The significance of final-state interactions in Bd → ππ decays is phenomenologically demonstrated by taking elastic ππ ⇀↽ ππ and inelastic ππ ⇀↽ DD̄ rescattering effects into consideration. We find that the present experimental data on B d → ππ can well be understood in this approach without fine-tuning of the input parameters, and large CP-violating asymmetries are expected to manifest themselv...

TOPICS IN HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS: THE PROTON MAGNETICRADIUS AND PHENOMENOLOGY OF Z ′ MEDIATION OFSUPERSYMMETRY BREAKINGbyJOYDEEP ROYDecember 2017Advisor: Dr. Gil PazMajor: PhysicsDegree: Doctor of Philosophy This dissertation describes two topics in high-energy physics. In the first we describethe extraction of the magnetic radius of the proton. In the secon...

Recent reviews and predictions for this quantity in the Standard Model and earlier references are in . Here, we report on a calculation 3 of this quantity in the chiral limit and next-to-leading (NLO) order in 1/Nc. We also discuss the changes when the known chiral corrections -final state interactions (FSI) and π0 − η mixingare included. Direct CP-violation in the K → ππ decay amplitudes is pa...

With t-channel ρ, f 2 (1270) exchange and the ππ → ρρ → ππ box diagram contribution, we reproduce the ππ isotensor S-wave and D-wave scattering phase shifts and inelasticities up to 2.2 GeV quite well in a K-matrix formalism. The t-channel ρ exchange provides repulsive negative phase shifts while the t-channel f 2 (1270) gives an attractive force to increase the phase shifts for ππ scattering a...

There have been a number of recent experimental investigations of the nonadiabatic relaxation dynamics of aniline following excitation to the first three singlet excited states, 1(1)ππ*, 1(1)π3s/πσ* and 2(1)ππ*. Motivated by differences between the interpretations of experimental observations, we have employed CASSCF and XMCQDPT2 calculations to explore the potential energy landscape and relaxa...

The cis → trans photo-isomerisation of azobenzene, after excitation to the nπ* and ππ* states, is revisited theoretically using non-adiabatic dynamics simulations in order reproduce rationalize experimentally measured quantum yields.

We report the study of ee → Υ(1S)ππ, Υ(2S)ππ, Υ(3S)ππ, and Υ(1S)KK, near the peak of the Υ(5S) resonance. The results are based on a data sample of 21.7 fb collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB ee collider. Attributing the signals to the Υ(5S) resonance, the partial widths Γ(Υ(5S) → Υ(1S)ππ) = 0.59± 0.04(stat)± 0.09(syst) MeV and Γ(Υ(5S) → Υ(2S)ππ) = 0.85 ± 0.07(stat) ± 0.16(syst) MeV a...

We analyze the ππ production amplitudes in the excited Υ decay processes, Υ (2S) → Υ (1S)ππ, Υ (3S) → Υ (1S)ππ and Υ (3S) → Υ (2S)ππ, and the ππ and KK̄ production amplitudes in the charmonium decay processes, ψ(2S) → J/ψππ and J/ψ → φππ, φKK. The amplitudes are parametrized by the sum of Breit-Wigner amplitudes for the σ and the other relevant particles and of the direct 2π-production amplitude...

The experimental isoscalar ππ → ππ S-wave amplitude squared below 1.75 GeV is characterized by a very broad structure f0(4001200) with two narrow dips due to its destructive interference with the f0(980) and f0(1500). The f0(1370) and f0(1710) do not show up clearly in the ππ → ππ S-wave amplitude due to their weak coupling to ππ. This paper is about the controversial nature of the broad f0(400...

The experimental isoscalar ππ → ππ S-wave amplitude squared below 1.75 GeV is characterized by a very broad structure f0(4001200) with two narrow dips due to its destructive interference with the f0(980) and f0(1500). The f0(1370) and f0(1710) do not show up clearly in the ππ → ππ S-wave amplitude due to their weak coupling to ππ. This paper is about the controversial nature of the broad f0(400...