The discovery of the Higgs boson by the LHC provided the last piece of the puzzle neces- sary for the Standard Model (SM) to be a successful theory of electroweak scale physics. However there exist various phenomenological reasons which serve as pointer towards the existence of physics beyond the Standard Model. For example the explanation for the smallness of the neutrino mass, baryon asymmetry of the universe, the presence of dark matter and dark energy etc. are not within purview of the Standard Model. Con- ceptual issues like the gauge hierarchy problem, weakness of gravity provide some of the theoretical motivation to pursue theories beyond the SM. We consider scenarios with warped extra-dimensions (Randall-Sundrum (RS) Model ) as our preferred candidate to answer some of the questions raised above. RS model gives an elegant geometric solution to address the hierarchy between the two fundamental scales of nature i.e. Planck scale and electroweak scale. In addition to this, the geometry of RS serves as a useful setup wherein the fermion mass hierarchy problem can also be solved. The goal of this thesis is to investigate whether RS model can be an acceptable theory of avour while at the same time serving as a solution to the hierarchy problem. In Chapter[1] we begin with a brief introduction of the SM, highlighting issues which pro- vides the necessary motivation for constructing new physics models. Various candidates of Beyond Standard Model (BSM) physics are introduced and a few preliminaries es- sential to understand frameworks with additional spatial-dimensions ( at and warped) is provided. In Chapter[2] we specialize to the case of warped extra-dimensions and motivate the need to have the SM elds in the bulk. Mathematical details related to the analysis of various spin elds (0; 12; 1 and 2) in a warped background necessary to understand relevant phenomenology is provided. The lack of knowledge of Dirac or Majorana nature of the neutrino leads to a wide variety of possibilities as far as neutrino mass generation is concerned. In Chapter[3] we focus on the leptonic sector where three cases of neutrino mass generation are consid- ered: a)Planck Scale lepton number violation (LLHH case) b) Dirac neutrinos c) Bulk Majorana mass terms. We then study the implications of each case on the charged lepton mass tting. The case with Planck scale lepton number violation in normal RS scenario requires large and negative values for the bulk mass parameters for the charged singlets cE. Dirac neutrinos and the case with Bulk Majorana mass terms give good t to data. For completeness, the ts for the hadronic sector is provided in the appendix. In Chapter[4] avour violation for each of three cases introduced in Chapter[3] is studied. For the case with Planck scale lepton number violation, the non-perturbative Yukawa coupling between the SM singlets and the KK states render the higher order diagrams incalculable. Lepton avour violation (LFV) is particularly large for the Dirac case and the bulk Majorana case for low Kaluza-Klein(KK) mass scales. We then invoke the ansatz of Minimal Flavour violation to suppress LFV with low lying KK scales and examples of avour group is provided for both cases. In Chapter[5] we present an example with a type II two Higgs doublet model applied to the LLHH case. The setup o ers a solution where LLHH scenario can be consistently realized in RS model, where the masses and mixing angles in the leptonic sector can bet with O(1) choice of bulk parameters. Assumption of global lepton number conservation (like in Dirac neutrinos) could lead to problems in theories of quantum gravity where it does not hold. This leads us to the question whether Dirac neutrinos can be naturally realized in nature. In Chapter[6] we consider the special case of bulk Majorana mass encountered in Chapter[3] where the bulk Dirac mass terms for the right handed neutrino is set to zero. We nd that this leads to a case where the e ective zero mode neutrino mass is of Dirac type with negligible e ects from the tower of Majorana states. In Chapter[7] we consider RS at the GUT scale which no longer serves as a solution to the hierarchy problem. SUSY is introduced in the bulk and the low energy SUSY serves as a solution to the hierarchy problem. Such models serve as a useful alternative to SUSY models with family symmetries (e.g. Froggatt-Nielsen Model). However the solutions to the Yukawa hierarchy problem are constrained due to anomaly cancellation conditions. In Chapter[8] supersymmetry breaking due to radion mediation in addition to brane localized sources is considered and detailed analysis of the running of soft masses and the low energy avour observables is considered for both cases separately. In Chapter[9] we conclude and present future directions.

