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Author Giare, W.; Renzi, F.; Mena, O.; Di Valentino, E.; Melchiorri, A.
Title Is the Harrison-Zel'dovich spectrum coming back? ACT preference for n(s) similar to 1 and its discordance with Planck Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication (up) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Abbreviated Journal Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc.
Volume 521 Issue 2 Pages 2911-2918
Keywords cosmological parameters; inflation; cosmology: observations; cosmology: theory
Abstract The Data Release 4 of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) shows an agreement with an Harrison-Zel'dovich primordial spectrum (n(s) = 1.009 +/- 0.015), introducing a tension with a significance of 99.3 per cent Confidence Level (CL) with the results from the Planck satellite. The discrepancy on the value of the scalar spectral index is neither alleviated with the addition of large scale structure information nor with the low multipole polarization data. We discuss possible avenues to alleviate the tension relying on either neglecting polarization measurements from ACT or in extending different sectors of the theory.
Address [Giare, William] Ctr Nazl INFN Studi Avanzati, Galileo Galileo Inst Theoret Phys, Largo Enr Fermi 2, I-50125 Florence, Italy, Email: william.giare@gmail.com
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Publisher Oxford Univ Press Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0035-8711 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000957248500013 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5510
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Author Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Giordano, G.; Mena, O.; Mocioiu, I.
Title Atmospheric neutrinos in ice and measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication (up) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 82 Issue 9 Pages 093011 - 7pp
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Abstract The main goal of the IceCube Deep Core array is to search for neutrinos of astrophysical origins. Atmospheric neutrinos are commonly considered as a background for these searches. We show that the very high statistics atmospheric neutrino data can be used to obtain precise measurements of the main oscillation parameters.
Address [Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique] Werner Heisenberg Inst, Max Planck Inst Phys, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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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 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000284259000002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 332
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Author Lopez Honorez, L.; Mena, O.; Panotopoulos, G.
Title Higher-order coupled quintessence Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication (up) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 82 Issue 12 Pages 123525 - 7pp
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Abstract We study a coupled quintessence model in which the interaction with the dark-matter sector is a function of the quintessence potential. Such a coupling can arise from a field dependent mass term for the dark-matter field. The dynamical analysis of a standard quintessence potential coupled with the interaction explored here shows that the system possesses a late-time accelerated attractor. In light of these results, we perform a fit to the most recent Supernovae Ia, Cosmic Microwave Background, and Baryon Acoustic Oscillation data sets. Constraints arising from weak equivalence principle violation arguments are also discussed.
Address [Lopez Honorez, Laura] UAM, Dept Phys, Madrid 28049, Spain
Corporate Author Thesis
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 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000286744800005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 529
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Author Pandolfi, S.; Giusarma, E.; Kolb, E.W.; Lattanzi, M.; Melchiorri, A.; Mena, O.; Pena, M.; Cooray, A.; Serra, P.
Title Impact of general reionization scenarios on extraction of inflationary parameters Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication (up) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 82 Issue 12 Pages 123527 - 10pp
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Abstract Determination of whether the Harrison-Zel'dovich spectrum for primordial scalar perturbations is consistent with observations is sensitive to assumptions about the reionization scenario. In light of this result, we revisit constraints on inflationary models using more general reionization scenarios. While the bounds on the tensor-to-scalar ratio are largely unmodified, when different reionization schemes are addressed, hybrid models are back into the inflationary game. In the general reionization picture, we reconstruct both the shape and amplitude of the inflaton potential. We discuss how relaxing the simple reionization restriction affects the reconstruction of the potential through the changes in the constraints on the spectral index, the tensor-to-scalar ratio and the running of the spectral index. We also find that the inclusion of other Cosmic Microwave Background data in addition to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy probe data excludes the very flat potentials typical of models in which the inflationary evolution reaches a late-time attractor, as a consequence of the fact that the running of the spectral index is constrained to be different from zero at 99% confidence level.
Address [Pandolfi, Stefania; Lattanzi, Massimiliano; Melchiorri, Alessandro] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dept Phys, I-00185 Rome, Italy
Corporate Author Thesis
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 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000286744800007 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 530
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Author Giordano, G.; Mena, O.; Mocioiu, I.
Title Atmospheric neutrino oscillations and tau neutrinos in ice Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication (up) Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 81 Issue 11 Pages 113008 - 5pp
Keywords
Abstract The main goal of the IceCube Deep Core Array is to search for neutrinos of astrophysical origins. Atmospheric neutrinos are commonly considered as a background for these searches. We show here that cascade measurements in the Ice Cube Deep Core Array can provide strong evidence for tau neutrino appearance in atmospheric neutrino oscillations. Controlling systematic uncertainties will be the limiting factor in the analysis. A careful study of these tau neutrinos is crucial, since they constitute an irreducible background for astrophysical neutrino detection.
Address [Giordano, Gerardo; Mocioiu, Irina] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
Corporate Author Thesis
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 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000279159600001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 421
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