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Bouhova-Thacker, E.; Kostyukhin, V.; Koffas, T.; Liebig, W.; Limper, M.; Piacquadio, G.N.; Prokofiev, K.; Weiser, C.; Wildauer, A. |
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Expected Performance of Vertex Reconstruction in the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science |
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IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. |
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57 |
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2 |
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760-767 |
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Data analysis; data reconstruction; high energy physics; pattern recognition; reconstruction algorithms; tracking; vertex detectors |
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In the harsh environment of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (design luminosity of 10(34) cm(-2) s(-1)) efficient reconstruction of vertices is crucial for many physics analyses. Described in this paper is the expected performance of the vertex reconstruction used in the ATLAS experiment. The algorithms for the reconstruction of primary and secondary vertices as well as for finding photon conversions and vertex reconstruction in jets are described. The implementation of vertex algorithms which follows a very modular design based on object-oriented C++ is presented. A user-friendly concept allows event reconstruction and physics analyses to compare and optimize their choice among different vertex reconstruction strategies. The performance of implemented algorithms has been studied on a variety of Monte Carlo samples and results are presented. |
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[Bouhova-Thacker, Eva] Univ Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YB, England, Email: bouhova@mail.cern.ch |
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Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc |
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0018-9499 |
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ISI:000276679200006 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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260 |
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Caballero, L.; Rubio, B.; Kleinheinz, P.; Yates, S.W.; Algora, A.; Dewald, A.; Fitzler, A.; Gadea, A.; Jolie, J.; Julin, R.; Linnemann, A.; Lunardi, S.; Menegazzo, R.; Moller, O.; Nacher, E.; Piiparinen, M.; Blomqvist, J. |
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Two-phonon octupole excitation in Gd-146 |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physical Review C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. C |
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81 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
031301 - 4pp |
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Based on experimental evidence from the Sm-144(alpha,2n) reaction, the 3484.7- keV 6(+) state in Gd-146 is identified as the highest-spin member of the 3(-) circle times 3(-) two-phonon octupole quartet. A previously unknown gamma line of 1905.8 keV and E3 character feeding the 3(-) octupole state has been observed. These results represent the first observation of a 6(+) -> 3(-) -> 0(+) cascade of two E3 transitions in an even-even nucleus and provide strong support for the interpretation of the 6(+) state as a two-phonon octupole excitation. |
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[Caballero, L.; Rubio, B.; Algora, A.; Gadea, A.; Nacher, E.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: Berta.Rubio@ific.uv.es |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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0556-2813 |
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ISI:000276769400001 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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468 |
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Soderstrom, P.A. et al; Algora, A.; Gadea, A. |
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Spectroscopy of neutron-rich Dy-168,Dy-170: Yrast band evolution close to the NpNn valence maximum |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physical Review C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. C |
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81 |
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3 |
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034310 - 5pp |
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The yrast sequence of the neutron-rich dysprosium isotope Dy-168 has been studied using multinucleon transfer reactions following collisions between a 460-MeV Se-82 beam and an Er-170 target. The reaction products were identified using the PRISMA magnetic spectrometer and the gamma rays detected using the CLARA HPGe-detector array. The 2(+) and 4(+) members of the previously measured ground-state rotational band of Dy-168 have been confirmed and the yrast band extended up to 10(+). A tentative candidate for the 4(+) -> 2(+) transition in Dy-170 was also identified. The data on these nuclei and on the lighter even-even dysprosium isotopes are interpreted in terms of total Routhian surface calculations and the evolution of collectivity in the vicinity of the proton-neutron valence product maximum is discussed. |
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[Soderstrom, P. -A.; Nyberg, J.] Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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0556-2813 |
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ISI:000276769400026 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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469 |
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BABAR Collaboration (Lees, J.P. et al); Azzolini, V.; Lopez-March, N.; Martinez-Vidal, F.; Milanes, D.A.; Oyanguren, A. |
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Search for Charged Lepton Flavor Violation in Narrow Gamma Decays |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2010 |
Publication |
Physical Review Letters |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. Lett. |
Volume |
104 |
Issue |
15 |
Pages |
151802 - 7pp |
