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de Adelhart Toorop, R.; Bazzocchi, F.; Morisi, S. |
| Title |
Quark mixing in the discrete dark matter model |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Nuclear Physics B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Nucl. Phys. B |
| Volume |
856 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
670-681 |
Keywords  |
Discrete flavour symmetries; Dark matter; Meson oscillations |
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We consider a model in which dark matter is stable as it is charged under a Z(2) symmetry that is residual after an A(4) flavour symmetry is broken. We consider the possibility to generate the quark masses by charging the quarks appropriately under A(4). We find that it is possible to generate the CKM mixing matrix by an interplay of renormalisable and dimension-six operators. In this set-up, we predict the third neutrino mixing angle to be large and the dark matter relic density to be in the correct range. Low energy observables – in particular meson-antimeson oscillations – are hard to facilitate. We find that only in a situation where there is a strong cancellation between the Standard Model contribution and the contribution of the new Higgs fields, B meson oscillations are under control. |
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[Toorop, Reinier de Adelhart] Nikhef Theory Grp, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands, Email: reintoorop@nikhef.nl |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0550-3213 |
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WOS:000300028200003 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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891 |
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Borja, E.F.; Garay, I.; Vidotto, F. |
| Title |
Learning about Quantum Gravity with a Couple of Nodes |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Symmetry Integrability and Geometry-Methods and Applications |
Abbreviated Journal |
Symmetry Integr. Geom. |
| Volume |
8 |
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Pages |
015 - 44pp |
| Keywords |
discrete gravity; canonical quantization; spinors; spinfoam; quantum cosmology |
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Loop Quantum Gravity provides a natural truncation of the infinite degrees of freedom of gravity, obtained by studying the theory on a given finite graph. We review this procedure and we present the construction of the canonical theory on a simple graph, formed by only two nodes. We review the U(N) framework, which provides a powerful tool for the canonical study of this model, and a formulation of the system based on spinors. We consider also the covariant theory, which permits to derive the model from a more complex formulation, paying special attention to the cosmological interpretation of the theory. |
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[Borja, Enrique F.; Garay, Inaki] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Theoret Phys 3, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, Email: efborja@theorie3.physik.uni-erlangen.de; |
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Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, Inst Math |
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1815-0659 |
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WOS:000303831400001 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1018 |
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Seo, H.J. et al; de Putter, R. |
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Acoustic scale from the angular power spectra of SDSS-III DR8 photometric luminous galaxies |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Astrophysical Journal |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astrophys. J. |
| Volume |
761 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
13 - 16pp |
| Keywords |
distance scale; cosmological parameters; cosmology: observations; large-scale structure of universe |
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We measure the acoustic scale from the angular power spectra of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) Data Release 8 imaging catalog that includes 872, 921 galaxies over similar to 10,000 deg(2) between 0.45 < z < 0.65. The extensive spectroscopic training set of the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey luminous galaxies allows precise estimates of the true redshift distributions of galaxies in our imaging catalog. Utilizing the redshift distribution information, we build templates and fit to the power spectra of the data, which are measured in our companion paper, to derive the location of Baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs) while marginalizing over many free parameters to exclude nearly all of the non-BAO signal. We derive the ratio of the angular diameter distance to the sound horizon scale D-A(z)/r(s) = 9.212(-0.404)(+0.416) at z = 0.54, and therefore D-A(z) = 1411 +/- 65 Mpc at z = 0.54; the result is fairly independent of assumptions on the underlying cosmology. Our measurement of angular diameter distance D-A(z) is 1.4 sigma higher than what is expected for the concordance Lambda CDM, in accordance to the trend of other spectroscopic BAO measurements for z greater than or similar to 0.35. We report constraints on cosmological parameters from our measurement in combination with the WMAP7 data and the previous spectroscopic BAO measurements of SDSS and WiggleZ. We refer to our companion papers (Ho et al.; de Putter et al.) for investigations on information of the full power spectrum. |
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[Seo, Hee-Jong] Univ Calif Berkeley, LBL, Berkeley Ctr Cosmol Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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0004-637x |
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WOS:000311748800013 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1264 |
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Kittel, O.; Pilaftsis, A. |
| Title |
CP violation in correlated production and decay of unstable particles |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Nuclear Physics B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Nucl. Phys. B |
| Volume |
856 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
682-697 |
| Keywords |
EPR correlation; Resonant CP violation; Collider phenomenology |
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We study resonant CP-violating Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlations that may take place in the production and decay of unstable scalar particles at high-energy colliders. We show that as a consequence of unitarity and CPT invariance of the S-matrix, in 2 -> 2 scatterings mediated by mixed scalar particles, at least three linearly independent decay matrices associated with the unstable scalar states are needed to obtain non-zero CP-odd observables that are also odd under C-conjugation. Instead, for the correlated production and decay of two unstable particle systems in 2 -> 4 processes, we find that only two independent decay matrices are sufficient to induce a net non-vanishing CP-violating phenomenon. As an application of this theorem, we present numerical estimates of CP asymmetries for the correlated production and decay of supersymmetric scalar top anti-top pairs at the LHC, and demonstrate that these could reach values of order one. As a byproduct of our analysis, we develop a novel spinorial trace technique, which enables us to efficiently evaluate lengthy expressions of squared amplitudes describing the resonant scalar transitions. |
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[Kittel, Olaf] Univ Granada, Dept Fis Teor & Cosmos, E-18071 Granada, Spain, Email: kittel@th.physik.uni-bonn.de |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0550-3213 |
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WOS:000300028200004 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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892 |
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Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D. |
| Title |
Nonsingular Charged Black Holes A La Palatini |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2012 |
Publication |
International Journal of Modern Physics D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Int. J. Mod. Phys. D |
| Volume |
21 |
Issue |
8 |
Pages |
1250067 - 6pp |
| Keywords |
Extended theories of gravity; Palatini formalism; Planck scale |
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We argue that the quantum nature of matter and gravity should lead to a discretization of the allowed states of the matter confined in the interior of black holes. To support and illustrate this idea, we consider a quadratic extension of general relativity (GR) formulated a la Palatini and show that nonrotating, electrically charged black holes develop a compact core at the Planck density which is nonsingular if the mass spectrum satisfies a certain discreteness condition. We also find that the area of the core is proportional to the number of charges times the Planck area. |
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[Olmo, Gonzalo J.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Fac Fis, E-46100 Valencia, Spain |
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World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd |
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0218-2718 |
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WOS:000308497500002 |
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no |
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yes |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1154 |
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