Stephan Narison

Stephan Narison
Born	Stephan Narison 17 September 1951 Antsakabary, Madagascar
Nationality	French and Malagasy
Alma mater	Antananarivo University, Madagascar; Aix-Marseille University, France
Known for	Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
Scientific career
Fields	High-Energy Physics
Institutions	LUPM, CNRS-IN2P3 and Montpellier 2 University
Doctoral advisor	Prof. Eduardo de Rafael

Stephan Narison is a Malagasy theoretical high-energy physicist specialized in quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the gauge theory of strong interactions. He is the founder of the Series of International Conferences in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD-Montpellier) and of the Series of International Conferences in High-Energy Physics (HEPMAD-Madagascar).

He works on QCD spectral sum rules (QSSR) or SVZ sum rules which have been introduced by M.A. Shifman, A.I. Vainshtein and V.I. Zakahrov ^{[1] [2]} for studying the non-perturbative dynamics of hadrons.

Scientific contributions

Among his various publications (237 papers as of January 2014), his most famous work is the first determination of the QCD coupling α_s from hadronic heavy lepton τ-decays ^{[3] [4]} where the running of α_s from the τ-mass until the Z-boson mass demonstrates its 1/log Q^2 behavior predicted by asymptotic freedom.

He has contributed to the definition of the running and invariant quark masses in QCD ^{[5] [6] [7]} and on the tests of the gluonium/glueball nature of the scalar meson σ/f₀(500) using QSSR, ^{[8] [9] [10]} ππ and γγ scatterings data. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]} His important estimates of the light ^{[15] [16]} and heavy ^{[17] [18] [19] [20]} quark masses and leptonic heavy-light mesons decay constants ^{[21] [22] [23] [24] [25]} are compiled in the Particle Data Group (PDG). ^[26]

He has also contributed to the QCD U(1) anomaly effect in the spin of the proton ^{[27] [28] [29]} and on the parametrization of the non-calculated higher order terms of the perturbative series in terms of the square of the tachyonic gluon mass not included in the standard Wilson Operator Product Expansion (OPE). ^{[30] [31] [32]}

He has contributed to the estimation of the hadronic contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment a_μ=(g_μ-2)/2. ^{[33] [34] [35]}

Selected bibliography

• Techniques of Dimensional Renormalization and Applications to the Two Point Functions of QCD and QED, Phys. Rep. 84 (1982) 263.
• QCD Spectral Sum Rules, World Scientific Publishing Company, 1990.
• QCD as a Theory of Hadrons: from partons to confinement , Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology, Vol 17 (2004).
• HEP-MAD '01: Proceedings of the First Madagascar International Conference on High-Energy Physics, Antananarivo, Madagascar 27 September – 5 October 2001.
• QCD-Montpellier Conference Series, Nuclear Physics, Proceedings Supplements.
• Particles and the Universe: From the Ionian School to the Higgs Boson and Beyond (World Scientific, 2016). ^[36]

Awards

• 1981-82: Fellow at the CERN Theory division.
• 1987-91 : Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft (DFG) fellowship for a qualified Researcher at the University of Heidelberg.
• 1992 : Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Research Senior Fellow at the University of Heidelberg.
• 2000 : Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JPS) Associate Professor at KEK-Tsukuba.
• 2010-2013: ICTP-Trieste consultant for developing science in Madagascar.

Honors and appearances

Stephan Narison belongs to different scientific societies:

• 2000: Outstanding Man of the 20th century by the American Biographical Institute (ABI).
• 1998: Outstanding People of the 20th century by the International Biographical Centre (Cambridge.
• 1998: Included in the Marquise Who's Who in science and engineering.
• 1996: Included in the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership by ABI.
• 1995: Invited member of the New-York Academy of Science.
• 1993: Invited member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• 1983: Member of the French and European Physical Societies.

