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Author Arbelaez, C.; Carcamo Hernandez, A.E.; Cepedello, R.; Hirsch, M.; Kovalenko, S.
Title Radiative type-I seesaw neutrino masses Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication (down) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 100 Issue 11 Pages 115021 - 7pp
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Abstract We discuss a radiative type-I seesaw. In these models, the radiative generation of Dirac neutrino masses allows to explain the smallness of the observed neutrino mass scale for rather light right-handed neutrino masses in a type-1 seesaw. We first present the general idea in a model-independent way. This allows us to estimate the typical scale of right-handed neutrino mass as a function of the number of loops. We then present two example models, at the one- and two-loop level, which we use to discuss neutrino masses and lepton-flavor-violating constraints in more detail. For the two-loop example, right-handed neutrino masses must lie below 100 GeV, thus making this class of models testable in heavy neutral lepton searches.
Address [Arbelaez, Carolina; Carcamo Hernandez, A. E.; Kovalenko, Sergey] Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Dept Phys, Ave Espana 1680, Valparaiso, Chile, Email: carolina.arbelaez@usm.cl;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000501488800006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4221
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Author Caputo, A.; Esposito, A.; Polosa, A.D.
Title Sub-MeV dark matter and the Goldstone modes of superfluid helium Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication (down) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 100 Issue 11 Pages 116007 - 6pp
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Abstract We show how a relativistic effective field theory for the superfluid phase of 4 He can replace the standard methods used to compute the production rates of low-momentum excitations due to the interaction with an external probe. This is done by studying the scattering problem of a light dark matter particle in the superfluid and comparing to some existing results. We show that the rate of emission of two phonons, the Goldstone modes of the effective theory, gets strongly suppressed for sub-MeV dark matter particles due to a fine cancellation between two different tree-level diagrams in the limit of small exchanged momenta. This phenomenon is found to be a consequence of the particular choice of the potential felt by the dark matter particle in helium. The predicted rates can vary by orders of magnitude if this potential is changed. We prove that the dominant contribution to the total emission rate is provided by excitations in the phonon branch. Finally, we analyze the angular distributions for the emissions of one and two phonons and discuss how they can be used to measure the mass of the hypothetical dark matter particle hitting the helium target.
Address [Caputo, Andrea] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Edificio Inst Invest,Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, Paterna 46980, Spain
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000501488800008 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4222
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Author BABAR Collaboration (Lees, J.P. et al); Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.
Title Search for B- -> Lambda(p)over-bar nu(nu)over-bar with the BABAR experiment Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication (down) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 100 Issue 11 Pages 111101 - 8pp
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Abstract A search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process B- -> Lambda(p) over bar nu(nu) over bar using data from the BABAR experiment has been performed. A total of 424 fb(-1) of e(+) e(-) collision data collected at the center-of-mass energy of the Upsilon(4S) resonance is used in this study, corresponding to a sample of (471 +/- 3) x 10(6) B (B) over bar pairs. Signal B- -> Lambda(p) over bar nu(nu) over bar candidates arc identified by fast fully reconstructing a B+ decay in one of many possible exclusive decays to hadronic final states, then examining detector activity that is not associated with this reconstructed B+ decay for evidence of a signal B- -> Lambda(p) over bar nu(nu) over bar decay. The data yield is found to be consistent with the expected background contribution under a null signal hypothesis, resulting in an upper limit of B(B- -> Lambda(p) over bar nu(nu) over bar) < 3.0 x 10(-5) at the 90% confidence level.
Address [Lees, J. P.; Poireau, V; Tisserand, V] Univ Savoie, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Annecy le Vieux Phys Particules LAPP, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000501488500001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4223
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Author LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Garcia Martin, L.M.; Henry, L.; Jashal, B.K.; Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Remon Alepuz, C.; Ruiz Vidal, J.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C.
Title Measurement of the B-c(-) meson production fraction and asymmetry in 7 and 13 TeV pp collisions Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication (down) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 100 Issue 11 Pages 112006 - 17pp
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Abstract The production fraction of the B-c(-) meson with respect to the sum of B- and (B) over bar (0) mesons is measured in both 7 and 13 TeV center-of-mass (c.m.) energy pp collisions produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), using the LHCb detector. The rate, approximately 3.7 per mine, does not change with energy, but shows a transverse momentum dependence. The B-c(-) – B-c(+) production asymmetry is also measured and is consistent with zero within the determined statistical and systematic uncertainties of a few percent.
Address [Bediaga, I.; Cruz Torres, M.; De Miranda, J. M.; Gomes, A.; Massafferri, A.; dos Reis, A. C.; Soares Lavra, L.; Tourinho Jadallah Aoude, R.] CBPF, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Email: maria.vieites.diaz@cern.ch
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000502788500001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4225
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Author Fuentes-Martin, J.; Reig, M.; Vicente, A.
