STOCHASTIC QUANTIZATION AND THE BERRY PHASE
We study here the Berry phase from the point of view of stochastic quantization. The relativistic generalization of Nelson’s stochastic quantization procedure can be achieved when the Brownian motion process is taken into account in the internal space (apart from that in the external space). This effectively considers the particle as one that is stochastically extended, and nonrelativistic quantum mechanics is obtained in the sharp point limit. This can be formulated in terms of a gauge-field-theoretical extension of the particle. This inherent gauge field gives rise to the holonomy in a Hermitian line bundle, which appears as an extra phase factor in the adiabatic limit for a parameter-dependent Hamiltonian, and determines a unique connection. When the Hamiltonian is degenerate, the holonomy is defined in a complex vector bundle. In the case of a fermion, this Berry connection is found to be related to the Wess-Zumino term and can be considered to be of topological origin.

title: Geometrical aspects of magnetic monopoles
abstract: The possible topological structures of elementary particles have been investigated to explore the possibility of the existence of magnetic monopoles. It is pointed out that when an elementary charged particle is depicted as an extended body such that the orientation of the internal space (“internal helicity”) defines the fermion number, the global conservation of this does not allow the existence of a magnetic monopole. Again it is argued that when anisotropy is introduced in the microlocal space-time depicting the internal space of hadrons, this gives rise to the internal symmetry algebra and no non-Abelian gauge fields and Higgs scalars are necessary to have a grand unified scheme of interactions. This avoids theSU2 and GUT monopoles. Besides, in this formalism, baryon number corresponds to the orientation or internal helicity of the composite system and the global conservation of this quantum number is found to be a consequence of Lorentz invariance. This forbids the existence of any sort of cosmological monopole in this Lorentz invariant Universe.

title: A LIE GROUP FRAMEWORK FOR COMPOSITE PARTICLES AND HARMONIC OSCILLATOR MASS SPECTRUM
abstract: A harmonic oscillator mass spectrum is developed through a relativistic covariant method in unifying the external and internal variables of a hadron leading to a dynamical Lie algebra. It is shown that through the introduction of an internal variable ξμ, which behaves as a 'direction vector', attached to each space-time point, χμ, and the spatial extension, Xi, of the composite system, we can uniquely determine a harmonic oscillator mass spectrum. This is valid even when the constituents are taken to be massless. Moreover, when these internal variables are associated with the internal symmetry, the mass splitting due to the internal symmetry breaking is incorporated in this formalism and no adhoc consideration is necessary. The mass spectrum of the neutral isovector and isoscalar mesons is computed in this framework.

title: AREA PRESERVING DIFFEOMORPHISM, QUANTUM GROUP AND BERRY PHASE
abstract: We study here the relationship between the area preserving diffeomorphism and quantum group with the deformation of symplectic structure and Berry phase in the Landau problem of 2D electron gas in a magnetic field. It is argued that while the area preserving diffeomorphism leads to the quantization of the symmetry , the deformation of the symplectic structure leads to the quantization of the system having the relation Δp. Δ q=2πnℏ, n being an odd integer giving rise to the Berry phase ei2πμ with n=2μ. A possible link between the deformation parameter q of the deformed algebra with the Berry phase factor arising out of the quantization procedure has been suggested. Finally, the latticization of space associated with the quantum group and its connection with the Zp spin system is discussed.

title: EXTENDED CONFORMAL GROUP, SUPERSYMMETRY, AND GEOMETRICAL PROPERTIES OF HADRONS
abstract: We have studied the interrelation among conformal symmetry, internal symmetry and super-symmetry and have shown that extended conformal group which includes, apart from conformal transformation, space, time and conformal reflection can give rise to internal symmetry algebra as well as supersymmetry algebra. To achieve this result, we have dealt with conformal spinors which are taken to be the constituents of the hadrons and these split into two Cartan semispinors or Dirac spinors in the Minkowski space, giving rise to the particle and antiparticle configurations. Supersymmetry is broken here just by the mass term and as such no massless hadron can exist in nature. The internal symmetry arises from the discrete symmetry of reflection. The most significant feature of this formalism is that the symmetry structure helps us to explain the meson-baryon mass difference in an elegant way and the role of fictitious superpartners is completely avoided. Again, any baryon number nonconserving process like proton decay is found to be forbidden by the Lorentz invariance. Finally, it is noted that though the discrete symmetry of reflection is taken to be the origin of the internal symmetry, topological nontrivial structures like strings do not appear here and this also avoids the possibility of the nonconservation of global charge.

