The topcolour-assisted technicolour （TC2） model is an interesting dynamical theory among the various new physics models. We cMculate the total tt cross section and the relative correction of the TC2 model to the cro...The topcolour-assisted technicolour （TC2） model is an interesting dynamical theory among the various new physics models. We cMculate the total tt cross section and the relative correction of the TC2 model to the cross section at Tevatron Run Ⅱ and LHC. At the Tevatron Run Ⅱ, the cross section predicted by the standard model （SM） is consistent with the experimental data, and in most parameter spaces of the TC2 model, the relative correction of the TC2 model to the cross section is too small to be detectable. We find that the tt cross section is more sensitive to the parameters of the TC2 model at the LHC and the relative correction of the TC2 model to the cross section is over 10% in general. Such a value of the relative correction should be large enough to be detectable at the LHC. Therefore, it is promising to find the clue of the TC2 model via the tt production at the LHC.展开更多
We study prompt hadroproduction of the charged bottomonium-like states Z±b(10610) and Z±b(10650), and the charged charmonium-like states Z±c(3900) and Z±c(4020), at the Tevatron and the LHC, provid...We study prompt hadroproduction of the charged bottomonium-like states Z±b(10610) and Z±b(10650), and the charged charmonium-like states Z±c(3900) and Z±c(4020), at the Tevatron and the LHC, provided that these states are S-wave hadronic molecules. Using two Monte Carlo event generators, Herwig and Pythia, to simulate the production of heavy meson pairs, we derive an order-of-magnitude estimate of the production rates for these four particles. Our estimates yield a cross section at the nb level for the Zb(10610) and Zb(10650). The results for the Zc(3900) and Zc(4020) are larger by a factor of 20–30. These cross sections are large enough to be observed, and measurements at hadron colliders in the future will supplement the study using electron-positron collisions, and therefore allow to explore the mysterious nature of these exotic states.展开更多
This article reviews the Higgs searches at the Tevatron, as presented over the summer of 2012; both standard model （SM） and beyond the standard model （BSM） results are discussed as detailed （arXiv： 1207.0449; Ph...This article reviews the Higgs searches at the Tevatron, as presented over the summer of 2012; both standard model （SM） and beyond the standard model （BSM） results are discussed as detailed （arXiv： 1207.0449; Phys. Rev. Lett., 2012, 109： 071804; Phys. Rev. D, 2012, 85： 032005）. We discuss the combination of searches by the CDF and DO Collaborations for the standard model Higgs boson in the mass range 100-200 GeV/c2 produced in the the gg →H, WH, ZH, tfH, and vector boson fusion production modes, and decaying in the H → bb, H → W＋W-, H → ZZ, H →π＋π-, and H →γγ modes. The data, collected at the Fermilab Tevatron collider in p/5 collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV, correspond to integrated luminosities of up to 10 fb^-1. In the absence of signal, we expect to exclude the regions 100 〈 mH 〈 120 GeV/c2 and 139 〈 mH 〈 184 GeV/c2. We exclude, at the 95% C.L., two regions： 100 〈 mH 〈 103 GeV/c2, and 147 〈 mH 〈 180 GeV/c2. We observe a significant excess of events in the mass range between 115 and 140 GeV/c2. The local significance corresponds to 3.0 standard deviations at mH = 120 GeV/ce; the global significance （incorporating the lookelsewhere effect） for such an excess anywhere in the full mass range investigated is approximately 2.5 standard deviations. Furthermore, we separately combine searches for H→ bb-, H → W＋W- and H →γγ. We find that the excess is concentrated in the H →bb channel, appearing in the searches over a broad range of raN; the maximum local significance of 3.3 standard deviations corresponds to a global significance of approximately 3.1 standard deviations. The observed signal strengths in all channels are consistent with the expectation for a standard model Higgs boson at mH = 125 GeV/c2. The production of neutral Higgs bosons in association with b-quarks can be significantly enhanced in various beyond the standard model scenarios, including Supersymmetry. The recent combination of such searches from the two collaborations is discussed.展开更多
