28828852
EtabFDC: An etab event generator in hadroproduction at LHC
The EtabFDC is a matrix-element event generator package for eta(b) hadroproduction at LHC. It generates pp -> eta X-b events for all possible parton-level 2 -> 2 leading-order processes with three commonly used 116 decay channels being implemented. The PYTHIA interface is used for parton-shower and hadronization to obtain the hadronic events. The FORTRAN codes of this package are generated by FDC (Feynman Diagram Calculation) system automatically. Program summary Program title: EtabFDC (Version 1.01) Catalogue identifier: AEBV_v1_0 Program summary URL: http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AEBV_v1_0.html Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen's University, Belfast. N. Ireland Licensing provisions: Standard CPC licence, http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/licence/licence.html No. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 1840204 No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 18 018379 Distribution format: tar.gz Programming language: FORTRAN 77 Computer: Any computer with Linux operating system and GNU 77 Fortran compiler Operating system: Linux (with GNU FORTRAN 77 compiler) Classification: 11.1 External routines: CERNLIB 2001 (or CERNLIB 2003) Nature of problem: This package generates pp -> eta X-b events for partonic 2 -> 2 tree-level processes with implementing three eta(b) decay channels. It then interfaces with PYTHIA for parton-shower and hadronization to obtain the hadronic events. Solution method: The FORTRAN codes of this package are generated by FDC system [ I) automatically. Additional comments: This program could not be tested by the CPC Program Library as it requires the CERNLIB libraries. Running time: To generate 1000 events on a 3.2G Intel-P4 CPU platform (with hyper-technology). it will take approximate 20, 30 and 300 seconds for decay channel eta(b) J/psi gamma,eta(b)-> J/psi J/psi and eta b -> J/psi ccbar, respectively. References: [1] J.X. Wang, Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 534 (2004) 241, arXiv:hep-ph/0407058. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
118650981
Exclusive eta(b) decay to double J / psi at next-to-leading order in alpha(s)
Within the non-relativistic QCD (NRQCD) factorization framework, we calculate the exclusive decay process eta(b) -> J/psi J/psi to next-to-leading order in the strong coupling constant, and, at leading order, in the charm quark relative velocity. It is found that this new contribution to the amplitude is comparable in magnitude to the previously calculated relativistic correction piece, but differs by a phase of about 90 degrees. Including this new contribution will increase the previous prediction of B(eta(b) -> J/psi J/psi) substantially, thus brightening the discovery potential of this clean hadronic decay channel Of eta(b) in the forthcoming LHC experiment. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
118434873
Testing the QCD fragmentation mechanism on heavy quarkonium production at LHC
We calculate the fragmentation function for charm quark into J/psi at the QCD next-to-leading-order (NLO) and find that the produced J/psi is of larger momentum fraction than it is at the leading-order. Based on the fragmentation function and partonic processes calculated at the NLO, the transverse momentum distribution on J/psi hadroproduction associated with a charm c (or \bar{c}) jet are predicted. We find that the distribution is enhanced by a factor of 2.0--3.3 at the NLO as p_t increased from 10 GeV to 100 GeV and it is measurable at the LHC with charm tagger. The measurement at the LHC will supply a first chance to directly test the QCD fragmentation mechanism on heavy quarkonium production where the fragmentation function is calculable in perturbative QCD. It is also applied to J/psi (Upsilon) production in the decay of Z^0 (top quark).
117849053
Detecting the ambient neutralino dark matter particles at accelerator
In this work, we present a new strategy to investigate the possibility of direct detection of the ambient neutralino matter at accelerator. We calculate the cross sections for both elastic and inelastic scattering processes of the dark matter particles with the beam particles at $e^+e^-$ and hadron colliders.
119110977
QED contribution to the production of J/psi + c anti-c + X at the Tevatron and LHC
We calculate {alpha}{sup 2}{alpha}{sub s}{sup 2} order QED contribution to J/{psi} production in the pp(p){yields}J/{psi}+cc color-singlet process at the Tevatron and LHC in the framework of nonrelativistic QCD. The contribution of the interference between the {alpha}{sup 2}{alpha}{sub s}{sup 2} QED and {alpha}{sub s}{sup 4} QCD is also taken into account. The J/{psi} production associated with a charm-quark pair could be a measurable signal at hadron collider experiment. Our calculations show that by including the QED contribution, the p{sub t} distribution is enhanced by a factor of 1.5 (1.9) at the Tevatron (LHC) at p{sub t}=50(100) GeV. In addition, the polarization of J/{psi} turns from unpolarized in all regions to increasingly transverse when p{sub t} becomes larger.
