京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第23697号 / 理博第4787号 / 新制||理||1685(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科物理学・宇宙物理学専攻 / (主査)教授 青木 慎也, 教授 大西 明, 教授 萩野 浩一 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

In der Gitterquantenchromodynamik sind der Einsatz von unphysikalisch großen Quarkmassen und die Extrapolation von Ergebnissen zu physikalischen Massen signifikante systematische Fehlerquellen. In dieser Arbeit wird die praktische Durchführbarkeit numerischer Simulationen der Quantenchromodynamik mit physikalisch leichten up und down Quarkmassen unter Verwendung der Wilson twisted mass Diskretisierung untersucht. Simulationen im Regime physikalisch leichter Quarkmassen sind jedoch einerseits numerisch sehr aufwendig, können andererseits aber auch durch das Auftreten großer Diskretisierungsartefakte nicht praktikabel sein. Anhand von Simulationen mit massendegenerierten dynamischen up und down Quarks wird dargestellt dass die Erweiterung der twisted mass Fermionwirkung durch den Sheikholeslami-Wohlert Term es ermöglicht physikalisch leichte Quarkmassen zu erreichen. Es wird gezeigt, dass die Simulationen stabil sind und dass die Parameter der diskretisierten Theorie so gewählt werden können, dass das geladene Pion seine physikalische Masse annimmt. Ferner wird dargestellt, dass auch die Parameter für eine Simulation mit dynamischen massendegenerierten up und down quarks sowie nichtdegenerierten strange und charm Quarks schrittweise auf ihre physkalischen Werte gesetzt werden können. Um das Verhalten von Observablen bei physikalischer Quarkmasse zu untersuchen, werden Massen und Zerfallskonstanten von pseudoskalaren Mesonen mit up, down sowie strange und charm Valenzquarks berechnet. Die Ergebnisse stimmen größtenteils überein mit den phänomenologischen Werten, obwohl weder Kontinuumslimes noch die Extrapolation zu unendlichem Volumen durchgeführt werden. Renormierte leichte, strange und charm Quarkmassen werden über Interpolationen in hadronischen Observablen berechnet und stimmen ebenso größtenteils mit phänomenologischen Werten und anderen Ergebnissen aus der Gitter-QCD überein. / In computer simulations of Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics, the usage of unphysically large quark masses and the subsequent extrapolation of results to the physical value of the quark masses are major sources of systematic uncertainty. In this thesis, the feasibility and practicality of numerical simulations of Quantum Chromodynamics with physically light up and down quarks using the Wilson twisted mass quark discretisation are explored. Working in this regime is complicated firstly by the numerical expense of these simulations and secondly by the presence of potentially large lattice artefacts. The twisted mass discretisation is affected by an unphysical mass difference between the charged and neutral pions, rendering simulations at the physical charged pion mass infeasible if this mass splitting is too large. With the aim of reducing it, the Sheikholeslami-Wohlert term is added to the twisted mass fermion action and simulations with mass degenerate up and down quarks are then performed as a proof of concept. It is demonstrated that these simulations are stable and that the parameters of the lattice theory can be successfully tuned to correspond to the physical charged pion mass. Subsequently, the parameter tuning for simulations with mass degenerate up and down quarks as well as strange and charm quarks is explored and it is shown that it can be carried out in steps. As benchmark observables, the masses and decay constants of pseudoscalar mesons with light, strange and charm valence quarks are calculated and seen to largely reproduce their phenomenological values, even though continuum and infinite volume extrapolations are not performed. Light, strange and charm quark mass estimates are determined based on this data and also seen to coincide with phenomenological and other lattice determinations.