Les désintégrations semileptoniques du méson $B$ participent à la détermination de certains paramètres fondamentaux du Modèle Standard. Ce travail décrit essentiellement l'étude des deux canaux de désintégrations $B_s \to D_s \ell \bar\nu_\ell$ et $B\to D^{**} \ell\bar\nu_\ell$ (où les $D^{**}$ sont les premières excitations orbitales des mésons $D$ ayant une parité positive). Le cadre théorique est celui de la QCD sur réseau qui, en discrétisant l'espace-temps, permet de calculer non perturbativement les fonctions de Green de la théorie. En utilisant l'action à masse twistée avec deux saveurs dégénérées de quarks dynamiques ($N_f=2$), nous avons commencé par étudier la spectroscopie des états charmés scalaires $D_0^*$ et tenseurs $D_2^*$. Ensuite, nous avons réalisé la détermination du facteur de forme $G_s(1)$ décrivant le processus $B_s\to D_s \ell \bar\nu_\ell$ dans le Modèle Standard. Ce paramètre offre un moyen d'extraire l'élément de la matrice CKM $V_{cb}$. Par ailleurs, et pour la première fois en QCD sur réseau, nous avons déterminé les rapports $F_0(q^2)/F_+(q^2)$ et $F_T(q^2)/F_+(q^2)$ dans la région proche du recul nul: ces contributions sont en effet nécessaires afin de discuter ce canal de désintégration dans certains modèles au-delà du Modèle Standard. Enfin, une étude préliminaire du canal de désintégration $B\to D^{**}$ a été abordée où nous avons trouvé une valeur non nulle de l'élément de matrice décrivant la désintégration $B\to D_0^*$ à recul nul contrairement de ce qui est connu à la limite des quarks lourds. Dans le cas du $B \to D_2^*$, nos résultats ont montré un signal indiquant une différence par rapport aux prédictions de masse infinie. Ces calculs sont indispensables afin de tirer une conclusion plus solide concernant le ``puzzle 1/2 vs 3/2''. / Semileptonic decays of $B$ mesons provide a rich source of knowledge for determining fundamental parameters of the Standard Model. This work reports mainly on the study of two semileptonic decay channels: the $B_s \to D_s \ell\bar\nu_\ell$ and $B\to D^{**} \ell\bar\nu_\ell$ (where the $D^{**}$ are the first orbitally excited states of the $D$ mesons having a positive parity). The theoretical framework is Lattice QCD which is considered as the only satisfying approach which calculates in a non perturbative way the transition amplitudes from first principles. By using the twisted mass QCD on the lattice with $N_f = 2$ dynamical flavors we studied, first, the spectroscopy of the scalar $D_0^*$ and the tensor $D_2^*$ states. Then, we determined the normalization $G_s(1)$ of the form factor dominating $B_s \to D_s \ell \bar\nu_\ell$ in the Standard Model which provides a means of extracting the CKM matrix element $V_{cb}$. Next, we make the first lattice determination of $F_0(q^2)/F_+(q^2)$ and $F_T(q^2)/F_+(q^2)$ near the zero recoil. The obtained results are important for the discussion of this decay in various scenarios of physics beyond the Standard Model. Finally, we did a preliminary study of $B\to D^{**}$ where we have obtained a non vanishing matrix element corresponding to the decay of $B$ into the $D_0^*$ at zero recoil contrary to what was known in the heavy quark limit. Moreover, the computations corresponding to $B\to D_2^*$ show a signal indicating a difference with respect to the infinite mass limit prediction. These results are important to draw a firm conclusion on the ``1/2 vs 3/2 puzzle''.

