Coherence phenomena between initial and final state radiation in a dense QCD medium
A bstractIn this work we investigate medium modifications to the interference pattern between initial and final state radiation. We compute single gluon production off a highly energetic parton that undergoes a hard scattering and subsequently crosses a dense QCD medium of finite size. We extend our previous studies obtained at first order in opacity by providing general results for multiple soft scatterings and their specific formulation within the harmonic oscillator approximation. We show that there is a gradual onset of decoherence between the initial and final state radiation due to multiple scatterings, that opens the phase space for large angle emissions. By examining the multiplicity of produced gluons, we observe a potentially large double logarithmic enhancement for dense media and small opening angles. This result points to a possible modification of the evolution equations due to a QCD medium of finite size. We briefly comment on the phenomenological consequences of this setup in high-energy nuclear collisions.

title: Medium-induced multi-photon radiation
abstract: We study the spectrum of multi-photon radiation off a fast quark in medium in the BDMPS/ASW approach. We reproduce the medium-induced one-photon radiation spectrum in dipole approximation, and go on to calculate the two-photon radiation in the Moliere limit. We find that in this limit the LPM effect holds for medium-induced two-photon ladder emission.

title: Coherence effects and broadening in medium-induced QCD radiation off a massive $ q\bar{q} $ antenna
abstract: A bstractStudies of medium-induced QCD radiation usually rely on the calculation of single-gluon radiation spectrum off an energetic parton traversing an extended colored medium. Recently, the importance of interference effects between emitters in the medium has been explored. In this work we extend previous studies by calculating the single-gluon coherent spectrum off an antenna consisting of a massive quark-antiquark pair. Interferences dominate the spectrum of soft gluons, which are mainly emitted outside of the cone made by the antenna opening angle, while the antenna results in a superposition of independent emitters above a critical gluon energy scale. We study the interplay between the dead-cone effect and medium-induced jet broadening in both cases of soft and hard gluons and present results on energy loss distributions.

title: Interference between initial and final state radiation in a QCD medium
abstract: We investigate the color coherence pattern between initial and final state radiation in the presence of a QCD medium. We derive the medium-induced gluon spectrum of an “asymptotic” parton which suffers a hard scattering and subsequently crosses the medium. The angular distribution of the induced gluon spectrum is modified when one includes interference terms between the incoming and the outgoing parton at finite angle between them. The coherent, incoherent and soft limits of the medium-induced gluon spectrum are studied. In the soft limit, we provide a simple and intuitive probabilistic picture which could be of interest for Monte Carlo implementations. The configuration studied here may have phenomenological consequences in high-energy nuclear collisions.

title: Medium-induced soft gluon radiation in DIS
abstract: We study color coherence effects on the medium-induced soft gluon radiation off an asymptotic quark hit by a virtual photon traversing a hot and dense QCD medium. The transverse momentum spectrum of the emitted gluon is computed at 1st order in the opacity expansion. The interference effects between the initial and final state radiation modify the soft gluon spectrum when a finite angle between the incoming and outgoing quarks is considered, presenting a soft divergence. We comment on possible implications on observables in eA collisions.

title: Coherence and broadening effects in medium induced gluon radiation
abstract: Interferences between different emitters in the multi-parton shower is the building block of QCD jet physics in vacuum. The presence of a hot medium made of quarks and gluons is expected to alter this interference pattern. To study such effects, we derive the gluon emission spectrum off an “asymptotic quark” traversing a hot and dense QCD medium at first order in the medium density. The resulting induced gluon distribution gets modified when the new interference terms between the initial and final quark are included. We comment on the possible phenomenological consequences of this new contribution for jet observables in heavy-ion collisions.

title: Search for the rare decays J/psi ---> D-(s) e+ nu(e), J/psi ---> anti-D0 e+ e-
abstract: We report on a search for the decays J / ψ → D s − e + ν e + c.c. , J / ψ → D − e + ν e + c.c. , and J / ψ → D 0 ¯ e + e − + c.c. in a sample of 5.8 × 10 7 J / ψ events collected with the BESII detector at the BEPC. No excess of signal above background is observed, and 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions are set: B ( J / ψ → D s − e + ν e + c.c. ) 4.9 × 10 −5 , B ( J / ψ → D − e + ν e + c.c. ) 1.2 × 10 −5 , and B ( J / ψ → D 0 ¯ e + e − + c.c. ) 1.1 × 10 −5 .

title: Search for strong gravity signatures in same-sign dimuon final states using the ATLAS detector at the LHC
abstract: A search for microscopic black holes has been performed in a same-sign dimuon final state using 1.3 fb(-1) of proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at a centre of mass energy of 7 TeV at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The data are found to be consistent with the expectation from the Standard Model and the results are used to derive exclusion contours in the context of a low scale gravity model.

title: TESTS OF THE STANDARD MODEL USING MUON POLARIZATION ASYMMETRIES IN KAON DECAYS
abstract: We have examined the physics and the experimental feasibility of studying various kaon decay processes in which the polarization of a muon in the final state is measured. Valuable information on CP violation, the quark mixing (CKM) matrix, and new physics can be obtained from such measurements. We have considered muon polarization in KL→μ+μ- and K→πμ+μ- decays. Although the effects are small, or difficult to measure because of the small branching ratios involved, these studies could provide clean measurements of the CKM parameters. The experimental difficulty appears comparable to the observation of . New sources of physics, involving nonstandard CP violation, could produce effects observable in these measurements. Limits from new results on the neutron and electron electric dipole moment, and in neutral kaon decays, do not eliminate certain models that could contribute to the signal. A detailed examination of muon polarization out of the decay plane in K+→μ+π0ν and K+→μ+νγ decays also appears to be of interest. With current kaon beams and detector techniques, it is possible to measure the T-violating polarization for K+→μ+π0ν and with uncertainties approaching ~10-4. This level of sensitivity would provide an interesting probe of new physics.

title: Object oriented reconstruction and particle identification in the ATLAS calorimeter
abstract: The reconstruction and subsequent particle identification is a challenge in a complex and a high luminosity environment such as those expected in the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The ATLAS software has chosen the object oriented paradigm and has recently migrated much of its software components developed earlier using procedural programming languages. The new software, which emphasizes on the separation between algorithms and data objects, has been successfully integrated in the broader ATLAS frame work. We will present a status report of the reconstruction software summarizing the experiences gained in the migration of several software components. We will examine some of the components of the calorimeter software design, which include simulation of real-time detector effects and online environment, and strategies deployed for identification of particles.

title: Recent results from BNL E865
abstract: Experiment E865 at the BNL AGS is a search for the Lepton Family Violating decay K+→π+μ+e−1. We aim to reach a single event sensitivity below 10−11 for this decay. The E865 apparatus allow us to collect and study other rare and semi rare K+ decays. Preliminary results are shown on K+→π+μ+e−, K+→π+e+e−, K+→π+μ+μ−, K+→π+π−e+ν, K+→e+νe+e−, K+→μ+νe+e−, K+→π0e+ν (π0→e+e−γ).