Phenomenology of an extended Higgs portal inflation model after Planck 2013
We consider an extended inflation model in the frame of Higgs portal model, assuming a nonminimal coupling of the scalar field to the gravity. Using the new data from Planck $$2013$$2013 and other relevant astrophysical data, we obtain the relation between the nonminimal coupling $$\xi $$ξ and the self-coupling $$\lambda $$λ needed to drive the inflation, and find that this inflationary model is favored by the astrophysical data. Furthermore, we discuss the constraints on the model parameters from the experiments of particle physics, especially the recent Higgs data at the LHC.

title: Updated predictions for graviton and photon associated production at the LHC
abstract: Center for High Energy Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, ChinaWe present updated predictions on the inclusive total cross sections, including the complete next-to-leading order QCD corrections, for the graviton and photon associated production process in thelarge extra dimensions model at the LHC with a center-of-mass energy of 7 and 8 TeV, using theparameters according to the requirements of the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations. Moreover, wealso discuss in detail the dependence on the transverse momentum cut and uncertainties due to thechoices of scales and parton distribution functions.

title: Improved Resummation Prediction on Higgs Boson Production at Hadron Colliders
abstract: We improve the resummation calculations in the ResBos program for the Higgs boson production via gluon-gluon fusion by including the NNLO Wilson coefficient functions and G-functions. The improvement leads to increasing the total cross section predictions of the new ResBos program, dubbed as ResBos2, for Higgs boson production by about 8% and 6% at the Tevatron and the LHC, respectively, as compared to the old ResBos program. Furthermore, the improved predictions are compared with those from the programs HNNLO and HqT2. We find that they agree well for the total cross sections but differ slightly for the transverse momentum QT distributions. With ResBos2, we present the distributions of the two variables aT and � � , which can have better experimental resolutions than QT, for the process of Higgs boson decaying into a photon pair. Theoretical uncertainties of the ResBos2 predictions are also discussed.

title: Next-to-leading order QCD effect of $W'$ on top quark Forward-Backward Asymmetry
abstract: We present the calculations of the complete next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections to the total cross section, invariant mass distribution and the forward-backward asymmetry ($\rm A_{FB}$) of top quark pair production mediated by $W'$ boson. Our results show that in the best fit point in the parameter space allowed by data at the Tevatron, the NLO corrections change the new physics contributions to the total cross section slightly, but increase the $\rm A_{FB}$ in the large invariant mass region by about 9%. Moreover, we evaluate the total cross section and charge asymmetry ($\rm{A}_{\rm{C}}$) of top pair production at the LHC, and find that both total cross section and $A_{\rm C}$ can be used to distinguish NP from SM with the integrated luminosity increasing.

title: Model independent analysis of top quark forward-backward asymmetry at the Tevatron up to $\mathcal{O}(\as^2/\Lambda^2)$
abstract: We present the complete calculations of the forward-backward asymmetry ($A_{\rm FB}$) and the total cross section of top quark pair production induced by dimension-six four quark operators at the Tevatron up to $\mathcal{O}(\as^2/\Lambda^2)$. Our results show that next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections can change $A_{\rm FB}$ and the total cross section by about 10%. Moreover, NLO QCD corrections reduce the dependence of $A_{\rm FB}$ and total cross section on the renormalization and factorization scales significantly. We also evaluate the total cross section and the charge asymmetry ($A_{\rm C}$) induced by these operators at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) up to $\mathcal{O}(\as^2/\Lambda^2)$, for the parameter space allowed by the Tevatron data. We find that the value of $A_{\rm C}$ induced by these operators is much larger than SM prediction, and LHC has potential to discover these NP effects when the measurement precision increases.

