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Author de Gouvea, A.; Herrero-Garcia, J.; Kobach, A.
Title Neutrino masses, grand unification, and baryon number violation Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 90 Issue 1 Pages 016011 - 11pp
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Abstract If grand unification is real, searches for baryon-number violation should be included on the list of observables that may reveal information regarding the origin of neutrino masses. Making use of an effective-operator approach and assuming that nature is SU(5) invariant at very short distances, we estimate the consequences of different scenarios that lead to light Majorana neutrinos for low-energy phenomena that violate baryon number minus lepton number (B – L) by two (or more) units, including neutron-antineutron oscillations and B – L violating nucleon decays. We find that, among all possible effective theories of lepton-number violation that lead to nonzero neutrino masses, only a subset is, broadly speaking, consistent with grand unification.
Address [de Gouvea, Andre; Herrero-Garcia, Juan; Kobach, Andrew] Northwestern Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000339482900016 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1860
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Author Boucenna, M.S.; Morisi, S.; Shafi, Q.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Inflation and majoron dark matter in the neutrino seesaw mechanism Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 90 Issue 5 Pages 055023 - 6pp
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Abstract We propose that inflation and dark matter have a common origin, connected to the neutrino mass generation scheme. As a model we consider spontaneous breaking of global lepton number within the seesaw mechanism. We show that it provides an acceptable inflationary scenario consistent with the recent cosmic microwave background B-mode observation by the BICEP2 experiment. The scheme may also account for the baryon asymmetry of the Universe through leptogenesis for reasonable parameter choices.
Address [Boucenna, Sofiane M.; Valle, Jose W. F.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, AHEP Grp, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain, Email: msboucenna@gmail.com;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000342148000004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1949
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Fassi, F.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Hernandez Jimenez, Y.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Irles Quiles, A.; Kaci, M.; King, M.; Lacasta, C.; Lacuesta, V.R.; March, L.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Miñano, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moles-Valls, R.; Oliver Garcia, E.; Pedraza Lopez, S.; Perez Garcia-Estañ, M.T.; Qin, G.; Romero Adam, E.; Ros, E.; Salt, J.; Sanchez Martinez, V.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valero, A.; Valladolid Gallego, E.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M.
Title Search for dark matter in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 90 Issue 1 Pages 012004 - 21pp
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Abstract A search is presented for production of dark-matter particles recoiling against a leptonically decaying Z boson in 20.3 fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events with large missing transverse momentum and two oppositely charged electrons or muons consistent with the decay of a Z boson are analyzed. No excess above the Standard Model prediction is observed. Limits are set on the mass scale of the contact interaction as a function of the dark-matter particle mass using an effective field theory description of the interaction of dark matter with quarks or with Z bosons. Limits are also set on the coupling and mediator mass of a model in which the interaction is mediated by a scalar particle.
Address [Adelman, J.; Jackson, P.; Papageorgiou, K.; Soni, N.; White, M. J.] Univ Adelaide, Sch Chem & Phys, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000339169600002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1840
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Author Makarenko, A.N.; Odintsov, S.; Olmo, G.J.
Title Born-Infeld f(R) gravity Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 90 Issue 2 Pages 024066 - 15pp
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Abstract Motivated by the properties of matter quantum fields in curved space-times, we work out a gravity theory that combines the Born-Infeld gravity Lagrangian with an f(R) piece. To avoid ghostlike instabilities, the theory is formulated within the Palatini approach. This construction provides more freedom to address a number of important questions, such as the dynamics of the early Universe and the cosmic accelerated expansion, among others. In particular, we consider the effect that adding an f(R) = aR(2) term has on the early-time cosmology. We find that bouncing solutions are robust against these modifications of the Lagrangian whereas the solutions with loitering behavior of the original Born-Infeld theory are very sensitive to the R-2 term. In fact, these solutions are modified in such a way that a plateau in the H-2 function may arise, yielding a period of (approximately) de Sitter inflationary expansion. This inflationary behavior may be found even in a radiation-dominated universe.
