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Author Carcamo Hernandez, A.E.; Valle, J.W.F.; Vaquera-Araujo, C.A.
Title Simple theory for scotogenic dark matter with residual matter-parity Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 809 Issue Pages 135757 - 10pp
Keywords
Abstract (up) Dark matter stability can result from a residual matter-parity symmetry surviving spontaneous breaking of an extended gauge symmetry. We propose the simplest scotogenic dark matter completion of the original SVS theory [1], in which the “dark sector” particles as well as matter-parity find a natural theoretical origin within the model. We briefly comment on its main features.
Address [Hernandez, A. E. Carcamo] Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Dept Fis, Casilla 110 5, Valparaiso, Chile, Email: antonio.carcamo@usm.cl;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000581871500057 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4601
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Author Leite, J.; Popov, O.; Srivastava, R.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title A theory for scotogenic dark matter stabilised by residual gauge symmetry Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 802 Issue Pages 135254 - 10pp
Keywords
Abstract (up) Dark matter stability can result from a residual matter-parity symmetry, following naturally from the spontaneous breaking of the gauge symmetry. Here we explore this idea in the context of the SU(3)(c) circle times SU(3)L circle times U(1)(x) circle times U(1)(N) electroweak extension of the standard model. The key feature of our new scotogenic dark matter theory is the use of a triplet scalar boson with anti-symmetric Yukawa couplings. This naturally implies that one of the light neutrinos is massless and, as a result, there is a lower bound for the O nu beta beta decay rate.
Address [Leite, Julio; Srivastava, Rahul; Valle, Jose W. F.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, Parc Cient Paterna,C Catedratico Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain, Email: julio.leite@ific.uv.es;
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Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000515091400006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4351
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Author Witte, S.J.; Rosauro-Alcaraz, S.; McDermott, S.D.; Poulin, V.
Title Dark photon dark matter in the presence of inhomogeneous structure Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 06 Issue 6 Pages 35pp
Keywords Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Thermal Field Theory
Abstract (up) Dark photon dark matter will resonantly convert into visible photons when the dark photon mass is equal to the plasma frequency of the ambient medium. In cosmological contexts, this transition leads to an extremely efficient, albeit short-lived, heating of the surrounding gas. Existing work in this field has been predominantly focused on understanding the implications of these resonant transitions in the limit that the plasma frequency of the Universe can be treated as being perfectly homogeneous, i.e. neglecting inhomogeneities in the electron number density. In this work we focus on the implications of heating from dark photon dark matter in the presence of inhomogeneous structure (which is particularly relevant for dark photons with masses in the range 10(-15) eV less than or similar to m(A ') less than or similar to 10(-12) eV), emphasizing both the importance of inhomogeneous energy injection, as well as the sensitivity of cosmological observations to the inhomogeneities themselves. More specifically, we derive modified constraints on dark photon dark matter from the Ly-alpha forest, and show that the presence of inhomogeneities allows one to extend constraints to masses outside of the range that would be obtainable in the homogeneous limit, while only slightly relaxing their strength. We then project sensitivity for near-future cosmological surveys that are hoping to measure the 21cm transition in neutral hydrogen prior to reionization, and demonstrate that these experiments will be extremely useful in improving sensitivity to masses near similar to 10(-14) eV, potentially by several orders of magnitude. Finally, we discuss implications for reionization, early star formation, and late-time y-type spectral distortions, and show that probes which are inherently sensitive to the inhomogeneous state of the Universe could resolve signatures unique to the light dark photon dark matter scenario, and thus offer a fantastic potential for a positive detection.
Address [Witte, Samuel J.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Valencia, Spain, Email: Samuel.Witte@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 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000543433700003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4447
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Author Jueid, A.; Kip, J.; Ruiz de Austri, R.; Skands, P.
Title Impact of QCD uncertainties on antiproton spectra from dark-matter annihilation Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 04 Issue 4 Pages 068 - 15pp
Keywords cosmic ray theory; dark matter simulations; cosmic ray experiments; Frequentist statistics
Abstract (up) Dark-matter particles that annihilate or decay can undergo complex sequences of processes, including strong and electromagnetic radiation, hadronisation, and hadron de-cays, before particles that are stable on astrophysical time scales are produced. Antiprotons produced in this way may leave footprints in experiments such as AMS-02. Several groups have reported an excess of events in the antiproton flux in the rigidity range of 10-20 GV. However, the theoretical modeling of baryon production is not straightforward and relies in part on phenomenological models in Monte Carlo event generators. In this work, we assess the impact of QCD uncertainties on the spectra of antiprotons from dark-matter annihila-tion. As a proof-of-principle, we show that for a two-parameter model that depends only on the thermally-averaged annihilation cross section ((o -v)) and the dark-matter mass (Mx), QCD uncertainties can affect the best-fit mass by up to ti 14% (with large uncertainties for large DM masses), depending on the choice of Mx and the annihilation channel (bb over bar or W+W-), and (o -v) by up to ti 10%. For comparison, changes to the underlying diffusion parameters are found to be within 1%-5%, and the results are also quite resilient to the choice of cosmic-ray propagation model. These findings indicate that QCD uncertainties need to be included in future DM analyses. To facilitate full-fledged analyses, we provide the spectra in tabulated form including QCD uncertainties and code snippets to perform mass interpolations and quick DM fits. The code can be found in this GitHub [1] repository.
