieved with a 1 Ton detector. Longer baseline experiments ($\sim 100$ km) with a 1 Kton detector can provide very clean tests of CP-violation especially through tau lepton detection.
Global fits in the coloured scalar model
2020
Abstract In this work we study the phenomenological constraints on the parameter space of scalars carrying colour quantum numbers. In particular we constrain the Manohar-Wise model based on the addition of a SU(2) doublet and SU(3) octet to the minimal Higgs model. The fits are performed using the open-source package HEPfit . We include both theoretical constraints, such as unitarity and perturbativity, and experimental constraints, like the ones coming from flavour and electroweak observables. For the first time we combine all these results and we are able to constrain the parameters of the potential, the Yukawa couplings and the masses of the scalars.
Electromagnetic investigations of nucleon resonances and sum rules
2000
Abstract Pion photoproduction is analyzed by dispersion relations at fixed t . The results for s-wave production at threshold and p-wave production in the Δ(1232) resonance region are compared to the experimental data. These investigations are extended to the case of pion electroproduction in the framework of the Unitary Isobar Model. Recent developments to explore the spin structure of the nucleon by double-polarization observables are summarized, and new results for the spin polarizability, the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn and related sum rules are presented.
New Physics in CP-violating observables for Beauty
2003
After the present establishment of CP-Violation in $B_{d}$-physics, consistency tests of unitarity in the Standard Model and the search of new phenomena are compulsory. I illustrate the way to look for T-violation, without contamination of absorptive parts, in correlated decays in B-factories. $B_{s}$-mixing and penguin-mediated $B_{s}$-decays are of prime importance in hadronic machines to look for new physics.
IS ALR SUGGESTING A LEFT–RIGHT SYMMETRIC SOLUTION?
1996
The implications of the recent measurement of the left–right asymmetry ALR by the SLD collaboration for the left–right symmetric theory are examined. We show that it is possible to arrange for a large, negative value of S, without serious side effects for other observables within this model. We also consider a restricted model with specified Higgs structure, where limits on MZ2 can be obtained.
Studying Indirect Violation of CP, T and CPT in a B-factory
2000
In this work we analyze the observable asymmetries one can build from entangled B-meson states, in order to extract information on the parameters epsilon and delta which govern indirect violation of discrete symmetries. The traditionally proposed observables, based on flavour tags, are not helpful for the study of the Bd-system, where the tiny value of the width difference between physical states clears up such asymmetry effects. Our study makes instead use of CP tags in order to build new asymmetries where the different parameters can be separated out. For this separation, it is decisive to achieve a good time resolution in the measurement of entangled state decays. Nevertheless, even with…