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DOE OSTI2015

Measurement of the ratio of inclusive cross sections $\sigma (p\bar{p} \rightarrow Z+2~b~\text{jets}) / \sigma (p\bar{p} \rightarrow Z+ \text{2 jets})$ in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt s=1.96$ TeV

In this study, we measure the ratio of cross sections, σ(pp¯ → Z + 2 b jets)/σ(pp¯ → Z + 2 jets), for associated production of a Z boson with at least two jets with transverse momentum p jet T > 20 GeV and pseudorapidity |η jet | < 2.5. This measurement uses data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.7 fb –1 collected by the D0 experiment in Run II of Fermilab’s Tevatron pp¯ Collider at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The measured integrated ratio of 0.0236 ± 0.0032(stat) ± 0.0035(syst) is in agreement with predictions from next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD and the Monte Carlo event generators PYTHIA and ALPGEN .

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DOE OSTI2011

Observation of {chi}{sub c1} Decays into Vector Meson Pairs {phi}{phi}, {omega}{omega}, and {omega}{phi}

Using (106{+-}4)x10{sup 6} {psi}(3686) events accumulated with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII e{sup +}e{sup -} collider, we present the first measurement of decays of {chi}{sub c1} to vector meson pairs {phi}{phi}, {omega}{omega}, and {omega}{phi}. The branching fractions are measured to be (4.4{+-}0.3{+-}0.5)x10{sup -4}, (6.0{+-}0.3{+-}0.7)x10{sup -4}, and (2.2{+-}0.6{+-}0.2)x10{sup -5}, for {chi}{sub c1}{yields}{phi}{phi}, {omega}{omega}, and {omega}{phi}, respectively, which indicates that the hadron helicity selection rule is significantly violated in {chi}{sub cJ} decays. In addition, the measurement of {chi}{sub cJ}{yields}{omega}{phi} provides the first indication of the rate of doubly OZI-suppressed {chi}{sub cJ} decay. Finally, we present improved measurements for the branching fractions of {chi}{sub c0} and {chi}{sub c2} to vector meson pairs.

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DOE OSTI2011

{Delta}(1232) Axial Charge and Form Factors from Lattice QCD

We present the first calculation on the {Delta} axial vector and pseudoscalar form factors using lattice QCD. Two Goldberger-Treiman relations are derived and examined. A combined chiral fit is performed to the nucleon axial charge, N to {Delta} axial transition coupling constant and {Delta} axial charge.

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DOE OSTI2011

Search for Differences in Oscillation Parameters for Atmospheric Neutrinos and Antineutrinos at Super-Kamiokande

We present a search for differences in the oscillations of antineutrinos and neutrinos in the Super-Kamiokande-I, -II, and -III atmospheric neutrino sample. Under a two-flavor disappearance model with separate mixing parameters between neutrinos and antineutrinos, we find no evidence for a difference in oscillation parameters. Best-fit antineutrino mixing is found to be at ({Delta}m{sup 2},sin{sup 2}2{theta})= (2.0x10{sup -3} eV{sup 2},1.0) and is consistent with the overall Super-K measurement.

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DOE OSTI2011

Superluminal Neutrinos at OPERA Confront Pion Decay Kinematics

Violation of Lorentz invariance (VLI) has been suggested as an explanation of the superluminal velocities of muon neutrinos reported by OPERA. In this Letter, we show that the amount of VLI required to explain this result poses severe difficulties with the kinematics of the pion decay, extending its lifetime and reducing the momentum carried away by the neutrinos. We show that the OPERA experiment limits {alpha}=(v{sub {nu}}-c)/c<4x10{sup -6}. We then take recourse to cosmic-ray data on the spectrum of muons and neutrinos generated in Earth's atmosphere to provide a stronger bound on VLI: (v-c)/c<10{sup -12}.

