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hep-ph2005★ 42 cited

Improved Measurement of ttZ Couplings at the LHC

U. Baur, A. Juste, D. Rainwater +1

We consider QCD tt~Z production at the LHC with Z->\barννand all-hadronic tt~ decays, i.e. pp -> p_T(miss)bb~+4 jets, as a tool to measure ttZ couplings. This channel has a signifi…

hep-ph2005★ 123 cited

Toward a NNLO calculation of the B-->X_s gamma decay rate with a cut on photon energy: I. Two-loop result for the soft function

Thomas Becher, Matthias Neubert

A theoretical analysis of the partial inclusive B-->X_s gamma decay rate with a cut E_gamma>E_0 on photon energy must deal with short-distance contributions associated with three d…

hep-ph2005★ 164 cited

The flavor of a little Higgs with T-parity

Jay Hubisz, Seung J. Lee, Gil Paz

We analyze flavor constraints in the littlest Higgs model with T-parity. In particular, we focus on neutral meson mixing in the K, B, and D systems due to one loop contributions fr…

hep-ph2005★ 233 cited

Supersymmetry Parameter Analysis: SPA Convention and Project

J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra, A. Ali, B. C. Allanach +122

High-precision analyses of supersymmetry parameters aim at reconstructing the fundamental supersymmetric theory and its breaking mechanism. A well defined theoretical framework is…

hep-ph2005★ 498 cited

Theory of Neutrinos: A White Paper

R. N. Mohapatra, S. Antusch, K. S. Babu +29

During 2004, four divisions of the American Physical Society commissioned a study of neutrino physics to take stock of where the field is at the moment and where it is going in the…

hep-ph2005★ 213 cited

Electromagnetic Logarithms in B -> X_s l+ l-

T. Huber, E. Lunghi, M. Misiak +1

The B -> X_s l+ l- decay rate is known at the next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD. It is proportional to alpha_em (mu)^2 and has a +- 4% scale uncertainty before including the O(a…

hep-ph2005★ 115 cited

MSSM Higgs Boson Searches at the Tevatron and the LHC: Impact of Different Benchmark Scenarios

M. Carena, S. Heinemeyer, C. E. M. Wagner +1

The Higgs boson search has shifted from LEP2 to the Tevatron and will subsequently move to the LHC. The current limits from the Tevatron and the prospective sensitivities at the LH…

hep-ph2005★ 173 cited

New states above charm threshold

Estia J. Eichten, Kenneth Lane, Chris Quigg

We revise and extend expectations for the properties of charmonium states that lie above charm threshold, in light of new experimental information. We refine the Cornell coupled-ch…

hep-ph2005★ 45 cited

Improved Bounds on Universal Extra Dimensions and Consequences for LKP Dark Matter

Thomas Flacke, Dan Hooper, John March-Russell

We study constraints on models with a flat "Universal'' Extra Dimension in which all Standard Model fields propagate in the bulk. A significantly improved constraint on the compact…

hep-ph2005★ 35 cited

Determining the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy and CP Violation in NOvA with a Second Off-Axis Detector

Olga Mena, Sergio Palomares-Ruiz, Silvia Pascoli

We consider a Super-NOvA-like experimental configuration based on the use of two detectors in a long-baseline experiment as NOvA. We take the far detector as in the present NOvA pr…

hep-ph2005★ 82 cited

Anomaly-Free Sets of Fermions

Puneet Batra, Bogdan A. Dobrescu, David Spivak

We present new techniques for finding anomaly-free sets of fermions. Although the anomaly cancellation conditions typically include cubic equations with integer variables that cann…

hep-ph2005★ 3 cited

Probing Exotic Physics With Cosmic Neutrinos

Dan Hooper

Traditionally, collider experiments have been the primary tool used in searching for particle physics beyond the Standard Model. In this talk, I will discuss alternative approaches…

hep-ph2005★ 51 cited

Fermion self-energies and pole masses at two-loop order in a general renormalizable theory with massless gauge bosons

Stephen P. Martin

I present the two-loop self-energy functions and pole masses for fermions in an arbitrary renormalizable field theory, in the approximation that vector bosons are treated as massle…

hep-ph2005★ 50 cited

Prospects For Detecting Dark Matter With Neutrino Telescopes In Light Of Recent Results From Direct Detection Experiments

Francis Halzen, Dan Hooper

Direct detection dark matter experiments, lead by the CDMS collaboration, have placed increasingly stronger constraints on the cross sections for elastic scattering of WIMPs on nuc…

hep-ph2005★ 39 cited

Production of a Z boson and two jets with one heavy-quark tag

J. Campbell, R. K. Ellis, F. Maltoni +1

We present a next-to-leading-order calculation of the production of a Z boson with two jets, one or more of which contains a heavy quark (Q=c,b). We show that the cross section wit…

hep-ph2005★ 15 cited

Small-x QCD effects in forward-jet and Mueller-Navelet jet production

C. Marquet, C. Royon

We investigate small-x QCD effects in forward-jet production in deep inelastic scattering in the kinematic regime where the virtuality of the photon and the transverse momentum of…

hep-ph2005★ 94 cited

Squark and Gluino Production with Jets

T. Plehn, D. Rainwater, P. Skands

We present cross section predictions for squark and gluino production at the LHC, in association with up to two additional hard jets. These cross sections can be very large in comp…

hep-ph2005★ 29 cited

Determining Sneutrino Masses and Physical Implications

A. Freitas, W. Porod, P. M. Zerwas

In some areas of supersymmetry parameter space, sneutrinos are lighter than the charginos and the next-to-lightest neutralino, and they decay into the invisible neutrino plus light…

hep-ph2005★ 156 cited

Comment on form factor shape and extraction of |V_ub| from B --> pi l nu

Thomas Becher, Richard J. Hill

We point out that current experimental data for partial B --> pi l nu branching fractions reduce the theoretical input required for a precise extraction of |V_ub| to the form facto…

hep-ph2005★ 194 cited

Light Neutralino Dark Matter in the NMSSM

John F. Gunion, Dan Hooper, Bob McElrath

Neutralino dark matter is generally assumed to be relatively heavy, with a mass near the electroweak scale. This does not necessarily need to be the case, however. In the Next-to-M…

hep-ph2005★ 23 cited

Analyzing the Scalar Top Co-Annihilation Region at the ILC

M. Carena, A. Finch, A. Freitas +3

The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model opens the possibility of electroweak baryogenesis provided that the light scalar top quark (stop) is lighter than the top quark. In additi…

hep-ph2005★ 2 cited

Physics at an Upgraded Fermilab Proton Driver

S. Geer

In 2004 the Fermilab Long Range Planning Committee identified a new high intensity Proton Driver as an attractive option for the future, primarily motivated by the recent exciting…

hep-ph2005★ 43 cited

Exotic Neutrino Interactions at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Luis Anchordoqui, Tao Han, Dan Hooper +1

The Pierre Auger Observatory for cosmic rays provides a laboratory for studying fundamental interactions at energies well beyond those available at colliders. In addition to hadron…

hep-ph2005★ 73 cited

Semi-Numerical Evaluation of One-Loop Corrections

R. K. Ellis, W. T. Giele, G. Zanderighi

We present a semi-numerical algorithm to calculate one-loop virtual corrections to scattering amplitudes. The divergences of the loop amplitudes are regulated using dimensional reg…