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• Evaluating the topological charge density with the symmetric multi-probing method
2019, 43(3): 033102-1-033102-1. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/43/3/033102
We evaluate the topological charge density of SU(3) gauge fields on a lattice by calculating the trace of the overlap Dirac matrix employing the symmetric multi-probing (SMP) method in 3 modes. Since the topological charge Q for a given lattice configuration must be an integer number, it is easy to estimate the systematic error (the deviation of Q to the nearest integer). The results demonstrate a high efficiency and accuracy in calculating the trace of the inverse of a large sparse matrix with locality by using the SMP sources when compared to using point sources. We also show the correlation between the errors and probing scheme parameter $r_{\min}$ , as well as lattice volume $N_{L}$ and lattice spacing a. It is found that the computational time for calculating the trace by employing the SMP sources is less dependent on $N_{L}$ than by using point sources. Therefore, the SMP method is very suitable for calculations on large lattices.
• Testing the fidelity of Gaussian processes for cosmography
2019, 43(3): 035103-1-035103-1. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/43/3/035103
The dependence of implications from observations on cosmological models is an intractable problem not only in cosmology, but also in astrophysics. Gaussian processes (GPs), a powerful nonlinear interpolating tool without assuming a model or parametrization, have been widely used to directly reconstruct functions from observational data (e.g., expansion rate and distance measurements) for cosmography. However, the fidelity of this reconstructing method has never been checked. In this study, we test the fidelity of GPs for cosmography by mocking observational data sets comprising different number of events with various uncertainty levels. These factors are of great importance for the fidelity of reconstruction. That is, for the expansion rate measurements, GPs are valid for reconstructing the functions of the Hubble parameter versus redshift when the number of observed events is as many as 256 and the uncertainty of the data is ~ 3%. Moreover, the distance-redshift relation reconstructed from the observations of the upcoming Dark Energy Survey type Ia supernovae is credible.
• Leptogenesis via a varying Weinberg operator: a semi-classical approach
2019, 43(3): 033101-1-033101-7. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/43/3/033101
In this paper, we introduce leptogenesis via a varying Weinberg operator from a semi-classical perspective. This mechanism is motivated by the breaking of an underlying symmetry which triggers a phase transition that causes the coupling of the Weinberg operator to become dynamical. Consequently, a lepton anti-lepton asymmetry arises from the interference of the Weinberg operator at two different spacetime points. Using the semi-classical approach, we treat the Higgs as a background field and show that a reflection asymmetry between leptons and anti-leptons is generated in the vicinity of the bubble wall. We solve the equations of motion of the lepton and anti-lepton quasiparticles to obtain the final lepton asymmetry.
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Published: 2019-03-19, doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/43/5/054104
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A quark coalescence model, based on semi-relativistic molecular dynamics with color interactions among quarks, is presented and applied to pp collisions. A phenomenological potential with two tunable parameters is introduced to describe the color interactions between quarks and antiquarks. The interactions drive the process of hadronization that finally results in different color neutral clusters, which can be identified as hadrons based on some criteria. A Monte Carlo generator PYTHIA is used to generate quarks in the initial state of hadronization, and different values of tunable parameters are used to study the final state distributions and correlations. Baryon-to-meson ratio, transverse momentum spectra, pseudorapidity distributions and forward-backward multiplicity correlations of hadrons produced in the hadronization process, obtained from this model with different parameters, are compared with those from PYTHIA.
• Long live the Higgs factory: Higgs decays to long-lived particles at future lepton colliders
Published: 2019-03-19, doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/43/5/053101
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We initiate the study of exotic Higgs decays to long-lived particles (LLPs) at proposed future lepton colliders, focusing on scenarios with displaced hadronic final states. Our analysis entails a realistic tracker-based search strategy involving the reconstruction of displaced secondary vertices and the imposition of selection cuts appropriate for eliminating the largest irreducible backgrounds. The projected sensitivity is broadly competitive with that of the LHC and potentially superior at lower LLP masses. In addition to forecasting branching ratio limits, which may be freely interpreted in a variety of model frameworks, we interpret our results in the parameter space of a Higgs portal Hidden Valley and various incarnations of neutral naturalness, illustrating the complementarity between direct searches for LLPs and precision Higgs coupling measurements at future lepton colliders.
• Constituent counting rule and the production of ${{d^*(2380)}}$ at high energies
Published: 2019-03-19, doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/43/5/054102
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The constituent counting rule, determining the scaling behavior of the transition amplitudes in an exclusive process at high energies, is applied to probe the internal structure of the newly observed $d^*(2380)$ resonance. Several selected exclusive processes at high energies for the production of $d^*$ are discussed. Results of two structural scenarios for $d^*(2380)$, a hexaquark dominant compact system in the quark degrees of freedom, and a $\pi N\Delta$ three-body bound state in the hadronic degrees of freedom, are analyzed and compared. A rather remarkable difference between the results of these two scenarios for the mentioned processes are addressed.
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