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Author Reig, M.; Valle, J.W.F.; Yamada, M.
Title Light majoron cold dark matter from topological defects and the formation of boson stars Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2019 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 09 Issue 9 Pages 029 - 25pp
Keywords Cosmic strings; domain walls; monopoles; particle physics – cosmology connection; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; cosmological neutrinos
Abstract We show that for a relatively light majoron (<< 100 eV) non-thermal production from topological defects is an efficient production mechanism. Taking the type I seesaw as benchmark scheme, we estimate the primordial majoron abundance and determine the required parameter choices where it can account for the observed cosmological dark matter. The latter is consistent with the scale of unification. Possible direct detection of light majorons with future experiments such as PTOLEMY and the formation of boson stars from the majoron dark matter are also discussed.
Address [Reig, Mario; Valle, Jose W. F.] Univ Valencia, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, Parc Cient Paterna,Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain, Email: mario.reig@ific.uv.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 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000487690100005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4154
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Author Fileviez Perez, P.; Murgui, C.; Plascencia, A.D.
Title The QCD axion and unification Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2019 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 11 Issue 11 Pages 093 - 21pp
Keywords Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; GUT
Abstract The QCD axion is one of the most appealing candidates for the dark matter in the Universe. In this article, we discuss the possibility to predict the axion mass in the context of a simple renormalizable grand unified theory where the Peccei-Quinn scale is determined by the unification scale. In this framework, the axion mass is predicted to be in the range ma, <^> (3-13) x 10-9 eV. We study the axion phenomenology and find that the ABRACADABRA and CASPEr-Electric experiments will be able to fully probe this mass window.
Address [Perez, Pavel Fileviez; Plascencia, Alexis D.] Case Western Reserve Univ, Phys Dept, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA, Email: pxf112@case.edu;
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Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000514868300004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4296
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Author Villanueva-Domingo, P.; Gnedin, N.Y.; Mena, O.
Title Warm Dark Matter and Cosmic Reionization Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2018 Publication 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
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:000422865600009 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3455
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Author Beltran Jimenez, J.; Heisenberg, L.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.
Title Born-Infeld inspired modifications of gravity Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2018 Publication Physics Reports Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rep.
Volume 727 Issue Pages 1-129
Keywords Born-Infeld gravity; Astrophysics; Black holes; Cosmology; Early universe; Compact objects; Singularities
Abstract General Relativity has shown an outstanding observational success in the scales where it has been directly tested. However, modifications have been intensively explored in the regimes where it seems either incomplete or signals its own limit of validity. In particular, the breakdown of unitarity near the Planck scale strongly suggests that General Relativity needs to be modified at high energies and quantum gravity effects are expected to be important. This is related to the existence of spacetime singularities when the solutions of General Relativity are extrapolated to regimes where curvatures are large. In this sense, Born-Infeld inspired modifications of gravity have shown an extraordinary ability to regularise the gravitational dynamics, leading to non-singular cosmologies and regular black hole spacetimes in a very robust manner and without resorting to quantum gravity effects. This has boosted the interest in these theories in applications to stellar structure, compact objects, inflationary scenarios, cosmological singularities, and black hole and wormhole physics, among others. We review the motivations, various formulations, and main results achieved within these theories, including their observational viability, and provide an overview of current open problems and future research opportunities.
Address [Beltran Jimenez, Jose] Univ Autonoma Madrid, CSIC, Inst Fis Teor, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Email: jose.beltran@uam.es;
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Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-1573 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000425482900001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3497
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Author Dong, P.V.; Huong, D.T.; Queiroz, F.S.; Valle, J.W.F.; Vaquera-Araujo, C.A.
Title The dark side of flipped trinification Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2018 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 04 Issue 4 Pages 143 - 31pp
Keywords Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Discrete Symmetries; Gauge Symmetry
Abstract We propose a model which unifies the Left-Right symmetry with the SU(3)L gauge group, called flipped trinification, and based on the SU(3)(C)circle times SU(3)(L)circle times SU(3)(R)circle times U(1)(x) gauge group. The model inherits the interesting features of both symmetries while elegantly explaining the origin of the matter parity, W-p = ( 1)(3(B-L)+/- 2s), and dark matter stability. We develop the details of the spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism in the model, determining the relevant mass eigenstates, and showing how neutrino masses are easily generated via the seesaw mechanism. Moreover, we introduce viable dark matter candidates, encompassing a fermion, scalar and possibly vector fields, leading to a potentially novel dark matter phenomenology.
Address [Dong, P. V.; Huong, D. T.] Vietnam Acad Sci & Technol, Inst Phys, 10 Dao Tan, Hanoi, Vietnam, Email: pvdong@iop.vast.ac.vn;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000432044000003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3576
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