For a recognition of his actions for developing science in Madagascar, he has been nominated as:

• 2012: Associate Member of the Malagasy Academy of Sciences.
• 2011: Grand Officier de l'Ordre National Malgache.
• 2006: Commandeur de l'Ordre National Malgache.

Associations

For developing science in Madagascar, he founded two associations where he is the honorary President:

• 2010: Association Gasy Miara-Mandroso (AGMM) in Madagascar.
• 1993: Association Culturelle Malgache de Montpellier (ACMM)in France.

References

1. Shifman, M.A.; Vainshtein, A.I.; Zakharov, V.I. (1979). "QCD and resonance physics. theoretical foundations". Nuclear Physics B. 147 (5). Elsevier BV: 385–447. Bibcode:1979NuPhB.147..385S. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(79)90022-1. ISSN   0550-3213.
2. Shifman, M.A.; Vainshtein, A.I.; Zakharov, V.I. (1979). "QCD and resonance physics. applications". Nuclear Physics B. 147 (5). Elsevier BV: 448–518. Bibcode:1979NuPhB.147..448S. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(79)90023-3. ISSN   0550-3213.
3. Braaten, E.; Narison, S.; Pich, A. (1992). "QCD analysis of the tau hadronic width". Nuclear Physics B. 373 (3). Elsevier BV: 581–612. Bibcode:1992NuPhB.373..581B. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(92)90267-f. hdl: 10261/33357 . ISSN   0550-3213. S2CID   121989749.
4. Narison, S.; Pich, A. (1988). "QCD formulation of the tau decay and determination of Λ_MS¯". Physics Letters B. 211 (1–2). Elsevier BV: 183–188. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(88)90830-1. hdl: 10261/33407 . ISSN   0370-2693.
5. Floratos, Emmanuel G.; Narison, Stephan; de Rafael, Eduardo (1979). "Spectral function sum rules in quantum chromodynamics". Nuclear Physics B. 155 (1). Elsevier BV: 115–149. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(79)90359-6. ISSN   0550-3213.
6. Becchi, C.; Narison, S.; Rafael, E.; Yndurain, F. J. (1981). "Light quark masses in quantum chromodynamics and chiral symmetry breaking". Zeitschrift für Physik C. 8 (4). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 335–348. Bibcode:1981ZPhyC...8..335B. doi:10.1007/bf01546328. ISSN   0170-9739. S2CID   121920818.
7. Narison, Stephan; de Rafael, Eduardo (1981). "On QCD sum rules of the Laplace transform type and light quark masses". Physics Letters B. 103 (1). Elsevier BV: 57–62. Bibcode:1981PhLB..103...57N. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(81)90193-3. ISSN   0370-2693.
8. Narison, S.; Veneziano, G. (10 July 1989). "QCD Tests Of: G(1.6)=Glueball". International Journal of Modern Physics A. 04 (11). World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt: 2751–2763. Bibcode:1989IJMPA...4.2751N. doi:10.1142/s0217751x89001060. ISSN   0217-751X.
9. Narison, S. (1998). "Masses, decays and mixings of gluonia in QCD". Nuclear Physics B. 509 (1–2): 312–356. arXiv: hep-ph/9612457 . Bibcode:1998NuPhB.509..312N. doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(97)00562-2. ISSN   0550-3213. S2CID   6567856.
10. Narison, Stephan (22 June 2006). "QCD tests of the puzzling scalar mesons". Physical Review D. 73 (11) 114024. arXiv: hep-ph/0512256 . Bibcode:2006PhRvD..73k4024N. doi:10.1103/physrevd.73.114024. ISSN   1550-7998. S2CID   16995176.
11. Mennessier, G.; Narison, S.; Wang, X.-G. (2011). "σ and f0(980) substructures from γγ→ππ, J/ψ,ϕ radiative and D_s semi-leptonic decays". Physics Letters B. 696 (1–2): 40–50. arXiv: 1009.2773 . Bibcode:2011PhLB..696...40M. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2010.12.001. ISSN   0370-2693. S2CID   119216338.
