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Bloch, I.M.; Caputo, A.; Essig, R.; Redigolo, D.; Sholapurkar, M.; Volansky, T. |
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Exploring new physics with O(keV) electron recoils in direct detection experiments |
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2021 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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1 |
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178 - 63pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM |
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Motivated by the recent XENON1T results, we explore various new physics models that can be discovered through searches for electron recoils in O(keV)-threshold direct-detection experiments. First, we consider the absorption of axion-like particles, dark photons, and scalars, either as dark matter relics or being produced directly in the Sun. In the latter case, we find that keV mass bosons produced in the Sun provide an adequate fit to the data but are excluded by stellar cooling constraints. We address this tension by introducing a novel Chameleon-like axion model, which can explain the excess while evading the stellar bounds. We find that absorption of bosonic dark matter provides a viable explanation for the excess only if the dark matter is a dark photon or an axion. In the latter case, photophobic axion couplings are necessary to avoid X-ray constraints. Second, we analyze models of dark matter-electron scattering to determine which models might explain the excess. Standard scattering of dark matter with electrons is generically in conflict with data from lower-threshold experiments. Momentum-dependent interactions with a heavy mediator can fit the data with dark matter mass heavier than a GeV but are generically in tension with collider constraints. Next, we consider dark matter consisting of two (or more) states that have a small mass splitting. The exothermic (down)scattering of the heavier state to the lighter state can fit the data for keV mass splittings. Finally, we consider a subcomponent of dark matter that is accelerated by scattering off cosmic rays, finding that dark matter interacting though an O(100 keV)-mass mediator can fit the data. The cross sections required in this scenario are, however, typically challenged by complementary probes of the light mediator. Throughout our study, we implement an unbinned Monte Carlo analysis and use an improved energy reconstruction of the XENON1T events. |
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[Bloch, Itay M.; Volansky, Tomer] Tel Aviv Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel, Email: itay.bloch.m@gmail.com; |
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Beltran, R.; Cottin, G.; Helo, J.C.; Hirsch, M.; Titov, A.; Wang, Z.S. |
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Long-lived heavy neutral leptons at the LHC: four-fermion single-N-R operators |
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Journal Article |
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2022 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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01 |
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1 |
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044 - 18pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Effective Field Theories; Neutrino Physics |
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Interest in searches for heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) at the LHC has increased considerably in the past few years. In the minimal scenario, HNLs are produced and decay via their mixing with active neutrinos in the Standard Model (SM) spectrum. However, many SM extensions with HNLs have been discussed in the literature, which sometimes change expectations for LHC sensitivities drastically. In the N-R SMEFT, one extends the SM effective field theory with operators including SM singlet fermions, which allows to study HNL phenomenology in a “model independent” way. In this paper, we study the sensitivity of ATLAS to HNLs in the N-R SMEFT for four-fermion operators with a single HNL. These operators might dominate both production and decay of HNLs, and we find that new physics scales in excess of 20 TeV could be probed at the high-luminosity LHC. |
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[Beltran, Rebeca; Hirsch, Martin] Univ Valencia, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, Apartado 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: rebeca.beltran@ifis.uv.es; |
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Boudet, S.; Bombacigno, F.; Moretti, F.; Olmo, G.J. |
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Torsional birefringence in metric-affine Chern-Simons gravity: gravitational waves in late-time cosmology |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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01 |
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1 |
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026 - 28pp |
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Gravitational waves in GR and beyond: theory; modified gravity; Cosmological perturbation theory in GR and beyond; Exact solutions; black holes and black hole thermodynamics in GR and beyond |
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In the context of the metric-affine Chern-Simons gravity endowed with projective invariance, we derive analytical solutions for torsion and nonmetricity in the homogeneous and isotropic cosmological case, described by a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric. We discuss in some details the general properties of the cosmological solutions in the presence of a perfect fluid, such as the dynamical stability and the emergence of big bounce points, and we examine the structure of some specific solutions reproducing de Sitter and power law behaviours for the scale factor. Then, we focus on first-order perturbations in the de Sitter scenario, and we study the propagation of gravitational waves in the adiabatic limit, looking at tensor and scalar polarizations. In particular, we find that metric tensor modes couple to torsion tensor components, leading to the appearance, as in the metric version of Chern-Simons gravity, of birefringence, characterized by different dispersion relations for the left and right circularized polarization states. As a result, the purely tensor part of torsion propagates like a wave, while nonmetricity decouples and behaves like a harmonic oscillator. Finally, we discuss scalar modes, outlining as they decay exponentially in time and do not propagate. |
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[Boudet, S.] Univ Trento, Dipartimento Fis, Via Sommar 14, I-38123 Povo, TN, Italy, Email: simon.boudet@unitn.it; |
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WOS:001090397800016 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5791 |