Title Strong CP problem with low-energy emergent QCD: The 4321 case Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication (down) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 100 Issue 11 Pages 115028 - 7pp
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Abstract We analyze the strong CP problem and the implications for axion physics in the context of U-1 vector leptoquark models, recently put forward as an elegant solution to the hints of lepton flavor universality violation in B-meson decays. It is shown that in minimal gauge models containing the U-1 as a gauge boson, the Peccei-Quinn solution of the strong CP problem requires the introduction of two axions. Characteristic predictions for the associated axions can be deduced from the model parameter space hinted by B-physics, allowing the new axion sector to account for the dark matter of the Universe. We also provide a specific ultraviolet completion of the axion sector that connects the Peccei-Quinn mechanism to the generation of neutrino masses.
Address [Fuentes-Martin, Javier] Univ Zurich, Phys Inst, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland, Email: fuentes@physik.uzh.ch;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000503048500005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4226
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Author Penalva, N.; Hernandez, E.; Nieves, J.
Title Further tests of lepton flavor universality from the charged lepton energy distribution in b -> c semileptonic decays: The case of Lambda(b) -> Lambda(c) l(v)over-bar(l) Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication (down) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 100 Issue 11 Pages 113007 - 11pp
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Abstract In a general framework, valid for any H -> H' l(-)(v) over bar (l) semileptonic decay, we analyze the d(2)Gamma/(d omega d cos theta(l)) and d(2)Gamma/(d omega dE(l)) distributions, with omega being the product of the hadron four-velocities, theta(l) the angle made by the three-momenta of the charged lepton and the final hadron in the W- center of mass frame and E-l the charged lepton energy in the decaying hadron rest frame. Within the Standard Model (SM), d(2)Gamma/(d omega dE(l)) proportional to (c(0) (omega) c(1) (omega)E-l/M + c(2) (omega)E-l(2)/M-2), with M the initial hadron mass. We find that c(2) (omega) is independent of the lepton flavor and thus it is an ideal candidate to look for lepton flavor universality (LFU) violations. We also find a correlation between the a(2) (omega) structure function, which governs the (cos theta(l))(2) dependence of d(2)Gamma/(d omega d cos theta(l)), and c(2) (omega). Apart from trivial kinematical and mass factors, the ratio of a(2) (omega)/c(2) (omega) is a universal function that can be measured in any semileptonic decay, involving not only b -> c transitions. These two SM predictions can be used as new tests in the present search for signatures of LFU violations. We also generalize the formalism to account for some new physics (NP) terms, and show that neither c(2) nor a(2) are modified by left and right scalar NP terms, being however sensitive to left and right vector corrections. We also find that the a(2)/c(2) ratio is not modified by these latter NP contributions. Finally, and in order to illustrate our findings, we apply our general framework to the Lambda(b) -> Lambda(c)l (v) over bar (l) decay. We show that a measurement of c(2) (or a(2)) for tau decay would not only be a direct measurement of the possible existence of NP, but it would also allow to distinguish from NP fits to b -> c tau(v) over bar (tau) anomalies in the meson sector, which otherwise give the same total and differential d Gamma/d omega widths. We show that the same occurs for the other two terms, c(0) and c(1), that appear in d(2)Gamma/(d omega dE(l)), and for the cos theta(l) linear term of the angular distribution.
Address [Penalva, Neus; Nieves, Juan] Ctr Mixto CSIC UV, Inst Invest Paterna, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Apartado 22085, Valencia 46071, Spain
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000503400600001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4230
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Author Miralles, V.; Pich, A.
Title LHC bounds on colored scalars Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication (down) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 100 Issue 11 Pages 115042 - 11pp
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Abstract We analyze the constraints on colored scalar bosons imposed by the current LHC data at root s = 13 TeV. Specifically, we consider an additional electroweak doublet of color-octet scalars, satisfying the principle of minimal flavor violation in order to fulfill the stringent experimental limits on flavor-changing neutral currents. We demonstrate that colored scalars with masses below 800 GeV are already excluded, provided they are not fermiophobic.
Address [Miralles, Victor; Pich, Antonio] Univ Valencia, IFIC, CSIC, Apt Correus 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: Victor.Miralles@ific.uv.es;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000504637500008 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4233
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Author T2K Collaboration (Abe, K. et al); Antonova, M.; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Fernandez, P.; Izmaylov, A.; Novella, P.
