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Observation ofe+e−→ρ+ρ−nears=10.58 GeV
2008
We report the first observation of e^+e^- → ρ^+ρ^-, in a data sample of 379 fb^(-1) collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage ring at center-of-mass energies near √s = 10:58 GeV. We measure a cross section of σ(e^+e^- → ρ^+ρ^-)= 8:3 ± 0:7(stat)± 0:8(syst) fb within the range of │cosθ^*│ < 0:8 and │ cosθ_±│ < 0:85, where θ^* is the center-of-mass polar angle of the ρ^± meson and θ_± are the angles in the ρ^± rest frame between the direction of the boost from the laboratory frame and the direction of the π^±. Assuming production through single-photon annihilation, there are three independent helicity amplitudes. We measure the ratios of their squared moduli to be │F_(00)│^2…
Ds+ meson production at central rapidity in proton–proton collisions at s=7 TeV
2012
The pt-differential inclusive production cross section of the prompt charm-strange meson D_s in the rapidity range |y| phi pi, with phi -> KK, and its charge conjugate, about 480 D_s mesons were counted, after selection cuts, in the transverse momentum range 2
Mass Hierarchy, Mixing, CP-Violation and Higgs Decay---or Why Rotation is Good for Us
2011
The idea of a rank-one rotating mass matrix (R2M2) is reviewed detailing how it leads to ready explanations both for the fermion mass hierarchy and for the distinctive mixing patterns between up and down fermion states, which can be and have been tested against experiment and shown to be fully consistent with existing data. Further, R2M2 is seen to offer, as by-products: (i) a new solution of the strong CP problem in QCD by linking the theta-angle there to the Kobayashi-Maskawa CP-violating phase in the CKM matrix, and (ii) some novel predictions of possible anomalies in Higgs decay observable in principle at the LHC. A special effort is made to answer some questions raised.
Nucleon andΔ(1232)form factors at low momentum transfer and small pion masses
2012
An expansion of the electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon and $\ensuremath{\Delta}(1232)$ in small momentum transfer and pion mass is performed in a manifestly covariant EFT framework consistent with chiral symmetry and analyticity. We present the expressions for the nucleon and $\ensuremath{\Delta}(1232)$ electromagnetic form factors, charge radii, and electromagnetic moments in the framework of $SU(2)$ baryon chiral perturbation theory, with nucleon and $\ensuremath{\Delta}$-isobar degrees of freedom, to next-to-leading order. Motivated by the results for the proton electric radius obtained from the muonic-hydrogen atom and electron-scattering process, we extract values for the seco…
Chiral sum rules and vacuum condensates from tau-lepton decay data
2015
QCD finite energy sum rules, together with the latest updated ALEPH data on hadronic decays of the tau-lepton are used in order to determine the vacuum condensates of dimension $d=2$ and $d=4$. These data are also used to check the validity of the Weinberg sum rules, and to determine the chiral condensates of dimension $d=6$ and $d=8$, as well as the chiral correlator at zero momentum, proportional to the counter term of the ${\cal{O}}(p^4)$ Lagrangian of chiral perturbation theory, $\bar{L}_{10}$. Suitable (pinched) integration kernels are introduced in the sum rules in order to suppress potential quark-hadron duality violations. We find no compelling indications of duality violations in t…
From Hadronic τ Decays to the Chiral Couplings and
2009
A sum rule analysis of the hadronic τ -decay data can be used to determine the low-energy constants L 10 r ( μ ) and C 87 r ( μ ) . These constants are QCD chiral-order parameters, which appear at order p 4 and p 6 , respectively, in the chiral perturbation theory expansion of the V − A correlator. At order p 4 we obtain L 10 r ( M ρ ) = − ( 5.22 ± 0.06 ) ⋅ 10 − 3 . Including in the analysis the order p 6 contributions, we get L 10 r ( M ρ ) = − ( 4.06 ± 0.39 ) ⋅ 10 − 3 and C 87 r ( M ρ ) = ( 4.89 ± 0.19 ) ⋅ 10 − 3 GeV − 2 .
SU(3)-breaking corrections to the hyperon vector couplingf1(0)in covariant baryon chiral perturbation theory
2009
This work was partially supported by the MEC Grant No. FIS2006-03438 and the European Community- Research Infrastructure Integrating Activity Study of Strongly Interacting Matter (Hadron-Physics2, Grant Agreement 227431) under the Seventh Framework Programme of EU. L. S. G. acknowledges support from the MICINN in the Program ‘‘Juan de la Cierva.’’ J. M. C. acknowledges the same institution for an FPU grant.
The A5 and the pion field
2005
In this talk, an SU(Nf)xSU(Nf)Yang-Mills model with a compact extra-dimension is used to describe the spin-1 mesons and pions of massless QCD in the large-Nc. The right 4D symmetry and symmetry-breaking pattern is produced by imposing appropriate boundary conditions. The Goldstone boson fields are constructed using a Wilson line. We derive the low-energy limit (chiral lagrangian), discuss rho-meson dominance, sum rules between resonance couplings and the relation with the QCD high-energy behavior. Finally, we provide an analytic expression for the two-point function of vector and axial currents.
N/Ddescription of two meson amplitudes and chiral symmetry
1998
The most general structure of an elastic partial wave amplitude when the unphysical cuts are neglected is deduced in terms of the N/D method. This result is then matched to lowest order, ${\mathcal{O}}(p^2)$, Chiral Perturbation Theory($\chi$PT) and to the exchange (consistent with chiral symmetry) of resonances in the s-channel. The extension of the method to coupled channels is also given. Making use of the former formalism, the $\pi\pi$ and $K\pi$(I=1/2) P-wave scattering amplitudes are described without free parameters when taking into account relations coming from the 1/$N_c$ expansion and unitarity. Next, the scalar sector is studied and good agreement with experiment up to $\sqrt{s}=…
Two Meson Scattering Amplitudes and their Resonances from Chiral Symmetry and the N/D Method
1999
We study the vector and scalar meson-meson amplitudes up to \sqrt{s}\lesssim 1.4 GeV and their associated spectroscopy. The study has been done considering jointly the N/D method, Chiral Symmetry and implications from large N_c QCD. The N/D method provides us with the way to unitarize the tree level amplitudes constructed in agreement with Chiral Symmetry and its breaking (explicit and spontaneous). These amplitudes are calculated making use of the lowest order Chiral Perturbation Theory (\chiPT) Lagrangians and the exchanges of resonances compatible with Chiral Symmetry as given in. On the other hand the large N_c considerations allow us to distinguish between elementary (as elementary as …