Inclusive $\mu$ and $B$ quark production cross-sections in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.8$ TeV
We report on a preliminary measurement of the inclusive dimuon cross section in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.8 TeV using the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. From these results, we extract the inclusive b-quark production cross section for the kinematic range {vert_bar}y{sup b}{vert_bar} < 1.0 and 9 GeV/c < p{sub T}{sup b min} < 25 GeV/c. The difference in azimuthal angle in the transverse plane for dimuon pairs from b{bar b} production is also shown.

title: Expression of interest to the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory by the L* Collaboration

title: Inclusive $\mu$ and $B$ quark production cross-sections in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.8$ TeV
abstract: We report on a preliminary measurement of the inclusive dimuon cross section in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.8 TeV using the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. From these results, we extract the inclusive b-quark production cross section for the kinematic range {vert_bar}y{sup b}{vert_bar} < 1.0 and 9 GeV/c < p{sub T}{sup b min} < 25 GeV/c. The difference in azimuthal angle in the transverse plane for dimuon pairs from b{bar b} production is also shown.

title: Improved calculation of the energy release in neutron-induced fission
abstract: Fission energy is one of the basic parameters needed in the calculation of antineutrino ux from nuclear reactors. Improving the precision of ssion energy calculations is useful for current and future reactor neutrino experiments, which are aimed at more precise determinations of neutrino oscillation parameters. In this article, we give new values for ssion energies of some common thermal reactor fuel isotopes, with improvements on three aspects. One is more recent input data acquired from updated nuclear databases. The second improvement is a consideration of the production yields of ssion fragments from both thermal and fast incident neutrons for each of the four main fuel isotopes. The third improvement is a more careful calculation of the average energy taken away by antineutrinos in thermal ssion involving a comparison of antineutrino spectra from dierent models. The change in calculated antineutrino ux due to the new values of ssion energy is about 0.32%, and the uncertainties of the new values are about 50% smaller.

title: Higgs-pair production in littlest Higgs model with T parity
abstract: The Higgs-pair production process at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, which will provide a way to test the Higgs boson self-coupling, may be sensitive to new physics. In the framework of the littlest Higgs model with T parity, such Higgs-pair production can proceed through additional loop diagrams, and thus the production rate can be quite different from the standard model prediction. Our calculations show that, due to the loop contributions of both T-even and T-odd quarks predicted in this model, the production rate can be significantly enhanced relative to the standard model prediction and also can be larger than the production rate in the minimal supersymmetric model. Also, we find that the T-odd quark contributions, which were not included in a previous study, are equally important compared with the T-even quark contributions.

title: Dark matter and Higgs phenomenology predicted by left-right twin Higgs model in light of CDMS II results
abstract: The left-right twin Higgs model predicts a light stable scalar Ŝ, which is a candidate for WIMP dark matter. We study its scattering on nucleon and find that the cross section is below the CDMS II upper bound but can reach the SuperCDMS sensitivity. Then we study the Higgs phenomenology by paying special attention to the decay h → ŜŜ which is strongly correlated with the dark matter scattering on nucleon. We find that such an invisible decay can be sizable, which can severely suppress the conventional decay modes like h → VV (V = W, Z) and $ h \to b\bar b $. On the other hand, compared to the SM prediction, the rates of Higgs boson productions at the LHC via gluon-gluon fusion, weak boson fusion or in association with top quark pairs are all reduced significantly, e.g., the gluon-gluon fusion channel can be suppressed by about 30%.

title: Light top squark in precision top quark sample
abstract: The uncertainty of $t\bar{t}$ production cross section measurement at LHC is at a-few-percent level which still allows the stop pair production $\tilde{t}\tilde{t}^{*}$ with identical final states $2b+\ell+nj+{E}_{T}$. In this paper, we attempt to use the existing measurement of $W$-polarization in top quark decay to improve the distinction between stop and top quark states. We apply the ATLAS $\chi^2$ method of $W$-polarization measurement in semi-leptonic $t\bar{t}$ final state to semi-leptonic stop pair samples and study its prediction. We find that the faked top events from stop mostly contribute to the left-handed polarized $W$ due to the reconstruction. The benchmark point with maximal contribution to top events only changes $F_{L}$ by 1%. After comparing with the current experiments, we conclude that the current measurement of $W$-polarization in $t$ decay cannot exclude the light stop scenario.

title: Visible sector inflation and the right thermal history in light of Planck data
abstract: Inflation creates perturbations for the large scale structures in the universe, but it also dilutes everything. Therefore it is pertinent that the end of inflation must explain how to excite the Standard Model dof along with the dark matter. In this paper we will briefly discuss the role of visible sector inflaton candidates which are embedded within the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) and discuss their merit on how well they match the current data from the Planck. Since the inflaton carries the Standard Model charges their decay naturally produces all the relevant dof with no dark/hidden sector radiation and no isocurvature fluctuations. We will first discuss a single supersymmetric flat direction model of inflation and demonstrate what parameter space is allowed by the Planck and the LHC. We will also consider where the perturbations are created by another light field which decays after inflation, known as a curvaton. The late decay of the curvaton can create observable non-Gaussianity. In the end we will discuss the role of a spectator field whose origin may not lie within the visible sector physics, but its sheer presence during inflation can still create all the perturbations responsible for the large scale structures including possible non-Gaussianity, while the inflaton is embedded within the visible sector which creates all the relevant matter including dark matter, but no dark radiation.

title: Nonlinear realization of spontaneously broken N = 1 supersymmetry revisited
abstract: This paper revisits the nonlinear realization of spontaneously broken N = 1 supersymmetry. It is shown that the constrained superfield formalism as proposed in  can be reinterpreted in the language of standard realization of nonlinear supersymmetry via a new and simpler route. Explicit formulas of actions are presented for general renormalizable theories with or without gauge interactions. The nonlinearWess-Zumino gauge is discussed and relations are pointed out for different definitions of gauge fields. In addition, a general procedure is provided to deal with theories of arbitrary Kahler potentials.