The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics provides the theoretical framework to describe the fundamental interactions among elementary constituents of matter. SM is supported by experiments to a high degree of accuracy, up to parts per-mil for the electroweak (EW) sector and parts-per-trillion for QED alone, but it still remains incomplete. Many observed phenomena lack explanation in the framework of the SM and its particles. They indicate the possibility of existence of particles and interactions beyond the SM (BSM). These phenomena include dark matter (DM), dark energy and baryonic asymmetry of the universe. In addition, a quantum description of gravity is still lacking. The top quark has the largest mass among the SM particles. Due to it’s heavy mass, top quark is the only colored particle which does not hadronize and hence its properties are directly accessible by studying it’s decay particles. The order one Yukawa coupling of the top quark also imbibes it with an important role in the behavior of the SM couplings at higher energy scales where possible BSM physics may contribute. As a result, precision measurements of top quark properties may provide a glimpse into BSM physics and hence making these measurements is one of the core aims of the Large Hadron Collider. In stark contrast with top quark physics is the elusive, dark matter (DM) of the universe. There exists a lot of observational evidence for it but, as of yet, with no clue with regards to its particle properties and interactions. Compelling evidence for the existence of DM comes from measurements based on cosmic microwave background radiation, astrophysical observations of distribution of visible matter in galaxy clusters, galactic cluster collisions (e.g. bullet cluster), gravitational lensing, galactic rotation curves, structure formation simulations, to name a few. It is interesting to investigate the possibility that there may be a connection between top quark and DM. In this thesis, we extend the SM with simplified models to study BSM physics at colliders and also to explain the DM puzzle. Here, we use the Top quark as a laboratory for constructing generic probes of BSM and also of the dark sector physics. In Chapter 1, we introduce some relevant background and salient aspects of the SM framework on which the following BSM theories are built. In Chapter 2 we explore an s channel and a t-channel simplified model in the context of top quark pair production using asymmetries constructed with kinematic variables of the top decay products. In Chapter 3, we then propose a simplified model which includes a colored scalar as the mediator between DM and SM particles, termed gluphillic scalar dark matter (GSDM). Monojet process is one of the primary channels to probe DM at hadron colliders. In Chapter 3, the discussion of monojet process at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is limited to the effective field theory (EFT) framework. In Chapter 4 we discuss collider processes in GSDM model with complete loop calculations for the diagrams involving the mediating colored scalar. We also compare the loop calculation with the EFT results to find the range of applicability of the EFT. The top quark study in Chapter 2 was initially inspired from an interesting observation made in 2008 which suggested a deviation from the SM in the forward-backward asymmetry (FBA) of a pair produced top quark. The value of FBA measured at the time was 18% ±12%. This value deviated by more than 1σ with respect to the SM leading order (LO) value of 5%. The deviation was observed by both the detectors at Tevatron, D0 and CDF, and it’s significance increased with additional data in 2012. Recent analyses of the data by D0 is now in better agreement with the latest effective-NNNLO calculations. However, the FBA measurements by CDF are still in tension with those by D0 and the value predicted by theoretical calculations. Inspired by this puzzle, which may be on its way to getting solved, we have been able to construct effective probes of BSM physics for the on-going and future searches of BSM in the top quark sector. In our analyses, we studied correlations among observables which can distinguish between different sources of BSM contributions in the top quark pair production. As a template, we use an s-channel and a t-channel mediator, both of which leave very different signatures in the kinematic asymmetry correlations. The simplified models considered by us also included parity breaking interactions which lead to polarized top quarks, providing another probe into the underlying production process. We find that all the kinematic distributions of the decay lepton get influenced by the polarization of the top quark. We show that these correlations can distinguish well between the template models of axigluon and diquark. In general, all of these observables also provide a probe into the polarization of the top quark and therefore any chiral couplings with the mediator. However, the lepton polar angle asymmetry measured in the lab frame is special in that it can not only probe the longitudinal polarization as other observables but is also sensitive to the transverse polarization of the top quark. We also show the effectiveness of