Address [Jueid, Adil] Inst Basic Sci IBS, Ctr Theoret Phys Universe, Daejeon 34126, South Korea, Email: adiljueid@ibs.re.kr;
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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:000985779900007 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5532
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Author IDS Collaboration (Stryjczyk, M. et al); Nacher, E.
Title Decay studies of the long-lived states in Tl-186 Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C
Volume 102 Issue 2 Pages 024322 - 9pp
Keywords
Abstract (up) Decay spectroscopy of the long-lived states in Tl-186 has been performed at the ISOLDE Decay Station at ISOLDE, CERN. The a decay from the low-spin (2(-)) state in Tl-186 was observed for the first time and a half-life of 3.4(-0.)(4)(+0.5) s was determined. Based on the alpha-decay energy, the relative positions of the long-lived states were fixed, with the (2(-)) state as the ground state, the 7((+)) state at 77(56) keV, and the 10((-)) state at 451(56) keV. The level scheme of the internal decay of the Tl-186(10((-))) state [T-1/2 = 3.40(9) s], which was known to decay solely through emission of 374-keV gamma-ray transition, was extended and a lower limit for the beta-decay branching b(beta) > 5.9(3)% was determined. The extracted retardation factors for the gamma decay of the 10((-) )state were compared to the available data in neighboring odd-odd thallium isotopes indicating the importance of the pi d(3/2) shell in the isomeric decay and significant structure differences between Tl-184 and Tl-186.
Address [Stryjczyk, M.; Andel, B.; Rezynkina, K.; Van Duppen, P.; De Witte, H.; Huyse, M.] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Inst Kern Stralingsfys, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium, Email: marek.stryjczyk@kuleuven.be
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0556-2813 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000562378100002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4509
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Author LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Garcia Martin, L.M.; Henry, L.; Jashal, B.K.; Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Remon Alepuz, C.; Ruiz Vidal, J.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C.
Title Measurement of the CP-violating phase phi(s) from B-s(0) -> J/psi pi(+)pi(-) decays in 13 TeV pp collisions Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 797 Issue Pages 134789 - 12pp
Keywords
Abstract (up) Decays of B-s(0) and (B) over bar (0)(s) mesons into J/psi pi(+)pi(-) final states are studied in a data sample corresponding to 1.9 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected with the LHCb detector in 13 TeV pp collisions. A time-dependent amplitude analysis is used to determine the final-state resonance contributions, the CP-violating phase phi(s) = -0.057 +/- 0.060 +/- 0.011 rad, the decay-width difference between the heavier mass B-s(0) eigenstate and the B-0 meson of -0.050 +/- 0.004 +/- 0.004 ps(-1), and the CP-violating parameter vertical bar lambda vertical bar = 1.01(-0.06)(+0.08) +/- 0.03, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. These results are combined with previous LHCb measurements in the same decay channel using 7 TeV and 8 TeV pp collisions obtaining phi(s) = 0.002 +/- 0.044 +/- 0.012 rad, and vertical bar lambda vertical bar = 0.949 +/- 0.036 +/- 0.019.
Address [Bediaga, I; Torres, M. Cruz; De Miranda, J. M.; dos Reis, A. C.; Gomes, A.; Massafferri, A.; Soares Lavra, L.; Tourinho Jadallah Aoude, R.] CBPF, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Email: slavomira.stefkova@desy.de
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000488071200014 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4157
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Author Capozzi, F.; Saviano, N.
Title Neutrino Flavor Conversions in High-Density Astrophysical and Cosmological Environments Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Universe Abbreviated Journal Universe
Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 94 - 23pp
Keywords astrophysical neutrinos; neutrino oscillations; supernovae; neutron star mergers; early Universe; sterile neutrinos
Abstract (up) Despite being a well understood phenomenon in the context of current terrestrial experiments, neutrino flavor conversions in dense astrophysical environments probably represent one of the most challenging open problems in neutrino physics. Apart from being theoretically interesting, such a problem has several phenomenological implications in cosmology and in astrophysics, including the primordial nucleosynthesis of light elements abundance and other cosmological observables, nucleosynthesis of heavy nuclei, and the explosion of massive stars. In this review, we briefly summarize the state of the art on this topic, focusing on three environments: early Universe, core-collapse supernovae, and compact binary mergers.
