
Fundamental Interactions : Proceedings of the Twentieth Lake Louise Winter Institute, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada 20-26 February 2005.
Title:
Fundamental Interactions : Proceedings of the Twentieth Lake Louise Winter Institute, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada 20-26 February 2005.
Author:
Astbury, Alan.
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9789812774422
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (348 pages)
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Contents -- Preface -- I. New Physics in B and K Decays -- 1. Introduction -- 2. CP Violation in the Standard Model -- 3. System of the B Mesons -- 4. Rare Decays -- 5. How Could New Physics Enter? -- 6. "Golden" Decays of B Mesons -- 7. Challenging the Standard Model through Bd -> oKs -- 8. The B -> nn nK Puzzles and their Implications for Rare K and B Decays -- 9. Conclusions and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- II. Physics at the Large Hadron Collider -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Physics Motivations for the LHC -- 3. Basics of Proton-Proton Collisions -- 4. The Experimental Challenges -- 5. The ATLAS and CMS Detectors -- 6. Precision Measurements -- 7. The Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson -- 8. The Search for Supersymmetry -- 9. Other Searches -- 10. Conclusions and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- III. Applications of Trapped Atoms for Fundamental Symmetry Studies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Laser traps for neutral atoms -- 3. Applications of atom traps to fundamental interaction studies -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Exclusive D Semileptonic Decays at CLEO-C -- 1. Exclusive D Semileptonic Decays -- 2. CLEO-c Detector and Datasets -- 3. Methods of Reconstruction and Results -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Direct CP Violation Results from BABAR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data Sample and Experimental Methods -- 3. Charge Asymmetry Measurements -- 4. Time-dependent Measurements -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Cosmic Ray Velocity and Electric Charge Measurements in the AMS Experiment -- 1. The AMS02 detector -- 2. Velocity measurement -- 3. Charge measurements -- 4. Acknowledgements -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Electroweak Physics at LEP2 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Single Photons and Photon Pairs -- 3. Fermion Pairs -- 4. Single W and Z -- 5. W and Z Pairs.
6. Gauge bosons self-couplings -- 7. W decay couplings -- 8. W boson mass and width -- Acknowledgments -- References -- What Can We Learn about Neutrinos at SNOLAB? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Infrastructure -- 3. The Science -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Flavor and Chiral Oscillations with Dirac Spinors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dirac Wave Packet Formalism -- 3. Flavor and Chiral Oscillations -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Detection and Measurement of Gamma Rays in the AMS-02 Detector -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Detecting photons with AMS - 02 -- 3. Sensitivity studies for sources -- 4. Dark Matter sensitivity studies -- 5. Summary -- References -- Higgs Boson Discovery Potential at CMS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Searches for a SM Higgs -- 3. Searches for SUSY Higgs -- 4. Invisible Higgs Search -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- AMS Transition Radiation Detector and the Search for Dark Matter -- 1. Signatures of Dark Matter in Cosmic Rays -- 2. Overview of the AMS - 02 Detector -- 3. Principles of Transition Radiation -- 4. Construction of the AMS TRD System -- 5. Physics Reach of AMS-02 Detector with the TRD -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- High Sensitivity B-Physics Measurements with the ATLAS Detector -- 1. Introduction -- 2. B-Physics Trigger Strategies -- 3. The current ATLAS B-physics studies -- 4. Measuring os and ATs with Bs -> J/vo -- 5. Rare Decays -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Measurements of the CKM Angle a from BABAR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Extraction of a from B -> hh (h = n p) decays -- 3. Experimental techniques -- 4. Results -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Systematics of Identified Hadron Spectra at PHENIX -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Measurements -- 3. Summary -- References.
Deep Dark & Directional: The DRIFT Dark Matter Experiment at Boulby Mine -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Detectors -- 3. Background Simulations -- 4. Data Analysis -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Electroweak and QCD Results from DO -- 1. Introduction -- 2. QCD Results -- 3. Electroweak Results -- References -- Time Dependent CP Violation in B0 -> n+n- Decays -- 1. Introduction -- 2. B0 -> n+n- Reconstruction -- 3. Results of CP Asymmetry Measurement -- 4. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Modification of the Casimir Effect Due to a Minimal Length Scale -- 1. The minimal length scale -- 2. Quantum theory with minimal length -- 3. The Casimir energy -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Exploring the Neutrino Universe with AMANDA and IceCube -- References -- Jet Production at HERA and Measurements of the Strong Coupling Constant as -- 1. Introduction -- 2. QCD dynamics at low x -- 3. Precise tests of QCD and the measurement of as -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Parton Energy Loss Saturation and Recombination at BRAHMS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Result -- 3. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Hadron Production and Radial Flow in Au+Au Collisions at RHIC-PHENIX -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experiments -- 3. Results -- References -- SUSY Searches at LEP -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Slepton searches -- 3. Squark searches -- 4. Chargino searches -- 5. LSP limits -- 6. Searches for gluino LSP -- 7. Other SUSY searches -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Search for New Physics at CDF II -- 1. Standard Model Higgs -- 2. Searches for Supersymmetry -- 3. Searches using Lepton and Photon Pairs -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Search for Fermiophobic Higgs at LEP -- 1. Introduction and Motivation -- 2. Fermiophobic Higgs boson decaying into a photon pair.