This thesis is devoted to the theory and phenomenology of neutrino physics. While the standard model of particle physics has been extremely successful, it fails to account for massive neutrinos, which are necessary to describe the observations of neutrino oscillations made by several different experiments. Thus, neutrino physics is a possible window for exploring the physics beyond the standard model, making it both interesting and important for our fundamental understanding of Nature. Throughout this thesis, we will discuss different aspects of neutrino physics, ranging from taking all three types of neutrinos into account in neutrino oscillation experiments to exploring the possibilities of neutrino mass models to produce a viable source of the baryon asymmetry of the Universe. The emphasis of the thesis is on neutrino oscillations which, given their implication of neutrino masses, is a phenomenon where other results that are not describable in the standard model could be found, such as new interactions between neutrinos and fermions. / QC 20100630

This research investigated yeast populations and diversity during pre-fermentation cold maceration and alcoholic fermentation of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Pinot noir grapes from a commercial vineyard (Dayton, OR). Fermentations were conducted at the Oregon State University research winery in 100 L tanks while grapes from the same vineyard lot were fermented at a commercial winery. Samples were taken daily during pre-fermentation maceration (9°C) and alcoholic fermentation (27°C) and plated on WL and lysine media to determine Saccharomyces and non-Saccharomyces populations and diversity. Total non-Saccharomyces populations increased from 1 x 10³ cfu/mL to 1 x 10⁵ cfu/mL during pre-fermentation cold maceration and reached a maximum of 1 x 10⁷ cfu/mL during alcoholic fermentation. Thirteen distinct yeast species were tentatively identified based on appearance on WL media and were initially screened for β-glucosidase activity using 4-methyllumbelliferyl-β-D-gluconopyranoside (4-MUG) plates. The identity of the isolates screening positive for β-glucosidase activity was determined by sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domain of the 26S rDNA gene. The five isolates identified were Metschnikowia pulcherrima, Hanseniaspora uvarum, Kluveromyces thermotolerans, and two Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates. β-glucosidase activity was further characterized and quantified using a liquid media representing grape must conditions (pH 3.5, 20° Brix) at two temperatures (25°C and 8°C). While increasing sugar concentration suppressed the β-glucosidase activity of H. uvarum (-99%), β-glucosidase activity still remained relatively high for M. pulcherrima, S. cerevisiae isolate 1, and S. cerevisiae isolate 2. At 8°C, β-glucosidase activity was reduced for M. pulcherrima compared to activity at 25°C, but activity increased for K. thermotolerans, S. cerevisiae isolate 1, and S. cerevisiae isolate 2. The yeast isolates possessing β-glucosidase activity were used in fermentations of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Pinot Noir grapes. The grapes were treated with high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) to inactivate naturally occurring yeast and bacteria. All yeast isolates grew during pre-fermentation cold maceration (7 days at 9°C) and populations increased 3 to 4 logs. Following pre-fermentation cold maceration, all ferments were warmed to 27°C and inoculated with S. cerevisiae RC212. Alcoholic fermentations were all complete within eight days and after pressing wines were analyzed for volatile aroma compounds by SPME-GC-MS. The presence of different yeast isolates during pre-fermentation cold maceration resulted in wines with unique aroma profiles. Ethyl ester concentrations were highest in the wine that did not undergo a pre-fermentation cold maceration, while concentrations of branch-chained esters were higher in the treatments with yeast present during pre-fermentation cold maceration. Pre-fermentation cold maceration with yeast isolates demonstrating β-glucosidase did not affect the concentration of β-damascenone or β-ionone. Wines that had undergone pre-fermentation cold maceration with S. cerevisiae isolate 1, S. cerevisiae isolate 2, and a combination of all isolates resulted in over twice the concentration of β-citronellol over wines that did not undergo a pre-fermentation cold maceration. / Graduation date: 2013

科学研究費補助金 研究種目:基盤研究(C) 課題番号:08610079 研究代表者:石井 澄 研究期間:1996-1998年度