12501278
An upgraded version of the generator BCVEGPY2.0 for hadronic production of Bc meson and its excited states
An upgraded version of the package BCVEGPY2.0: [C.-H. Chang, J.-X. Wang, X.-G. Wu, Comput. Phys. Common. 174 (2006) 241] is presented, which works under LINUX system and is named as BCVEGPY2.1. With the version and a GNU C compiler additionally, users may simulate the B-c-events in various experimental environments very conveniently. It has been manipulated in better modularity and code reusability (less cross communication among various modules) than BCVEGPY2.0 has. Furthermore, in the upgraded version a special execution is arranged as that the GNU command make compiles a requested code with the help of a master makefile in main code directory, and then builds an executable file with the default name run. Finally, this paper may also be considered as an erratum, i.e., typo errors in BCVEGPY2.0 and corrections accordingly have been listed.
119231982
A POSSIBLE ULTRA STRONG AND BROAD Fe Kα EMISSION LINE IN SEYFERT 2 GALAXY IRAS 00521-7054
We present XMM-Newton spectra of the Seyfert 2 Galaxy IRAS 00521-7054. A strong feature at {approx}6 keV (observer's frame) can be formally fitted with a strong (EW = 1.3 {+-} 0.3 keV in the rest frame) and broad Fe K{alpha} line, extending down to 3 keV. The underlying X-ray continuum could be fitted with an absorbed power law (with {Gamma} = 1.8 {+-} 0.2 and N{sub H} 5.9{sup +0.6}{sub -0.7} Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 22} cm{sup -2}) plus a soft component. If due to relativistically smeared reflection by an X-ray illuminated accretion disk, the spin of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) is constrained to be 0.97{sup +0.03}{sub -0.13} (errors at 90% confidence level for one interesting parameter), and the accretion system is viewed at an inclination angle of 37 Degree-Sign {+-} 4 Degree-Sign . This would be the first type 2 active galactic nucleus reported with strong red Fe K{alpha} wing detected which demands a fast rotating SMBH. The unusually large EW would suggest that the light bending effect is strong in this source. Alternatively, the spectra could be fitted by a dual-absorber model (though with a global {chi}{sup 2} higher by {approx}6 for 283 dof) with N{sub H1} 7.0 {+-} 0.8more » Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 22} cm{sup -2} covering 100% of the X-ray source, and N{sub H2} = 21.7{sup +5.6}{sub -5.4} Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 22} cm{sup -2} covering 71%, which does not require an extra broad Fe K{alpha} line.« less
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Searches for violation of lepton flavour and baryon number in tau lepton decays at LHCb
Searches for the lepton flavour violating decay tau(-) -> mu(-)mu(+)mu(-) and the lepton flavour and baryon number violating decays tau(-) -> (p) over bar mu(+)mu(-) and tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-) have been carried out using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb(-1), taken by the LHCb experiment at root s = 7 TeV. No evidence has been found for any signal, and limits have been set at 90% confidence level on the branching fractions: B(tau(-) -> mu(-)mu(+)mu(-) mu(+)mu(-)) p mu(-)mu(-)) (p) over bar mu(+)mu(-) and tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-) decay modes represent the first direct experimental limits on these channels. (C) 2013 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
120269974
Search for baryon number violation in top-quark decays
A search for baryon number violation (BNV) in top-quark decays is performed using pp collisions produced by the LHC at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. The top-quark decay considered in this search results in one light lepton (muon or electron), two jets, but no neutrino in the final state. Data used for the analysis were collected by the CMS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 inverse femtobarns. The event selection is optimized for top quarks produced in pairs, with one undergoing the BNV decay and the other the standard model hadronic decay to three jets. No significant excess of events over the expected yield from standard model processes is observed. The upper limits at 95% confidence level on the branching fraction of the BNV top-quark decay are calculated to be 0.0016 and 0.0017 for the muon and the electron channels, respectively. Assuming lepton universality, an upper limit of 0.0015 results from the combination of the two channels. These limits are the first that have been obtained on a BNV process involving the top quark.
1018474
RF breakdown studies in copper electron linac structures
The authors present a summary of RF breakdown-limited electric fields observed in experimental linac structures at SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) and a discussion of how these experiments can be interpreted against the background of existing, yet incomplete, theories. The motivation of these studies, begun in 1984, is to determine the maximum accelerating field gradients that can be used safely in future e/sup +or-/ colliders, to contribute to the basic understanding of the RF breakdown mechanism, and to discover whether a special surface treatment can make it possible to supersede the field limits presently attainable room-temperature copper structures.<<ETX>>
18452656
Testing and Data Reduction of the Chinese Small Telescope Array (CSTAR ) for Dome A, Antarctica
The Chinese Small Telescope Array (CSTAR) is the first Chinese astronomical instrument on the Antarctic ice cap. The low temperature and low pressure testing of the data acquisition system was carried out in a laboratory refrigerator and on the 4500 m Pamirs high plateau, respectively. The results from the final four nights of test observations demonstrated that CSTAR was ready for operation at Dome A, Antarctica. In this paper, we present a description of CSTAR and the performance derived from the test observations.