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Penalva, N.; Flynn, J.M.; Hernandez, E.; Nieves, J. |
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Study of new physics effects in (B)over-bars → Ds(*) τ-(ν)over-bar τ semileptonic decays using lattice QCD form factors and heavy quark effective theory |
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2024 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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01 |
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1 |
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163 - 33pp |
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Effective Field Theories of QCD; Flavour Symmetries; Semi-Leptonic Decays; SMEFT |
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We benefit from the lattice QCD determination by the HPQCD of the Standard Model (SM) form factors for the (B) over bar (s) -> D-s [Phys. Rev. D101(2020) 074513] and the SM and tensor ones for the (B) over bar (s) -> D-s* (arXiv:2304.03137[hep-lat]) semileptonic decays, and the heavy quark effective theory (HQET) relations for the analogous B -> D-(*()) decays obtained by F.U. Bernlochner et al. in Phys. Rev. D95(2017) 115008, to extract the leading and sub-leading Isgur-Wise functions for the (B) over bar (s) -> D-s(()*()) decays. Further use of the HQET relations allows us to evaluate the corresponding scalar, pseudoscalar and tensor form factors needed for a phenomenological study of new physics (NP) effects on the (B) over bar (s) -> D-s(()*()) semileptonic decay. At present, the experimental values for the ratios R-D(*) = Gamma[ (B) over bar -> D-(*())(tau- (nu) over bar tau)]/Gamma[(B) over bar -> D-(*())e(-)(mu(-)) (nu) over bar (e(mu))]are the best signal in favor of lepton flavor universality violation (LFUV) seen in charged current (CC) b -> c decays. In this work we conduct a study of NP effects on the (B) over bar (s) -> D-s(()*()) tau(-)(tau) semileptonic decays by comparing tau spin, angular and spin-angular asymmetry distributions obtained within the SM and three different NP scenarios. As expected from SU(3) light-flavor symmetry, we get results close to the ones found in a similar analysis of the (B) over bar -> D-(*()) case. The measurement of the (B) over bar (s) -> D-s(()*())(l (nu) over bar tau) semileptonic decays, which is within reach of present experiments, could then be of relevance in helping to establish or rule out LFUV in CC b -> c transitions. |
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[Penalva, Neus; Nieves, Juan] Ctr Mixto CSIC UV, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Inst Invest Paterna, C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain, Email: neus.penalva@icc.ub.edu; |
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WOS:001152794800001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Maji, R.; Park, W.I. |
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Supersymmetric U(1)B-L flat direction and NANOGrav 15 year data |
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Journal Article |
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2024 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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01 |
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1 |
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015 - 19pp |
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Cosmic strings; domain walls; monopoles; cosmological phase transitions; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; gravitational waves / sources |
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We show that, when connected with monopoles, the flat D-flat direction breaking the local U(1)B-L symmetry as an extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model can be responsible for the signal of a stochastic gravitational wave background recently reported by NANOGrav collaborations, while naturally satisfying constraints at high frequency band. Thanks to the flatness of the direction, a phase of thermal inflation arises naturally. The reheating temperature is quite low, and suppresses signals at frequencies higher than the characteristic frequency set by the reheating temperature. Notably, forthcoming spaced based experiments such as LISA can probe the cutoff frequency, providing an indirect clue of the scale of soft SUSY-breaking mass parameter. |
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[Maji, Rinku] Jeonbuk Natl Univ, Dept Phys, Lab Symmetry & Struct Universe, Jeonju 54896, South Korea, Email: rinkumaji9792@gmail.com; |
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WOS:001147733000001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5967 |
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Mena, O.; Razzaque, S.; Villaescusa-Navarro, F. |
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Signatures of photon and axion-like particle mixing in the gamma-ray burst jet |
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Journal Article |
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2011 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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02 |
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2 |
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030 - 16pp |
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axions; magnetic fields; gamma ray bursts theory; gamma ray burst experiments |
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Photons couple to Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) or more generally to any pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson in the presence of an external electromagnetic field. Mixing between photons and ALPs in the strong magnetic field of a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) jet during the prompt emission phase can leave observable imprints on the gamma-ray polarization and spectrum. Mixing in the intergalactic medium is not expected to modify these signatures for ALP mass > 10(-14) eV and/or for < nG magnetic field. We show that the depletion of photons due to conversion to ALPs changes the linear degree of polarization from the values predicted by the synchrotron model of gamma ray emission. We also show that when the magnetic field orientation in the propagation region is perpendicular to the field orientation in the production region, the observed synchrotron spectrum becomes steeper than the theoretical prediction and as detected in a sizable fraction of GRB sample. Detection of the correlated polarization and spectral signatures from these steep-spectrum GRBs by gamma-ray polarimeters can be a very powerful probe to discover ALPs. Measurement of gamma-ray polarization from GRBs in general, with high statistics, can also be useful to search for ALPs. |
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[Mena, Olga; Villaescusa-Navarro, F.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: omena@ific.uv.es |