the proposed top quark kinematic observables, to distinguish between s and t-channel BSM physics models, in future searches for BSM particles at the run-II LHC. In a large verity of dark matter (DM) models the simplest candidate is the model of a singlet scalar particle. The scalar may couple to the standard model in a number of ways via any of the SM particles. Such models with BSM Yukawa interactions or gauge sector extensions are strongly constrained from both the direct detection and collider precision measurements. The remaining models either predict a very heavy dark matter, completely out of reach of collider searches or introduce an unnaturally weak coupling with the SM particles giving no justifications for the small numbers. An interesting corner of the space of possible DM models which has been under-explored so far includes interactions of DM particles with gluons. Although DM particles cannot themselves be charged or colored, a colored scalar mediator can allow this interaction. One such model arises when we consider the scalar DM in presence of a colored scalar particle, for example the one from t-channel model above. Such colored scalars are generically present in a number of BSM theories including SUSY and GUT. How-ever, without the need for any additional gauge symmetries, the two scalars would interact with each other via the marginal operators. In Chapter 3 we study a SM singlet scalar DM candidate which couples to SM via a colored scalar particle. In the GSDM model, DM and mediator interact via the quartic, marginal operator. DM annihilation cross-section of the order of weak interactions (∼ 0.1pb) is predicted to explain the observed dark matter relic density if arising from thermal production of a WIMP DM candidate of mass ∼ 100 GeV. On investigating the GSDM model, we find that it allows a large annihilation cross-section and is still compatible with direct detection bounds. This is so because the annihilation cross-section to a pair of colored scalars proceeds via a tree-level interaction, whereas the interaction with SM particles proceeds via loop diagrams involving the colored scalars. Our work shows that this model is compatible with the observed relic density of DM when the mediating particle is lighter than DM for a large range of the couplings. For masses of the DM and the mediator less then ∼ 50 GeV, the DM can also be lighter than the mediator where the annihilation then proceeds via loop interactions. This region of parameter space is strongly constrained from the collider physics bounds on a colored scalar particle. These bounds become much weaker in the case where the colored scalar does not couple to quarks and hence cannot decay. The bounds coming from long-lived colored scalars become relevant in those cases and also constrain the light mass window. A colored scalar interacting with quarks must do so without violating the strong flavor constraints. We consider the scalar in the framework of a class of models termed minimally flavor violating (MFV) and also assume that it couples only to the right handed up-sector quarks. Such a particle would couple to the top quark and would be observable at the LHC pair production of the top quark. We find constraints on a color triplet particle in such a case and show the coupling and mass regions allowed. Constraints from the decays to light quarks are interpreted from dijet process searches and limit the mass of a color-triplet scalar above 350 GeV. The primary process for direct search of stable particles produced at a collider is a single jet in association with missing transverse energy (MET). We find that in an effective field theory (EFT) framework, very weak bounds are obtained on the mediating scale. In Chapter 4, we perform complete loop calculations for processes involving colored scalar particles and DM at LHC in order to explore the GSDM model at LHC and FCC (Future Circular Collider). The EFT is valid only for mediator masses much heavier than the momentum transfer or the MET cuts. We show the region of applicability of the EFT by comparing it with respect to the loop induced calculation. We analyze the monojet + missing transverse energy (MET) process to find the expected bounds from LHC 13 TeV run-II. We calculate the reach of the LHC in the high luminosity run in the future and also the reach of the FCC to explore the GSDM model. We perform all our calculations for a number of representations of the colored mediator from a triplet to dimension 15. As expected, collider constraints are only significant when the dark matter is light enough (mDM ∼ 10 GeV) to be copiously produced at the LHC. We find that in the high luminosity run, LHC can probe the scalar triplet particle up-to 50 GeV mass in the monojet process though a dimension 15 particle can be probed up to 150 GeV. With an order of magnitude higher beam energy, FCC can rule out much larger parameter space or provide observational evidence for TeV scale mediating particles. In conclusion, this thesis adds to the growing body of literature which points towards BSM discoveries around the corner at high luminosity LHC in the top physics and in dark sector physics. We have also proposed avenues for precision BSM studies at the next generation colliders.

