Yuki Yokokura, RIKEN
Thermodynamic entropy as a Noether invariant (in Japanese)
We study a classical many-particle system with an external control represented by a time-dependent extensive parameter in a Lagrangian. We show that thermodynamic entropy of the system is uniquely characterized as the Noether invariant associated with a symmetry for an infinitesimal non-uniform time translation $t\to t+\eta\hbar \beta$, where $\eta$ is a small parameter, $\hbar$ is the Planck constant, $\beta$ is the inverse temperature that depends on the energy and control parameter, and trajectories in the phase space are restricted to those consistent with quasi-static processes in thermodynamics.
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・Shin-ichi Sasa,Yuki Yokokura:Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 140601 (2016)
Sukanta Dutta, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi
Constraints on Anomalous Couplings from Perturbative Unitarity
We perform a model independent analysis of the helicity amplitudes at high energy for all the 2 $\to$ 2 scattering processes involving gauge and Higgs bosons in the presence of anomalous $WWV, WWVV, VVH, VVHH$ ($V \equiv Z, gamma$ and $W^\pm$), $HHHH$ and $HHH$ interactions. Further, assuming all anomalous couplings to have arisen only from dimension six operators, we show that the per- turbative unitarity violation can be evaded up to $\sim$ 9 TeV corresponding to the best fit values of $f_{WW}/\Lambda^2$ and $f_{BB}/\Lambda^2$ from the combined analysis of Tevatron and LHC data.
Seng Pei Liew, Univ. of Tokyo, Hongo
Bound-state effects on dark matter phenomenology: from cosmology to the LHC
We consider the case where dark matter is accompanied by an almost mass-degenerate colored particle. The colored particle is typically long-lived and can, in pair, form a QCD bound state which have interesting implications on cosmology and LHC physics. Bound state formation enhances the effective annihilation cross section significantly. For the stop-bino coannihilation scenario, we find that the bino dark matter mass can be as heavy as 2.5 TeV. Meanwhile, at the LHC, a 750 GeV quarkonium can accommodate the recently observed diphoton excesses. We show with explicit model building that other LHC excesses may be accommodated simultaneously in this framework.
Yuji Kato, KMI, Nagoya University
Charmed hadron spectroscopy at Belle and Belle II
We know that constituent quark model works very well to describe mesons and baryons. However, we do not know “why” it works so well. In order to understand the nature of the constituent quark, the B-factory experiment is a powerful probe. Belle is an asymmetric energy e+e- collider experiment constructed to study the CP-violation in the B-meson decay to prove the Kobayashi-Maskawa theory. Unexpected bonus of the Belle is discoveries of a large number of “new hadrons” which include candidates of exotic states such as X(3872). In this talk, an overview the hadron spectroscopy at Belle and report some details on the recent studies on exotic charmonium and charmed baryons are presented. Finally, the prospect of hadron spectroscopy at the upcoming Belle II experiment is presented.
Hyungjin Kim, KAIST
Diphoton Excess and Electric Dipole Moments
We examine the implication of the recently observed diphoton excess for the electric dipole moments of the neutron and electron. The excess can be due to a spin zero resonance which couples to photons and gluons through the loops of massive vector-like fermions. In this case, the resulting neutron electric dipole moment can be comparable to the present experimental bound if the CP-violating angle alpha in the underlying new physics is of O(10^-1). An electron EDM comparable to the present bound can be achieved through a mixing between the 750 GeV resonance and the Standard Model Higgs boson, if the mixing angle itself for an approximately pseudoscalar resonance, or the mixing angle times the CP-violating angle alpha for an approximately scalar resonance, is of O(10^-3). For the case that the 750 GeV resonance corresponds to a composite pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson formed by a QCD-like hypercolor dynamics confining at Lambda_HC, the resulting neutron EDM can be estimated with alpha ~ (750GeV/Lambda_HC)2theta_HC, where theta_HC is the hypercolor vacuum angle.
Masaki Yamada, Tohoku Univ
Thermalization process and DM production in the reheating era
We estimate dark matter density for the Universe with a reheating temperature smaller than the mass of dark matter, assuming dark matter to be a weakly interacting massive particle. During the reheating process, an inflaton decays and releases high-energy particles, which are scattered inelastically by the thermal plasma and emit many particles. Dark matters are produced through these inelastic scattering processes and pair creation processes by high-energy particles. We properly take account of the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect on inelastic processes and show that the resultant energy density of dark matter is much larger than that estimated in the literature and can be consistent with that observed when the mass of dark matter is larger than O(100) GeV.
Daisuke Kawai, Kyoto University
Chaotic strings in a near Penrose limit of AdS5×T1,1
We study chaotic motions of a classical string in a near Penrose limit of AdS5×T1,1. It is known that chaotic solutions appear on R×T 1,1, depending on initial conditions. It may be interesting to ask whether the chaos persists even in Penrose limits or not. In this talk, we would like to introduce basic tools for studying classical chaos first ,and then we would like to show our results. We revealed that sub-leading corrections in a Penrose limit provide an unstable separatrix, so that chaotic motions are generated as a consequence of collapsed Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser (KAM) tori. Our analysis is based on deriving a reduced system composed of two degrees of freedom by supposing a winding string ansatz. Then, we provide support for the existence of chaos by computing Poincare sections.
Masamichi Miyaji, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
Chaos from Information Metric
We show that rapid growth of information metric of Thermofield double stateis directly related to commutator of simple operators. Following holographic proposal for information metric, we compute information metric of thermofield double state for marginal deformation, by evaluating volume of maximal volume codimension 1 surface, and confirm that information metric increases exponentially with time. Our result implies thermofield double state of chaotic system is sensitive to change of outer environment. We note that our holographic calculation of information metric is consistent with the expected decay of two point function of spacial Wilson loops on great circle.
Yohei Ema, Univ. of Tokyo
Fate of Electroweak Vacuum during Preheating
Our electroweak vacuum may be metastable in light of the current experimental data of the Higgs/top quark mass. From the viewpoint of cosmology, an interesting consequence is that high-scale inflation has a tension with the metastability.In order to overcome this problem, Higgs-inflaton/-curvature couplings are often introduced to stabilize Higgs during inflation. However, after inflation, the mass term induced by the additional coupling oscillates during the preheating era, and it can potentially destabilize the electroweak vacuum via resonant production of Higgs. In this talk, we study whether the Higgs-inflaton/-curvature coupling can save the electroweak vacuum by taking account of Higgs production during the preheating stage. In particular, we put upper bounds on the Higgs-inflaton/-curvature coupling.
Atsushi Naruko, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Gravitational scalar-tensor theory