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Bordes, J.; Chan, H.M.; Tsou, S.T. |
Title |
A vacuum transition in the FSM with a possible new take on the horizon problem in cosmology |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2023 |
Publication |
International Journal of Modern Physics A |
Abbreviated Journal |
Int. J. Mod. Phys. A |
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38 |
Issue |
25 |
Pages |
2350124 - 32pp |
Keywords |
Framed standard model; phase transition; early Universe; cosmology |
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The framed standard model (FSM), constructed to explain the empirical mass and mixing patterns (including CP phases) of quarks and leptons, in which it has done quite well, gives otherwise the same result as the standard model (SM) in almost all areas in particle physics where the SM has been successfully applied, except for a few specified deviations such as the W mass and the g-2 of muons, that is, just where experiment is showing departures from what SM predicts. It predicts further the existence of a hidden sector of particles some of which may function as dark matter. In this paper, we first note that the above results involve, surprisingly, the FSM undergoing a vacuum transition (VTR1) at a scale of around 17MeV, where the vacuum expectation values of the colour framons (framed vectors promoted into fields) which are all nonzero above that scale acquire some vanishing components below it. This implies that the metric pertaining to these vanishing components would vanish also. Important consequences should then ensue, but these occur mostly in the unknown hidden sector where empirical confirmation is hard at present to come by, but they give small reflections in the standard sector, some of which may have already been seen. However, one notes that if, going off at a tangent, one imagines colour to be embedded, Kaluza-Klein (KK) fashion, into a higher-dimensional space-time, then this VTR1 would cause 2 of the compactified dimensions to collapse. This might mean then that when the universe cooled to the corresponding temperature of 1011 K when it was about 10-3 s old, this VTR1 collapse would cause the three spatial dimensions of the universe to expand to compensate. The resultant expansion is estimated, using FSM parameters previously determined from particle physics, to be capable, when extrapolated backwards in time, of bringing the present universe back inside the then horizon, solving thus formally the horizon problem. Besides, VTR1 being a global phenomenon in the FSM, it would switch on and off automatically and simultaneously over all space, thus requiring seemingly no additional strategy for a graceful exit. However, this scenario has not been checked for consistency with other properties of the universe and is to be taken thus not as a candidate solution of the horizon problem but only as an observation from particle physics which might be of interest to cosmologists and experts in the early universe. For particle physicists also, it might serve as an indicator for how relevant this VTR1 can be, even if the KK assumption is not made. |
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[Bordes, Jose] Univ Valencia, Ctr Mixto CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Calle Dr Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain, Email: jose.m.bordes@uv.es; |
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World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd |
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0217-751x |
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WOS:001099552500002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5803 |
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Norena, J.; Verde, L.; Jimenez, R.; Pena-Garay, C.; Gomez, C. |
Title |
Cancelling out systematic uncertainties |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Abbreviated Journal |
Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. |
Volume |
419 |
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2 |
Pages |
1040-1050 |
Keywords |
methods: statistical; cosmology: theory |
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We present a method to minimize, or even cancel out, the nuisance parameters affecting a measurement. Our approach is general and can be applied to any experiment or observation where systematic errors are a concern e.g. are larger than statistical errors. We compare it with the Bayesian technique used to deal with nuisance parameters: marginalization, and show how the method compares and improves by avoiding biases. We illustrate the method with several examples taken from the astrophysics and cosmology world: baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAOs), cosmic clocks, Type Ia supernova (SNIa) luminosity distance, neutrino oscillations and dark matter detection. By applying the method we not only recover some known results but also find some interesting new ones. For BAO experiments we show how to combine radial and angular BAO measurements in order to completely eliminate the dependence on the sound horizon at radiation drag. In the case of exploiting SNIa as standard candles we show how the uncertainty in the luminosity distance by a second parameter modelled as a metallicity dependence can be eliminated or greatly reduced. When using cosmic clocks to measure the expansion rate of the universe, we demonstrate how a particular combination of observables nearly removes the metallicity dependence of the galaxy on determining differential ages, thus removing the agemetallicity degeneracy in stellar populations. We hope that these findings will be useful in future surveys to obtain robust constraints on the dark energy equation of state. |
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[Norena, Jorge; Verde, Licia; Jimenez, Raul] Univ Barcelona IEEC UB, ICREA, Barcelona 08028, Spain, Email: jorge.norena@icc.ub.edu |
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Wiley-Blackwell |
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0035-8711 |
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WOS:000298482300011 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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890 |
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Panotopoulos, G. |
Title |
A dynamical dark energy model with a given luminosity distance |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2011 |
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General Relativity and Gravitation |
Abbreviated Journal |
Gen. Relativ. Gravit. |
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43 |
Issue |
11 |
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3191-3199 |
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Dark energy; Observational cosmology; Particle-theory |
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It is assumed that the current cosmic acceleration is driven by a scalar field, the Lagrangian of which is a function of the kinetic term only, and that the luminosity distance is a given function of the red-shift. Upon comparison with baryon acoustic oscillations and cosmic microwave background data the parameters of the models are determined, and then the time evolution of the scalar field is determined by the dynamics using the cosmological equations. We find that the solution is very different than the corresponding solution when the non-relativistic matter is ignored, and that the universe enters the acceleration era at larger red-shift compared to the standard I > CDM model. |
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[Panotopoulos, G] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: Grigoris.Panotopoulos@uv.es |
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Springer/Plenum Publishers |
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0001-7701 |
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WOS:000295982800015 |
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no |
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yes |
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no |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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782 |
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LISA Cosmology Working Group (Auclair, P. et al); Figueroa, D.G. |
Title |
Cosmology with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Living Reviews in Relativity |
Abbreviated Journal |
Living Rev. Relativ. |
Volume |
26 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
5 - 254pp |
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Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA); Cosmology |
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The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) has two scientific objectives of cosmological focus: to probe the expansion rate of the universe, and to understand stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds and their implications for early universe and particle physics, from the MeV to the Planck scale. However, the range of potential cosmological applications of gravitational-wave observations extends well beyond these two objectives. This publication presents a summary of the state of the art in LISA cosmology, theory and methods, and identifies new opportunities to use gravitational-wave observations by LISA to probe the universe. |
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[Auclair, Pierre; Caprini, Chiara; Mangiagli, Alberto; Papanikolaou, Theodoros; Pol, Alberto Roper; Steer, Daniele A.; Vennin, Vincent; Petiteau, Antoine] Univ Paris, CNRS, Lab Astroparticule & Cosmol, F-75013 Paris, France, Email: chairscoswg@gmail.com |
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Springer Int Publ Ag |
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2367-3613 |
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WOS:001063967800001 |
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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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5755 |
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Barenboim, G.; Panotopoulos, G. |
Title |
Gravitino dark matter in the constrained next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model with neutralino next-to-lightest superpartner |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2010 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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09 |
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011 - 20pp |
Keywords |
Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Supersymmetric Standard Model |
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The viability of a possible cosmological scenario is investigated. The theoretical framework is the constrained next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model (cNMSSM), with a gravitino playing the role of the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) and a neutralino acting as the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle (NLSP). All the necessary constraints from colliders and cosmology have been taken into account. For gravitino we have considered the two usual production mechanisms, namely out-of equillibrium decay from the NLSP, and scattering processes from the thermal bath. The maximum allowed reheating temperature after inflation, as well as the maximum allowed gravitino mass are determined. |
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[Barenboim, Gabriela] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: gabriela.barenboim@uv.es |
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1126-6708 |
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ISI:000282370900046 |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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256 |
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