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Symmetry Breaking in Finite Volume
Spontaneous symmetry breaking is a cooperative phenomenon for systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom and it plays an essential role in quantum field theories. Lattice O(N) model is studied within the Hamiltonian approach using an adiabatic approximation. It is shown that the low-lying spectrum of the system in the broken phase can be understood by using the adiabatic, or Born-Oppenheimer approximation, which turns out to become an expansion in the inverse power of volume. In the infinite volume limit, the symmetry is broken while in the finite volume the slow rotation of the zero-momentum mode restores the symmetry and gives rise to the rotator spectrum, which has been observed in realistic Monte Carlo simulations.
121608815
Mean-field calculations for the three-dimensional Holstein model
The electron-phonon Holstein model is studied in three spatial dimensions. It is argued that this model can be used to account for major features of the high-Tc BaPb1-xBixO3 and BaxK1-xBiO3 systems. Mean-field calculations are performed via a path integral representation of the model. Charge-density-wave order parameters and transition temperatures are obtained.
15925356
A heavy Higgs particle in the TeV mass range
Abstract The first simulation results are presented on Higgs mass calculations in the spontaneously broken phase of the Higgs sector in the minimal Standard Model with higher derivative regulator. A heavy Higgs particle is found in the TeV mass range in the presence of a complex conjugate ghost pair at higher energies. The ghost pair evades easy experimental detection and a nonperturbative reinterpretation of the triviality Higgs mass bound becomes necessary.
119186646
Generalized Lüscher’s formula in multichannel baryon-baryon scattering
In this paper, L\"uscher's formula is generalized to the case of two spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ particles in two-channel scattering based on Ref. \cite{Li:2012bi}. This is first done in a non-relativistic quantum mechanics model and then generalized to quantum field theory. 
We show that L\"uscher's formula obtained from these two different methods are equivalent up to terms that are exponentially suppressed in the box size. This formalism can be readily applied to future lattice QCD calculations.
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TUNING THE TADPOLE IMPROVED CLOVER WILSON ACTION ON COARSE ANISOTROPIC LATTICES
Wilson quark action, with tadpole improved clover term added, is studied on coarse anisotropic lattices. The bare velocity of light parameter in this action is determined nonperturbatively using the pseudo-scalar and vector meson dispersion relations for various values of the gauge coupling β and bare quark mass parameter κ.
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LATTICE STUDY OF SCALAR AND TENSOR GLUEBALLS
11525411
A Model for neutrino warm dark matter and neutrino oscillations
Abstract The muon- and tau-neutrinos with the mass in the keV range, which are allowed in a low reheating temperature cosmology, can compose the warm dark matter of the universe. A model of four light neutrinos including the keV scale ν μ and ν τ is studied, which combines the seesaw mechanism and the Abelian flavor symmetry. The atmospheric neutrino anomaly is due to the ν μ – ν τ oscillation. The solar neutrino problem is answered by the oscillation into the light sterile neutrino, where the SMA, LMA, and LOW–QVO solutions can be accommodated in our scenario.
119203189
Rotating non-Kerr black hole and energy extraction
The properties of the ergosphere and energy extraction by the Penrose process in a rotating non-Kerr black hole are investigated. It is shown that the ergosphere is sensitive to the deformation parameter and the shape of the ergosphere becomes thick as parameter increases. It is of interest to note that, compared with the Kerr black hole, the deformation parameter can enhance the maximum efficiency of the energy extraction process greatly. Especially for the case of a > M, the non-Kerr metric describes a superspinning compact object and the maximum efficiency can exceed 60%, while it is only 20.7% for the extremal Kerr black hole.
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A NEW SEARCH FOR A PERMANENT DIPOLE MOMENT OF THE ELECTRON IN A SOLID STATE SYSTEM
Measurements of the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the neutron and the electron put the most stringent constraints on new sources of CP violation. CP violation is essential for generating the observed baryon asymmetry of the universe (BAU). Many models which propose large CP-odd mechanisms for BAU predict EDMs that exceed the limits of the most sensitive measurements. We are conducting a high sensitivity search for the electron EDM using a solid state system. It promises orders of magnitude improvement over atomic beam experiments solely from the available electron density. We present the experimental design and report on the current status.
118538966
Review of D Semi-leptonic Decays
Semi-leptonic D decays continue to play an important role in the field of flavor physics. During this presentation, recent measurements from pseudo-scalar to pseudo-scalar modes, pseudo-scalar to vector modes, and rare modes will be discussed. These results are important for many purposes, such as validating the machinery of lattice QCD, extracting CKM matrix elements, and searching for new physics and new interactions.
15607702
Extracting Gromov-Witten invariants of a conifold from semi-stable reduction and relative GW invariants of pairs
The study of open/closed string duality and large N duality suggests a GromovWitten theory for conifolds that sits on the border of both a closed Gromov-Witten theory and an open Gromov-Witten theory. The work of Jun Li on Gromov-Witten theory for a projective singular variety of the gluing form Y1 ∪D Y2, where D is a smooth divisor on smooth Y1 and Y2, suggests two methods to study Gromov-Witten invariants for a projective conifold: one by a direct generalization of his construction to the conifold singularity and the other by an appropriate semi-stable reduction of a degeneration to a conifold and then apply his results on this new degeneration to extract Gromov-Witten invariants of the original conifold. In this work we carry out the second method. Suggested by the semi-stable reduction, we associate to a conifold