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Quark and lepton flavor physics presents us with a basic question: Can we understand the pattern of masses and mixings of the known quarks and leptons, and how do present and proposed measurements help to advance that goal? Topics discussed…
Recent measurements of the top quark forward-backward asymmetry at the Tevatron could hint at new physics with an unexpected flavor structure. The significance of such an abnormal flavor structure in alleviating the tension between the…
We firstly address the recent efforts on calculations of the next-to-leading order corrections to the color-suppressed tree amplitude in QCD factorization method which may be essential to solve the puzzles in $B\to \pi\pi$ and $\pi K$…
We give a progress report on the calculation of B meson mixing matrix elements, focusing on contributions that could arise beyond the Standard Model. The calculation uses asqtad (light quark) and Fermilab (heavy quark) valence actions and…
The resonant line shape from driving a transition between two states, $|\rm{a}\rangle$ and $|\rm{b}\rangle$, can be distorted due to a quantum-mechanical interference effect involving a resonance between two different states,…
Electroweak Precision Measurements are stringent tests of the Standard Model and sensitive probes to New Physics. Accurate studies of the Z-boson couplings to the first-generation quarks could reveal potential discrepancies between the…
We discuss the heavy quark spin structure of the recently observed `twin' resonances $Z_b(10610)$ and $Z_b(10650)$ assuming that these are mostly of a `molecular' type, i.e. that their internal dynamics is dominated by the coupling to meson…
The neutral $B$ mesons, $B^0$ and $B_s$, can oscillate between their particle and antiparticle states owing to flavor-changing weak interactions. In recent years, techniques to detect these oscillations as a function of the meson's decay…
We present a study of the experimental determination of the forward-backward asymmetry in the process $e^+e^-\to t\bar t$ and in the subsequent $t\to Wb$ decay, studied in the context of the International Linear Collider. This process…
In the Left-Right Symmetric Model (LRSM), box diagrams involving the charged right-handed gauge boson W_R may affect B-Bbar mixing as well as CP asymmetries in neutral B decays. The smallness of the epsilon_K parameter in the neutral…
The most precise measurement of the weak mixing angle sin^2(theta) at LEP is from the forward-backward asymmetry e+e- --> bbbar at the Z-pole. In this note the QED and electroweak radiative corrections to obtain the pole asymmetry from the…
We present a model to explain LHCb's recent measurements of $R_K$ and $R_{K^{\ast}}$ based on an anomaly-free, spontaneously-broken $U(1)_F$ gauge symmetry, without any fermionic fields beyond those of the Standard Model (SM). The model…
We discuss several highly accurate theoretical predictions for masses of baryons containing the b quark which have been recently confirmed by experimental data. Several predictions are given for additional properties of heavy baryons. We…
Black-body radiation (BBR) shift is an important systematic correction for the atomic frequency standards realizing the SI unit of time. Presently, there is a controversy over the value of the BBR shift for the primary $^{133}$Cs standard.…
We report on our studies of $B\to K_Jl^+l^-$ in the standard model and several new physics variations, with $K_J$ denoting a kaonic resoanance. In terms of helicity amplitudes, we derive a compact form for the full angular distributions,…
Further experimental and theoretical studies of the physics of flavor and CP violation are well motivated. Within the supersymmetric framework, higher precision measurements will allow to explore classes of models with stronger degree of…
The top quark is well known for the nondecoupling effects it implies in $\rho$ and $R_b$. The recent experimental $R_b$ data exhibits a disagreement with the SM prediction at more than the $3 \sigma$ level. It is tempting to explore whether…
We present a comprehensive parameter-space study of binary black hole (BBH) mergers using the SEOBNRv4\_opt waveform model. Our analysis spans $\sim 10^6$ simulated waveforms across a broad range of mass ratios \( q = \frac{m_1}{m_2} \in…
We present a new measurement of the inclusive forward-backward t-tbar production asymmetry and its rapidity and mass dependence. The measurements are performed with 5.3 fb^{-1} of p-pbar collisions at \sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV, recorded with CDF…
Spin-spin interaction causes the mixing between ground state wave functions of baryons containing three quarks of different flavors. We examine the effect of this mixing on the baryon masses in the framework of the modified bag model.