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Author Olmo, G.J.
Title Palatini actions and quantum gravity phenomenology Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal (up) J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 10 Issue 10 Pages 018 - 15pp
Keywords quantum gravity phenomenology; cosmic singularity
Abstract We show that an invariant an universal length scale can be consistently introduced in a generally covariant theory through the gravitational sector using the Palatini approach. The resulting theory is able to capture different aspects of quantum gravity phenomenology in a single framework. In particular, it is found that in this theory field excitations propagating with different energy-densities perceive different background metrics, which is a fundamental characteristic of the DSR and Rainbow Gravity approaches. We illustrate these properties with a particular gravitational model and explicitly show how the soccer ball problem is avoided in this framework. The isotropic and anisotropic cosmologies of this model also avoid the big bang singularity by means of a big bounce.
Address [Olmo, GJ] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: gonzalo.olmo@csic.es
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Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000296767600018 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 816
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Author Agarwalla, S.K.; Blennow, M.; Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Mena, O.
Title Neutrino probes of the nature of light dark matter Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal (up) J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 09 Issue 9 Pages 004 - 19pp
Keywords dark matter experiments; neutrino detectors
Abstract Dark matter particles gravitationally trapped inside the Sun may annihilate into Standard Model particles, producing a flux of neutrinos. The prospects of detecting these neutrinos in future multi-kt neutrino detectors designed for other physics searches are explored here. We study the capabilities of a 34/100 kt liquid argon detector and a 100 kt magnetized iron calorimeter detector. These detectors are expected to determine the energy and the direction of the incoming neutrino with unprecedented precision allowing for tests of the dark matter nature at very low dark matter masses, in the range of 10-25 GeV. By suppressing the atmospheric background with angular cuts, these techniques would be sensitive to dark matter-nucleon spin-dependent cross sections at the fb level, reaching down to a few ab for the most favorable annihilation channels and detector technology.
Address [Agarwalla, Sanjib Kumar; Mena, Olga] Univ Politecn Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: Sanjib.Agarwalla@ific.uv.es
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Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000296767000004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 858
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Author Pierre Auger Collaboration (Abreu, P. et al); Pastor, S.
Title The effect of the geomagnetic field on cosmic ray energy estimates and large scale anisotropy searches on data from the Pierre Auger Observatory Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal (up) J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 11 Issue 11 Pages 022
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Abstract We present a comprehensive study of the influence of the geomagnetic field on the energy estimation of extensive air showers with a zenith angle smaller than 60 degrees, detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory. the geomagnetic field induces an azimuthal modulation of the estimated energy of cosmic rays up to the similar to 2% level at large zenith angles. We present a method to account for this modulation of the reconstructed energy. We analyse the effect of the modulation on large scale anisotropy searches in the arrival direction distributions of cosmic rays. At a given energy, the geomagnetic effect is shown to induce a pseudo-dipolar pattern at the percent level in the declination distribution that needs to be accounted for.
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ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000298141300022 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 865
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Author Semikoz, V.B.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Chern-Simons anomaly as polarization effect Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal (up) J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 11 Issue 11 Pages 048
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Abstract The parity violating, Chern-Simons term in the epoch before the electroweak phase transition can be interpreted as a polarization effect associated to massless right-handed electrons (positrons) in the presence of a large-scale seed hypermagnetic field. We reconfirm the viability of a unified seed field scenario relating the cosmological baryon asymmetry and the origin of the protogalactic large-scale magnetic fields observed in astronomy.
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000298141300048 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 866
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Author Mendez, V.; Amoros, G.; Kaci, M.
Title A Decentralized Deployment Strategy and Performance Evaluation of LCG File Catalog Service Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Journal of Grid Computing Abbreviated Journal (up) J. Grid Comput.
Volume 9 Issue 3 Pages 345-354
Keywords Distributed computing; Grid computing; Performance; Catalog
Abstract The LHC Computing Grid (LCG) leads by CERN, has solved with the LCG File Catalog (LFC) the major problem of scaling the data management catalog. However, additional performance issues should be faced to deploy a painless catalog service. With this aim, we present a decentralized LFC server configuration, and its performance evaluation compared with the traditional LFC deployment. A performance analysis is shown, including not only the catalog server, but also analysing the client side overhead. We find that the LFC service has in the clients a relevant workload of the overall service. The experimental results show that the proposed LFC deployment for servers and clients, improves the performance of the service.
Address [Munoz, VM; Vicente, GA; Kaci, M] CSIC, Mixed Inst, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Grid & E Sci Grp, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: vmendez@ific.uv.es
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Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1570-7873 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000293973700004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 721
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