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NNLL momentum-space resummation for stop-pair production at the LHC
2013
If supersymmetry near the TeV scale is realized in Nature, the pair production of scalar top squarks is expected to be observable at the Large Hadron Collider. Recently, effective field-theory methods were employed to obtain approximate predictions for the cross section for this process, which include soft-gluon emission effects up to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in perturbation theory. In this work we employ the same techniques to resum soft-gluon emission effects to all orders in perturbation theory and with next-to-next-to-logarithmic (NNLL) accuracy. We analyze the effects of NNLL resummation on the stop-pair production cross section by obtaining NLO+NNLL predictions in pair inv…
Generalized Virasoro anomaly and stress tensor for dilaton coupled theories
2003
We derive the anomalous transformation law of the quantum stress tensor for a 2D massless scalar field coupled to an external dilaton. This provides a generalization of the Virasoro anomaly which turns out to be consistent with the trace anomaly. We apply it together with the equivalence principle to compute the expectation values of the covariant quantum stress tensor on a curved background. Finally we briefly illustrate how to evaluate vacuum polarization and Hawking radiation effects from these results.
Polyakov effective action from functional renormalization group equation
2010
We discuss the Polyakov effective action for a minimally coupled scalar field on a two dimensional curved space by considering a non-local covariant truncation of the effective average action. We derive the flow equation for the form factor in $\int\sqrt{g}R c_{k}(\Delta)R$, and we show how the standard result is obtained when we integrate the flow from the ultraviolet to the infrared.
Relation Between the State of a System as Isolated and as Open
2020
We discuss the differences in considering the description of a system as isolated or as a subsystem of a wider isolated system. In the latter case, a description in terms of a density operator directly arises without involving probability concepts, but as an orbit invariant. The non-probabilistic physical interpretation of the density operator is mathematically discussed.
Stability of the VEV hierarchy and Higgs boson invisibility in majoron models
1988
Abstract We study the stability of the lepton-number breaking VEV under radiative corrections in the doublet and triplet majoron models, including the effects of a heavy top quark. We find that it is possible to maintain the hierarchy between the VEV's, at the one-loop level, by fine tuning the ratio of two coupling constants in the Higgs potential. For a top quark heavier than 50–60 GeV the required relation depends strongly on the top mass. We use this relation to show that the decay mode of the neutral Higgs boson to majorons may be the dominant one for a wide range of the Higgs mass, thus making its detection, in this class of models, more problematic.
Double deeply virtual Compton scattering off the nucleon.
2002
We study the double deeply virtual Compton scattering (DDVCS) process off the nucleon, through the scattering of a spacelike virtual photon with large virtuality resulting in the production of a timelike virtual photon, decaying into an e^+ e^- pair. This process is expressed in the Bjorken regime in terms of generalized parton distributions (GPDs) and it is shown that by varying the invariant mass of the lepton pair, one can directly extract the GPDs from the observables. We give predictions for the DDVCS cross section and beam helicity asymmetry and discuss its experimental feasibility.
Large-Scale Gene-Centric Meta-Analysis across 39 Studies Identifies Type 2 Diabetes Loci
2012
To identify genetic factors contributing to type 2 diabetes (T2D), we performed large-scale meta-analyses by using a custom ∼50,000 SNP genotyping array (the ITMAT-Broad-CARe array) with ∼2000 candidate genes in 39 multiethnic population-based studies, case-control studies, and clinical trials totaling 17,418 cases and 70,298 controls. First, meta-analysis of 25 studies comprising 14,073 cases and 57,489 controls of European descent confirmed eight established T2D loci at genome-wide significance. In silico follow-up analysis of putative association signals found in independent genome-wide association studies (including 8,130 cases and 38,987 controls) performed by the DIAGRAM consortium id…
Jet mass and substructure of inclusive jets in $ \sqrt {s} = 7\;{\text{TeV}} $ pp collisions with the ATLAS experiment
2012
Recent studies have highlighted the potential of jet substructure techniques to identify the hadronic decays of boosted heavy particles. These studies all rely upon the assumption that the internal substructure of jets generated by QCD radiation is well understood. In this article, this assumption is tested on an inclusive sample of jets recorded with the ATLAS detector in 2010, which corresponds to 35 pb-1 of pp collisions delivered by the LHC at √s = 7TeV. In a subsample of events with single pp collisions, measurements corrected for detector efficiency and resolution are presented with full systematic uncertainties. Jet invariant mass, kt splitting scales and N-subjettiness variables are…
Equivalence relations among homology 3-spheres and the Johnson filtration
2021
The Torelli group of a surface consists of isotopy classes of homeomorphisms of this surface acting trivially at the homological level. The structure of the Torelli group can be approached by the study and the comparison of two filtrations of this group: its lower central series, and the "Johnson" filtration, given by the kernels of the natural actions on the successive nilpotent quotients of the fundamental group of the surface. It is now known that there are, via the notion of "Heegaard splittings", rich interactions between this 2-dimensional study and the study of some 3-manifolds topological invariants: we refer here precisely to the so-called "finite-type" invariants. In this PhD, we …
Western mediterranean archaeology: chemical element levels in archaeological materials as a methodological tool
2014
Una línea de desarrollo de las investigaciones arqueométricas, objeto de nuestro estudio, que presenta un amplia gama de potenciales aplicaciones metodológicas, al día de hoy conocidas solo en parte, es el análisis de los elementos químicos metálicos y no metálicos, ya sean los elementos mayoritarios, los elementos trazas y, más recientemente, los conocidos como “tierras raras” (por su nombre en inglés, Rare Earth Elements - REEs), que se han revelado útiles en nuestro estudio para la solución de algunos problemas arqueológicos. La posibilidad de poder actuar de forma sistemática, ha ayudado, por un lado, a conocer y desarrollar el potencial de estos elementos y, por otro, ha servido de sop…