12. Mennessier, G.; Narison, S.; Wang, X.-G. (2010). "The σ and f₀(980) from K_e4⊕ππ scatterings data". Physics Letters B. 688 (1): 59–66. arXiv: 1002.1402 . Bibcode:2010PhLB..688...59M. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.03.031 . ISSN   0370-2693.
13. Kamiński, R.; Mennessier, G.; Narison, S. (2009). "Gluonium nature of the σ/f₀(600) from its coupling to KK¯". Physics Letters B. 680 (2): 148–153. arXiv: 0904.2555 . Bibcode:2009PhLB..680..148K. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2009.08.039. ISSN   0370-2693. S2CID   11041494.
14. Mennessier, G.; Narison, S.; Ochs, W. (2008). "Glueball nature of the σ/f₀(600) from ππ and γγ scatterings". Physics Letters B. 665 (4): 205–211. arXiv: 0804.4452 . Bibcode:2008PhLB..665..205M. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2008.06.018. ISSN   0370-2693.
15. Narison, Stephan (17 August 2006). "Strange quark mass from e⁺e⁻ revisited and present status of light quark masses". Physical Review D. 74 (3): 034013. arXiv: hep-ph/0510108 . Bibcode:2006PhRvD..74c4013N. doi:10.1103/physrevd.74.034013. ISSN   1550-7998. S2CID   5146465.
16. Narison, Stephan (2014). "Improved light quark masses from pseudoscalar sum rules". Physics Letters B. 738. Elsevier BV: 346–360. arXiv: 1401.3689 . Bibcode:2014PhLB..738..346N. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2014.09.056 . ISSN   0370-2693. and references therein.
17. Narison, Stephan (2010). "Gluon condensates and c, b quark masses from quarkonia ratios of moments". Physics Letters B. 693 (5): 559–566. arXiv: 1004.5333 . Bibcode:2010PhLB..693..559N. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.09.007 . ISSN   0370-2693.
18. Narison, Stephan (2011). "Erratum to "Gluon condensates and c, b quark masses from quarkonia ratios of moments" [Phys. Lett. B 693 (2010) 559]". Physics Letters B. 705 (5). Elsevier BV: 544. Bibcode:2011PhLB..705..544N. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.09.116 . ISSN   0370-2693.
19. Narison, Stephan (2012). "Gluon condensates and precise m¯c,b from QCD-moments and their ratios to order αs3 and 〈G4〉". Physics Letters B. 706 (4–5). Elsevier BV: 412–422. arXiv: 1105.2922 . doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.11.058 . ISSN   0370-2693.
20. Narison, Stephan (2012). "Gluon condensates and m¯b(m¯b) from QCD-exponential sum rules at higher orders". Physics Letters B. 707 (2). Elsevier BV: 259–263. arXiv: 1105.5070 . doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.12.047. ISSN   0370-2693. S2CID   119277156. and references therein.
21. Narison, S. (1987). "Decay constants of the B and D mesons from QCD-duality sum rules". Physics Letters B. 198 (1). Elsevier BV: 104–112. Bibcode:1987PhLB..198..104N. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(87)90168-7. ISSN   0370-2693.
22. Narison, Stephan (2005). "Open charm and beauty chiral multiplets in QCD". Physics Letters B. 605 (3–4). Elsevier BV: 319–325. arXiv: hep-ph/0307248 . Bibcode:2005PhLB..605..319N. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.11.002. ISSN   0370-2693. S2CID   12129106.
23. Narison, Stephan (2013). "A fresh look into m¯c,b(m¯c,b) and precise fD(s),B(s) from heavy–light QCD spectral sum rules". Physics Letters B. 718 (4–5). Elsevier BV: 1321–1333. arXiv: 1209.2023 . doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.10.057 . ISSN   0370-2693.