Address [Makarenko, Andrey N.] Tomsk State Pedag Univ, Tomsk 634061, Russia
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Notes WOS:000341262300003 Approved no
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Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1911
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Author Carrasco, N.; Ciuchini, M.; Dimopoulos, P.; Frezzotti, R.; Gimenez, V.; Lubicz, V.; Rossi, G.C.; Sanfilippo, F.; Silvestrini, L.; Simula, S.; Tarantino, C.
Title D-0-(D)over-bar(0) mixing in the standard model and beyond from N-f=2 twisted mass QCD Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 90 Issue 1 Pages 014502 - 9pp
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Abstract We present the first unquenched lattice QCD results for the bag parameters controlling the short distance contribution to D meson oscillations in the standard model and beyond. We have used the gauge configurations produced by the European Twisted Mass collaboration with N-f = 2 dynamical quarks, at four lattice spacings and light meson masses in the range 280-500 MeV. Renormalization is carried out nonperturbatively with the regularization-independent momentum subtraction method. The bag-parameter results have been used to constrain new physics effects in D-0 – (D) over bar (0) mixing, to put a lower bound to the generic new physics scale and to constrain off-diagonal squark mass terms for TeV-scale supersymmetry.
Address [Carrasco, N.; Ciuchini, M.; Lubicz, V.; Simula, S.; Tarantino, C.] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tre, I-00146 Rome, Italy
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000338499600002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1831
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Author Celis, A.; Cirigliano, V.; Passemar, E.
Title Model-discriminating power of lepton flavor violating tau decays Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 89 Issue 9 Pages 095014 - 14pp
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Abstract Within an effective field theory framework, we discuss the possibility to discriminate among different operators that contribute to lepton flavor violating (LFV) tau decays. Correlations among decay rates in different channels are shown to provide a basic handle to unravel the origin of LFV in these processes. More information about the underlying dynamics responsible for LFV can be gathered from differential distributions in three-body decays like tau -> μpi pi or tau -> 3 mu: these are considered in some detail. We incorporate in our analysis recent developments in the determination of the hadronic form factors for tau -> μpi pi. Future prospects for the observation of LFV tau decays and its interpretation are also discussed.
Address [Celis, Alejandro] Univ Valencia CSIC, IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: alejandro.celis@ific.uv.es;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000335829100009 Approved no
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Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1789
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Author BABAR Collaboration (Lees, J.P. et al); Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Villanueva-Perez, P.
Title Antideuteron production in Upsilon(nS) decays and in e(+)e(-) -> q(q) over bar at root s approximate to 10.58 GeV Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 89 Issue 11 Pages 111102 - 8pp
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Abstract We present measurements of the inclusive production of antideuterons in e(+)e(-) annihilation into hadrons at approximate to 10.58 GeV center-of-mass energy and in Upsilon(1S, 2S, 3S) decays. The results are obtained using data collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II electron-positron collider. Assuming a fireball spectral shape for the emitted antideuteron momentum, we find B(Upsilon(1S) -> (d) over barX) = (2.81 +/- 0.49(stat)-(+0.20)(0.24)(syst)) x 10(-5), B(Upsilon(2S) -> (d) over barX) = (2.64 +/- 0.11(stat)(-0.21)(+0.26)(syst)) x 10(-5), B(Upsilon(3S) -> (d) over barX) = (2.33 +/- 0.15(stat)(-0.28)(+0.31)(syst)) x 10(-5), and sigma(e(+)e(-) -> (d) over barX) = (9.63 +/- 0.41(stat)(-1.01)(+1.17)(syst) fb.
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
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Notes WOS:000338642100001 Approved no
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Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1852
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Author Lobo, F.S.N.; Martinez-Asencio, J.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.
