New Physics Effects on Rare Decays B_u^+→π^+■^+■^-, ρ^+■^+■-in a Top Quark Two-Higgs-Doublet Model

Using the form factors from light-cone sum rules, we study the branching ratios and forward-backward asymmetries （FBAs） of the exclusive decays Bu^＋→π^＋e^＋e^- and Bu^＋ →ρ^＋e^＋e^- （e= e,μ） in the standard model （SM） and the top quark two-Higgs-doublet model （T2HDM）. From the numerical results, we find that the new physics contributions cannot provide very large enhancement to the branching ratios and the theoretical predictions are in good agreement with the SM ones. The T2HDM effects on FBAs of these decays are small. Precision measurements of the dilepton invariant mass distributions, especially in the lower dilepton mass region, and the FBAs in the decays Bu^＋ → π^＋ （ρ^＋ ）e^＋ e^- will greatly help in discriminating among the SM and the new physics models.

Exclusive Semileptonic Rare Decays B→K()(?)+(?)^- in a Top Quark Two-Higgs-Doublet Model

Employing improved calculations of the decay form factors from light-cone sum rules, we evaluate the invariant mass spectrum, forward-backward asymmetry, and lepton polarizations of the exclusive processes B → K^（＊）e＋e- in the SM and T2HDM. From the recent measurements of their branching ratios, we find that these processes do provide additional bounds on the new parameters in the model considered here. After the inclusion of the new physics contributions, the large enhancement of FBA, which is unobservably small within the SM and of the lepton polarization at large tan β, may precisely test the SM or reveal new physics in forthcoming accurate experiments.

A Two-Higgs-Doublet Model without Flavor-Changing Neutral Currents at Tree-Level

The flavor-changing neutral current (FCNC) problem at tree-level is a very critical defect of the two Higgs doublet extension of standard model (SM). In this article, a two-Higgs-doublet model (2HDM) in which such defects do not exist at all is to be demonstrated. The general pattern of matrix pairs which can be diagonalized simul-taneously by a same unitary transformation is proposed without extra constraints like symmetries or zeros in M matrices. Only an assumption of the hermiticity of mass matrices is employed in the derivation. With this assumption, number of parameters in the mass matrix of a specific fermion type is reduced from eighteen down to five. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are analytically derived and it is surprising that unitary transformation matrix thus derived depends on only two parameters. It is a very general and elegant way to solve the tree-level FCNC problem radically and it includes previous similar models as special cases with specific parameter values.

Two-Higgs-doublet models in light of current experiments:a brief review

We briefly survey several typical CP-conserving two-Higgs-doublet models(2HDMs)in light of current experiments.First we derive the masses and couplings of the mass eigenstates from the Lagrangians.Then we analyze the constraints from theory and oblique electroweak parameters.Finally,we delineate the status of 2HDM in light of the LHC searches,the dark matter detections and the muon g-2 measurement.

Radiative leptonic decay B_c^-→τ^-_τγ in the standard model and the two-Higgs-doublet model

We analyze the radiative leptonic Bc decay Bc^-→τ^vτ^-γ in the Standard Model and the two- Higgs-doublet model using the non-relativistic constituent quark model. The results confirm that this channel is experimentally promising in view of the large number of Bc mesons which are expected to be produced at future hadron facilities. We also find that this decay is sensitive to the parameters of the two-Higgs-doublet model, and it can be tested in future experiments.

Rare decays B_(s,d)~0→e+e^- in a top quark two-Higgs-doublet model

In the framework of T2HDM, we calculated the new physics contributions involving neutral Higgs bosons to the branching ratios of ^-Bs,d^0→e^＋e^-（e= e,μ） decays. Comparing the theoretical predictions with the experimental upper-limits, we found that （a） The data of Br（^-Bs,d^0→e^＋e^-） give the upper bound on tanβ： tanβ≤22, while Br（^-Bs^0→e^＋e^-） give tanβ≤12 for fixed δ = 0^0, mH＋ = 350 CeV, mH^0 = 160 GeV, mh^0 = 115 GeV and mA^0 = 120 GeV; （b） A light neutral Higgs boson mass mho （mA^0） less than 50 GeV （120 GeV） is excluded by the data of branching ratios for ^-Bs,d^0→e^＋e^-（e = μ） decays with tanβ= 10; （c） The bounds on mh^0 and tanβ, or mA^0 and tanβ are strongly correlated： a smaller （larger） tanβ means a lighter （heavier） neutral Higgs boson.

Ba（d）^o-Ba（d）^o Mixing and New Physics Effects in a Top Quark Two-Higgs Doublet Model

We calculate the new physics contributions to the neutral Bd^o and Ba^o meson mass splitting △Md and △Ma induced by the box diagrams involving the charged-Higgs bosons in the top quark two-Higgs doublet model （T2HDM）. Using the precision data, we obtain the bounds on the parameter space of the T2HDM： （a） For fixed MH = 400 GeV and 5= [0°, 60°], the upper bound on tan β is tan β≤ 30 after the inclusion of major theoretical uncertainties; （b） For the case of tan β≤ 20, a light charged Higgs boson with a mass around 300 GeV is allowed; and （c） The bounds on tan β and MH are strongly correlated： a smaller （larger） tan β means a lighter （heavier） charged Higgs boson.

Scalar-pseudoscalar pair production at the Large Hadron Collider at NLO+NLL accuracy in QCD

We thoroughly investigate both transverse momentum and threshold resummation effects on scalar-pseudoscalar pair production via quark-antiquark annihilation at the 13 TeV Large Hadron Collider at QCD NLO+NLL accuracy.A factorization method is introduced to properly supplement the soft-gluon(threshold)resummation contribution from parton distribution functions to the resummed results obtained by the Collins-Soper-Ster-man resummation approach.We find that the impact of the threshold-resummation improved PDFs is comparable to the resummation effect of the partonic matrix element and can even predominate in high invariant mass regions.Moreover,the loop-induced gluon-gluon fusion channel in the type-I two-Higgs-doublet model is considered in our calculations.The numerical results show that the electroweak production via quark-antiquark annihilation dominates over the gluon-initiated QCD production by 1-2 orders of magnitude.