In this study,we reanalyze the top-quark pair production at next-to-next-to-leading order(NNLO)in quantum chromodynamics(QCD)at future e^(+)e^(−)colliders using the Principle of Maximum Conformality(PMC)method.The PMC...In this study,we reanalyze the top-quark pair production at next-to-next-to-leading order(NNLO)in quantum chromodynamics(QCD)at future e^(+)e^(−)colliders using the Principle of Maximum Conformality(PMC)method.The PMC renormalization scales inαs are determined by absorbing the non-conformalβterms by recursively using the Renormalization Group Equation(RGE).Unlike the conventional scale-setting method of fixing the scale at the center-of-mass energyμ_(r)=√s,the determined PMC scale Q_(⋆)is far smaller than the √sand increases with the √s,yielding the correct physical behavior for the top-quark pair production process.Moreover,the convergence of the pQCD series for the top-quark pair production is greatly improved owing to the elimination of the renormalon divergence.For a typical collision energy of √s=500 GeV,the PMC scale is Q_(⋆)=107 GeV;the QCD correction factor K for conventional results is K∼1+0.1244+0.0102+0.0012−0.0087−0.0011+0.0184−0.0086+0.0002+0.0061−0.0003,where the first error is caused by varying the scaleμr∈[√s/2,2√s]and the second error is from the top-quark massΔm_(t)=±0.7 GeV.After applying the PMC,the renormalization scale uncertainty is eliminated,and the QCD correction factor K is improved to K∼1+0.1507_(−0.0015)^(+0.0015)−0.0057_(−0.0000)^(+0.0001),where the error is from the top-quark massΔm_(t)=±0.7 GeV.The PMC improved predictions for the top-quark pair production are helpful for detailed studies of the properties of the top-quark at future e^(+)e^(−)colliders.展开更多
In this paper we calculate the total and fiducial cross sections as well as differential distributions for the Higgs-strahlung or VH process pp→VH→lv1/1^-1~++H,(V = W or Z, 1=e, μ) including QCD and electro-wea...In this paper we calculate the total and fiducial cross sections as well as differential distributions for the Higgs-strahlung or VH process pp→VH→lv1/1^-1~++H,(V = W or Z, 1=e, μ) including QCD and electro-weak corrections up to next-to-leading order before and after reweighting photon PDFs of NNPDF2.3 qed, NNPDF3.0 qed,MRST2004 qed, CT14 QEDinc, and LUXqed at the LHC with 13 TeV and Higgs boson mass MH = 125 GeV. The predictions from the various photon PDFs before and after reweighting against each other are in good agreement.The photon PDF uncertainties of the photon-induced cross sections decrease significantly with the reweighting PDFs.展开更多
Contributions of fermions to the mass of the scalar glueball 0++are calculated at two-loop level in theframework of QCD sum rules.It slightly changes the coefficients in the operator product expansion (OPE) and shif...Contributions of fermions to the mass of the scalar glueball 0++are calculated at two-loop level in theframework of QCD sum rules.It slightly changes the coefficients in the operator product expansion (OPE) and shiftsthe mass of glueball to 1.72 ± 0.07 GeV.展开更多
In this paper,we take the B-L supersymmetric standard model(B-LSSM)and TeV scale left–right symmetric model(LRSM)as two representations of the two kinds of new physics models to study the nuclear neutrinoless double ...In this paper,we take the B-L supersymmetric standard model(B-LSSM)and TeV scale left–right symmetric model(LRSM)as two representations of the two kinds of new physics models to study the nuclear neutrinoless double beta decays(0ν2β)so as to see the senses onto these two kinds of models when the decays are taken into account additionally.Within the parameter spaces allowed by all the existing experimental data,the decay half-life of the nucleus^(76)Ge and^(136)Xe,T_(12)^(0ν)(^(76)Ge,^(136)Xe),is precisely calculated and the results are presented properly.Based on the numerical results,we conclude that there is greater room for LRSM type models than for B-LSSM type models in foreseeable future experimental observations on the decays.展开更多
We present theoretical predictions including the complete next-to-leading order(NLO)QCD corrections to the top quark pair production in association with a photon at the LHC with the center-of-mass system energy of 7Te...We present theoretical predictions including the complete next-to-leading order(NLO)QCD corrections to the top quark pair production in association with a photon at the LHC with the center-of-mass system energy of 7TeV.The uncertainties of the leading order(LO)and NLO QCD corrected cross sections due to the renormalization/factorization scale,and the distributions of the transverse momenta of the final top quark and the photon are studied.Moreover,we provide the numerical results of the LO,NLO QCD corrected cross sections and the corresponding𝐾-factors with different photon transverse momentum cuts.We also discuss the impact of QCD corrections to the𝑝pp→tt^(ˉ)γ𝛾+X𝑋in the case that there exists an exotic top quark with an electric charge of−4e/3 at the 7TeV LHC.展开更多