Ultra-relativisitic heavy ion collisions produce quark gluon plasma-a hot and dense soup of deconfined quarks and gluons akin to the early universe. We study two models in the context of these collisions namely, Polyakov Quark Meson Model (PQM) and Hadron Resonance Gas Model (HRGM).The PQM Model provides us with a simple and intuitive understanding of the QCD equation of state and thermodynamics at non zero temperature and baryon density while the HRGM is the principle model to analyse the hadron yields measured in these experiments across the entire range of beam energies. We study the effect of including the commonly neglected fermionic vacuum fluctuations to the (2+1) flavor PQM model. The conventional PQM model suffers from a rapid phase transition contrary to what is found through lattice simulations. Addition of the vacuum term tames the rapid transition and significantly improves the model’s agreement to lattice data. We further investigate the role of the vacuum term on the phase diagram. The smoothening effect of the vacuum term persists even at non zero . Depending on the value of the mass of the sigma meson, including the vacuum term results in either pushing the critical end point into higher values of the chemical potential or excluding the possibility of a critical end point altogether. We compute the fluctuations(correlations) of conserved charges up to sixth(fourth) order. Comparison is made with lattice data wherever available and overall good qualitative agreement is found, more so for the case of the normalised susceptibilities. The model predictions for the ratio of susceptibilities approach to that of an ideal gas of hadrons as in HRGM at low temperatures while at high temperature the values are close to that of an ideal gas of massless quarks. We examine the stability of HRGMs by extending them to take care of undiscovered resonances through the Hagedorn formula. We find that the influence of unknown resonances on thermodynamics is large but bounded. We model the decays of resonances and investigate the ratios of particle yields in heavy-ion collisions. We find that extending these models do not have much effect on hydrodynamics but the hadron yield ratios show better agreement with experiment. In principle HRGMs are internally consistent up to a temperature higher than the cross over temperature in QCD; but by examining quark number susceptibilities we find that their region of applicability seems to end even below the QCD cross over.

Cette thèse présente des recherches sur la nouvelle physique produite par le processus de Fusion de Bosons Vecteur (VBF) dans les états finaux avec une grand impulsion transverse manquante (Etmiss) en utilisant 36.1 fb⁻¹ de données de collisions proton-proton avec une énergie dans le centre de masse de 13 TeV, recueillies par l'expérience ATLAS au Large Hadron Collider (LHC) au CERN en 2015 et 2016. En particulier, elle se concentre sur la recherche de la désintégration invisible du boson de Higgs produit via le mode VBF. Comme le modèle standard de la physique des particules (MS) prédit une désintégration invisible de Higgs uniquement à travers le mode H->ZZ*->4v avec un rapport d’embranchement BR ~ 0,1%, si une désintégration en particules invisibles du boson de Higgs était observée avec un BR supérieur, ce serait un signe de nouvelle physique. Plusieurs modèles au-delà du modèle standard (BSM) prédisent des désintégrations du boson de Higgs en particules de matière noire (DM, non détectées) ou en particules massives neutres à vie longue. Parmi les recherches H->particules invisibles, la plus sensible est celle où le Higgs est produit via le mode VBF. Son état final est caractérisé par deux jets énergétiques, avec les caractéristiques typiques du mode VBF (c'est-à-dire une grande séparation angulaire et une grande masse invariante des deux jets) et une grande impulsion transverse manquante (Etmiss>180 GeV). Pour sélectionner un échantillon d'événements candidats de signal, une région de signal (SR) est définie pour maximiser la fraction d'événements de signal attendus par rapport à la prédiction du MS (bruit de fond). Les processus MS qui peuvent peupler la SR proviennent principalement des processus Z->vv+jets et W->lv+jets, où le lepton est perdu ou non reconstruit. Leur contribution est estimée avec une approche semi-data driven : des régions dédiées enrichies en événements W->lv/Z->ll sont utilisées pour normaliser les données des estimations de Monte Carlo (MC) en utilisant une technique de fit simultané (méthode du facteur de transfert) et pour les extrapoler à la SR. L'estimation de fond prédit est comparée aux données SR observées. Comme aucun excès n'est trouvé, une limite supérieure sur le BR (H-> invisible) est calculée. L'analyse est ensuite réinterprétée dans le cadre de modèles inspirés du modèle Minimal Dark Matter. Le cas d'un nouveau triplet fermionique électrofaible, avec une hypercharge nulle et avec interactions respectant le