3. fermiophobic higgs boson decaying into WW or ZZ -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Measurements of Proton Structure at HERA -- 1. Measurements of Structure Functions F2 and xF3 -- 2. Comparison of Neutral Current and Charged Current Cross- Sections in e + p and e-p Scattering -- 3. Determination of Parton Densities and as -- 4. Extraction of FL -- 5. First results with longitudinally polarized leptons -- References -- Top Physics at the LHC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Top Quark Mass Measurement in tt Events -- 3. Topics in Top Physics -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Spatial Confinement and Thermal Deconfinement in the Compactified Gross-Neveu Model -- References -- Measurements of y in BABAR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General strategies for measuring y from B meson decays -- 3. Measuring y in charged B -> D(*)0K(*) decays -- 4. Measuring 2B + Y in neutral B0 -> D(*)+nT decays -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Leptogenesis from Parametric Resonance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Parametric Resonance and vR -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Currents on Superconducting Strings in an Unusual Environment -- References -- Search for Technicolor at LEP -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Search for Strong Interaction in W-Production -- 3. Search for nTC and pTC in the TCSM -- 4. Summary -- References -- Semileptonic Decays from BABAR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Measurement of
Coulomb Corrections to R-Correlation in the Polarized Neutron Decay -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Corrections to R in the Standard Model -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- Simulating the Sensitivity of km3 Hydrophone Arrays to Fluxes of Ultra High Energy Neutrinos -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Acoustic Signal Generation -- 3. Signal Propagation -- 4. Vertex Reconstruction -- 5. Array Sensitivity -- 6. Summary -- References -- DO Top Physics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Top quark production at the Tevatron -- 3. Measurement of the tt production cross section -- 4. Measurement of the top quark mass -- 5. Measurement of the W helicity in tt decays -- 6. Measurement of B(t -> Wb) / B(t -> Wq) -- 7. Search for single top quark production -- 8. Summary -- References -- DO Higgs Physics Results -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Standard Model Higgs boson searches -- 3. Non Standard Model Higgs boson searches -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Measurements of Rb at LEPII Energies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Analysis procedure -- 3. Systematic uncertainty -- 4. Results and conclusion -- 5. Acknowledgment -- References -- Quantization of Galilean Covariant Fields -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Complex Scalar Field : Schrodinger field -- 3. Fermi Field -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Electroweak Measurements at CDF -- 1. Introduction -- 2. W and Z inclusive cross section measurements -- 3. W Boson Asymmetries -- 4. Di-Boson Production -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Rare and Radiative B Meson Decays from the BABAR Experiment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Rare Electroweak Physics Program at BABAR -- 3. Search for B -> (p w)y -- 4. Semi-inclusive measurement of B -> Xsl+l- -- 5. Summary -- References -- The LHCB Ring-Imaging Cherenkov Detectors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The LHCb RICH Detectors -- 3. The Hybrid Photon Detector -- 4. Conclusions.
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Abstract:
This proceedings volume contains pedagogical lectures on theoretical and experimental particle physics, cosmology and atomic trap physics. It also includes additional contributions that provide up-to-date information on new experimental results from accelerators, underground laboratories, and nuclear astrophysics. This combination of pedagogical talks and topical short talks provides comprehensive information to researchers in the fields of particle physics, cosmology and atomic trap physics. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: New Physics in B and K Decays (1,704 KB). Contents: Cosmic Ray Velocity and Electric Charge Measurements in the AMS Experiment (L Arruda); Flavor and Chiral Oscillations with Dirac Spinors (A E Bernardini); Modification of the Casimir Effect Due to a Minimal Length Scale (U Harbach); Parton Energy Loss, Saturation, and Recombination at BRAHMS (E-J Kim); Spatial Confinement and Thermal Deconfinement in the Compactified Gross-Neveu Model (J M C Malbouisson); Currents on Superconducting Strings in an Unusual Environment (M A Metlitski); QCD Results at CDF (O Norniella); Quantization of Galilean Covariant Fields (E S Santos); Physics of Heavy Flavour at CDF (S Torre); Resonance Production at STAR (H Zhang); and other papers. Readership: Graduate students, researchers and academics in high energy physics, particle physics and astrophysics.
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