Title Dynamical generation of wormholes with charged fluids in quadratic Palatini gravity Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 90 Issue 2 Pages 024033 - 15pp
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Abstract The dynamical generation of wormholes within an extension of General Relativity (GR) containing (Planck's scale-suppressed) Ricci-squared terms is considered. The theory is formulated assuming the metric and connection to be independent (Palatini formalism) and is probed using a charged null fluid as a matter source. This has the following effect: starting from Minkowski space, when the flux is active the metric becomes a charged Vaidya-type one, and once the flux is switched off the metric settles down into a static configuration such that far from the Planck scale the geometry is virtually indistinguishable from that of the standard Reissner-Nordstrom solution of GR. However, the innermost region undergoes significant changes, as the GR singularity is generically replaced by a wormhole structure. Such a structure becomes completely regular for a certain charge-to-mass ratio. Moreover, the nontrivial topology of the wormhole allows us to define a charge in terms of lines of force trapped in the topology such that the density of lines flowing across the wormhole throat becomes a universal constant. In light of our results, we comment on the physical significance of curvature divergences in this theory and the topology change issue, which support the view that space-time could have a foamlike microstructure pervaded by wormholes generated by quantum gravitational effects.
Address [Lobo, Francisco S. N.] Univ Lisbon, Ctr Astron & Astrofis, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: flobo@cii.fc.ul.pt;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000343305600009 Approved no
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Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1979
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Author Pierre Auger Collaboration (Aab, A. et al); Pastor, S.
Title Probing the radio emission from air showers with polarization measurements Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 89 Issue 5 Pages 052002 - 18pp
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Abstract The emission of radio waves from air showers has been attributed to the so-called geomagnetic emission process. At frequencies around 50 MHz this process leads to coherent radiation which can be observed with rather simple setups. The direction of the electric field induced by this emission process depends only on the local magnetic field vector and on the incoming direction of the air shower. We report on measurements of the electric field vector where, in addition to this geomagnetic component, another component has been observed that cannot be described by the geomagnetic emission process. The data provide strong evidence that the other electric field component is polarized radially with respect to the shower axis, in agreement with predictions made by Askaryan who described radio emission from particle showers due to a negative charge excess in the front of the shower. Our results are compared to calculations which include the radiation mechanism induced by this charge-excess process.
Address [Aab, A.; Buchholz, P.; Foerster, N.; Froehlich, U.; Homola, P.; Niechciol, M.; Pontz, M.; Risse, M.; Settimo, M.; Ziolkowski, M.] Univ Siegen, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000333105200001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1739
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Author Aceti, F.; Bayar, M.; Oset, E.; Martinez Torres, A.; Khemchandani, K.P.; Dias, J.M.; Navarra, F.S.; Nielsen, M.
Title Prediction of an I=1 D(D)over-bar* state and relationship to the claimed Z(c)(3900), Z(c)(3885) Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 90 Issue 1 Pages 016003 - 13pp
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Abstract We study here the interaction of D (D) over bar* in the isospin I = 1 channel in light of recent theoretical advances that allow us to combine elements of the local hidden gauge approach with heavy quark spin symmetry. We find that the exchange of light q (q) over bar is Okubo-Zweig-Iizuka (OZI) suppressed and thus we concentrate on the exchange of heavy vectors and of two pion exchange. The latter is found to be small compared to the exchange of heavy vectors, which then determines the strength of the interaction. A barely D (D) over bar* bound state decaying into eta(c)rho and pi J/psi is found. At the same time we reanalyze the data of the BESIII experiment on e(+)e(-) -> pi(+/-)(D (D) over bar*)(-/+), from where a Z(c)(3885) state was claimed, associated to a peak in the (D (D) over bar*)(-/+) invariant mass distribution close to threshold, and we find the data compatible with a resonance with mass around 3875 MeV and width around 30 MeV. We discuss the possibility that this and the Z(c)(3900) state found at BESIII, reconfirmed at 3894 MeV at Belle, or 3885 MeV at CLEO, could all be the same state and correspond to the one that we find theoretically.
Address [Aceti, F.; Oset, E.; Dias, J. M.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Valencia 46071, Spain
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000339217800003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1845
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