We investigate in detail the charged Higgs production associated with a W boson at electron-positron colliders within the framework of the Type-I two-Higgs-doublet model(THDM).We calculate the integrated cross section...We investigate in detail the charged Higgs production associated with a W boson at electron-positron colliders within the framework of the Type-I two-Higgs-doublet model(THDM).We calculate the integrated cross section at the LO and analyze the dependence of the cross section on the THDM parameters and the colliding energy in a benchmark scenario of the input parameters of the Higgs sector.The numerical results show that the integrated cross section is sensitive to the charged Higgs mass,especially in the vicinity of mH±≃184 GeV at a 500 GeV e^+e^−collider,and decreases consistently with the increase of tanβin the low tanβregion.The peak in the colliding energy distribution of the cross section arises from the resonance of the loop integrals,and it moves towards the low colliding energy with the increase of mH±.We also study the two-loop NLO QCD corrections to both the integrated cross section and the angular distribution of the charged Higgs boson and find that the QCD relative correction is also sensitive to the charged Higgs mass and strongly depends on the final-state phase space.For tanβ=2,the QCD relative correction at a 500 GeV e^+e^−collider varies in the range of[-10%,11%]as mH±increases from 150 to 400 GeV.展开更多
We study the triply heavy baryonsΩ_(QQQ)(Q=c,b)in the QCD sum rules by performing the first calculation of the next-to-leading order(NLO)contribution to the perturbative QCD part of the correlation functions.Compared...We study the triply heavy baryonsΩ_(QQQ)(Q=c,b)in the QCD sum rules by performing the first calculation of the next-to-leading order(NLO)contribution to the perturbative QCD part of the correlation functions.Compared with the leading order(LO)result,the NLO contribution is found to be very important to theΩ_(QQQ).This is because the NLO not only results in a large correction but also reduces the parameter dependence,making the Borel platform more distinct,especially for the Q_(bbb)in the MS scheme,where the platform appears only at NLO but not at LO.Particularly,owing to the inclusion of the NLO contribution,the renormalization schemes(MS and On-Shell)dependence and the scale dependence are significantly reduced.Consequently,after including the NLO contribution to the perturbative part in the QCD sum rules,the masses are estimated to be 4.53_)0.11)^(+0.26) GeV forΩ_(ccc) and14.27_(-0.32)^(+0.33) GeV forΩ_(bbb),where the results are obtained atμ=M_(B) with errors including those from the variation of the renormalization scaleμin the range(0.8-1.2)M_(B).A careful study of theμdependence in a wider range is further performed,which shows that the LO results are very sensitive to the choice ofμwhereas the NLO results are considerably better.In addition to theμ=M_(B) result,a more stable value,(4.75-4.80)GeV,for theΩ_(ccc) mass is found in the range ofμ=(1.2-2.0)M_(B),which should be viewed as a more relevant prediction in our NLO approach because of μ dependence.展开更多
The precision study of W^-W^+H production with subsequent W^±→l^±vl^(-)and H→bb decays at the Large Hadron Collider(LHC)aids in the investigation of Higgs gauge couplings and the search for new physics bey...The precision study of W^-W^+H production with subsequent W^±→l^±vl^(-)and H→bb decays at the Large Hadron Collider(LHC)aids in the investigation of Higgs gauge couplings and the search for new physics beyond the standard model.In this study,we calculate the shower-matched next-to-leading order QCD and electroweak(EW)corrections from the qq annihilation and photon-induced channels to the W^-W^+H production at the 14 TeV LHC.We deal with the subsequent decays of Higgs and W^±bosons by adopting the MADSPIN method.Both the integrated cross section and some kinematic distributions of W^±,H,and their decay products are provided.We find that the QCD correction significantly enhances the leading-order differential cross section,while the EW correction from the qq annihilation channel obviously suppresses it,especially in the high energy phase-space region,due to the Sudakov effect.The qy-and yy-induced relative corrections are positive and insensitive to the transverse momenta of W^±,H,and their decay products.These photon-induced corrections compensate the negative qq-initiated EW correction,and become the dominant EW contribution as the increment of the pp colliding energy.The parton shower(PS)effects on kinematic distributions are not negligible.The relative PS correction to the b-jet transverse momentum distribution can exceed 100%in the high p_(T,b)region.Moreover,we investigate the scale and PDF uncertainties,and find that the theoretical error of the QCD+EW+qγ+γγ-corrected integrated cross section mainly originates from the renormalization scale dependence of the QCD correction.