High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Authors and titles for March 2015

[551] arXiv:1503.07486 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: On the viability of m**2 phi**2 and natural inflation

Ana Achucarro, Vicente Atal, Yvette Welling

Comments: 14 pages, 7 figures. v2 added missing abstract in the pdf, references and very minor changes. v3. typos corrected, references added

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[552] arXiv:1503.07514 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Hydrodynamics Beyond the Gradient Expansion: Resurgence and Resummation

Michal P. Heller, Michal Spalinski

Comments: Presentation improved, typos fixed; roughly matches the published version

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 072501 (2015)

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)

[553] arXiv:1503.07629 (cross-list from physics.hist-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Supersymmetry - Roots That Didn't Grow

Cecilia Jarlskog

Subjects: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[554] arXiv:1503.07675 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: The non-gravitational interactions of dark matter in colliding galaxy clusters

David Harvey, Richard Massey, Thomas Kitching, Andy Taylor, Eric Tittley

Comments: 5 Pages, 4 Figures and 18 pages supplementary information

Journal-ref: Science, Vol. 347 no. 6229 pp. 1462-1465 (2015)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[555] arXiv:1503.07766 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Thermalization in a Holographic Confining Gauge Theory

Takaaki Ishii, Elias Kiritsis, Christopher Rosen

Comments: 57 pages, 20 figures, v2: matches published version. v3: typo in (2.21) and several associated expressions corrected. All results and figures unchanged

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[556] arXiv:1503.07813 (cross-list from astro-ph.GA) [pdf, other]

Title: Comment on "Evidence for dark matter in the inner Milky Way"

Stacy McGaugh, Federico Lelli, Marcel Pawlowski, Garry Angus, Olivier Bienaymé, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Erwin de Blok, Benoit Famaey, Filippo Fraternali, Ken Freeman, Gianfranco Gentile, Rodrigo Ibata, Pavel Kroupa, Fabian Lüghausen, Paul McMillan, David Merritt, Ivan Minchev, Giacomo Monari, Elena D'Onghia, Alice Quillen, Bob Sanders, Jerry Sellwood, Arnaud Siebert, Hongsheng Zhao

Comments: 3 pages, 2 figures. In this version we add a figure from a 1998 paper that shows the same result that arXiv:1502.03821 claims to be novel. We also add a short note rebutting arXiv:1503.08784 which was written in response to the first version

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA); High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[557] arXiv:1503.07839 (cross-list from hep-lat) [pdf, other]

Title: $|V_{ub}|$ from $B\to\pi\ell\nu$ decays and (2+1)-flavor lattice QCD

Fermilab Lattice, MILC Collaborations: Jon A. Bailey (1), A. Bazavov (2 and 3), C. Bernard (4), C. M. Bouchard (5 and 6), C. DeTar (7), Daping Du (8 and 9), A. X. El-Khadra (8), J. Foley (7), E. D. Freeland (10), E. Gámiz (11), Steven Gottlieb (12), U. M. Heller (13), J. Komijani (4), A. S. Kronfeld (14 and 15), J. Laiho (9), L. Levkova (7), Yuzhi Liu (16), P. B. Mackenzie (14), Y. Meurice (3), E. T. Neil (16 and 17), Si-Wei Qiu (7 and 18), J. Simone (14), R. Sugar (19), D. Toussaint (20), R. S. Van de Water (14), Ran Zhou (12 and 14) ((1) Seoul Nat. U., (2) BNL, (3) U. Iowa, (4) Washington U., (5) College of William and Mary, (6) Ohio State U, (7) U. Utah, (8) U. Illinois, (9) Syracuse U., (10) School of the Art Institute of Chicago, (11) U. Granada, (12) Indiana U., (13) American Physical Society, (14) FNAL, (15) IAS Tech. U. München, (16) U. Colorado, (17) RIKEN-BNL Research Center, (18) NIDDK NIH, (19) U. California Santa Barbara, (20) U. Arizona)

Comments: 63 pages, 48 figures; v2: minor changes in Sec. IV, Table X, modified Fig.14,16, results unchanged

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. D 92, 014024 (2015)

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat); High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[558] arXiv:1503.07863 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: A First Detection of the Acoustic Oscillation Phase Shift Expected from the Cosmic Neutrino Background

Brent Follin, Lloyd Knox, Marius Millea, Zhen Pan

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 091301 (2015)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[559] arXiv:1503.07909 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Cosmological Attractors from $\alpha$-Scale Supergravity

Diederik Roest, Marco Scalisi

Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures. v3: minor clarifications and refs added. PRD version

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. D 92, 043525 (2015)

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[560] arXiv:1503.07913 (cross-list from cond-mat.str-el) [pdf, other]

Title: Surface Fermi arcs in $Z_2$ Weyl semimetals $A_3 Bi$ (A=Na, K, Rb)

E. V. Gorbar, V. A. Miransky, I. A. Shovkovy, P. O. Sukhachov

Comments: 17 pages, 4 multi-panel figures; v2: published version with minor corrections, new references and a slightly reorganized text

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. B 91, 235138 (2015)

Subjects: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[561] arXiv:1503.07918 (cross-list from hep-ex) [pdf, other]

Title: A simulation-based study of the neutron backgrounds for NaI dark matter experiments

Eunju Jeon, Yeongduk Kim

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)

[562] arXiv:1503.08043 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Cosmological Collider Physics

Nima Arkani-Hamed, Juan Maldacena

Comments: 49+12 pages. 13 figures

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[563] arXiv:1503.08103 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: The bispectrum of single-field inflationary trajectories with $c_{s} \neq 1$

Jonathan S. Horner, Carlo R. Contaldi

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[564] arXiv:1503.08110 (cross-list from nucl-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Langevin dynamics and decoherence of heavy quarks at high temperatures

