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Botella, F.J.; Branco, G.C.; Nebot, M.; Rebelo, M.N. |
| Title |
Two-Higgs leptonic minimal flavour violation |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2011 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
| Volume |
10 |
Issue |
10 |
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037 - 21pp |
| Keywords |
Higgs Physics; Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics |
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We construct extensions of the Standard Model with two Higgs doublets, where there are flavour changing neutral currents both in the quark and leptonic sectors, with their strength fixed by the fermion mixing matrices V(CKM) and V(PMNS). These models are an extension to the leptonic sector of the class of models previously considered by Branco, Grimus and Lavoura, for the quark sector. We consider both the cases of Dirac and Majorana neutrinos and identify the minimal discrete symmetry required in order to implement the models in a natural way. |
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[Botella, F. J.; Nebot, M.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: fbotella@uv.es |
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Springer |
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1126-6708 |
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WOS:000296917100037 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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830 |
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Botella, F.J.; Branco, G.C.; Nebot, M. |
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The hunt for New Physics in the Flavour Sector with up vector-like quarks |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
| Volume |
12 |
Issue |
12 |
Pages |
040 - 34pp |
| Keywords |
Beyond Standard Model; Rare Decays; CP violation |
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We analyse the possible presence of New Physics (NP) in the Flavour Sector and evaluate its potential for solving the tension between the experimental values of A(J/Psi KS) and Br(B+ -> tau(+)v(tau)) with respect to the Standard Model (SM) expectations. Updated model independent analyses, where NP contributions are allowed in B-d(0) – (B) over bar (0)(d) and B-s(0) – (B) over bar (0)(s) transitions, suggest the need of New Physics in the bd sector. A detailed analysis of recent Flavour data is then presented in the framework of a simple extension of the SM, where a Q = 2/3 vector-like isosinglet quark is added to the spectrum of the SM. Special emphasis is given to the implications of this model for correlations among various measurable quantities. We include constraints from all the relevant quark flavour sectors and give precise predictions for selected rare processes. We find important deviations from the SM in observables in the bd sector like the semileptonic asymmetry A(SL)(d), B-d(0) -> mu(+)mu(-) and A(SL)(s) – A(SL)(d). Other potential places where NP can show up include A(J/Psi Phi), gamma, K-L(0) -> pi(0)v (v) over bar, t -> Zq and D-0 -> mu(+)mu(-) among others. The experimental data favours in this model the existence of an up vector-like quark with a mass below 600(1000) GeV at 1(2) sigma. |
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[Botella, F. J.; Nebot, M.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: fbotella@uv.es; |
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Springer |
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1126-6708 |
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WOS:000313123800040 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1344 |
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Sanjuan, R.; Nebot, M.; Peris, J.B.; Alcami, J. |
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Immune Activation Promotes Evolutionary Conservation of T-Cell Epitopes in HIV-1 |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Plos Biology |
Abbreviated Journal |
PLoS. Biol. |
| Volume |
11 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
e1001523 - 10pp |
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The immune system should constitute a strong selective pressure promoting viral genetic diversity and evolution. However, HIV shows lower sequence variability at T-cell epitopes than elsewhere in the genome, in contrast with other human RNA viruses. Here, we propose that epitope conservation is a consequence of the particular interactions established between HIV and the immune system. On one hand, epitope recognition triggers an anti-HIV response mediated by cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs), but on the other hand, activation of CD4(+) helper T lymphocytes (T-H cells) promotes HIV replication. Mathematical modeling of these opposite selective forces revealed that selection at the intrapatient level can promote either T-cell epitope conservation or escape. We predict greater conservation for epitopes contributing significantly to total immune activation levels (immunodominance), and when T-H cell infection is concomitant to epitope recognition (transinfection). We suggest that HIV-driven immune activation in the lymph nodes during the chronic stage of the disease may offer a favorable scenario for epitope conservation. Our results also support the view that some pathogens draw benefits from the immune response and suggest that vaccination strategies based on conserved T-H epitopes may be counterproductive. |
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Univ Valencia, Inst Cavanilles Biodiversitat & Biol Evolut, Valencia, Spain, Email: rafael.sanjuan@uv.es |
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Public Library Science |
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1545-7885 |
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WOS:000318687800003 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
no |
| Call Number |
IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1446 |
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Morisi, S.; Nebot, M.; Patel, K.M.; Peinado, E.; Valle, J.W.F. |
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Quark-lepton mass relation and CKM mixing in an A(4) extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model |
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Journal Article |
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2013 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
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88 |
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3 |
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036001 - 8pp |
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An interesting mass relation between down-type quarks and charged leptons has been recently predicted within a supersymmetric SU(3)(c) circle times SU(2)(L) circle times U(1)(Y) model based on the A(4) flavor symmetry. Here we propose a simple extension which provides an adequate full description of the quark sector. By adding a pair of vectorlike up quarks, we show how the CKM entries V-ub, V-cb, V-td and V-ts arise from deviations of the unitarity. We perform an analysis including the most relevant observables in the quark sector, such as oscillations and rare decays of kaons, B-d and B-s mesons. In the lepton sector, the model predicts an inverted hierarchy for the neutrino masses, leading to a potentially observable rate of neutrinoless double beta decay. |
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[Morisi, S.] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Theoret Phys & Astrophys, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany, Email: stefano.morisi@gmail.com; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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1550-7998 |
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WOS:000322725800002 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1520 |
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Bernabeu, J.; Botella, F.J.; Nebot, M. |
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Novel T-Violation observable open to any pair of decay channels at meson factories |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2014 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
| Volume |
728 |
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95-98 |
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Quantum entanglement between the two neutral mesons produced in meson factories has allowed the first indisputable direct observation of Time Reversal Violation in the time evolution of the neutral meson between the two decays. The exceptional meson transitions are directly connected to semileptonic and CP eigenstate decay channels. The possibility of extending the observable asymmetries to more decay channels confronts the problem of the “orthogonality condition”, which can be stated with this tonguetwister: Given a decay channel f, which is the decay channel f' such that the meson state not decaying to f is orthogonal to the meson state not decaying to f? In this Letter we propose an alternative T-Violation asymmetry at meson factories which allows its opening to any pair of decay channels. Instead of searching which is the pair of decay channels associated to the T-reverse meson transition, we build an asymmetry which tags the initial states of both the Reference and the T-reverse meson transitions. This observable filters the appropriate final states by means of two measurable survival probabilities. We discuss the methodology to be followed in the analysis of the new observable and the results expected in specific examples. |
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[Nebot, Miguel] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: Jose.Bernabeu@uv.es; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000330556000017 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1705 |
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