The Fourth Generation and Vector Like Quark (VLQ) models are extensions of the Standard Model of particles physics. These models predict the existence of new heavy quarks like heavy top quark t' with electric char...The Fourth Generation and Vector Like Quark (VLQ) models are extensions of the Standard Model of particles physics. These models predict the existence of new heavy quarks like heavy top quark t' with electric charge 2/3 and heavy bottom quark b' with electric charge -1/3. The t' and b' will act the fourth generation quarks. In current work we present a search for a pair production of a fourth generation quark, t' quark and its antiparticle, followed by their decays to Z, W bosons followed by decays to trilepton e-e-μ+ plus jets and missing transverse energy in the final state according to the process . We use Monte Carlo simulation techniques Pythia8, MadGraph5 and CalcHEP to simulate this process at both the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (proton-proton collisions) and the Fermilab Tevatron Collider (proton-antiproton collisions). We assume that the t' quark is a narrow state that always decay to a W and Z bosons plus jets. We select 2 electrons + jets+ missing energy final states with one isolated μ with high transverse momentum. The three charged leptons plus missing energy in the final state offer the best discovery potential at the hadron colliders for new heavy top quark mass of 500 GeV. We study the possible signals at both the LHC and the Tevatron of new quarks t' coupled to the third generation quarks in the context of fourth generation and vector like quark models under the assumption of a branching ratios BR(t'→Wb)=50%?and BR(t'→Zt)=50%. Heavy quark pair production gives interesting signals in final states with three charged leptons plus missing energy. Finally, from our analysis the new heavy fourth generation quark t' can be discovered at both the Tevatron and the LHC with mass 500 GeV.展开更多
The test of the Standard Model and search for New Physics signal are main aim of LHC experiment.With the increasing of the measurement accuracy at the LHC,it is a major task in future to exceed the current accuracy of...The test of the Standard Model and search for New Physics signal are main aim of LHC experiment.With the increasing of the measurement accuracy at the LHC,it is a major task in future to exceed the current accuracy of the theoretical predictions for important processes,in particular ones involving Higgs boson and top quark.In this review we briefly summarize some recent theoretical progress in Higgs boson and top quark physics,especially the fixed-order and resummation predictions in QCD at both the Tevatron and the LHC.展开更多
The recent measurement of the differential γ ＋ c-jet cross section, performed at the Tevatron collider in Run II by the D0 collaboration, is studied in a next-to-leading order（NLO） global QCD analysis to assess it...The recent measurement of the differential γ ＋ c-jet cross section, performed at the Tevatron collider in Run II by the D0 collaboration, is studied in a next-to-leading order（NLO） global QCD analysis to assess its impact on the proton parton distribution functions（PDFs）. We show that these data lead to a significant change in the gluon and charm quark distributions. We demonstrate also that there is an inconsistency between the new high precision HERA I＋II combined data and Tevatron measurement. Moreover, in this study we investigate the impact of older EMC measurements of charm structure function F_c^2 on the PDFs and compare the results with those from the analysis of Tevatron data. We show that both of them have the same impact on the PDFs, and thus can be recognized as the same evidence for the inefficiency of perturbative QCD in dealing with charm production in some kinematic regions.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 10375017 and 10575029.
文摘The topcolour-assisted technicolour （TC2） model is an interesting dynamical theory among the various new physics models. We cMculate the total tt cross section and the relative correction of the TC2 model to the cross section at Tevatron Run Ⅱ and LHC. At the Tevatron Run Ⅱ, the cross section predicted by the standard model （SM） is consistent with the experimental data, and in most parameter spaces of the TC2 model, the relative correction of the TC2 model to the cross section is too small to be detectable. We find that the tt cross section is more sensitive to the parameters of the TC2 model at the LHC and the relative correction of the TC2 model to the cross section is over 10% in general. Such a value of the relative correction should be large enough to be detectable at the LHC. Therefore, it is promising to find the clue of the TC2 model via the tt production at the LHC.
基金Supported in part by the DFG and the NSFC through funds provided to the Sino-German CRC 110 ＂Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in QCD＂, and by the NSFC under Grant No. 11165005
文摘We study prompt hadroproduction of the charged bottomonium-like states Z±b(10610) and Z±b(10650), and the charged charmonium-like states Z±c(3900) and Z±c(4020), at the Tevatron and the LHC, provided that these states are S-wave hadronic molecules. Using two Monte Carlo event generators, Herwig and Pythia, to simulate the production of heavy meson pairs, we derive an order-of-magnitude estimate of the production rates for these four particles. Our estimates yield a cross section at the nb level for the Zb(10610) and Zb(10650). The results for the Zc(3900) and Zc(4020) are larger by a factor of 20–30. These cross sections are large enough to be observed, and measurements at hadron colliders in the future will supplement the study using electron-positron collisions, and therefore allow to explore the mysterious nature of these exotic states.
