The Search For Charged Massive Supersymmetric Particles At The Lhc,
2012
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
The Search For Charged Massive Supersymmetric Particles At The Lhc, Aleksey Pavlov
Physics
Charged Massive Particles (CHAMPs) are predicted in the Supersymmetry (SUSY) extension of the Standard Model though they have never been ob- served. We look for CHAMPs in the ALICE Detector at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. While the main purpose of ALICE is to study Quark- Gluon Plasma, we take advantage of the tracking and time of flight capabilities of several sub-detectors in ALICE to look for signs of CHAMPs. These elusive particles are characterized by their slow velocity, high transverse momentum and therefore heavy mass. Our research found a small handful of candidates among a large sample size …
Light Vs. Quantum Gravity,
2012
Department of Mathematical Science, University of Texas at El Paso
Light Vs. Quantum Gravity, Irving Martinez^*
COURI Symposium Abstracts, Spring 2012
No abstract provided.
Equation Of State Of A Strongly Coupled Fermion System,
2012
Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso
Equation Of State Of A Strongly Coupled Fermion System, Jason P. Keith^, Efrain J. Ferrer*
COURI Symposium Abstracts, Spring 2012
No abstract provided.
Single And Double Spin Asymmetries For Pion Electro-Production From The Deuteron In The Resonance Region,
2012
Old Dominion University
Single And Double Spin Asymmetries For Pion Electro-Production From The Deuteron In The Resonance Region, Sharon L. Careccia
Physics Theses & Dissertations
The single and double spin asymmetries At and Aet have been measured in π- electro-production off the deuteron using a longitudinally polarized electron beam and a polarized ND3 target. The electron beam was polarized using a strained GaAs cathode and the target was polarized using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. The data were collected at beam energies of 1.6, 1.7, 2.5 and 4.2 GeV in Hall B at Jefferson Lab in the spring of 2001. The final state particles were detected in the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS). The d(e,e'π-p)p exclusive channel was identified using the missing mass …
Measurement Of Exclusive Πº Electroproduction Structure Functions And Their Relationship To Transverse Generalized Parton Distributions,
2012
Old Dominion University
Measurement Of Exclusive Πº Electroproduction Structure Functions And Their Relationship To Transverse Generalized Parton Distributions, Clas Collaboration, K. P. Adhikari, M. J. Amaryan, R. P. Bennett, S. Koirala, S. E. Kuhn, M. Mayer, L. B. Weinstein, I. Bedlinsky, V. Kubarovsky
Physics Faculty Publications
Exclusive π0 electroproduction at a beam energy of 5.75 GeV has been measured with the Jefferson Lab CLAS spectrometer. Differential cross sections were measured at more than 1800 kinematic values in Q2, xB , t , and ϕπ , in the Q2 range from 1.0 to 4.6 GeV2 , −t up to 2 GeV2 , and xB from 0.1 to 0.58. Structure functions σT+ϵσL , σTT , and σLT were extracted as functions of t for each of 17 combinations of Q2 and xB . …
Photon Impact Factor And 𝑘T Factorization In The Next-To-Leading Order,
2012
Old Dominion University
Photon Impact Factor And 𝑘T Factorization In The Next-To-Leading Order, Ian Balitsky
Physics Faculty Publications
The photon impact factor for the BFKL pomeron is calculated in the next-to-leading order (NLO) approximation using the operator expansion in Wilson lines. The result is represented as a NLO kT-factorization formula for the structure functions of small-x deep inelastic scattering.
