TOP OFF THE UNPARTICLE
The existence of an exactly scale invariant sector possessing a nontrivial infrared fixed point at a higher energy scale and its possible communication with the Standard Model particles through a heavy messenger sector has been shown to lead to curious unparticle effects. We demonstrate that top physics at the Tevatron can already constrain such theories. We also consider possible improvements at the LHC and delineate some striking signatures.

title: Signals for gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking model at an e−e− collider
abstract: We study the pair-production and decay of right handed selectrons within a Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking Model in polarised e−e− interaction. Detailed analyses of the possible signals and backgrounds are performed for a few selected points in the parameter space. A judicious choice for polarisation of the initial electron beam helps eliminate almost the entire Standard Model background. We also show that phase space distributions can be used to distinguish such a supersummetry breaking scheme from the supergravity inspired models.

title: Invisible decays of Higgs and other mesons in models with singlet neutrinos in large extra dimensions
abstract: In light of current atmospheric neutrino oscillation data, we revisit the invisible decay of the standard model Higgs boson and other pseudoscalar mesons which can be enhanced because of large number of KK modes in models with right-handed singlet neutrinos in large extra dimensions. We find that the invisible decay rate of Higgs can be as large as H→b b decay rate only for a very restricted region of parameter space. This parameter space is even further restricted if one demands that the dimensionless neutrino Yukawa coupling λ is O (1). We have also studied the scenarios where singlet neutrino propagate in a sub-space, which lowers the string scale M ∗ and keeps neutrino Yukawa coupling O (1). We have also considered decays of other spin-0 mesons to ν ν and found the rates to be too small for measurement.

title: Constraining anomaly mediated supersymmetry breaking framework via ongoing muon g − 2 experiment at Brookhaven
abstract: The ongoing high precision E821 Brookhaven National Laboratory experiment on muon $g\ensuremath{-}2$ is promising to probe a theory involving supersymmetry. We have studied the constraints on the minimal anomaly mediated supersymmetry breaking (AMSB) model using the current data of muon $g\ensuremath{-}2$ from Brookhaven. A scenario of seeing no deviation from the standard model is also considered, within a $2\ensuremath{\sigma}$ limit of the combined error from the standard model result and the Brookhaven predicted uncertainty level. The resulting constraint is found to be complementary to what one obtains from $\stackrel{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}{b}s+\ensuremath{\gamma}$ bounds within the AMSB scenario, since only a definite sign of $\ensuremath{\mu}$ is effectively probed via $\stackrel{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}{b}s+\ensuremath{\gamma}.$ A few relevant generic features of the model are also described for disallowed regions of parameter space.

title: Study of single sneutrino production in association with fermion pairs at polarized photon colliders
abstract: We investigate single sneutrino production in the context of R-parity-violating supersymmetry at future ?? linear colliders. The sneutrino is produced in association with fermion pairs and it is shown that its decays into two further fermions will lead to a clean signal. We also discuss possible standard model backgrounds and the effects of beam polarization.

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: Characteristics of pion production in ring-like events using entropy index
abstract: The possible chaotic behaviour in production of ring like structured events and jet like structured events in 16 O-AgBr interactions at 60 AGeV with the help of a newly defined parameter, entropy index μ′q has been studied. The data reveal less chaoticity in the pionisation process of ring like events with respect to that of jet like events.

title: Multifractality in charged pion production at a few GeV/n
abstract: The multifractal analysis of charged pion produced in 16O–AgBr interactions at 2.1 AGeV and 24Mg–AgBr interactions at 4.5 AGeV has been investigated using the Takagi moment method in pseudo-rapidity space. The generalized fractal dimensions Dq are determined for these two interactions for different orders of moment. Experimental data reflects multifractal geometry in the multipion production process. From the knowledge of the generalized fractal dimensions Dq, the multifractal specific heat has also been evaluated for these data. A detailed comparison is presented with the results obtained from 12C–AgBr and 28Si–AgBr interactions at 4.5 AGeV/c, 28Si–AgBr interactions at 14.5 A GeV/c, 16O–AgBr interactions 60 AGeV and 32S–AgBr interactions 200 AGeV from the recent literatures.

title: Chaos analysis of nuclear fragments in high energy collisions
abstract: This paper deals with fixed target AGS and SPS data of beam energies 14.5 and 200 A GeV respectively. A detailed study on chaos in the nuclear fragmentation process of 28Si–AgBr interactions at 14.5 A GeV and 32S–AgBr interactions at 200 A GeV has been performed using a new parameter, the entropy index. The analysis provides new data on the evidence of the erratic behavior of the target fragments signifying chaotic target fragmentation and also quantify the measure for chaos in high and ultra-high energy heavy-ion interactions. Further, it is also observed that the target fragmentation process becomes less chaotic with the increase of average multiplicities of the final states.

title: NONMONOTONIC TARGET EXCITATION DEPENDENCE OF PION CLANS IN RELATIVISTIC NUCLEUS NUCLEUS COLLISIONS
abstract: Target excitation dependence of fluctuation of produced pions (i.e. classifying data of the fluctuation pattern on pions on the basis of the number of gray tracks) is studied for nucleus–nucleus collisions at different projectile energies. In each set the experimental multiplicity distribution is compared with the negative binomial distribution (NBD), which is found to describe the experimental distribution quite well. Target excitation dependence is studied in respect of the clan model parameters and , which are extracted from the NBD fit parameters and k. A detailed comparison between different interactions at the same energy and the same interactions at different energies is also drawn. A nonmonotonic dependence of on 〈ng〉 is revealed, which is also a characteristic of multiplicity fluctuations at RHIC data.

title: Characteristics of multiplicity distribution of target fragments in forward and backward hemispheres in high-energy nucleus–nucleus interactions
abstract: A detailed study on the mechanism of the evaporation of target fragments in the forward and backward hemispheres in 12C–AgBr interactions at 4.5A GeV, 28Si–AgBr interactions at 14.5A GeV, 16O–AgBr interactions at 60A GeV and 32S–AgBr interactions at 200A GeV is carried out in terms of the multiplicity distribution. The nature of the multiplicity distribution in the forward and backward hemispheres is found to be different across all the interactions. The asymmetry parameters and the forward–backward ratios were also calculated for the above-mentioned interactions. The asymmetry parameters and the forward–backward ratios from other nucleus–nucleus interaction data were compared with our results. The forward–backward ratios of target fragments are found to be nearly the same for all the nucleus–nucleus interactions. The forward–backward ratios of all the interactions are greater than 1, suggesting that the probability of emission of fragments in the forward hemisphere is higher than that in the backward direction. The multiplicity moment, entropy and reduced entropy, i.e. the ratio of entropy to average multiplicity of target fragments, are evaluated in both the forward and backward hemispheres for all the four above-mentioned interactions. The values of multiplicity moments are found to be energy independent up to 60A GeV energy in the backward hemisphere. The reduced entropy is also found to be almost energy independent to within experimental error in the backward hemisphere. No such observation can be made in the forward hemisphere. The total entropy of the target fragments is found to be higher in the forward hemisphere. A study of correlation in terms of the scaled variance was also carried out in both the hemispheres for all the nucleus–nucleus interactions. No systematic variation of correlation either with energy or with the size of the projectile nucleus has been noticed. The study yields quite interesting information on the mechanism of particle evaporation in the backward hemisphere.