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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 |
Abbreviated Journal |
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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1550-7998 |
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ISI:000277205000057 |
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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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460 |
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Ellis, J.; Konoplich, R.; Mavromatos, N.E.; Nguyen, L.; Sakharov, A.S.; Sarkisyan-Grinbaum, E.K. |
Title |
Robust constraint on Lorentz violation using Fermi-LAT gamma-ray burst data |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
Volume |
99 |
Issue |
8 |
Pages |
083009 - 22pp |
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Models of quantum gravity suggest that the vacuum should be regarded as a medium with quantum structure that may have nontrivial effects on photon propagation, including the violation of Lorentz invariance. Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are sensitive probes of Lorentz invariance, via studies of energy-dependent timing shifts in their rapidly varying photon emissions. We analyze the Fermi-LAT measurements of high-energy gamma rays from GRBs with known redshifts, allowing for the possibility of energy-dependent variations in emission times at the sources as well as a possible nontrivial refractive index in vacuo for photons. We use statistical estimators based on the irregularity, kurtosis, and skewness of bursts that are relatively bright in the 100 MeV to multi-GeV energy band to constrain possible dispersion effects during propagation. We find that the energy scale characterizing a linear energy dependence of the refractive index should exceed a few x10(17) GeV, and we estimate the sensitivity attainable with additional future sources to be detected by Fermi-LAT. |
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[Ellis, John; Mavromatos, Nikolaos E.] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London WC2R 2LS, England |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2470-0010 |
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WOS:000464745800001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3982 |
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Alexandre, J.; Mavromatos, N.E.; Mitsou, V.A.; Musumeci, E. |
Title |
Resummation schemes for high-electric-charge objects leading to improved experimental mass limits |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2024 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
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109 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
036026 - 20pp |
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High-electric-charge compact objects (HECOs) appear in several theoretical particle physics models beyond the Standard Model, and are actively searched for in current colliders, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. In such searches, mass bounds of these objects have been placed, using Drell-Yan and photon-fusion processes at tree level so far. However, such mass-bound estimates are not reliable, given that, as a result of the large values of the electric charge of the HECO, perturbative quantum electrodynamics calculations break down. In this work, we perform a Dyson-Schwinger resummation scheme (as opposed to lattice strong-coupling approach), which makes the computation of the pertinent HECO-production cross sections reliable, thus allowing us to extract improved mass bounds for such objects from ATLAS and MoEDAL searches. |
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[Alexandre, Jean; Mavromatos, Nick E.] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London WC2R 2LS, England, Email: jean.alexandre@kcl.ac.uk; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2470-0010 |
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WOS:001181678500003 |
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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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5995 |
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Basilakos, S.; Mavromatos, N.E.; Mitsou, V.A.; Plionis, M. |
Title |
Dynamics and constraints of the dissipative Liouville cosmology |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astropart Phys. |
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36 |
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1 |
Pages |
7-17 |
Keywords |
Cosmology; Dark matter; Dark energy |
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In this article we investigate the properties of the FLRW flat cosmological models in which the cosmic expansion of the Universe is affected by a dilaton dark energy (Liouville scenario). In particular, we perform a detailed study of these models in the light of the latest cosmological data, which serves to illustrate the phenomenological viability of the new dark energy paradigm as a serious alternative to the traditional scalar field approaches. By performing a joint likelihood analysis of the recent supernovae type la data (SNIa), the differential ages of passively evolving galaxies, and the baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAOs) traced by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we put tight constraints on the main cosmological parameters. Furthermore, we study the linear matter fluctuation field of the above Liouville cosmological models. In this framework, we compare the observed growth rate of clustering measured from the optical galaxies with those predicted by the current Liouville models. Performing various statistical tests we show that the Liouville cosmological model provides growth rates that match well with the observed growth rate. To further test the viability of the models under study, we use the Press-Schechter formalism to derive their expected redshift distribution of cluster-size halos that will be provided by future X-ray and Sunyaev-Zeldovich cluster surveys. We find that the Hubble flow differences between the Liouville and the LambdaCDM models provide a significantly different halo redshift distribution, suggesting that the models can be observationally distinguished. |
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[Mitsou, Vasiliki A.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: vasiliki.mitsou@ific.uv.es |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0927-6505 |
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WOS:000309787000002 |
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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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1188 |
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Bernabeu, J.; Mavromatos, N.E.; Villanueva-Perez, P. |
Title |
Consistent probabilistic description of the neutral Kaon system |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
Volume |
724 |
Issue |
4-5 |
Pages |
269-273 |
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The neutral Kaon system has both CF violation in the mass matrix and a non-vanishing lifetime difference in the width matrix. This leads to an effective Hamiltonian which is not a normal operator, with incompatible (non-commuting) masses and widths. In the Weisskopf-Wigner Approach (WWA), by diagonalizing the entire Hamiltonian, the unphysical non-orthogonal “stationary” states K-L,K-S are obtained. These states have complex eigenvalues whose real (imaginary) part does not coincide with the eigenvalues of the mass (width). matrix. In this work we describe the system as an open Lindblad-type quantum mechanical system due to Kaon decays. This approach, in terms of density matrices for initial and final states, provides a consistent probabilistic description, avoiding the standard problems because the width matrix becomes a composite operator not included in the Hamiltonian. We consider the dominant decay channel to two pions, so that one of the Kaon states with definite lifetime becomes stable. This new approach provides results for the time dependent decay rates in agreement with those of the WWA. |
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[Bernabeu, J.; Villanueva-Perez, P.] Univ Valencia, Dept Theoret Phys, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: pablo.villanueva@uv.es |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000322358500011 |
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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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1526 |
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