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QUARK MODEL ANALYSIS OF RADIATIVE PION DECAY
We present a relativistic quark model analysis of radiative pion decay using a systematic application of Low’s bremsstrahlung theorem. Our findings agree reasonably with recent definitive experimental results by the Russian group on the structure-dependent components of the πγA and πγV amplitudes, with the latter agreeing remarkably well with the CVC prediction. Finally we analyze between the quark model calculation and the current algebra prediction and establish the equivalence of the two within the limit of a local πqq interaction.
121960660
Neutral-current cross sections for double-pion production by neutrinos
We have derived expressions for the differential cross sections for two-pion production by the neutral current in a neutrino-induced hadron reaction. We assume a general V, A form of the neutral current with arbitrary admixture of isotopic scalar and vector parts and utilize the algebra of currents and the PCAC (partial conservation of the axial-vector current) hypothesis to obtain the amplitude for ..nu.. + N ..-->.. ..nu.. + N + ..pi.. + ..pi... Two different cases have been studied: (i) Both the outgoing pions are at threshold. (ii) They are produced via the formation of N*. The results are useful to examine the structure of the neutral current.
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Relativistic oscillator in a Bethe-Salpeter model: Nonexistence of discrete bound states
We investigate the solutions of the covariant Bethe-Salpeter equation for bound states of a scalar quark-antiquark system with an effective confining kernel which in coordinate four-space behaves as ${R}^{2}$. Using a suitable set of new variables we separate the equation into one-dimensional equations and study the eigenvalue problem. We find that the covariant bound-state Bethe-Salpeter equation with the above kernel possesses only a continuous spectrum.
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Comment on "New interaction for the enhancement of the Delta I=1/2 amplitude in weak decays"
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Supersymmetric effects in B(s) ---> l+ l- gamma decays
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HIGH-ORDER LOW-ENERGY THEOREMS FOR NUCLEON COMPTON SCATTERING.
The well-known zero- and first-order (in photon energy) low-energy theorems for nucleon Compton scattering have recently been derived by Abarbanel and Goldberger using only the physical helicity amplitudes for the process and exploiting their kinematical singularities and zeros. We use this approach to study higher-order terms in photon energy and find the result, not entirely new, that four of the six independent helicity amplitudes are determined in second order by the mass, charge, and magnetic moment of the nucleon. Therefore, these parameters together with two structure-dependent constants, which can be interpreted approximately as electric and magnetic polarizabilities, completely determine the Compton scattering to second order in energy. Similar simplifications occurring in the structure of higher-order terms in energy are also discussed. The kinematical singularity structure of helicity amplitudes is a manifestation of Lorentz invariance. We claim to have fully exploited the requirements of Lorentz invariance and therefore to have derived the complete set of low-energy theorems for this process.
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Collider constraints on Gauss-Bonnet coupling in warped geometry model
In this paper the requirement of a warp solution in an Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet 5D warped geometry is shown to fix the signature of Gauss-Bonnet coupling ($\alpha_{5}$). Further, imposing the phenomenological constraints, obtained from the recently observed Higgs like scalar mass as well as $\mu$ parameter of the decay channels ${H}_{0}\rightarrow\gamma\gamma,\tau{\bar \tau}$ explored in ATLAS and CMS detectors, we obtain a stringent bound on $\alpha_{5}$ within $(4.8 - 5.1)\times 10^{-7}$.
119307074
DBI Galileon inflation in background SUGRA
Abstract We introduce a model of potential driven DBI Galileon inflation in background N = 1 , D = 4 SUGRA. Starting from D4– D 4 ¯ brane–antibrane in the bulk N = 2 , D = 5 SUGRA including quadratic Gauss–Bonnet corrections, we derive an effective N = 1 , D = 4 SUGRA by dimensional reduction, that results in a Coleman–Weinberg type Galileon potential. We employ this potential in modeling inflation and in subsequent study of primordial quantum fluctuations for scalar and tensor modes. Further, we estimate the major observable parameters in both de Sitter ( DS ) and beyond de Sitter ( BDS ) limits and confront them with recent observational data from WMAP7 by using the publicly available code CAMB.
119294991
Low & high scale MSSM inflation, gravitational waves and constraints from Planck
In this paper we will analyze generic predictions of an inflection-point model of inflation with Hubble-induced corrections and study them in light of the Planck data. Typically inflection-point models of inflation can be embedded within Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) where inflation can occur below the Planck scale. The flexibility of the potential allows us to match the observed amplitude of the TT-power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background radiation with low and high multipoles, spectral tilt, and virtually mild running of the spectral tilt, which can put a bound on an upper limit on the tensor-to-scalar ratio, r ≤ 0.12. Since the inflaton within MSSM carries the Standard Model charges, therefore it is the minimal model of inflation beyond the Standard Model which can reheat the universe with the right thermal degrees of freedom without any dark-radiation.
119262207
Higgs inflation from new Kähler potential
Abstract We introduce a new class of models of Higgs inflation using the superconformal approach to supergravity by modifying the Kahler geometry. Using the above-mentioned mechanism, we construct a phenomenological functional form of a new Kahler potential followed by construction of various types of models which are characterized by a superconformal symmetry breaking parameter χ . Depending on the numerical values of χ we classify the proposed models into three categories. Models with minimal coupling are identified by χ = ± 2 3 branch which are made up of shift symmetry preserving flat directions. We also propose various other models by introducing a non-minimal coupling of the inflaton field to gravity described by χ ≠ 2 3 branch. We employ all these proposed models to study the inflationary paradigm by estimating the major cosmological observables and confront them with recent observational data from WMAP9 along with other complementary data sets, as well as independently with PLANCK. We also mention an allowed range of non-minimal couplings and the Yukawa type of couplings appearing in the proposed models used for cosmological parameter estimation.
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An accurate bound on tensor-to-scalar ratio and the scale of inflation
Abstract In this paper we provide an accurate bound on primordial gravitational waves, i.e. tensor-to-scalar ratio ( r ) for a general class of single-field models of inflation where inflation occurs always below the Planck scale, and the field displacement during inflation remains sub-Planckian. If inflation has to make connection with the real particle physics framework then it must be explained within an effective field theory description where it can be trustable below the UV cut-off of the scale of gravity. We provide an analytical estimation and estimate the largest possible r , i.e. r ⩽ 0.12 , for the field displacement less than the Planck cut-off.