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Charged-lepton flavor-violating processes are unobservable in the standard model, but they are predicted to be enhanced in several extensions to the standard model, including supersymmetry and models with leptoquarks or compositeness. We present a search for such processes in a sample of 99 x 10(6)Gamma(2S) decays and 117 x 10(6)Gamma(3S) decays collected with the BABAR detector. We place upper limits on the branching fractions B(Gamma(nS) --> e(+/-)tau(-/+)) and B(Gamma(n(S) --> mu(+/-)tau(-/+)) (n = 2, 3) at the 10(-6) level and use these results to place lower limits of order 1 TeV on the mass scale of charged-lepton flavor-violating effective operators. |
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[Lees, J. P.; Poireau, V.; Prencipe, E.; Tisserand, V.] Univ Savoie, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Annecy Le Vieux Phys Particules, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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0031-9007 |
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ISI:000277001700010 |
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no |
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yes |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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467 |
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Botella, F.J.; Branco, G.C.; Rebelo, M.N. |
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Minimal flavour violation and multi-Higgs models |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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687 |
Issue |
2-3 |
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194-200 |
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Multi-Higgs models; Minimal Flavour Violation; FCNC; Flavour symmetries |
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We propose an extension of the hypothesis of Minimal Flavour Violation (MFV) to general multi-Higgs models without the assumption of Natural Flavour Conservation (NFC) in the Higgs sector. We study in detail under what conditions the neutral Higgs couplings are only functions of V-CKM and propose a MFV expansion for the neutral Higgs couplings to fermions. |
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[Branco, G. C.; Rebelo, M. N.] Inst Super Tecn, Dept Fis, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: fbotella@uv.es |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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ISI:000277070800019 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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457 |
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Geng, L.S.; Guo, F.K.; Hanhart, C.; Molina, R.; Oset, E.; Zou, B.S. |
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Study of the f(2)(1270) , f(2)'(1525) , f(0)(1370) and f(0)(1710) in the J/psi radiative decays |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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European Physical Journal A |
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Eur. Phys. J. A |
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44 |
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2 |
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305-311 |
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In this paper we present an approach to study the radiative decay modes of the J/psi into a photon and one of the tensor mesons f (2)(1270) , f' (2)(1525) , as well as the scalar ones f (0)(1370) and f (0)(1710) . Especially, we compare predictions that emerge from a scheme where the states appear dynamically in the solution of vector meson-vector meson scattering amplitudes to those from a (admittedly naive) quark model. We provide evidence that it might be possible to distinguish amongst the two scenarios, once improved data are available. |
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[Geng, L. S.; Molina, R.; Oset, E.] Univ Valencia, Ctr Mixto, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor,Inst Invest Paterna, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: lsgeng@ific.uv.es |
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Springer |
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1434-6001 |
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ISI:000277182900014 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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466 |
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CDF Collaboration (Aaltonen, T. et al); Cabrera, S. |
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Search for single top quark production in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV in the missing transverse energy plus jets topology |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2010 |
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Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
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81 |
Issue |
7 |
Pages |
072003 - 24pp |
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We report a search for single top quark production with the CDF II detector using 2: 1 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity of p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV. The data selected consist of events characterized by large energy imbalance in the transverse plane and hadronic jets, and no identified electrons and muons, so the sample is enriched in W -> tau nu decays. In order to suppress backgrounds, additional kinematic and topological requirements are imposed through a neural network, and at least one of the jets must be identified as a b quark jet. We measure an excess of signal-like events in agreement with the standard model prediction, but inconsistent with a model without single top quark production by 2.1 standard deviations (sigma), with a median expected sensitivity of 1.4 sigma. Assuming a top quark mass of 175 GeV/c(2) and ascribing the excess to single top quark production, the cross section is measured to be 4.9(-2.2)(+2.5) (stat + syst) pb, consistent with measurements performed in independent data sets and with the standard model prediction. |
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[Aaltonen, T.; Mehtala, P.; Orava, R.; Osterberg, K.; Saarikko, H.; van Remortel, N.] Univ Helsinki, Div High Energy Phys, Dept Phys, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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1550-7998 |
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ISI:000277201900007 |