nombre B-L, ajouté au MS fournit un bon candidat Dark Matter (WIMP pure). Si on considère l'abondance thermique, la masse du composant neutre est d’environ 3 TeV. Cependant des masses plus faibles sont également envisageables dans le cas de mécanismes de production non thermiques ou lorsque le triplet ne constitue qu'une fraction de l'abondance de DM. Il peut être produit à des collisionneurs proton-proton tels que le LHC et il peut être sondé de différentes manières. Une fois produites, les composantes chargées du triplet se désintègrent dans le composant neutre le plus léger, χ0 , avec en plus des pions très mous, en raison de la petite différence de masse entre les composants neutres et chargés. Ces pions de très faible impulsion ne peuvent pas être reconstruits et sont donc perdus. Le χ0 est reconstruit comme de l’Etmiss dans le détecteur. Par conséquent, lorsqu'il est produit via VBF, il donne lieu à une signature avec deux jets VBF et de l’Etmiss, le même état final que celui qui a été étudié pour l'analyse de VBF H->invisible. Des points de masse différentes (de 90 GeV à 200 GeV) ont été engendrés avec les programmes Monte Carlo Madgraph+Pythia, dans le cadre du logiciel officiel ATLAS, et les limites supérieures sont définies sur la section efficace fiducielle de production. Des extrapolations à des luminosités plus élevées (Run3 et HL-LHC) en utilisant une approche simplifiée sont également présentées. / This thesis presents searches for new physics produced via Vector Boson Fusion (VBF) in final states with large Missing Transverse Momentum (Etmiss) using 36.1 fb⁻¹ of data from proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass-energy of 13 TeV, collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN during 2015 and 2016. In particular, it focuses on the search for the invisible decay of the Higgs boson produced via the vector boson fusion (VBF) process. As the SM predicts an Higgs invisible decay only through H->ZZ*->4v with Branching Ratio BR~0.1%, if an invisibly decaying Higgs boson would be observed with a higher BR, this would be a sign of new physics. Several Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) models predict invisibly decaying Higgs boson where the Higgs can decay into dark matter particles or neutral long-lived massive particles. Among the H->invisible searches the most sensitive one is the one where the Higgs is produced via the VBF process. Its final state is characterized by two energetic jets, with the typical features of the VBF mode (i.e. large angular separation and large invariant mass) and large missing transverse momentum (Etmiss>180 GeV). To select a sample of signal candidate events, a Signal Region (SR) is designed to maximize the fraction of expected signal events with respect to the SM prediction (backgrounds). The SM processes which can populate the SR comes mainly from Z->vv+jets and W->lv+jets processes, where the lepton is lost or not reconstructed. Their contribution is estimated with a semi data driven approach: dedicated regions enriched in W->lv/Z->ll events are used to normalize to data the Monte Carlo (MC) estimates using a simultaneous fitting technique (transfer factor) and to extrapolate them to the SR. The predicted background estimate is compared to the observed SR data. Since no excess is found, an upper limit on the BR(H->inv) is set. The analysis is then reinterpreted in the context of models inspired by the Minimal Dark Matter model. The case of a new electroweak fermionic triplet, with null hypercharge and with interactions respecting the B-L number, added on top of the SM provides a good Dark Matter candidate. As such, it is an example of pure Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), meaning that it is a DM particle with SU(2)_L SM interactions which is not mixing with other states (pure).If the thermal abundance is assumed, the mass of the neutral component is around 3 TeV, however smaller masses are also allowed in case of non-thermal production mechanisms or if the triplet constitutes only a fraction of the DM abundance. It can be produced at proton-proton colliders such as the LHC and it can be probed in different ways. Once produced, the charged components of the triplet decays into the lightest neutral component chi0 plus very soft charged pions. chi0 is reconstructed as Etmiss in the detector while the pions, because of the small mass splitting between the neutral and charged components, are so soft that are lost and are not reconstructed. Therefore, when produced via VBF, it gives rise to a signature with two VBF jets and Etmiss, the same final state that has been investigated for the VBF Higgs invisible analysis. Different mass point (from 90 GeV to 200 GeV) have been generated with the Madgraph+Pythia, Monte Carlo programs within the official ATLAS software, and upper limits are set on the fiducial cross section. Extrapolations to higher luminosities using a simplified approach are also presented.