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DOE OSTI2014

Constraints on models for the Higgs boson with exotic spin and parity in $\boldsymbol{VH\rightarrow Vb\bar{b}}$ final states

In this study, we present constraints on models containing non-standard model values for the spin $J$ and parity $P$ of the Higgs boson, $H$, in up to 9.7~fb$^{-1}$ of $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = $ 1.96~TeV collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. These are the first studies of Higgs boson $J^{P}$ with fermions in the final state. In the $ZH\rightarrow \ell\ell b\bar{b}$, $WH\rightarrow \ell\nu b\bar{b}$, and $ZH\rightarrow \nu\nu b\bar{b}$ final states, we compare the standard model (SM) Higgs boson prediction, $J^{P}=0^{+}$, with two alternative hypotheses, $J^{P}=0^{-}$ and $J^{P}=2^{+}$. We use a likelihood ratio to quantify the degree to which our data are incompatible with non-SM $J^{P}$ predictions for a range of possible production rates. Assuming that the production rate in the signal models considered is equal to the SM prediction, we reject the $J^{P}=0^{-}$ and $J^{P}=2^{+}$ hypotheses at the 97.6$\%$ CL and at the 99.0$\%$ CL, respectively. The expected exclusion sensitivity for a $J^{P}=0^{-}$ ($J^{P}=2^{+}$) state is at the 99.86$\%$ (99.94$\%$) CL. Under the hypothesis that our data is the result of a combination of the SM-like Higgs boson and either a $J^{P}=0^{-}$ or a $J^{P}=2^{+}$ signal, we exclude a $J^{P}=0^{-}$ fraction above 0.80 and a $J^{P}=2^{+}$ fraction above 0.67 at the 95$\%$ CL. The expected exclusion covers $J^{P}=0^{-}$ ($J^{P}=2^{+}$) fractions above 0.54 (0.47).

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DOE OSTI2015

Tevatron combination of single-top-quark cross sections and determination of the magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $\bf V_{tb}$

In this study, we present the final combination of CDF and D0 measurements of cross sections for single-top-quark production in proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The data correspond to total integrated luminosities of up to 9.7 fb -1 per experiment. The t-channel cross section is measured to be σ t = 2.25$+0.29\atop{-0.31}$ pb. We also present the combinations of the two-dimensional measurements of the s- vs t-channel cross section. In addition, we give the combination of the s+t channel cross section measurement resulting in σ s+t = 3.30$+0.52\atop{-0.40}$ pb, without assuming the standard model value for the ratio σ s /σ t . The resulting value of the magnitude of the top-to-bottom quark coupling is |V tb |= 1.02$+0.06\atop{-0.05}$, corresponding to |V tb | > 0.92 at the 95% C.L.

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DOE OSTI2015

Search for Violation of CPT and Lorentz Invariance in B-s(0) Meson Oscillations

We present the first search for CPT-violating effects in the mixing of B 0 s mesons using the full Run II data set with an integrated luminosity of 10.4 fb -1 of proton-antiproton collisions collected using the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We measure the CPT-violating asymmetry in the decay B 0 s → µ ± D ± s as a function of celestial direction and sidereal phase. We find no evidence for CPT-violating effects and place limits on the direction and magnitude of flavor-dependent CPTand Lorentz-invariance violating coupling coefficients. We find 95% confidence intervals of Δa⊥ < 1.2 × 10 -12 GeV and (-0.8 < ΔaT - 0.396Δa Z < 3.9) × 10 -13 GeV.

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DOE OSTI2013

Topics in theory of generalized parton distributions

Several topics in the theory of generalized parton distributions (GPDs) are reviewed. First, we give a brief overview of the basics of the theory of generalized parton distributions and their relationship with simpler phenomenological functions, viz. form factors, parton densities and distribution amplitudes. Then, we discuss recent developments in building models for GPDs that are based on the formalism of double distributions (DDs). A special attention is given to a careful analysis of the singularity structure of DDs. The DD formalism is applied to construction of a model GPDs with a singular Regge behavior. Within the developed DD-based approach, we discuss the structure of GPD sum rules. It is shown that separation of DDs into the so-called “plus” part and the D -term part may be treated as a renormalization procedure for the GPD sum rules. This approach is compared with an alternative prescription based on analytic regularization.

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DOE OSTI2013

The form factors of the nucleons

There has been much activity in the measurement of the elastic electromagnetic proton and neutron form factors in the last decade, and the quality of the data has been greatly improved by performing double-polarization experiments, in comparison with with previous unpolarized cross section data. Here we will review the experimental data base in view of the new results for the proton and the neutron, obtained at MIT-Bates, JLab and MAMI. The rapid evolution of phenomenological models triggered by these high-precision experiments will be discussed. In particular, the possibility that the proton is non-spherical in its ground state, and that the transverse charge density are model independently defined in the infinite momentum frame. Likewise, flavor decomposition of the nucleon form factors into dressed u and d quark form factors, may give information about the quark-diquark structure of the nucleon. The current proton radius “crisis” will also be discussed.