展开更多
基金the Natural Science Foundation of China(12175025,12147102,12265011)by the Projects of Guizhou Provincial Department(YQK[2023]016,ZK[2023]141,[2020]1Y027,GZMUZK[2022]PT01)。
文摘In this study,we reanalyze the top-quark pair production at next-to-next-to-leading order(NNLO)in quantum chromodynamics(QCD)at future e^(+)e^(−)colliders using the Principle of Maximum Conformality(PMC)method.The PMC renormalization scales inαs are determined by absorbing the non-conformalβterms by recursively using the Renormalization Group Equation(RGE).Unlike the conventional scale-setting method of fixing the scale at the center-of-mass energyμ_(r)=√s,the determined PMC scale Q_(⋆)is far smaller than the √sand increases with the √s,yielding the correct physical behavior for the top-quark pair production process.Moreover,the convergence of the pQCD series for the top-quark pair production is greatly improved owing to the elimination of the renormalon divergence.For a typical collision energy of √s=500 GeV,the PMC scale is Q_(⋆)=107 GeV;the QCD correction factor K for conventional results is K∼1+0.1244+0.0102+0.0012−0.0087−0.0011+0.0184−0.0086+0.0002+0.0061−0.0003,where the first error is caused by varying the scaleμr∈[√s/2,2√s]and the second error is from the top-quark massΔm_(t)=±0.7 GeV.After applying the PMC,the renormalization scale uncertainty is eliminated,and the QCD correction factor K is improved to K∼1+0.1507_(−0.0015)^(+0.0015)−0.0057_(−0.0000)^(+0.0001),where the error is from the top-quark massΔm_(t)=±0.7 GeV.The PMC improved predictions for the top-quark pair production are helpful for detailed studies of the properties of the top-quark at future e^(+)e^(−)colliders.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11465018)
文摘In this paper we calculate the total and fiducial cross sections as well as differential distributions for the Higgs-strahlung or VH process pp→VH→lv1/1^-1~++H,(V = W or Z, 1=e, μ) including QCD and electro-weak corrections up to next-to-leading order before and after reweighting photon PDFs of NNPDF2.3 qed, NNPDF3.0 qed,MRST2004 qed, CT14 QEDinc, and LUXqed at the LHC with 13 TeV and Higgs boson mass MH = 125 GeV. The predictions from the various photon PDFs before and after reweighting against each other are in good agreement.The photon PDF uncertainties of the photon-induced cross sections decrease significantly with the reweighting PDFs.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.10775073the Special Grant for the Ph.D.Program of the Education Ministry of China under Grant No.20070055037
文摘Contributions of fermions to the mass of the scalar glueball 0++are calculated at two-loop level in theframework of QCD sum rules.It slightly changes the coefficients in the operator product expansion (OPE) and shiftsthe mass of glueball to 1.72 ± 0.07 GeV.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NNSFC)under Grants No.11821505 No.12047503,No.12075301 and No.11705045supported in part by the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS,Grant No.QYZDY-SSW-SYS006。
文摘In this paper,we take the B-L supersymmetric standard model(B-LSSM)and TeV scale left–right symmetric model(LRSM)as two representations of the two kinds of new physics models to study the nuclear neutrinoless double beta decays(0ν2β)so as to see the senses onto these two kinds of models when the decays are taken into account additionally.Within the parameter spaces allowed by all the existing experimental data,the decay half-life of the nucleus^(76)Ge and^(136)Xe,T_(12)^(0ν)(^(76)Ge,^(136)Xe),is precisely calculated and the results are presented properly.Based on the numerical results,we conclude that there is greater room for LRSM type models than for B-LSSM type models in foreseeable future experimental observations on the decays.
基金by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 10875112,11075150 and 11005101the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(No 20093402110030).