Thesis (MSc (Physics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / A relativistic plane wave model is developed for electromagnetic production of unbound hyperons with free kaons from nuclei. The differential cross section is expressed as a contraction of leptonic and hadronic tensors. The leptonic tensor is constructed by using the helicity representation of a free Dirac spinor. A model for the corresponding elementary process is used to calculate the hadronic tensor, in which the hadronic current operator Jˆμ is written as a linear combination of six invariant amplitudes and six Lorentz and gauge invariant quantities. The kinematics for this process is assumed to be a quasi-free process i.e., the electron interacts with only one bound nucleon inside the nucleus. The bound state wavefunction of the bound nucleon is calculated within the framework of the relativistic mean-field approximation. The unpolarized differential cross section for the K+ electroproduction process, e + A −→ e + K+ + A + Aresidual is calculated as a function of the hyperon scattering angle.

Hadron structure is not fully understood yet. While the spin-averaged Parton Dis- tribution Functions (PDFs) and the helicity-dependent PDFs are well determined, little is known about the transverzity and some other transverse-momentum de- pendent PDFs (TMDs). The COMPASS experiment at CERN is preparing for studying the TMDs using a Drell-Yan process on transversely polarized target hit by pion beam in 2014-2015. An outline of the parton model of hadrons and of the TMDs is given. The COMPASS spectrometer is described, with emphasis on the modifications for the Drell-Yan program, and its capabilities to measure the TMDs is briefly discussed. A special attention is paid to the polarized target. The dilution refrigerator, the DNP system for polarizing the nuclei and the NMR for polarization measurement are described. The new monitoring system of the refrigerator is described, including the author's contribution to it. Issues of the new NMR coils design are discussed. 1

Cette thèse décrit la recherche de nouvelles particules scalaires octets de couleur dans les données de l'expérience ATLAS auprès du Grand Collisionneur de Hadrons (LHC). Pour une large gamme de masse, la désintégration de ces scalaires en deux partons du MS domine. Cela motive la recherche de ces nouveaux scalaires dans des états finaux multijet, où ils se signaleraient comme des résonances dijet. Comme les nouveaux scalaires sont produits par paires, un état final contenant au moins quatre jets est utilisé comme environnement de recherche. Une méthode est développée pour extraire une possible résonance multijet scalaire du grand fond QCD et est utilisée pour chercher de tels scalaires dans les données de l'expérience ATLAS collectées en 2010 et 2011. Les données sont en accord avec l'estimation du fond et des limites sont posées sur la section efficace de production des scalaires en fonction de leur masse. En interprétant ces limites dans des modèles de supersymétrie, le gluon scalaire du MRSSM et du modèle hybride N=1/N=2 est exclu à 95 % CL entre 100 et 287 GeV. Les limites sont aussi interprétées dans un modèle de symétrie de jauge à la QCD, où le sgluon est remplacé par l'hyperpion qui est exclu dans une gamme de masse légèrement plus restreinte de part sa section efficace plus faible. / This thesis describes the search for new color-octet scalar particles in the ATLAS experiment data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). For a wide range of mass, the decay of the scalar to two SM partons dominates. This motivates the search for these new scalars in multijet final states, where they would manifest as dijet resonances. As the new scalars are products in pairs, a final state containing at least four jets is used as a search environment. A method is developed to extract a possible scalar resonance from the multijet QCD background and is used to search for such scalar in the data from the ATLAS experiment collected in 2010 and 2011. The data are in agreement with the estimation of the background and limits are set on the scalar production cross section as a function of the scalar mass. Interpreting these limits in models of supersymmetry, the scalar gluon of the MRSSM and of the hybrid N=1/N=2 model is excluded at the 95 % CL between 100 and 287 GeV. Limits are also interpreted in a model of gauge symmetry à la QCD, where the sgluon is replaced by the hyperpion excluded in a mass range slightly smaller because of its smaller cross section.