title: NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY, GEOMETRICAL ASPECTS OF SKYRMIONS AND STRING THEORY
abstract: It is pointed out here that noncommutative geometry having the space–time manifold X = M4 × Z2 leads to the description of a massive fermion as a skyrmion when the discrete space–time is incorporated as an internal variable. The inherent anisotropic feature of the internal space gives rise to the Skyrme term as well as the Wess–Zumino term. An array of such skyrmions may be considered as a three-dimensional Ising system. It is shown that the composite system of such skyrmions may be viewed as the (3 + 1)-dimensional relative of the Polyakov string theory when the associated Liouville field corresponds to the attachment of topological fixtures like vortex lines at the end points of an open string. These two systems are found to satisfy certain duality principles through conformal duality which are similar to T duality and S duality in conventional string picture.

title: Clan structure and intermittency in proton-nucleus interactions at high energy
abstract: In this paper we examine the similarity between clan structure and self-similar cascading in high energy proton-nucleus interactions at 70 GeV/c in emulsion. The investigation shows that the negative bionomial fitting parameterk can be used for the evaluation of factorial moments in intermittency studies and that these exhibit similar behaviour with those derived from nonstatistical procedure. The results of our study signify compatibility between clan cascading and self-similar cascading in soft hadroization processes.

title: Working group report: Physics at the Large Hadron Collider
abstract: This is a summary of the activities of the Physics at the LHC working group in the XIth Workshop on High Energy Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP-XI) held at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India in January 2010. We discuss the activities of each sub-working group on physics issues at colliders such as Tevatron and Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The main issues discussed involve (1) results on W mass measurement and associated QCD uncertainties, (2) an attempt to understand the asymmetry measured at Tevatron in the top quark production, and (3) phenomenology of warped space dimension model.

title: Displaced Higgs production in type III seesaw
abstract: We point out that the type III seesaw mechanism introducing fermion triplets predicts peculiar Higgs boson signatures of displaced vertices with two b jets and one or two charged particles which can be cleanly identified. In a supersymmetric theory, the scalar partner of the fermion triplet contains a neutral dark matter candidate which is almost degenerate with its charged components. A Higgs boson can be produced together with such a dark matter triplet in the cascade decay chain of a strongly produced squark or gluino. When the next lightest supersymmetric particle (NLSP) is bino/wino-like, there appears a Higgs boson associated with two charged tracks of a charged lepton and a heavy charged scalar at a displacement larger than about 1 mm. The corresponding production cross-section is about 0.5 fb for the squark/gluino mass of 1 TeV. In the case of the stau NLSP, it decays mainly to a Higgs boson and a heavy charged scalar whose decay length is larger than 0.1 mm for the stau NLSP mixing with the left-handed stau smaller than 0.3. As this process can have a large cascade production ∼2 pb for the squark/gluino mass ∼1 TeV, one may be able to probe it at the early stage of the LHC experiment.

title: Probing non-universal gaugino masses via Higgs boson production under SUSY cascades at the LHC: a detailed study
abstract: Cascade decays of Supersymmetric (SUSY) particles are likely to be prolific sources of Higgs bosons at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In this work, we explore, with the help of detailed simulation, the role of non-universal gaugino masses in the production of the Higgs bosons under SUSY cascades. The analysis is carried out by choosing an appropriate set of benchmark points with non-universal gaugino masses in the relevant SUSY parameter space and then contrasting the resulting observations with the corresponding cases having universal relationship among the same. It is shown that even of data at an early phase of the LHC-run with 10 fb−1 one would be able to see, under favourable situations, the imprint of non-universal gaugino masses by reconstructing various Higgs boson resonances and comparing their rates. With increased accumulated luminosities, the indications would naturally become distinct over a larger region of the parameter space.

title: Boosted top quarks in supersymmetric cascade decays at the LHC
abstract: At the LHC, a generic supersymmetric cascade can be a source of top quark. Specifically third generation squarks and gluino are the major sources of top quark which could also be boosted. In this article, we have shown that jet substructure algorithm can be very useful in identifying such boosted top quarks in the cascade. We take inclusive three jets plus zero lepton plus missing energy final state and try to reconstruct at least one hadronically decaying top quark by using top tagging techniques which has good prospect at the LHC.