Orientador: Gastão Inácio Krein / Resumo: Existem poucas dúvidas de que a QCD seja a teoria correta das interações fortes. As dificuldades em resolver a teoria em baixas energias no regime fortemente acoplado e não perturbativo tem deixado sem respostas muitas questões importantes, tais como a natureza do confinamento e o mecanismo de hadronização. Diversos métodos têm sido usados para estudar suas propriedades e consequências a baixas energias. Esses métodos incluem a QCD na rede, as equações de Dyson- Schwinger, a teoria de perturbação chiral e os modelos de quarks. Recentemente, a dualidade gauge/gravidade tem fornecido uma nova maneira de acessar o regime fortemente acoplado de uma teoria de calibre via uma teoria de gravidade dual, em especial da QCD através de modelos holográficos. Tais modelos são usualmente denominados modelos holográficos para a QCD, ou apenas modelos AdS/QCD. Nesta tese investigamos importantes problemas de interesse atual em física hadrônica envolvendo as quebras das simetrias chiral e de sabor usando modelos holográficos para a QCD. Estes problemas são: (1) o desaparecimento das constantes de decaimento leptônicas dos estados excitados do pion no limite quiral; (2) os efeitos da quebra de simetria de sabor no acoplamentos do méson rho aos mésons charmosos D and D^{*} e seus fatores de forma eletromagnéticos; (3) os efeitos de um campo magnético e da temperatura sobre o condensado quiral, sinalizando uma catálise magnética inversa. / Abstract: There is little doubt that QCD is the correct theory for the strong interactions. The difficulties in solving the theory at low energies in the strongly interacting, non-perturbative regime have left unanswered many important questions, such as the nature of confinement and the mechanism of hadronization. Several approaches have been used to study its properties and consequences at low energies. These include lattice QCD, Dyson-Schwinger equations, chiral perturbation theory and quark models. More recently, the gauge/gravity duality has provided a new way to access the strongly coupled regime of a gauge theory via a dual gravity theory, in special of QCD through holographic models. Such models are usually named as holographic QCD models, or just AdS/QCD models. In this thesis, we investigate three problems of contemporary interest in hadronic physics involving the chiral and flavor symmetries holographic QCD models. These problems are: (1) the vanishing of the leptonic decay constants of the excited states of the pion in the chiral limit; (2) the effects of the flavor symmetry breaking on the strong couplings of the rho meson to the charmed D and D^{*} mesons and the their electromagnetic form factors; (3) the effects of a magnetic field and temperature on the chiral condensate, signalizing inverse magnetic catalysis. / Doutor

Le Modèle Standard (MS) de la physique des particules s’est imposé comme étant la description la plus précise des interactions fondamentales entre les particules élémentaires. La découverte d’un boson de Higgs, avec une masse de 125 GeV, en Juillet 2012 au Large Hadron Collider (LHC), en a marqué sa confirmation définitive. Cependant, de nombreux problèmes observationnels et théoriques sont au coeur du MS, la plupart liés au secteur de Higgs. Etant une particule scalaire, le boson de Higgs souffre de très grandes corrections radiatives, ce qui déstabilise l’échelle électro-faible et mène au problème de hiérarchie. L’un des buts principaux du LHC est d’explorer précisément le secteur de Higgs, afin de caractériser le mécanisme à l’origine de la brisure de la symétrie électro- faible et de tester de possibles solutions au problème de hiérarchie. Le secteur de Higgs est également responsable de la génération des masses des fermions dans le MS, par le biais des couplages de Yukawa. Ces couplages sont extrêmement non génériques et cela mène aux problèmes de la saveur au delà du MS.La première partie de cette thèse se concentre sur la caractérisation précise du secteur de Higgs. En particulier, le code public Lilith est présenté, il permet de dériver des contraintes sur des scénarios de nouvelle physique à l’aide des mesures des propriétés du boson de Higgs en collisionneurs. Une analyse des couplages du boson de Higgs dans le contexte de plusieurs scénarios est ensuite effectuée. Dans la seconde partie, la phénoménologie des modèles à deux doublets de Higgs est étudiée à la lumière des résultats de la première phase du LHC. La limite d’alignement, ainsi que la possible présence de bosons de Higgs légers, sont étudiées en détail. Finalement, dans la dernière partie de cette thèse, l’hypothèse de Violation Minimale de la Saveur est introduite comme une solution potentielle aux problèmes de la saveur au delà du MS. Appliquée au Modèle Standard Supersymétrique Minimal, l’évolution des couplages baryoniques violant la parité R sous le groupe de renormalisation est analysée en détail. / The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics stands as the most successful description of the fundamental interactions between elementary particles. The discovery of a Higgs boson, at a mass of 125 GeV, in July 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), marked its ultimate confirmation. However, various observational and theoretical problems lie in the heart of the SM, with the majority of them linked to the Higgs sector. Being