Title Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino neutral-current quasielasticlike interactions on oxygen by detecting nuclear deexcitation gamma rays Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication (down) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 100 Issue 12 Pages 112009 - 19pp
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Abstract Neutrino- and antineutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielasticlike interactions are measured at Super-Kamiokande using nuclear deexcitation gamma rays to identify signal-like interactions in data from a 14.94(16.35) x 10(20) protons-on-target exposure of the T2K neutrino (antineutrino) beam. The measured flux-averaged cross sections on oxygen nuclei are <sigma(nu-NCQE)> = 1.70 +/- 0.17(stat.)(-0.38)(+0.51) (syst.) x 10(-38) cm(2)/oxygen with a flux-averaged energy of 0.82 GeV and <sigma((nu) over bar -NCQE)> = 0.98 +/- 0.16(stat.)(-0.19)(+0.26)(syst.) x 10(-38)cm(2)/oxygen with a flux-averaged energy of 0.68 GeV, for neutrinos and antineutrinos, respectively. These results are the most precise to date, and the antineutrino result is the first cross section measurement of this channel. They are compared with various theoretical predictions. The impact on evaluation of backgrounds to searches for supernova relic neutrinos at present and future water Cherenkov detectors is also discussed.
Address [Berguno, D. Bravo; Ishii, T.; Labarga, L.] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Theoret Phys, Madrid, Spain
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000504866300001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4237
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Author Casals, M.; Fabbri, A.; Martinez, C.; Zanelli, J.
Title Quantum-corrected rotating black holes and naked singularities in (2+1) dimensions Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication (down) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 99 Issue 10 Pages 104023 - 39pp
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Abstract We analytically investigate the perturbative effects of a quantum conformally coupled scalar field on rotating (2 + 1)-dimensional black holes and naked singularities. In both cases we obtain the quantum-back-reacted metric analytically. In the black hole case, we explore the quantum corrections on different regions of relevance for a rotating black hole geometry. We find that the quantum effects lead to a growth of both the event horizon and the ergosphere, as well as to a reduction of the angular velocity compared to their corresponding unperturbed values. Quantum corrections also give rise to the formation of a curvature singularity at the Cauchy horizon and show no evidence of the appearance of a superradiant instability. In the naked singularity case, quantum effects lead to the formation of a horizon that hides the conical defect, thus turning it into a black hole. The fact that these effects occur not only for static but also for spinning geometries makes a strong case for the role of quantum mechanics as a cosmic censor in Nature.
Address [Casals, Marc] CBPF, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Email: mcasals@cbpf.br;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000509560700001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4263
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Author AGATA Collaboration (Kaya, L. et al); Gadea, A.
Title Identification of high-spin proton configurations in Ba-136 and Ba-137 Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication (down) Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C
Volume 99 Issue 1 Pages 014301 - 19pp
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Abstract The high-spin structures of Ba-136 and Ba-137 are investigated after multinucleon-transfer (MNT) and fusion-evaporation reactions. Ba-136 is populated in a Xe-136 + U-238 MNT reaction employing the high-resolution Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) coupled to the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy, and in two Be-9 + Te-130 fusion-evaporation reactions using the High-efficiency Observatory for gamma-Ray Unique Spectroscopy (HORUS) at the FN tandem accelerator of the University of Cologne, Germany. Furthermore, both isotopes are populated in an elusive reaction channel in the B-11 + Te-130 fusion-evaporation reaction utilizing the HORUS gamma-ray array. The level scheme above the J(pi) = 10(+) isomer in Ba-136 is revised and extended up to an excitation energy of approximately 5.5 MeV. From the results of angular-correlation measurements, the E-x = 3707- and E-x = 4920-keV states are identified as the bandheads of positive- and negative-parity cascades. While the high-spin regimes of both Te-132 and Xe-134 are characterized by high-energy 12(+) -> 10(+) transitions, the Ba-136 E2 ground-state band is interrupted by negative-parity states only a few hundred keV above the J(pi) = 10(+) isomer. Furthermore, spins are established for several hitherto unassigned high-spin states in Ba-137. The new results close a gap along the high-spin structure of N < 82 Ba isotopes. Experimental results are compared to large-scale shell-model calculations employing the GCN50:82, Realistic SM, PQM130, and SN100PN interactions. The calculations suggest that the bandheads of the positive-parity bands in both isotopes are predominantly of proton character.
Address [Kaya, L.; Vogt, A.; Reiter, P.; Mueller-Gatermann, C.; Blazhev, A.; Arnswald, K.; Birkenbach, B.; Droste, M.; Eberth, J.; Fransen, C.; Hess, H.; Hetzenegger, R.; Hirsch, R.; Jolie, J.; Lewandowski, L.; Rosiak, D.; Saed-Samii, N.; Seidlitz, M.; Weinert, M.; Wolf, K.; Zell, K. O.] Univ Cologne, Inst Kernphys, D-50937 Cologne, Germany, Email: levent.kaya@ikp.uni-koeln.de
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN 2469-9985 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000454768000002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3859
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