title: Next-to-leading order QCD predictions for the signal of dark matter and photon associated production at the LHC
abstract: We study the potential of the LHC to discover the signal of dark matter associated production with a photon induced by a dimension six effective operator, including next-to-leading order QCD corrections. We investigate the main backgrounds from the standard model, i.e. $Z$ boson and a photon associated production with invisible decay of $Z$ boson, and $Z$ boson and a jet production with the jet misidentified as a photon. We find that the ${p}_{T}^{\ensuremath{\gamma}}$ distributions of the backgrounds decrease faster than that of the signal with increasing of the transverse momentum of the photon. The ${\ensuremath{\eta}}^{\ensuremath{\gamma}}$ distributions of the backgrounds are almost flat in the full range of ${\ensuremath{\eta}}^{\ensuremath{\gamma}}$. In contrast, the signal lies mainly in the central region of ${\ensuremath{\eta}}^{\ensuremath{\gamma}}$. These characteristics may help to select the events in experiments. We show that in the parameter space allowed by the relic abundance constraint, which we have calculated at the next-to-leading-order QCD level, the LHC with $\sqrt{S}=7\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ may discover this signal at the $5\ensuremath{\sigma}$ level after collecting an integrated luminosity of $1\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. On the other hand, if this signal is not observed at the LHC, we can set a lower limit on the new physics scale at the $3\ensuremath{\sigma}$ level.

title: Development of characterization techniques for X-band accelerator structures
abstract: The recent effort to develop accelerator structures for the Next Linear Collider (NLC), requires an accompanying development of accurate and efficient techniques to characterize these structures at different phases of development. At SLAC, we have been developing different microwave techniques to verify predictions from computer simulations in the design phase, to insure that the machined cells are within the design tolerances, and finally, to confirm overall RF performance of the completed structure. For this final test, a semi-automated system was built to implement the bead-pulling technique under traveling-wave conditions. This technique maps the phase and amplitude of the axial electric field along the structure.

title: Searches for violation of lepton flavour and baryon number in tau lepton decays at LHCb
abstract: Searches for the lepton flavour violating decay tau(-) -> mu(-)mu(+)mu(-) and the lepton flavour and baryon number violating decays tau(-) -> (p) over bar mu(+)mu(-) and tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-) have been carried out using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb(-1), taken by the LHCb experiment at root s = 7 TeV. No evidence has been found for any signal, and limits have been set at 90% confidence level on the branching fractions: B(tau(-) -> mu(-)mu(+)mu(-) mu(+)mu(-)) p mu(-)mu(-)) (p) over bar mu(+)mu(-) and tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-) decay modes represent the first direct experimental limits on these channels.

title: The study of Seyfert 2 galaxies with and without infrared broad lines
abstract: From the literature, we construct a sample of 25 Seyfert 2 galaxies (S2s) with a broad line region (BLR) detected in near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and 29 with NIR BLRs which were not detected. We find no significant difference between the nuclei luminosity (extinction-corrected [OIII] 5007) and infrared color f60/f25 between the two populations, suggesting that the non-detections of NIR BLRs could not be due to low AGN luminosity or contamination from the host galaxy. As expected, we find significantly lower X-ray obscurations in Seyfert 2s with NIR BLR detection, supporting the unification scheme. However, such a scheme was challenged by the detection of NIR BLRs in heavily X-ray obscured sources, especially in six of them with Compton-thick X-ray obscuration. The discrepancy could be solved by the clumpy torus model and we propose a toy model demonstrating that IR-thin X-ray-thick S2s could be viewed at intermediate inclinations and compared with those IR-thick X-ray-thick S2s. We note that two of the IR-thin X-ray-thick S2s (NGC 1386 and NGC 7674) experienced X-ray transitions, i.e. from Compton-thin to Compton-thick appearance or vice versa based on previous X-ray observations, suggesting that X-ray transitions could be common in this special class of objects.

title: Evidence for the spin-0 nature of the Higgs boson using ATLAS data
abstract: Studies of the spin and parity quantum numbers of the Higgs boson are presented, based on protonproton collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The Standard Model spin-parity J( ...

title: The anomalous top quark coupling tqg and tW production at the LHC
abstract: Many new physics models beyond the standard model ( SM ) can give rise to the large anomalous top couplings tqg ( q = u and c ). We focus our attention on these couplings induced by the topcolor-assisted technicolor ( TC 2 ) model and the littlest Higgs model with T -parity (called LHT model), and consider their contributions to the production cross section and the charge asymmetry for tW production at the LHC . We find that the anomalous top coupling tqg induced by these two kinds of new physics models can indeed generate sizable charge asymmetry. The correction effects of the LHT model on the production cross sections of the processes p p → t W − + X and p p → t ¯ W + + X are significant large, which might be detected at the LHC .