Measurement Of The Generalized Form Factors Near Threshold Via ˠ*P→Nπ+ At High Q²,
2012
Old Dominion University
Measurement Of The Generalized Form Factors Near Threshold Via ˠ*P→Nπ+ At High Q², Clas Collaboration, K. Park, R. W. Gothe, K. P. Adhikari, D. Adikaram, R. P. Bennett, C. E. Hyde, A. Klein, S. E. Kuhn, H. Seraydaryan
Physics Faculty Publications
We report on the first measurement of the F2 structure function of the neutron from the semi-inclusive scattering of electrons from deuterium, with low-momentum protons detected in the backward hemisphere. Restricting the momentum of the spectator protons to ≲ 100 MeV/c and their angles to ≳ 100° relative to the momentum transfer allows an interpretation of the process in terms of scattering from nearly on-shell neutrons. The Fn2 data collected cover the nucleon-resonance and deep-inelastic regions over a wide range of Bjorken x for 0.65 < Q2 2, with uncertainties from nuclear corrections estimated to be less …
Evidence For The Onset Of Color Transparency In Ρ0 Electroproduction Off Nuclei,
2012
Old Dominion University
Evidence For The Onset Of Color Transparency In Ρ0 Electroproduction Off Nuclei, L. El Fassi, L. Zana, H. Hafidi, M. Holtrop, B. Mustapha, W. K. Brooks, H. Hakobyan, Z. Zheng, K. P. Adhikari, D. Adikaram, M. J. Amaryan, H. Baghdasaryan, S. Bültmann, G. E. Dodge, C. E. Hyde, A. Klein, S. E. Kuhn, M. Mayer, H. Seraydaryan, L. B. Weinstein
Physics Faculty Publications
We have measured the nuclear transparency of the incoherent diffractive A( e , e ′ ρ0 ) process in 12C and 56Fe targets relative to 2H using a 5 GeV electron beam. The nuclear transparency, the ratio of the produced ρ0 ʼs on a nucleus relative to deuterium, which is sensitive to ρA interaction, was studied as function of the coherence length (lc), a lifetime of the hadronic fluctuation of the virtual photon, and the four-momentum transfer squared (Q2). While the transparency for both 12C and 56Fe …
Light-Bending Tests Of Lorentz Invariance,
2011
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Light-Bending Tests Of Lorentz Invariance, Quentin G. Bailey, Rhondale Tso
Physics & Astronomy - Prescott
Classical light-bending is investigated for weak gravitational fields in the presence of hypothetical local Lorentz violation. Using an effective field theory framework that describes general deviations from local Lorentz invariance, we derive a modified deflection angle for light passing near a massive body. The results include anisotropic effects not present for spherical sources in General Relativity as well as Weak Equivalence Principle violation. We develop an expression for the relative deflection of two distant stars that can be used to analyze data in past and future solar-system observations. The measurement sensitivities of such tests to coefficients for Lorentz violation are …
Holographic Renormalization Of Asymptotically Lifshitz Spacetimes,
2011
Loyola University Chicago
Holographic Renormalization Of Asymptotically Lifshitz Spacetimes, Robert A. Mcnees Iv, Robert Mann
Physics: Faculty Publications and Other Works
A variational formulation is given for a theory of gravity coupled to a massive vector in four dimensions, with Asymptotically Lifshitz boundary conditions on the fields. For theories with critical exponent z=2 we obtain a well-defined variational principle by explicitly constructing two actions with local boundary counterterms. As part of our analysis we obtain solutions of these theories on a neighborhood of spatial infinity, study the asymptotic symmetries, and consider different definitions of the boundary stress tensor and associated charges. A constraint on the boundary data for the fields figures prominently in one of our formulations, and in that case …
Creating A Uniform Magnetic Field For The Equi-Biaxial Physical Testing Of Magnetorheological Elastomers; Electromagnet Design, Development And Testing.,
2011
Technological University Dublin
Creating A Uniform Magnetic Field For The Equi-Biaxial Physical Testing Of Magnetorheological Elastomers; Electromagnet Design, Development And Testing., Dave Gorman, Stephen Jerrams, Ray Ekins, Niall Murphy
Conference Papers
No abstract provided.
Top Quark Rapidity Distribution And Forward-Backward Asymmetry,
2011
Kennesaw State University
Top Quark Rapidity Distribution And Forward-Backward Asymmetry, Nikolaos Kidonakis
Faculty Articles
I present results for the top quark rapidity distribution at Large Hadron Collider and Tevatron energies, including higher-order corrections from threshold resummation. Approximate next-to-next-to-leading-order (NNLO) results are obtained by adding the NNLO soft-gluon corrections at next-to-next-to-leading-logarithm level to the exact next-to-leading-order calculation. Theoretical predictions are shown for the rapidity distribution, including the scale dependence of the distributions. The forward-backward asymmetry at the Tevatron is also calculated.
Next-To-Next-To-Leading-Order Collinear And Soft Gluon Corrections For T-Channel Single Top Quark Production,
2011
Kennesaw State University
Next-To-Next-To-Leading-Order Collinear And Soft Gluon Corrections For T-Channel Single Top Quark Production, Nikolaos Kidonakis
Faculty Articles
I present the resummation of collinear and soft-gluon corrections to single top quark production in the t channel at next-to-next-to-leading logarithm accuracy using two-loop soft anomalous dimensions. The expansion of the resummed cross section yields approximate next-to-next-to-leading-order cross sections. Numerical results for t-channel single top quark (or single antitop) production at the Tevatron and the LHC are presented, including the dependence of the cross sections on the top quark mass and the uncertainties from scale variation and parton distributions. Combined results for all single top quark production channels are also given.