文摘This article reviews the Higgs searches at the Tevatron, as presented over the summer of 2012; both standard model （SM） and beyond the standard model （BSM） results are discussed as detailed （arXiv： 1207.0449; Phys. Rev. Lett., 2012, 109： 071804; Phys. Rev. D, 2012, 85： 032005）. We discuss the combination of searches by the CDF and DO Collaborations for the standard model Higgs boson in the mass range 100-200 GeV/c2 produced in the the gg →H, WH, ZH, tfH, and vector boson fusion production modes, and decaying in the H → bb, H → W＋W-, H → ZZ, H →π＋π-, and H →γγ modes. The data, collected at the Fermilab Tevatron collider in p/5 collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV, correspond to integrated luminosities of up to 10 fb^-1. In the absence of signal, we expect to exclude the regions 100 〈 mH 〈 120 GeV/c2 and 139 〈 mH 〈 184 GeV/c2. We exclude, at the 95% C.L., two regions： 100 〈 mH 〈 103 GeV/c2, and 147 〈 mH 〈 180 GeV/c2. We observe a significant excess of events in the mass range between 115 and 140 GeV/c2. The local significance corresponds to 3.0 standard deviations at mH = 120 GeV/ce; the global significance （incorporating the lookelsewhere effect） for such an excess anywhere in the full mass range investigated is approximately 2.5 standard deviations. Furthermore, we separately combine searches for H→ bb-, H → W＋W- and H →γγ. We find that the excess is concentrated in the H →bb channel, appearing in the searches over a broad range of raN; the maximum local significance of 3.3 standard deviations corresponds to a global significance of approximately 3.1 standard deviations. The observed signal strengths in all channels are consistent with the expectation for a standard model Higgs boson at mH = 125 GeV/c2. The production of neutral Higgs bosons in association with b-quarks can be significantly enhanced in various beyond the standard model scenarios, including Supersymmetry. The recent combination of such searches from the two collaborations is discussed.
文摘The Fourth Generation and Vector Like Quark (VLQ) models are extensions of the Standard Model of particles physics. These models predict the existence of new heavy quarks like heavy top quark t' with electric charge 2/3 and heavy bottom quark b' with electric charge -1/3. The t' and b' will act the fourth generation quarks. In current work we present a search for a pair production of a fourth generation quark, t' quark and its antiparticle, followed by their decays to Z, W bosons followed by decays to trilepton e-e-μ+ plus jets and missing transverse energy in the final state according to the process . We use Monte Carlo simulation techniques Pythia8, MadGraph5 and CalcHEP to simulate this process at both the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (proton-proton collisions) and the Fermilab Tevatron Collider (proton-antiproton collisions). We assume that the t' quark is a narrow state that always decay to a W and Z bosons plus jets. We select 2 electrons + jets+ missing energy final states with one isolated μ with high transverse momentum. The three charged leptons plus missing energy in the final state offer the best discovery potential at the hadron colliders for new heavy top quark mass of 500 GeV. We study the possible signals at both the LHC and the Tevatron of new quarks t' coupled to the third generation quarks in the context of fourth generation and vector like quark models under the assumption of a branching ratios BR(t'→Wb)=50%?and BR(t'→Zt)=50%. Heavy quark pair production gives interesting signals in final states with three charged leptons plus missing energy. Finally, from our analysis the new heavy fourth generation quark t' can be discovered at both the Tevatron and the LHC with mass 500 GeV.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11375013 and 11135003)
文摘The test of the Standard Model and search for New Physics signal are main aim of LHC experiment.With the increasing of the measurement accuracy at the LHC,it is a major task in future to exceed the current accuracy of the theoretical predictions for important processes,in particular ones involving Higgs boson and top quark.In this review we briefly summarize some recent theoretical progress in Higgs boson and top quark physics,especially the fixed-order and resummation predictions in QCD at both the Tevatron and the LHC.
文摘The recent measurement of the differential γ ＋ c-jet cross section, performed at the Tevatron collider in Run II by the D0 collaboration, is studied in a next-to-leading order（NLO） global QCD analysis to assess its impact on the proton parton distribution functions（PDFs）. We show that these data lead to a significant change in the gluon and charm quark distributions. We demonstrate also that there is an inconsistency between the new high precision HERA I＋II combined data and Tevatron measurement. Moreover, in this study we investigate the impact of older EMC measurements of charm structure function F_c^2 on the PDFs and compare the results with those from the analysis of Tevatron data. We show that both of them have the same impact on the PDFs, and thus can be recognized as the same evidence for the inefficiency of perturbative QCD in dealing with charm production in some kinematic regions.