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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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287 |
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Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Li, T.; Pascoli, S.; Mena, O. |
Title |
Improvement of the low energy neutrino factory |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2010 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
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81 |
Issue |
7 |
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073010 - 13pp |
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The low energy neutrino factory has been proposed as a very sensitive setup for future searches for CP violation and matter effects. Here we study how its performance is affected when the experimental specifications of the setup are varied. Most notably, we have considered the addition of the “platinum'' nu(mu) -> nu(e) channel. We find that, while theoretically the extra channel provides very useful complementary information and helps to lift degeneracies, its practical usefulness is lost when considering realistic background levels. Conversely, an increase in statistics in the ”golden'' nu(mu) -> nu(e) channel and, to some extent, an improvement in the energy resolution, lead to an important increase in the performance of the facility, given the rich energy dependence of the "golden'' channel at these energies. We show that a low energy neutrino factory with a baseline of 1300 km, muon energy of 4.5 GeV, and either a 20 kton totally active scintillating detector or 100 kton liquid argon detector, can have outstanding sensitivity to the neutrino oscillation parameters theta(13), delta, and the mass hierarchy. For our estimated exposure of 2: 8 x 10(23) kton x decays per muon polarity, the low energy neutrino factory has sensitivity to theta(13) and delta for sin(2)(2 theta(13)) > 10(-4) and to the mass hierarchy for sin(2)(2 theta(13)) > 10(-3) |
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[Martinez, Enrique Fernandez] Max Planck Inst Phys & Astrophys, Werner Heisenberg Inst, D-80805 Munich, Germany, Email: enfmarti@mppmu.mpg.de |
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ISI:000277201900018 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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Gonzalez-Alonso, M.; Pich, A.; Prades, J. |
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Violation of quark-hadron duality and spectral chiral moments in QCD |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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81 |
Issue |
7 |
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074007 - 10pp |
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We analyze the spectral moments of the V – A two-point correlation function. Using all known short-distance constraints and the most recent experimental data from tau decays, we determine the lowest spectral moments, trying to assess the uncertainties associated with the so-called violations of quark-hadron duality. We have generated a large number of acceptable spectral functions, satisfying all conditions, and have used them to extract the wanted hadronic parameters through a careful statistical analysis. We obtain accurate values for the chi PT couplings L-10 and C-87, and a realistic determination of the dimension six and eight contributions in the operator product expansion, O-6 = (-5.4(-1.6)(+3.6)) . 10(-3) GeV6 and O-8 = d(-8.9-(12.6)(7.4+)) 10(-3) GeV8, showing that the duality-violation effects have been underestimated in previous literature. |
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[Gonzalez-Alonso, Martin; Pich, Antonio] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, E-46071 Valencia, Spain |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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ISI:000277201900025 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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Bernabeu, J.; Espinoza, C.; Mavromatos, N.E. |
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Cosmological constant and local gravity |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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81 |
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8 |
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084002 - 7pp |
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We discuss the linearization of Einstein equations in the presence of a cosmological constant, by expanding the solution for the metric around a flat Minkowski space-time. We demonstrate that one can find consistent solutions to the linearized set of equations for the metric perturbations, in the Lorentz gauge, which are not spherically symmetric, but they rather exhibit a cylindrical symmetry. We find that the components of the gravitational field satisfying the appropriate Poisson equations have the property of ensuring that a scalar potential can be constructed, in which both contributions, from ordinary matter and Lambda > 0, are attractive. In addition, there is a novel tensor potential, induced by the pressure density, in which the effect of the cosmological constant is repulsive. We also linearize the Schwarzschild-de Sitter exact solution of Einstein's equations ( due to a generalization of Birkhoff's theorem) in the domain between the two horizons. We manage to transform it first to a gauge in which the 3-space metric is conformally flat and, then, make an additional coordinate transformation leading to the Lorentz gauge conditions. We compare our non-spherically symmetric solution with the linearized Schwarzschild-de Sitter metric, when the latter is transformed to the Lorentz gauge, and we find agreement. The resulting metric, however, does not acquire a proper Newtonian form in terms of the unique scalar potential that solves the corresponding Poisson equation. Nevertheless, our solution is stable, in the sense that the physical energy density is positive. |
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[Bernabeu, Jose; Espinoza, Catalina] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, E-46100 Valencia, Spain |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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ISI:000277205000057 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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460 |
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