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DOE OSTI2014

Recent results and future direction of the parity-violating electron scattering program in Hall A at Jefferson Lab

Hall A at Jefferson Lab has recently completed three experiments done using the technique of parity-violating electron scattering. Taken together these experiments are a good demonstration of the versatility of this approach. Looking forward, there are two very large scale parity-violation experiments approved to run in Hall A in the 12 GeV era. These experiments represent a significant increase in precision and technical requirements.

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DOE OSTI2014

The TMD program at CLAS and CLAS12

Transverse-momentum-dependent parton distributions (TMDs) are crucial ingredients for a complete understanding of the dynamics of confined par-tons. They allow for a 3-dimensional description of the nucleon in momentum space, and could provide insights into the yet unmeasured quark orbital angular momentum. At CLAS several TMDs are explored in Fourier analysis of azimuthal asymmetries measured in semi-inclusive DIS. An overview of the main CLAS results as well as selected CLAS12 projected results is presented.

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DOE OSTI2014

Timelike Compton Scattering at JLab

It is demonstrated, that with exclusive final state, data from electron scattering experiments that are recorded with loose trigger requirements can be used to analyze photoproduction reactions. A preliminary results on Timelike Compton Scattering using the electroproduction data from the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab are presented. In particular, using final state (pe{sup −} e{sup +}) photoproduction of vector mesons and timelike photon is studied. Angular asymmetries in Timelike Compton Scattering region is compared with model predictions in the framework of Generalized Parton Distribution.

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DOE OSTI2023

String Theory Bounds on the Cosmological Constant, the Higgs Mass, and the Quark and Lepton Masses

In this paper, we elaborate on the new understanding of the cosmological constant and the gauge hierarchy problems in the context of string theory in its metastring formulation, based on the concepts of modular spacetime and Born geometry. The interplay of phase space (and Born geometry), the Bekenstein bound, the mixing between ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) physics and modular invariance in string theory is emphasized. This new viewpoint is fundamentally rooted in quantum contextuality and not in statistical observer bias (anthropic principle). We also discuss the extension of this point of view to the problem of masses of quarks and leptons and their respective mixing matrices.

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DOE OSTI2018

Handling Handles: Nonplanar Integrability in N = 4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory

We propose an integrability setup for the computation of correlation functions of gauge-invariant operators in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at higher orders in the large N c genus expansion and at any order in the ’t Hooft coupling g$2\atop{YM}$N c . In this multistep proposal, one polygonizes the string world sheet in all possible ways, hexagonalizes all resulting polygons, and sprinkles mirror particles over all hexagon junctions to obtain the full correlator. We test our integrability-based conjecture against a nonplanar four-point correlator of large 1/2 Bogomol’nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield operators at one and two loops.

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DOE OSTI2011

Measuring the NuMI Beam Flux for MINERvA

MINERvA is employing multiple tools to understand its neutrino beam flux. We utilize external hadron production data, but we also depend heavily on in situ techniques in which we reduce our hadron production uncertainties by tuning our Monte Carlo to both MINERvA detector data and muon monitor data.

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DOE OSTI2011

New color-octet axial vector boson revisited

In this paper we reexamine how to utilize the previous proposed color-octet axial-vector boson Z{sub C} to explain the 3.4{sigma} anomaly of tt forward-backward (FB) asymmetry A{sub FB} for m{sub tt}>450 GeV observed by CDF. Our numerical results indicate that the best-fit parameters are g{sub A}{sup q}=0.07, g{sub A}{sup Q}=3, and M{sub C}=440 GeV, which are obtained by fitting the mass dependent A{sub FB} and total cross section data provided by a recent CDF measurement. Here g{sub A}{sup q}(g{sub A}{sup Q}) and M{sub C} are the axial couplings among Z{sub C} with the first two (the third) generation quarks, and Z{sub C} mass, respectively. We also calculate one-side forward-backward asymmetry A{sub OFB} for top and bottom quark pair production at the LHC, focusing on the new contributions from Z{sub C}. Our studies show that A{sub OFB} can be utilized to measure the properties of new particle Z{sub C}.

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