Model independent analysis of the forward–backward asymmetry of top quark production at the Tevatron
Motivated by a possible anomaly in the forward–backward (FB) asymmetry of top quark ( A FB ) observed at the Tevatron, we perform a model independent analysis on q q ¯ → t t ¯ using an effective Lagrangian with dim-6 four-quark operators. We derive necessary conditions on new physics structures and the couplings that are consistent with the t t ¯ production cross section and A FB measured at the Tevatron, and discuss possible new physics scenarios that could generate such dim-6 operators.

title: Remarks on the upper bounds on the Higgs boson mass from triviality.
abstract: We study the effects of the one-loop matching conditions on Higgs boson and top quark masses on the triviality bounds on the Higgs boson mass using {beta}{sub {lambda}} with corrected two-loop coefficients. We obtain quite higher results than previous ones and observe that the triviality bounds are not nearly influenced by varying the top quark mass over the range measured at CDF and D0. The effects of typographical errors in {beta}{sub {lambda}}{sup (2)} and the one-loop matching condition on the top quark mass are negligible. We estimate the size of the effects on the triviality bounds from the one-loop matching condition on the Higgs boson mass. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.

title: Proton decay with a light gravitino or axino
abstract: We consider proton decay in supersymmetric models with a gravitino or axino lighter than the proton. This consideration leads to a stringent limit on the R-parity and B-violating Yukawa coupling of the superpotential operator U{sub i}{sup c}D{sub j}{sup c}D{sub k}{sup c} as {lambda}{sub 112}{sup {double_prime}}{le}10{sup {minus}15}(m{sub 3/2}/eV) for a light gravitino, and {lambda}{sub 112}{sup {double_prime}}{le}10{sup {minus}15}(F{sub a}/10{sup 10} GeV) for a light Dine-Fischler-Srednicki-Zhitnitskii axino. For the hadronic axino, the constraint is weakened by a factor of 10{sup 3}.  {ital The American Physical Society}

title: Flavour geometry and effective Yukawa couplings in the MSSM
abstract: We present a new geometric approach to the flavour decomposition of an arbitrary soft supersymmetry-breaking sector in the MSSM. Our approach is based on the geometry that results from the quark and lepton Yukawa couplings, and enables us to derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for a linearly-independent basis of matrices related to the completeness of the internal [SU(3)⊗U(1)]5 flavour space. In a second step, we calculate the effective Yukawa couplings that are enhanced at large values of tan β for general soft supersymmetry-breaking mass parameters. We highlight the contributions due to non-universal terms in the flavour decompositions of the sfermion mass matrices. We present numerical examples illustrating how such terms are induced by renormalization-group evolution starting from universal input boundary conditions, and demonstrate their importance for the flavour-violating effective Yukawa couplings of quarks.

title: Singlino-driven electroweak baryogenesis in the next-to-MSSM
abstract: We explore a new possibility of electroweak baryogenesis in the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model. In this model, a strong first-order electroweak phase transition can be achieved due to the additional singlet Higgs field. The new impact of its superpartner (singlino) on the baryon asymmetry is investigated by employing the closed-time-path formalism. We find that the CP violating source term fueled by the singlino could be large enough to generate the observed baryon asymmetry of the Universe without any conflicts with the current constraints from the non-observation of the thallium, neutron and mercury electric dipole moments.

title: A geometric approach to CP violation: applications to the MCPMFV SUSY model
abstract: We analyze the constraints imposed by experimental upper limits on electric dipole moments (EDMs) within the Maximally CP -and Minimally Flavour-Violating (MCPMFV) version of the MSSM. Since the MCPMFV scenario has 6 non-standard CP -violating phases, in addition to the CP -odd QCD vacuum phase θQCD, cancellations may occur among the CP -violating contributions to the three measured EDMs, those of 205Tl, the neutron and 199Hg, leaving open the possibility of relatively large values of the other CP -violating observables. We develop a novel geometric method that uses the small-phase approximation as a starting point, takes the existing EDM constraints into account, and enables us to find maximal values of other CP -violating observables, such as the EDMs of the Deuteron and muon, the CP -violating asymmetry in b→sγ decay, and the B s mixing phase. We apply this geometric method to provide upper limits on these observables within specific benchmark supersymmetric scenarios, including extensions that allow for a non-zero θQCD.

title: A vector-like heavy quark in the littlest Higgs model
abstract: The littlest Higgs model contains a new vector-like heavy quark in the up sector. There are two interesting features of its existence. One is that it extends the 3 × 3 CKM matrix in the standard model to a 4 × 3 matrix and the other is that it allows Z-mediated flavor changing neutral currents at tree level in the up sector but not in the down sector. We examine a few of possible windows in which the Z-mediated flavor changing neutral currents in the littlest Higgs model can be tested.

title: TWO DISTINCT PHASES OF HARD X-RAY EMISSIONS IN A SOLAR ERUPTIVE FLARE
abstract: We present a detailed analysis of the evolution of an M7.6 flare that occurred near the south-east limb on October 24, 2003 utilizing a multi-wavelength data set. Preflare images at TRACE 195 Å show that the bright and complex system of coronal loops already existed at the flaring site. The X-ray light curves clearly reveal two phases of flare evolution. The emission during the first phase is seen in GOES and RHESSI measurements at energies below 25 keV, while the second phase is evident in all the X-ray energies as high as 300 keV. The first phase is gradual whereas the second phase shows impulsive emission with several individual hard X-ray bursts. The first phase starts with the appearance of an X-ray loop-top (LT) source in RHESSI images below 25 keV. About 5 minute later, the TRACE 195 Å images show an intense emission that is cospatial with RHESSI LT source. This hot and diffuse TRACE emission is attributed to the existence of 15-20 MK plasma, heated directly from the primary energy source. Both X-ray and TRACE LT sources exhibit an altitude decrease for ∼ 11 minute. The high energy X-ray emission between 25-300 keV dominates the second phase, which correlates well with TRACE 1600 Å and Hα flare ribbons. The first phase seems to be mostly dominated by hot thermal emission from flaring loops with temperatures T > 25 MK. The second phase is found to be dominantly non-thermal in Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 305-348, Korea IGAM/Institute of Physics, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 5, A-8010 Graz, Austria Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Korea Physics Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 161 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102 Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Universitetskij Prospekt 13, Moscow 119992 Radio Astronomy Centre, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Udhagamandalam (Ooty) 643 001, India

title: Search for new phenomena in photon + jet events collected in proton-proton collisions at s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
abstract: This Letter describes a model-independent search for the production of new resonances in photon + jet (gamma + jet) events using 20 fb(-1) of proton-proton LHC data recorded with the ATLAS detector ...

title: CHARMONIUM POLARIZATION AT THE TEVATRON
abstract: The current issues on the polarization of prompt J/ψ at the Tevatron is discussed. The prediction based on the nonrelativistic QCD factorization approach agrees with measurements from the CDF collaboration at intermediate values of pT, but disagrees at the large values of pT measured.

title: Search for New Phenomena with the Monojet and Missing Transverse Momentum Signature Using the ATLAS Detector in $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV Proton-Proton Collisions
abstract: A search for new phenomena in events featuring a high energy jet and large missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at root s = 7 TeV is presented using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 33 pb(-1) recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The number of observed events is consistent with the Standard Model prediction. This result is interpreted in terms of limits on a model of Large Extra Dimensions.