O objetivo deste trabalho é aplicar o modelo de nuvem mesônica (MCM) aos processos envolvendo colisões hadrônicas e/ ou nucleares. Nós utilizamos o modelo para calcular a distribuição não-singleto de partons no mar dos nucleons, incluindo as contribuições do octeto e decupleto. Demos atenção especial para a diferença entre quarks estranhos e não estranhos do mar, tentando identificar possíveis fontes de quebra de simetria de sabor SU(3). Apresentamos uma análise em termos do parâmetro K e encontramos que a ocorrência da quebra de assimetria de sabor no mar dos nucleons pode ser explicada quantitativamente pela nuvem de mésons. Nós também efetuamos o mesmo tipo de análise para o bárion + e encontramos resultados semelhantes. Com base na idéia de compreender os fenômenos não perturbativos que geram diferentes tipos de assimetria, utilizamos o MCM para estudar a diferença entre a produção de mésons charmosos (D) \"leading\" e \"non-leading\" como função de Xp observadas em colisões 1-A e - A. Um fato interessante dos dados da WA89 e da SELEX é que eles sugerem, apesar das grandes barras de erro e da pouca estatística, que a assimetria decresce em Xp muito grande. Com o modelo de nuvem mesônica nós podemos reproduzir estes dados e observar uma possível queda na assimetria. Tendo em vista os bons resultados do modelo na descrição de processos não perturbativos em colisões à altas energias, realizamos um estudo sobre o fator de forma eletromagnético do píon, baseado na decomposição do píon em estados de nuvem. Comparando nossos resultados com os dados experimentais divulgados pela F Collaboration do Jefferson Laboratory, podemos concluir que a composição dos estados de nuvem do píon não é o efeito dominante na descrição do seu fator de forma eletromagnético, e consequentemente, na sua estrutura interna. / The purpose of this work is to apply the meson cloud model (MCM) in processes involving either hadronic or nuclear collisions. We have calculated the non-singlet parton distribution in the nucleon sea, including the octet and decuplet contributions. We gave special attention to the difference between strange and non-strange sea quarks, trying to identify possible SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking sources. We present an analysis in terms of K parameter and we find that the flavor symmetry breaking in the nucleon sea can be explained quantitatively by the meson cloud. We have also performed the same analysis for the + baryon and we found similar results. We used the MCM to study the difference between \"leading\" and \"non-leading\" charmed mesons (D) observed in -A and -A collisions. An interesting feature in SELEX and WA89 data is that they suggest, in spite of the large error bars and poor statistics, that the asymmetry decreases at large F With the meson cloud model we can reproduce these data and observe this trend in the asymmetry. Motivated by the good results in describing non-perturbative processes in high energy collisions, we have done a study of the pion electromagnetic form factor, based on a pion decomposition in cloud states. Comparing our results with the experimental data reported by Jefferson Lab. F Collaboration, we can conclude that the meson cloud of the pion is not the dominant effect to describe its electromagnetic form factor, and hence, its internal structure.

