Assuming the newly observed $Z_c(3900)$ to be a molecular state of $Dbar D^*(D^{*} bar D)$, we calculate the partial widths of $Z_c(3900)to J/psi+pi;; psi+pi;; eta_c+rho$ and $Dbar D^*$ within the light front model (LFM). $Z_c(3900)to J/psi+pi$ is th
e channel by which $Z_c(3900)$ was observed, our calculation indicates that it is indeed one of the dominant modes whose width can be in the range of a few MeV depending on the model parameters. Similar to $Z_b$ and $Z_b$, Voloshin suggested that there should be a resonance $Z_c$ at 4030 MeV which can be a molecular state of $D^*bar D^*$. Then we go on calculating its decay rates to all the aforementioned final states and as well the $D^*bar D^*$. It is found that if $Z_c(3900)$ is a molecular state of ${1oversqrt 2}(Dbar D^*+D^*bar D)$, the partial width of $Z_c(3900)to Dbar D^*$ is rather small, but the rate of $Z_c(3900)topsi(2s)pi$ is even larger than $Z_c(3900)to J/psipi$. The implications are discussed and it is indicated that with the luminosity of BES and BELLE, the experiments may finally determine if $Z_c(3900)$ is a molecular state or a tetraquark.
Identifying influential spreaders is crucial for understanding and controlling spreading processes on social networks. Via assigning degree-dependent weights onto links associated with the ground node, we proposed a variant to a recent ranking algori
thm named LeaderRank [L. Lv et al., PLoS ONE 6 (2011) e21202]. According to the simulations on the standard SIR model, the weighted LeaderRank performs better than LeaderRank in three aspects: (i) the ability to find out more influential spreaders, (ii) the higher tolerance to noisy data, and (iii) the higher robustness to intentional attacks.
The successful operation of LHC provides a great opportunity to study the processes where heavy baryons are involved. {In this work we mainly study} the weak transitions of $Sigma_bto Sigma_c$. Assuming the reasonable quark-diquark structure where th
e two light quarks constitute an axial vector, we calculate the widths of semi-leptonic decay $Sigma_{b}toSigma_c e u_e$ and non-leptonic decay modes $Sigma_{b}toSigma_c +M$ (light mesons) in terms of the light front quark model. We first construct the vertex function for the concerned baryons and then deduce the form factors which are related to two Isgur-Wise functions for the $Sigma_{b}toSigma_c$ transition under the heavy quark limit. Our numerical results indicate that $Gamma(Sigma_{b}toSigma_c e u_e)$ is about $1.38times10^{10}{rm s}^{-1}$ and $Gamma(Sigma_{b}toSigma_c +M)$ is slightly below $1times10^{10}{rm s}^{-1}$ which may be accessed at the LHCb detector. By the flavor SU(3) symmetry we estimate the rates of $Omega_btoOmega_c$. We suggest to measure weak decays of $Omega_btoOmega_c$, because $Omega_b$ does not decay via strong interaction, the advantage is obvious.
We introduce a contrarian opinion (CO) model in which a fraction p of contrarians within a group holds a strong opinion opposite to the opinion held by the rest of the group. At the initial stage, stable clusters of two opinions, A and B exist. Then
we introduce contrarians which hold a strong B opinion into the opinion A group. Through their interactions, the contrarians are able to decrease the size of the largest A opinion cluster, and even destroy it. We see this kind of method in operation, e.g when companies send free new products to potential customers in order to convince them to adopt the product and influence others. We study the CO model, using two different strategies, on both ER and scale-free networks. In strategy I, the contrarians are positioned at random. In strategy II, the contrarians are chosen to be the highest degrees nodes. We find that for both strategies the size of the largest A cluster decreases to zero as p increases as in a phase transition. At a critical threshold value p_c the system undergoes a second-order phase transition that belongs to the same universality class of mean field percolation. We find that even for an ER type model, where the degrees of the nodes are not so distinct, strategy II is significantly more effctive in reducing the size of the largest A opinion cluster and, at very small values of p, the largest A opinion cluster is destroyed.
The Light-front quark model (LFQM) has been applied to calculate the transition matrix elements of heavy hadron decays. However, it is noted that using the traditional wave functions of the LFQM given in literature, the theoretically determined decay
constants of the $Upsilon(nS)$ obviously contradict to the data. It implies that the wave functions must be modified. Keeping the orthogonality among the $nS$ states and fitting their decay constants we obtain a series of the wave functions for $Upsilon(nS)$. Based on these wave functions and by analogy to the hydrogen atom, we suggest a modified analytical form for the $Upsilon(nS)$ wave functions. By use of the modified wave functions, the obtained decay constants are close to the experimental data. Then we calculate the rates of radiative decays of $Upsilon(nS)to eta_b+gamma$. Our predictions are consistent with the experimental data on decays $Upsilon(3S)to eta_b+gamma$ within the theoretical and experimental errors.