24. Narison, Stephan (2013). "Revisiting fB and m¯b(m¯b) from HQET spectral sum rules". Physics Letters B. 721 (4–5). Elsevier BV: 269–276. arXiv: 1212.5544 . doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2013.03.026. ISSN   0370-2693. S2CID   119214642.
25. Narison, Stephan (2014). "Improved f_D*s, f_B*(s) and f_Bc from QCD Laplace sum rules". arXiv: 1404.6642 [hep-ph].
26. Olive, K.A.; et al. (Particle Data Group) (2014). "Review of Particle Physics". Chinese Physics C. 38 (9). IOP Publishing: 1–708. arXiv: 1412.1408 . Bibcode:2014ChPhC..38i0001O. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/38/9/090001. hdl:10481/34376. ISSN   1674-1137. PMID   10020536. S2CID   118395784.
27. Narison, S.; Shore, G.M.; Veneziano, G. (1999). "Topological charge screening and the 'proton spin' beyond the chiral limit". Nuclear Physics B. 546 (1–2). Elsevier BV: 235–278. arXiv: hep-ph/9812333 . Bibcode:1999NuPhB.546..235N. doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(99)00061-9. ISSN   0550-3213. S2CID   16507258.
28. Narison, S.; Shore, G.M.; Veneziano, G. (1993). "A sum rule for the polarised photon structure function g1γ". Nuclear Physics B. 391 (1–2). Elsevier BV: 69–99. Bibcode:1993NuPhB.391...69N. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(93)90142-c. ISSN   0550-3213. S2CID   119750345.
29. Narison, S.; Shore, G.M.; Veneziano, G. (1995). "Target independence of the EMC-SMC effect". Nuclear Physics B. 433 (1). Elsevier BV: 209–233. arXiv: hep-ph/9404277 . Bibcode:1995NuPhB.433..209N. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(94)00329-d. ISSN   0550-3213. S2CID   119090714.
30. Chetyrkin, K.G.; Narison, Stephan; Zakharov, V.I. (1999). "Short-distance tachyonic gluon mass and 1/Q2 corrections". Nuclear Physics B. 550 (1–2). Elsevier BV: 353–374. arXiv: hep-ph/9811275 . Bibcode:1999NuPhB.550..353C. doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(99)00167-4. ISSN   0550-3213. S2CID   320852.
31. Narison, S; Zakharov, V.I (2001). "Hints on the power corrections from current correlators in x-space". Physics Letters B. 522 (3–4). Elsevier BV: 266–272. arXiv: hep-ph/0110141 . Bibcode:2001PhLB..522..266N. doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(01)01274-6. ISSN   0370-2693. S2CID   17886262.
32. Narison, S.; Zakharov, V.I. (2009). "Duality between QCD perturbative series and power corrections". Physics Letters B. 679 (4): 355–361. arXiv: 0906.4312 . Bibcode:2009PhLB..679..355N. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2009.07.060 . ISSN   0370-2693.
33. Calmet, J.; Narison, S.; Perrottet, M.; de Rafael, E. (1 January 1977). "The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon: A review of the theoretical contributions". Reviews of Modern Physics. 49 (1). American Physical Society (APS): 21–29. Bibcode:1977RvMP...49...21C. doi:10.1103/revmodphys.49.21. ISSN   0034-6861.
34. Narison, Stephan (2001). "Muon and tau anomalies updated". Physics Letters B. 513 (1–2). Elsevier BV: 53–70. arXiv: hep-ph/0103199 . Bibcode:2001PhLB..513...53N. doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(01)00743-2. ISSN   0370-2693. S2CID   14152511.
35. Narison, S. (2002). "Erratum to: "Muon and tau anomalies updated"". Physics Letters B. 526 (3–4). Elsevier BV: 414–415. doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(01)01468-x. ISSN   0370-2693.
36. Particle and the Universe: From the Ionian School to the Higgs Boson and Beyond