Nesta tese, discutimos em detalhes a técnica das Regras de Soma da QCD (RSQCD) e suas aplicações em sistemas hadrônicos situados na região de massa do charmônio. Em particular, calculamos a massa, as constantes de decaimento e acoplamento, bem como a largura de decaimento dos estados $Y(4260)$,$Y(3940)$ e $Z_c^+(3900)$. Além disso, consideramos a existência do parceiro estranho deste último, o $Z^+_{cs}(3970)$, e calculamos sua largura de decaimento de modo a prever seu valor em futuros experimentos. Usamos modelos ditos exóticos para descrever tais estados. Para o $Y(4260)$ e o $Y(3940)$ usamos correntes de mistura charmônio - tetraquarks. Para os estados carregados usamos uma corrente de tetraquarks. Como resultado das aplicações das RSQCD nesses sistemas, obtivemos valores de massa e largura compatíveis com os valores experimentais medidos pelas colaborações BESIII, Belle, Babar e CLEO-c. Dessa forma, podemos afirmar que os modelos utilizados fornecem uma boa interpretação para esses estados. Investigamos também, aplicando técnicas de teorias efetivas, os estados carregados $Z^+_c(4025)$ e novamente o $Z_c^+(3900)$, além dos estados no setor do bottom $Z^+_b(10610)$ e $Z_b^+(10650)$. Usamos as Lagrangianas da Simetria Oculta de Calibre Local (HGS) e também as regras da Simetria de Spin do Quark Pesado (HQSS) para determinarmos as interações $D\\bar{D}^*$, $D^*\\bar{D}^*$, $B\\bar{B}^*$ e $B^*\\bar{B}^*$ via troca de mésons vetoriais pesados e devido à troca de dois píons correlacionados e não correlacionados entre si. Determinamos o potencial para cada interação e, com isso, procuramos por pólos na solução da matriz $T$ na equação de Bethe-Salpeter, cujo kernel é dado pelo potencial. Como resultado desses estudos, obtivemos para as interações no setor do charme, estados ligados cuja massa e largura estão em razoável acordo com os estados carregados $Z^+_c(4025)$ e $Z_c^+(3900)$. Para as interações no setor do bottom, obtemos um estado fracamente ligado próximo do limiar de massa $B\\bar{B}^*$ cuja largura e massa são compatíveis com a estrutura $Z_b^+(10610)$ observada pela Colaboração Belle. Obtivemos um cusp no limiar de massa $B^*\\bar{B}^*$ próximo do valor da estrutura $Z_b^ (10650)$ / In this thesis, we discuss in details the QCD Sum Rules (QCDSR) technique and its application to the study of hadronic systems situated in the charmonium mass region. In particular, we applied QCDSR to calculate hadronic properties such as the mass, the coupling contants as well as the total decay width of the $Y(4260)$, $Y(3940)$ and $Z_c^+(3900)$ charmoniumlike states. We have also predicted the decay width of the strange partner of the $Z_c^+(3900)$, called $Z_{cs}^+(3970)$, to be searched in future experiments. In order to describe these states, we used exotic models. For $Y(4260)$ and $Y(3940)$ states we used mixed charmonium-tetraquarks interpolating currents. For the charged states we used tetraquark currents. As a result of the application of QCDSR to these systems, we obtained masses and decay widths in good agreement with the experimental values measured by BESIII, Babar, and CLEO-c collaborations. Therefore, the currents we used within QCDSR approach provide a good interpretation for these states. Furthermore, applying effective field theories techniques, we also investigated the charged states $Z_c^+(4025)$ and $Z_c^+(3900)$, in addition to $Z^+_b(10610)$ and $Z_b^+(10650)$ in the bottom sector. Specifically, we used hidden local symmetry Lagrangians (HGS) together with heavy quark spin symmetry rules (HQSS) in order to study the interactions $D\\bar{D}^*$, $D^*\\bar{D}^*$, $B\\bar{B}^*$ and $B^*\\bar{B}^*$ by means of the heavy vector exchange and also from the exchange of two pions, interacting and noninteracting among themselves. We obtained the potencial for each interaction, then we used them as a kernel of the Bethe-Salpeter equation in order to look for poles in the $T$-matrix. Our aim was to relate these poles with the charmoniumlike states of interest. As a result, in the charm sector, we obtained bound states whoses masses and widths are in a good agreement with the charged states we have studied. With respect to the bottom sector, we have found a loosely bound state very close to the $B\\bar{B}^*$ threshold with mass and width compatible with the structure $Z_b(10610)$ observed by Belle colaboration. We have obtained a cusp in the $B^*\\bar{B}^*$ threshold very close to the mass of the $Z_b^+(10650)$ state.