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Author Vicente, A.
Title Anomalies in b -> s transitions and dark matter Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication (up) Advances in High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal Adv. High. Energy Phys.
Volume 2018 Issue Pages 3905848 - 11pp
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Abstract Since 2013, the LHCb collaboration has reported on the measurement of several observables associated with b -> s transitions, finding various deviations from their predicted values in the Standard Model. These include a set of deviations in branching ratios and angular observables, as well as in the observables R-k and R-k*, specially built to test the possible violation of Lepton Flavor Universality. Even though these tantalizing hints are not conclusive yet, the b -> s* anomalies have gained considerable attention in the flavor community. Here we review new physics models that address these anomalies and explore their possible connection to the dark matter of the Universe. After discussing some of the ideas introduced in these works and classifying the proposed models, two selected examples are presented in detail in order to illustrate the potential interplay between these two areas of current particle physics.
Address [Vicente, Avelino] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Apdo 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: avelino.vicente@ific.uv.es
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Publisher Hindawi Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1687-7357 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000437956000001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3652
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Author Fioresi, R.; Latini, E.; Lledo, M.A.; Nadal, F.A.
Title The Segre embedding of the quantum conformal superspace Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication (up) Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Abbreviated Journal Adv. Theor. Math. Phys.
Volume 22 Issue 8 Pages 1939-2000
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Abstract In this paper we study the quantum deformation of the superflag Fl(2 vertical bar 0, 2 vertical bar 1, 4 vertical bar 1), and its big cell, describing the complex conformal and Minkowski superspaces respectively. In particular, we realize their projective embedding via a generalization to the super world of the Segre map and we use it to construct a quantum deformation of the super line bundle realizing this embedding. This strategy allows us to obtain a description of the quantum coordinate superring of the superflag that is then naturally equipped with a coaction of the quantum complex conformal supergroup SLq (4 vertical bar 1).
Address [Fioresi, R.; Latini, E.] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Matemat, Piazza Porta S Donato 5, I-40126 Bologna, Italy, Email: rita.fioresi@UniBo.it;
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Publisher Int Press Boston, Inc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1095-0761 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000475480800004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4102
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Author Villanueva-Domingo, P.; Gnedin, N.Y.; Mena, O.
Title Warm Dark Matter and Cosmic Reionization Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication (up) Astrophysical Journal Abbreviated Journal Astrophys. J.
Volume 852 Issue 2 Pages 139 - 7pp
Keywords cosmology: theory; galaxies: formation; intergalactic medium; large-scale structure of universe; methods: numerical
Abstract In models with dark matter made of particles with keV masses, such as a sterile neutrino, small-scale density perturbations are suppressed, delaying the period at which the lowest mass galaxies are formed and therefore shifting the reionization processes to later epochs. In this study, focusing on Warm Dark Matter (WDM) with masses close to its present lower bound, i.e., around the 3. keV region, we derive constraints from galaxy luminosity functions, the ionization history and the Gunn-Peterson effect. We show that even if star formation efficiency in the simulations is adjusted to match the observed UV galaxy luminosity functions in both CDM and WDM models, the full distribution of Gunn-Peterson optical depth retains the strong signature of delayed reionization in the WDM model. However, until the star formation and stellar feedback model used in modern galaxy formation simulations is constrained better, any conclusions on the nature of dark matter derived from reionization observables remain model-dependent.
Address [Villanueva-Domingo, Pablo; Mena, Olga] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: gnedin@fnal.gov
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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 0004-637x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000422865600009 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3455
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Author Cermeño, M.; Perez-Garcia, M.A.; Lineros, R.A.
Title Enhanced neutrino emissivities in pseudoscalar-mediated dark matter annihilation in neutron stars Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication (up) Astrophysical Journal Abbreviated Journal Astrophys. J.
Volume 863 Issue 2 Pages 157 - 9pp
Keywords dark matter; neutrinos; stars: neutron
Abstract We calculate neutrino emissivities from self-annihilating dark matter (DM) (chi) in the dense and hot stellar interior of a (proto)neutron star. Using a model where DM interacts with nucleons in the stellar core through a pseudoscalar boson (a) we find that the neutrino production rates from the dominant reaction channels chi -> nu(nu) over bar or chi chi -> aa, with subsequent decay of the mediator a -> nu(nu) over bar, could locally match and even surpass those of the standard neutrinos from the modified nuclear URCA processes at early ages. We find that the emitting region can be localized in a tiny fraction of the star (less than a few percent of the core volume) and the process can last its entire lifetime for some cases under study. We discuss the possible consequences of our results for stellar cooling in light of existing DM constraints.
Address [Cermeno, M.; Perez-Garcia, M. A.] Univ Salamanca, Dept Fundamental Phys, Plaza Merced S-N, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain, Email: marinacgavilan@usal.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 0004-637x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000442222700019 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3696
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Author Keivani, A.; Murase, K.; Petropoulou, M.; Fox, D.B.; Cenko, S.B.; Chaty, S.; Coleiro, A.; DeLaunay, J.J.; Dimitrakoudis, S.; Evans, P.A.; Kennea, J.A.; Marshall, F.E.; Mastichiadis, A.; Osborne, J.P.; Santander, M.; Tohuvavohu, A.; Turley, C.F.
Title A Multimessenger Picture of the Flaring Blazar TXS 0506+056: Implications for High-energy Neutrino Emission and Cosmic-Ray Acceleration Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication (up) Astrophysical Journal Abbreviated Journal Astrophys. J.
Volume 864 Issue 1 Pages 84 - 16pp
Keywords Lacertae objects: general; BL Lacertae objects: individual (TXS 0506+056); galaxies: active; gamma rays: galaxies; neutrinos; radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
Abstract Detection of the IceCube-170922A neutrino coincident with the flaring blazar TXS 0506+056, the first and only similar to 3 sigma high-energy neutrino source association to date, offers a potential breakthrough in our understanding of high-energy cosmic particles and blazar physics. We present a comprehensive analysis of TXS. 0506+056 during its flaring state, using newly collected Swift, NuSTAR, and X-shooter data with Fermi observations and numerical models to constrain the blazar's particle acceleration processes and multimessenger (electromagnetic (EM) and high-energy neutrino) emissions. Accounting properly for EM cascades in the emission region, we find a physically consistent picture only within a hybrid leptonic scenario, with gamma-rays produced by external inverse-Compton processes and high-energy neutrinos via a radiatively subdominant hadronic component. We derive robust constraints on the blazar's neutrino and cosmic-ray emissions and demonstrate that, because of cascade effects, the 0.1-100 keV emissions of TXS. 0506+056 serve as a better probe of its hadronic acceleration and highenergy neutrino production processes than its GeV-TeV emissions. If the IceCube neutrino association holds, physical conditions in the TXS. 0506+056 jet must be close to optimal for high-energy neutrino production, and are not favorable for ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray acceleration. Alternatively, the challenges we identify in generating a significant rate of IceCube neutrino detections from TXS. 0506+056 may disfavor single-zone models, in which.-rays and high-energy neutrinos are produced in a single emission region. In concert with continued operations of the high-energy neutrino observatories, we advocate regular X-ray monitoring of TXS. 0506+056 and other blazars in order to test single-zone blazar emission models, clarify the nature and extent of their hadronic acceleration processes, and carry out the most sensitive possible search for additional multimessenger sources.
Address [Keivani, A.; Murase, K.; DeLaunay, J. J.; Turley, C. F.] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, 104 Davey Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA, Email: keivani@psu.edu;
Corporate Author Thesis
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 0004-637x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000443293800010 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3708
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