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ISI:000287859800031 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Cline, J.M.; Vincent, A.C. |
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Cosmological origin of anomalous radio background |
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2013 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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02 |
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2 |
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011 - 23pp |
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cosmology of theories beyond the SM; dark matter theory; extragalactic magnetic fields |
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The ARCADE 2 collaboration has reported a significant excess in the isotropic radio background, whose homogeneity cannot be reconciled with clustered sources. This suggests a cosmological origin prior to structure formation. We investigate several potential mechanisms and show that injection of relativistic electrons through late decays of a metastable particle can give rise to the observed excess radio spectrum through synchrotron emission. However, constraints from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy, on injection of charged particles and on the primordial magnetic field, present a challenge. The simplest scenario is with a greater than or similar to 9 GeV particle decaying into e(+)e(-) at a redshift of z similar to 5, in a magnetic field of similar to 5 μG, which exceeds the CMB B-field constraints, unless the field was generated after decoupling. Decays into exotic millicharged particles can alleviate this tension, if they emit synchroton radiation in conjunction with a sufficiently large background magnetic field of a dark U(1)' gauge field. |
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[Cline, James M.] McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T8, Canada, Email: jcline@physics.mcgill.ca; |
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WOS:000315576400011 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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de Putter, R.; Verde, L.; Jimenez, R. |
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Testing LTB void models without the cosmic microwave background or large scale structure: new constraints from galaxy ages |
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Journal Article |
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2013 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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02 |
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2 |
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047 - 22pp |
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dark energy experiments; dark energy theory; galaxy evolution |
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We present new observational constraints on inhomogenous models based on observables independent of the CMB and large-scale structure. Using Bayesian evidence we find very strong evidence for homogeneous LCDM model, thus disfavouring inhomogeneous models. Our new constraints are based on quantities independent of the growth of perturbations and rely on cosmic clocks based on atomic physics and on the local density of matter. |
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[de Putter, Roland; Verde, Licia; Jimenez, Raul] Univ Barcelona IEEC UB, ICC, Barcelona 08028, Spain, Email: rdeputter@icc.ub.edu; |
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WOS:000315576400047 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Diamanti, R.; Lopez-Honorez, L.; Mena, O.; Palomares-Ruiz, S.; Vincent, A.C. |
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Constraining dark matter late-time energy injection: decays and p-wave annihilations |
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Journal Article |
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2014 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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02 |
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2 |
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017 - 24pp |
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dark matter theory; CMBR theory |
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We use the latest cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations to provide updated constraints on the dark matter lifetime as well as on p-wave suppressed annihilation cross sections in the 1 MeV to 1 TeV mass range. In contrast to scenarios with an s-wave dominated annihilation cross section, which mainly affect the CMB close to the last scattering surface, signatures associated with these scenarios essentially appear at low redshifts (z less than or similar to 50) when structure began to form, and thus manifest at lower multipoles in the CMB power spectrum. We use data from Planck, WMAP9, SPT and ACT, as well as Lyman-alpha measurements of the matter temperature at z similar to 4 to set a 95% confidence level lower bound on the dark matter lifetime of similar to 4 x 10(25) s for m(chi) = 100 MeV. This bound becomes lower by an order of magnitude at m(chi) = 1 TeV due to inefficient energy deposition into the inter-galactic medium. We also show that structure formation can enhance the effect of p-wave suppressed annihilation cross sections by many orders of magnitude with respect to the background cosmological rate, although even with this enhancement, CMB constraints are not yet strong enough to reach the thermal relic value of the cross section. |
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[Diamanti, Roberta; Mena, Olga; Palomares-Ruiz, Sergio; Vincent, Aaron C.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: R.Diamanti@uva.nl; |
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WOS:000332711400017 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Barenboim, G.; Park, W.I. |
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New- vs. chaotic- inflations |
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2016 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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02 |
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2 |
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061 - 20pp |
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inflation; physics of the early universe; cosmology of theories beyond the SM |
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We show that “spiralized” models of new-inflation can be experimentally identified mostly by their positive spectral running in direct contrast with most chaotic-inflation models which have negative runnings typically in the range of O(10(-4)-10(-3)). |
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[Barenboim, Gabriela; Park, Wan-Il] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: Gabriela.Barenboim@uv.es; |
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