Triple Coincidence Beam Spin Asymmetry Measurements In Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering,
2011
Old Dominion University
Triple Coincidence Beam Spin Asymmetry Measurements In Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering, Mustafa Canan
Physics Theses & Dissertations
The Generalized Parton Distributions (GPDs) provides hitherto the most complete information about the quark structure of hadron. GPDs are accessible through hard-exclusive reactions, among which Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (DVCS) is the cleanest reaction. A dedicated DVCS experiment on Hydrogen (E00-110) ran in the Hall A at Jefferson Laboratory in Fall 2004. I present here Beam Spin Asymmetry (BSA) results for the ep → epγ reaction studied in the E00-110 experiment with fully exclusive triple coincidence H(e, e'γp ) detection. I present a re-calibration of the electromagnetic calorimeter used to detect the high energy photon. This calibration …
Experimental Results In Dis, Sidis And Des From Jefferson Lab,
2011
Old Dominion University
Experimental Results In Dis, Sidis And Des From Jefferson Lab, Sebastian E. Kuhn
Physics Faculty Publications
Jefferson Lab’s electron accelerator in its present incarnation, with a maximum beam energy slightly above 6 GeV, has already enabled a large number of experiments expanding our knowledge of nucleon and nuclear structure (especially in Deep Inelastic Scattering—DIS—at moderately high x, and in the resonance region). Several pioneering experiments have yielded first results on Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (DVCS) and other Deep Exclusive Processes (DES), and the exploration of the rich landscape of transverse momentum‐dependent (TMD) structure functions using Semi‐Inclusive electron scattering (SIDIS) has begun. With the upgrade of CEBAF to 12 GeV now underway, a significantly larger kinematic …
Evolution Of The Differential Transverse Momentum Correlation Function With Centrality In Au + Au Collisions At √Snn = 200 Gev,
2011
Old Dominion University
Evolution Of The Differential Transverse Momentum Correlation Function With Centrality In Au + Au Collisions At √Snn = 200 Gev, G. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, A. V. Alakhverdyants, I. Alekseev, J. Alford, B. D. Anderson, C. D. Anson, D. Arhipkin, G. S. Averichev, S. Bültmann, D. Plyku
Physics Faculty Publications
We present first measurements of the evolution of the differential transverse momentum correlation function, C, with collision centrality in Au + Au interactions at √sNN = 200 GeV. This observable exhibits a strong dependence on collision centrality that is qualitatively similar to that of number correlations previously reported. We use the observed longitudinal broadening of the near-side peak of C with increasing centrality to estimate the ratio of the shear viscosity to entropy density, η / s , of the matter formed in central Au + Au interactions. We obtain an upper limit estimate of η / s …
Photon Impact Factor In The Next-To-Leading Order,
2011
Old Dominion University
Photon Impact Factor In The Next-To-Leading Order, Ian Balitsky, Giovanni A. Chirilli
Physics Faculty Publications
An analytic coordinate-space expression for the next-to-leading order photon impact factor for small-x deep inelastic scattering is calculated using the operator expansion in Wilson lines.
Two-Body Photodisintegration Of 3he Between 7 And 16 Mev,
2011
Old Dominion University
Two-Body Photodisintegration Of 3he Between 7 And 16 Mev, W. Tornow, H. J. Karwowski, J. H. Kelley, R. Raut, G. Rusev, S. C. Stave, A. P. Tonchev, A. Deltuva, A. C. Fonseca, L. E. Marcucci, R. Schiavilla
Physics Faculty Publications
A comprehensive data set is reported for the two-body photodisintegration cross section of 3He using mono-energetic photon beams at eleven energies between 7.0 and 16.0 MeV. A 3He + Xe high-pressure gas scintillator served as target and detector. Although our data are in much better agreement with our state-of-the-art theoretical calculations than the majority of the previous data, these calculations underpredict the new data by about 10%. This disagreement suggests an incomplete understanding of the dynamics of the three-nucleon system and its response to electromagnetic probes.
Mellin Representation Of The Graviton Bulk-To-Bulk Propagator In Ads Space,
2011
Old Dominion University
Mellin Representation Of The Graviton Bulk-To-Bulk Propagator In Ads Space, Ian Balitsky
Physics Faculty Publications
A Mellin-type representation of the graviton bulk-to-bulk propagator from E. D’Hoker, D. Z. Freedman, S. D. Mathur, A. Matusis, and L. Rastelli [Nucl. Phys. B562, 330 (1999)] in terms of the integral over the product of bulk-to-boundary propagators is derived.
High-Energy Amplitudes In The Next-To-Leading Order,
2011
Old Dominion University
High-Energy Amplitudes In The Next-To-Leading Order, Ian Balitsky
Physics Faculty Publications
High-energy scattering in the saturation region is described by the evolution of color dipoles. In the leading order this evolution is governed by the non-linear BK equation. To see if this equation is relevant for existing or future accelerators (like EIC or LHeC) one needs to know how big are the next-to-leading order (NLO) corrections. I review the calculation of the NLO corrections to high-energy amplitudes in QCD.