a scalar, the Higgs boson is subject to very large radiative corrections and this ultimately leads to the electroweak hierarchy problem. One of the main goals of the LHC program is to precisely probe the Higgs sector, in order to characterize the mechanism at the origin of the breaking of the electroweak symmetry and test possible solutions to the hierarchy problem. The Higgs sector is also responsible for the generation of the fermion masses, as it induces the Yukawa couplings. The SM flavor sector is highly hierarchical and this leads to flavor puzzles in theories beyond the SM.The first part of this thesis is dedicated to the precise characterization of the Higgs sector. In particular, the public tool Lilith is presented, which allows to derive constraints on new physics models based on the Higgs measurements at colliders. It is then used to perform global fits of the Higgs couplings in the context of various scenarios. In the second part, the phenomenology of two-Higgs-doublet models is studied in the light of the results from the first run of the LHC. The so-called alignment limit is explored in detail, as well as the possible presence of light scalar states. Finally, in the last part of this thesis, the Minimal Flavor Violation hypothesis is introduced as a possible solution to the flavor puzzles beyond the SM. Enforcing it in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, the renormalisation group evolution of the baryonic R-parity violating couplings is then studied in detail.

Le Modèle Standard Supersymétrique Minimal (MSSM), le plus étudié des modèles de Nouvelle Physique, contient un candidat à la matière noire : le neutralino. Un des mécanismes qui permet de réduire la densité relique de neutralino jusqu'à l'intervalle expérimental de WMAP et de Planck est la coannihilation entre le neutralino et le stop. Dans cette thèse nous étudions deux aspects différents liés à la prédiction de la densité relique dans la région de coannihilation neutralino-stop, ainsi qu'au calcul des sections efficaces d'annihilation et de coannihilation correspondantes. Nous présentons tout d'abord la matière noire en tant que WIMP ainsi que le Modèle Standard de la Physique des Particules, puis nous abordons le MSSM ainsi la phénoménologie de la densité relique de neutralino. Nous étudions ensuite la phénoménologie de la violation de saveur non minimale dans le secteur des squarks dans le contexte de la densité relique de neutralino. Nous considérons des termes violant la saveur dans le secteur des squarks up et down de chiralité droite et de troisième génération et montrons qu'ils peuvent avoir un impact important sur les sections efficaces d'annihilation et de coannihilation du neutralino, et en conséquence sur la densité relique. Finalement, nous nous intéressons à la possibilité d'améliorer la précision avec laquelle la densité relique est prédite, en calculant les sections efficaces d'annihilation et de coannihilation à l'ordre supérieur dans la théorie des perturbation. En se basant sur des travaux antérieurs qui ont montré que l'impact des corrections SUSY-QCD à une boucle pour l'annihilation de neutralino était supérieur à l'incertitude expérimentale, nous avons calculé de telles corrections dans le cas de la coannihilaiton neutralino-stop en bosons de jauge électrofaibles et bosons de Higgs. / The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), the most famous model of Physics beyond the Standard Model, provides a good dark matter candidate: the neutralino. One of the mechanisms which can reduce the predicted relic density of neutralino to the experimental range of WMAP and Planck is the coannihilation between the neutralino and the stop. In this thesis, we study two different aspects related to the prediction of the relic density in the neutralino-stop coannihilation region and the calculation of the corresponding annihilation and coannihilation cross sections. We first make short reviews of WIMP dark matter and the Standard Model of particle Physics, introduce the MSSM and discuss the phenomenology of neutralino relic density. We then study the phenomenology of Non Minimal Flavor Violation in the squark sector in the context of neutralino relic density. We consider flavor violating terms in the sectors of right handed third generation up and down squarks and show that they can have an important impact on the thermally averaged (co)annihilation cross section of the neutralino, and therefore on its relic density. Finally, we focus on the issue of improving the precision with which the relic density is calculated, by computing (co)annihilation cross sections at Next-to-Leading Order. Following earlier work in the calculation of one-loop SUSY-QCD corrections to the annihilation of neutralinos, which have shown that the impact of such corrections was larger than the experimental uncertainty, we have calculated similar corrections for the neutralino-stop coannihilation into electroweak gauge and Higgs bosons.