The standard model (SM) plus a real gauge-singlet scalar field dubbed darkon (SM+D) is the simplest model possessing a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark-matter candidate. The upper limits for the WIMP-nucleon elastic cross-section as a
function of WIMP mass from the recent XENON10 and CDMS-II experiments rule out darkon mass ranges from 10 to (50,70,75) GeV for Higgs-boson masses of (120,200,350) GeV, respectively. This may exclude the possibility of the darkon providing an explanation for the gamma-ray excess observed in the EGRET data. We show that by extending the SM+D to a two-Higgs-doublet model plus a darkon the experimental constraints on the WIMP-nucleon interactions can be circumvented due to suppression occurring at some values of the product tan(alpha)tan(beta), with alpha being the neutral-Higgs mixing angle and tan(beta) the ratio of vacuum expectation values of the Higgs doublets. We also comment on the implication of the darkon model for Higgs searches at the LHC.
The mixing of $eta-eta$ or $eta-eta-G$ is of a great theoretical interest, because it concerns many aspects of the underlying dynamics and hadronic structure of pseudoscalar mesons and glueball. Determining the mixing parameters by fitting data is by
no means trivial. In order to extract the mixing parameters from the available processes where hadrons are involved, theoretical evaluation of hadronic matrix elements is necessary. Therefore model-dependence is somehow unavoidable. In fact, it is impossible to extract the mixing angle from a unique experiment because the model parameters must be obtained by fitting other experiments. Recently $BR(Dtoeta+bar l+ u_l)$ and $BR(D_stoeta(eta)+bar l+ u_l)$ have been measured, thus we are able to determine the $eta-eta$ mixing solely from the semileptonic decays of D-mesons where contamination from the final state interactions is absent. Thus we hope that the model-dependence of the extraction can be somehow alleviated. Once $BR(Dtoeta+bar l+ u_l)$ is measured, we can further determine all the mixing parameters for $eta-eta-G$. As more data are accumulated, the determination will be more accurate. In this work, we obtain the transition matrix elements of $D_{(s)}to eta^{(prime)}$ using the light-front quark model whose feasibility and reasonability for such processes have been tested.
Only two isospin-singlet scalar mesons $f_0(600)$ ($sigma$) and $f_0(980)$ exist below 1 GeV, so that it is natural to suppose that they are two energy eigenstates which are mixtures of ${1oversqrt 2}(ubar u+dbar d)$ and $sbar s$. Is this picture rig
ht? Generally, it is considered that $f_0(600)$ mainly consists of ${1oversqrt 2}(ubar u+dbar d)$, if so, the dominant component of $f_0(980)$ should be $sbar s$. The recent measurement of the CLEO collaboration on the branching ratio of $D_sto f_0(980) e^+ u_e$ provides an excellent opportunity to testify the structure of $f_0(980)$, namely whether the data can be understood as long as it consists of mainly the conventional $qbar q$ structure. We calculate the form factors of $D_sto f_0(980)$ in the light-front quark model (LFQM) and the corresponding branching ratio of the semileptonic decay. By fitting the data, we obtain the mixing angle $phi$. The obtained mixing angle shows that the $sbar s$ component in $f_0(980)$ may not be dominant.
The lepton flavor violating process $J/psito ll (l eq l)$ serves as an ideal place to probe the unparticle theory. Such process can only occur at loop level in the Standard model (SM), so that should be very suppressed, by contrast in unparticle scen
ario, it happens at tree level and its contribution may be sizable for practical measurement. Moreover, the BESIII will offer the largest database on $J/psi$ which makes more accurate measurements possible. Furthermore, for such purely leptonic decays background is relatively low and signal would be cleaner. Our work carefully investigates the possibility of observing such processes from both theoretical and experimental aspects.
In our work: 0903.2612, we calculate the production rate of single top-Higgs boson in the TC2 model which is a modified version of the original top-technicolor model. The similar process was discussed in arXiv:hep-ph/9905347v2. The TC2 model, as we d
iscussed in the introduction part remedies some shortcomings and loophole of the old version. The top-Higgs in the TC2 model is a mixture of the top-Higgs of the toptechnicolor model and that of the ETC model, thus a parameter $epsilon$ is introduced to denote the mixture. Moreover, we vary the mass range of the top-Higgs within 300 to 800 GeV while in arXiv:hep-ph/9905347v2, the mass range was taken as 200 to 400 GeV. In the work, our numerical results show that the production rate of single top-Higgs in the TC2 model is very close to that in the toptecnicolor model within the mass range of 200 to 400 GeV. This manifests that change from the original toptechnicolor model to the new TC2 version does not much affect the production rate of the top-Higgs even though the two top-Higgs in the two models are different. Beyond the 400 GeV, even the TC2 model predicts a negligible production rate at LHC. Since the phenomenological change is indeed not obvious, there is not much new to report. Even though the two models are somehow different, we believe that the result is not worth publishing. Therefore we decide to withdraw our manuscript.