文摘We present theoretical predictions including the complete next-to-leading order(NLO)QCD corrections to the top quark pair production in association with a photon at the LHC with the center-of-mass system energy of 7TeV.The uncertainties of the leading order(LO)and NLO QCD corrected cross sections due to the renormalization/factorization scale,and the distributions of the transverse momenta of the final top quark and the photon are studied.Moreover,we provide the numerical results of the LO,NLO QCD corrected cross sections and the corresponding𝐾-factors with different photon transverse momentum cuts.We also discuss the impact of QCD corrections to the𝑝pp→tt^(ˉ)γ𝛾+X𝑋in the case that there exists an exotic top quark with an electric charge of−4e/3 at the 7TeV LHC.
基金Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11775211,11535002)the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics(CCEPP)。
文摘We investigate in detail the charged Higgs production associated with a W boson at electron-positron colliders within the framework of the Type-I two-Higgs-doublet model(THDM).We calculate the integrated cross section at the LO and analyze the dependence of the cross section on the THDM parameters and the colliding energy in a benchmark scenario of the input parameters of the Higgs sector.The numerical results show that the integrated cross section is sensitive to the charged Higgs mass,especially in the vicinity of mH±≃184 GeV at a 500 GeV e^+e^−collider,and decreases consistently with the increase of tanβin the low tanβregion.The peak in the colliding energy distribution of the cross section arises from the resonance of the loop integrals,and it moves towards the low colliding energy with the increase of mH±.We also study the two-loop NLO QCD corrections to both the integrated cross section and the angular distribution of the charged Higgs boson and find that the QCD relative correction is also sensitive to the charged Higgs mass and strongly depends on the final-state phase space.For tanβ=2,the QCD relative correction at a 500 GeV e^+e^−collider varies in the range of[-10%,11%]as mH±increases from 150 to 400 GeV.
基金Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11875071,11975029)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFA0406400)。
文摘We study the triply heavy baryonsΩ_(QQQ)(Q=c,b)in the QCD sum rules by performing the first calculation of the next-to-leading order(NLO)contribution to the perturbative QCD part of the correlation functions.Compared with the leading order(LO)result,the NLO contribution is found to be very important to theΩ_(QQQ).This is because the NLO not only results in a large correction but also reduces the parameter dependence,making the Borel platform more distinct,especially for the Q_(bbb)in the MS scheme,where the platform appears only at NLO but not at LO.Particularly,owing to the inclusion of the NLO contribution,the renormalization schemes(MS and On-Shell)dependence and the scale dependence are significantly reduced.Consequently,after including the NLO contribution to the perturbative part in the QCD sum rules,the masses are estimated to be 4.53_)0.11)^(+0.26) GeV forΩ_(ccc) and14.27_(-0.32)^(+0.33) GeV forΩ_(bbb),where the results are obtained atμ=M_(B) with errors including those from the variation of the renormalization scaleμin the range(0.8-1.2)M_(B).A careful study of theμdependence in a wider range is further performed,which shows that the LO results are very sensitive to the choice ofμwhereas the NLO results are considerably better.In addition to theμ=M_(B) result,a more stable value,(4.75-4.80)GeV,for theΩ_(ccc) mass is found in the range ofμ=(1.2-2.0)M_(B),which should be viewed as a more relevant prediction in our NLO approach because of μ dependence.
基金Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11775211 and 11535002)the Applied Basic Research Programs of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department(2016FB008)the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics(CCEPP)
文摘The precision study of W^-W^+H production with subsequent W^±→l^±vl^(-)and H→bb decays at the Large Hadron Collider(LHC)aids in the investigation of Higgs gauge couplings and the search for new physics beyond the standard model.In this study,we calculate the shower-matched next-to-leading order QCD and electroweak(EW)corrections from the qq annihilation and photon-induced channels to the W^-W^+H production at the 14 TeV LHC.We deal with the subsequent decays of Higgs and W^±bosons by adopting the MADSPIN method.Both the integrated cross section and some kinematic distributions of W^±,H,and their decay products are provided.We find that the QCD correction significantly enhances the leading-order differential cross section,while the EW correction from the qq annihilation channel obviously suppresses it,especially in the high energy phase-space region,due to the Sudakov effect.The qy-and yy-induced relative corrections are positive and insensitive to the transverse momenta of W^±,H,and their decay products.These photon-induced corrections compensate the negative qq-initiated EW correction,and become the dominant EW contribution as the increment of the pp colliding energy.The parton shower(PS)effects on kinematic distributions are not negligible.The relative PS correction to the b-jet transverse momentum distribution can exceed 100%in the high p_(T,b)region.Moreover,we investigate the scale and PDF uncertainties,and find that the theoretical error of the QCD+EW+qγ+γγ-corrected integrated cross section mainly originates from the renormalization scale dependence of the QCD correction.