Address [Capozzi, Francesco] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Edificio Inst Invest, Paterna 46980, Spain, Email: fcapozzi@ific.uv.es;
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Publisher Mdpi Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000762069300001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5146
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Author ANTARES Collaboration (Andre, M. et al); Barrios-Marti, J.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Illuminati, G.; Tönnis, C.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J.
Title Sperm whale long-range echolocation sounds revealed by ANTARES, a deep-sea neutrino telescope Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication Scientific Reports Abbreviated Journal Sci Rep
Volume 7 Issue Pages 45517 - 12pp
Keywords
Abstract (up) Despite dedicated research has been carried out to adequately map the distribution of the sperm whale in the Mediterranean Sea, unlike other regions of the world, the species population status is still presently uncertain. The analysis of two years of continuous acoustic data provided by the ANTARES neutrino telescope revealed the year-round presence of sperm whales in the Ligurian Sea, probably associated with the availability of cephalopods in the region. The presence of the Ligurian Sea sperm whales was demonstrated through the real-time analysis of audio data streamed from a cabled-to-shore deep-sea observatory that allowed the hourly tracking of their long-range echolocation behaviour on the Internet. Interestingly, the same acoustic analysis indicated that the occurrence of surface shipping noise would apparently not condition the foraging behaviour of the sperm whale in the area, since shipping noise was almost always present when sperm whales were acoustically detected. The continuous presence of the sperm whale in the region confirms the ecological value of the Ligurian sea and the importance of ANTARES to help monitoring its ecosystems.
Address [Andre, M.; Caballe, A.; Van der Schaar, M.; Solsona, A.; Houegnigan, L.; Zaugg, S.; Sanchez, A. M.; Castell, J. V.; Sole, M.; Vila, F.; Djokic, D.; Vallage, B.] Tech Univ Catalonia, Barcelona Tech UPC, LAB, Rambla Exposicio 24, Barcelona 08800, Spain, Email: michel.andre@upc.edu
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Publisher Nature Publishing Group Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2045-2322 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000399188000001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3054
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Author Esteban, I.; Mena, O.; Salvado, J.
Title Nonstandard neutrino cosmology dilutes the lensing anomaly Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 106 Issue 8 Pages 083516 - 9pp
Keywords
Abstract (up) Despite the impressive success of the standard cosmological model, several anomalies defy its triumph. Among them is the so-called lensing anomaly: The Planck satellite observes stronger cosmic microwave background (CMB) gravitational lensing than expected. The role of neutrinos in this anomaly has been mostly overlooked, despite their key role in CMB lensing, because in the standard scenario they tend to increase the tension. Here, we show that this strongly depends on the assumed neutrino equation of state. We demonstrate that if neutrinos have yet undiscovered long-range interactions, the lensing pattern is significantly affected, rendering the lensing anomaly as a statistical fluctuation. Our results, thus, open up a window to link anomalous CMB lensing with present and future cosmological, astrophysical, and laboratory measurements of neutrino properties.
Address [Esteban, Ivan] Ohio State Univ, Ctr Cosmol & AstroParticle Phys CCAPP, Columbus, OH 43210 USA, Email: esteban.6@osu.edu;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000886611900003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5415
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Author KM3NeT Collaboration (Adrian-Martinez, S. et al); Aguilar, J.A.; Bigongiari, C.; Calvo Diaz-Aldagalan, D.; Emanuele, U.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J.P.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Mangano, S.; Real, D.; Salesa, F.; Toscano, S.; Urbano, F.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J.
Title Expansion cone for the 3-inch PMTs of the KM3NeT optical modules Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.
Volume 8 Issue Pages T03006 - 20pp
Keywords Optical detector readout concepts; Instrument optimisation; Cherenkov detectors; Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Abstract (up) Detection of high-energy neutrinos from distant astrophysical sources will open a new window on the Universe. The detection principle exploits the measurement of Cherenkov light emitted by charged particles resulting from neutrino interactions in the matter containing the telescope. A novel multi-PMT digital optical module (DOM) was developed to contain 31 3-inch photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). In order to maximize the detector sensitivity, each PMT will be surrounded by an expansion cone which collects photons that would otherwise miss the photocathode. Results for various angles of incidence with respect to the PMT surface indicate an increase in collection efficiency by 30% on average for angles up to 45 degrees with respect to the perpendicular. Ray-tracing calculations could reproduce the measurements, allowing to estimate an increase in the overall photocathode sensitivity, integrated over all angles of incidence, by 27% (for a single PMT). Prototype DOMs, being built by the KM3NeT consortium, will be equipped with these expansion cones.
Address Univ Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, Email: o.kavatsyuk@rug.nl
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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 1748-0221 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000316990700051 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1391
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