Yukinao Akamatsu

Comments: v3: 8 pages, 1 figure, published version

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. C92, 044911 (2015)

Subjects: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[565] arXiv:1503.08130 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Riding Gravity Away from Doomsday

Ashoke Sen

Comments: LaTeX file, 8 pages, prepared for 2015 essay competition of gravity research foundation

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[566] arXiv:1503.08140 (cross-list from hep-lat) [pdf, other]

Title: QCD phase diagram from the lattice at strong coupling

Philippe de Forcrand, Owe Philipsen, Wolfgang Unger

Comments: 9 pages, 5 figures. Presented at CPOD 2014 (Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement), November 17-21, 2014, Bielefeld, Germany

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[567] arXiv:1503.08319 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Effective operators in SUSY, superfield constraints and searches for a UV completion

E. Dudas, D. M. Ghilencea

Comments: 30 pages, LaTeX

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[568] arXiv:1503.08440 (cross-list from hep-lat) [pdf, other]

Title: Charmed baryon spectroscopy and light flavour symmetry from lattice QCD

Gunnar Bali, Sara Collins, Paula Pérez-Rubio

Comments: 35 pages, 14 tables, 20 figures. Published version, added figures, small changes to text

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. D 92, 034504 (2015)

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[569] arXiv:1503.08540 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: Can dark matter induce cosmological evolution of the fundamental constants of Nature?

Y. V. Stadnik, V. V. Flambaum

Comments: 7 pages. 1 figure. Version to appear in Physical Review Letters. This final version now includes also results amalgamated from our work arXiv:1504.01798

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 201301 (2015)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)

[570] arXiv:1503.08578 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Equivalence of Wilson Actions

H. Sonoda

Comments: 21 papges, no figure, LaTeX2e, updated version with Appendices C and D

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[571] arXiv:1503.08624 (cross-list from hep-ex) [pdf, other]

Title: Search for New Physics in SHiP and at future colliders

Elena Graverini, Nicola Serra, Barbara Storaci

Comments: Proceedings for the INFIERI 2014 school

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[572] arXiv:1503.08739 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Non-linear curvature inhomogeneities and backreaction for relativistic viscous fluids

Massimo Giovannini

Comments: 25 pages, no figures; corrected typos to match the published version

Journal-ref: Class.Quant.Grav. 32 (2015) 15, 155004

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[573] arXiv:1503.08784 (cross-list from astro-ph.GA) [pdf, other]

Title: Reply to Comment on "Evidence for dark matter in the inner Milky Way"

Fabio Iocco, Miguel Pato, Gianfranco Bertone

Comments: 2 pages

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA); High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[574] arXiv:1503.08813 (cross-list from hep-lat) [pdf, other]

Title: Hopping parameter expansion to all orders using the complex Langevin equation

G. Aarts, E. Seiler, D. Sexty, I.-O. Stamatescu

Comments: Talk presented at 9th International Workshop on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement - CPOD2014, 17-12 November 2014, ZiF, University of Bielefeld, Germany, 10 pages, 5 figures

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[575] arXiv:1503.08826 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: On the Statistics of Biased Tracers in the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structures

Raul Angulo, Matteo Fasiello, Leonardo Senatore, Zvonimir Vlah

Comments: 54 pages, 16 figures, v2: added references and explanations, corrected typos

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[576] arXiv:1503.08828 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Pair production from residues of complex worldline instantons

Anton Ilderton, Greger Torgrimsson, Jonatan Wårdh

Comments: 6 pages, 3 pdf/png figures. Matches journal version

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. D 92, 025009 (2015)

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[577] arXiv:1503.08891 (cross-list from gr-qc) [pdf, other]

Title: Accelerated Quantum Dynamics

Morgan H. Lynch

Comments: 24 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. D 92, 024019 (2015)

Subjects: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[578] arXiv:1503.08935 (cross-list from hep-ex) [pdf, other]

Title: The Spin Structure Function $g_1^{\rm p}$ of the Proton and a Test of the Bjorken Sum Rule

C. Adolph, R. Akhunzyanov, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, V. Anosov, A. Austregesilo, C. Azevedo, B. Badelek, F. Balestra, J. Barth, G. Baum, G. R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E. R. Bielert, R. Birsa, J. Bisplinghoff, M. Bodlak, M. Boer, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Buechele, E. Burtin, L. Capozza, W.-C. Chang, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, S.U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, V. Duic, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, M. Grosse-Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. Hahne, D. von Harrach, R. Hashimoto, F.H. Heinsius, F. Herrmann, F. Hinterberger, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Yu Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, R. Jahn, V. Jary, P. Jörg, R. Joosten, E. Kabuß, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Koenigsmann, I. Konorov

Comments: 19 pages, 8 figures and tables

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[579] arXiv:1503.08984 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Gluon Propagation in Curved Space

Su Kyeong Lee, Eun-Joo Kim, Jong Bum Choi

Comments: 27 pages, 8 figures

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)

[580] arXiv:1503.09074 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Some problems with reproducing the Standard Model fields and interactions in five-dimensional warped brane world models

Mikhail N. Smolyakov, Igor P. Volobuev

Comments: 18 pages, LaTeX. v3: signs corrected in eqs. (37), (38), (49) and in footnote 2; reference added; minor revision of the text

Journal-ref: Int.J.Mod.Phys.A31:1650001,2016

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[581] arXiv:1503.09145 (cross-list from nucl-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Multiquark interactions and heavy hybrid stars

Sanjin Benić

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings of the "Compact Stars in the QCD phase diagram IV" workshop, Prerow, Germany, September 26 - 30, 2014

Subjects: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)