L'interférence entre la désintégration du méson $\Bs$ vers un état final propre de CP, directement ou via le mélange $\Bs-\Bsb$, donne lieu à une phase violant CP mesurable $\phi_s$, dont la valeur dans le Modèle Standard est $\phi_s^{MS} = (-0.0370\pm 0.0006)~\mathrm{rad}$. Cependant, des contributions de Nouvelle Physique peuvent intervenir dans ce processus et modifier la valeur de $\phi_s$. À l'heure actuelle, la mesure la plus précise de $\phi_s$ est donnée par l'expérience LHCb et la valeur moyenne mondiale est $\phi_s^{\rm{exp}} = (-0.021 \pm 0.032)~\mathrm{rad}$, dominée par l'incertitude statistique.Dans ce contexte, l'étude de la désintégration $\Bs \to \etac \phi$ est effectuée en utilisant les données de collisions $pp$ correspondant à une luminosité intégrée de~3.0\invfb, collectées avec le détecteur LHCb avec le Run~1 du LHC. La première observation de la désintégration $\Bs \to \etac \phi$ est obtenue, avec le méson \etac reconstruit dans les quatres modes de désintégration $p\bar p$, $ K^+ K^- \pi^+ \pi^-$ , $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^+\pi^-$ et $K^+K^-K^+K^-$ et $\phi(1020)$ reconstruit dans le mode $K^+K^-$. La désintégration $ \Bs \to \jpsi \phi $ est utilisée comme canal de normalisation.Le rapport de branchement mesuré est $\mathcal B (B^{0}_{s} \to \eta_{c} \phi) = \left(5.01 \pm 0.53 \pm 0.27 \pm 0.63 \right) \times 10^{-4}$, où la première incertitude est statistique, la seconde est systématique et la troisième incertitude est due à la connaissance limitée des rapports d'embranchement externes. / The interference between $\Bs$ meson decay amplitudes to CP final state directly or via mixing gives rise to a measurable CP-violating phase $\phi_s$, which is predicted to be $\phi_s^{SM} = (-0.0370\pm0.0006)~\mathrm{rad}$ in the Standard Model. However, such process may receive contributions from New Physics and change the value of $\phi_s$. At present, the most precise measurement of $\phi_s$ is given by the LHCb experiment and the world average is $\phi_s^{\rm{exp}} = (-0.021\pm 0.032)~\mathrm{rad}$, with uncertainty still dominated by the statistics.In this context, a study of $\Bs \to \etac \phi$ decays is performed using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of~3.0\invfb, collected with the LHCb detector during the Run~1 of the LHC. The observation of the decay $\Bs \to \etac \phi$ is reported, where the \etac meson is reconstructed in the $p\bar p$, $K^+K^-\pi^+\pi^-$, $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^+\pi^-$ and $K^+K^-K^+K^-$ decay modes and the $\phi(1020)$ in the $K^+ K^-$ decay mode. The decay $\Bs \to \jpsi \phi$ is used as a normalisation channel.The measured branching fraction is $\mathcal B (B^{0}_{s} \to \eta_{c} \phi) = \left(5.01 \pm 0.53 \pm 0.27 \pm 0.63 \right) \times 10^{-4}$, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the external branching fractions.

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