A remark on conformal anomaly and extrinsic geometry of random surfaces
In low dimensions, conformal anomaly has a profound influence on the critical behavior of random surfaces with extrinsic curvature rigidity 1/ α . We illustrate this by making a small D expansion of rigid random surfaces, where a non-trivial infrared fixed point is shown to exist. We speculate on the renormalization group flow diagram in the (α, D ) plane. We argue that the qualitative behavior of numerical simulations in D =3,4 could be understood on the basis of the phase diagram.

title: High-temperature partition function of the rigid string.
abstract: We find that the high-temperature limit of the free energy per unit length for the rigid string agrees dimensionally with that of the QCD string (unlike the Nambu-Goto string). The sign, and in fact the phase, do not agree. While this may be a clue to a string theory of QCD, we note that the problem of the fourth-derivative action makes it impossible for the rigid string to be a correct description.

title: A GKO Construction Based on a Path Integral Formulation of Gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten Actions
abstract: A path integral formulation of G/H conformal theories is presented, based on gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten actions. The conformal charge of the model is c = c G − c H , exactly as in the GKO construction. Ghost modes appear in the formalism as a result of gauge fixing. As a consequence, the holomorphic stress-tensor T ( z ) obtained in our construction has ghost contributions. We find T ( z )= T G − T H only for matrix elements of physical states which are also ghost free.

title: Topics in field theory-higher spins, CFT, and gravity

title: Three dimensional quantum chromodynamics
abstract: The subject of this talk is the study of the low energy behavior of three (2+1) dimensional Quantum Chromodynamics. We show the existence of a phase where parity is unbroken and the flavor group U(2n) is broken into a subgroup U(n)×U(n). We derive the low energy effective action for the theory and show that it has solitonic excitations with Fermi statistic, to be identified with the three dimensional ‘‘baryon’’. Finally, we study the current algebra for this effective action and we find a co‐homologically nontrivial generalization of Kac‐Moody algebras to three dimension.

title: A remark on the Higgs effect in presence of Chern-Simons terms
abstract: In D=3, a Higgs scalar is shown to transmute a non-dynamical Chern-Simon term into topologically massive, parity-violating, electrodynamics. A similar transmutation also occurs for gravity.

title: Evidence for the decay $X(3872)\rightarrow\psi(2S)\gamma$
abstract: Evidence for the decay mode $X(3872)\rightarrow\psi(2S)\gamma$ in $B^+\rightarrow X(3872)K^+$ decays is found with a significance of 4.4 standard deviations. The analysis is based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3fb$^{-1}$ collected with the LHCb detector, at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8TeV. The ratio of the branching fraction of the $X(3872)\to\psi(2S)\gamma$ decay to that of the $X(3872)\rightarrow J/\psi \gamma$ decay is measured to be $$ \frac{Br(X(3872)\rightarrow\psi(2S)\gamma)}{Br(X(3872)\rightarrow J/\psi\gamma)} = 2.46\pm0.64\pm0.29, %\pm0.06,$$ where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The measured value agrees with expectations for a pure charmonium interpretation of the $X(3872)$ state and a mixture of charmonium and molecular interpretations. However, it does not support a pure $D\bar{D}^{*}$ molecular interpretation of the $X(3872)$state.

title: Evidence for the decay $B_c^+ \rightarrow J/\psi 3\pi^+ 2\pi^-$
abstract: Evidence is presented for the decay $B_c+\rightarrow J/\psi 3\pi^+2\pi^-$ using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3fb$^{-1}$, collected with the LHCb detector. A signal yield of $32\pm8$ decays is found with a significance of 4.5 standard deviations. The ratio of the branching fraction of the $B_c^+\rightarrow J/\psi 3\pi^+ 2\pi^-$ decay to that of the $B_c^+ \rightarrow J/\psi \pi^+$ decay is measured to be $$ \frac{Br (B_c^+ \rightarrow J/\psi 3\pi^+2\pi^)}{Br (B_c^+ \rightarrow J/\psi \pi^+)} = 1.74\pm0.44\pm0.24, $$ where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.

title: Deconfinement phase transition in an expanding quark system in the relaxation time approximation
abstract: We investigated the effects of nonequilibrium and collision terms on the deconfinement phase transition of an expanding quark system in Friedberg-Lee model in relaxation time approximation. By calculating the effective quark potential, the critical temperature of the phase transition is dominated by the mean field, while the collisions among quarks and mesons change the time structure of the phase transition significantly.

title: An analytic solution of hydrodynamic equations with source terms in heavy-ion collisions
abstract: The energy and baryon densities in heavy-ion collisions are estimated by analytically solving a (1+1)-dimensional hydrodynamical model with source terms. In particular, a competition between the energy and baryon sources and the expansion of the system is discussed in detail.

title: Simulation Study on neutrino nucleus cross section measurement in Segmented Detector at Spallation Neutron Source
abstract: Knowledge of νe-Fe/Pb differential cross sections for νe energy below several tens of MeV scale is believed to be crucial in understanding Supernova physics. In a segmented detector at Spallation Neutrino Source, νe energy reconstructed from the electron range measurement is strongly affected because of both multiple scattering and electromagnetic showers occurring along the electron passage in target materials. In order to estimate the effect, a simulation study has been performed with a cube block model assuming a perfect tracking precision. The distortion of energy spectrum is observed to be proportional to the atomic number of target material. Feasibility of unfolding the distorted νe energy spectrum is studied for both Fe and Pb cases. Evaluation of statistical accuracy attainable is therefore provided for a segmented detector.