121488940
Scalar plane waves in general relativity
A number of exact solutions of Einstein's equations are obtained, which describe the collisions between one scalar plane wave and one scalar, neutrino, electromagnetic or gravitational plane wave.
18697416
CAN BLACK HOLES BE CREATED AT THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE
We study the quantum creation of black hole pairs in the (anti-)de Sitter space background. These black hole pairs in the Kerr–Newman family are created from constrained instantons. At the WKB level, for the chargeless and nonrotating case, the relative creation probability is the exponential of (the negative of) the entropy of the universe. Also for the remaining cases of the family, the creation probability is the exponential of (the negative of) one quarter of the sum of the inner and outer black hole horizon areas. In the absence of a general no-boundary proposal for open universes, we treat the creations of the closed and the open universes in the same way.
13157000
REAL TUNNELING AND BLACK HOLE CREATION
We discuss the Hawking theory of quantum cosmology with regard to approximation at the lowest order of the Planck constant. At this level, the quantum scenario will be reduced to its classical evolutions in real and imaginary times. We restrict our attention to the so-called real tunneling case. It can be shown that, even at this level, there still exist some quantum effects, the classical field equation may not hold at the transition surface. One can introduce the concept of constrained gravitational instanton. It may play some important role in the scenario of black hole creation in the inflationary background at the Planckian era of the universe. From the constrained gravitational instanton, the real tunneling can occur through different ways. Consequently, it will lead to the creation of different parts of the black hole spacetime in the de Sitter background. The global aspects of the black hole creation are discussed.
119348748
No-boundary codimension-two braneworld
Abstract The quantum creation probability and entropy of a 2-codimensional braneworld are calculated in the framework of no-boundary universe. The entropy can take an arbitrarily large value as the brane tensions increase, in violation of the conjectured “ N -bound” in quantum gravity, even for a 4-dimensional ordinary universe.
118822751
Dimensionality in the Freund–Rubin cosmology
Abstract In the n -dimensional Freund–Rubin model with an antisymmetric tensor field of rank s −1, the dimension of the external spacetime we live in must be min( s , n − s ). This result is a generalization of the previous result in the d =11 supergravity case, where s =4.
118836688
The Cosmological Constant in Quantum Cosmology
Hawking proposed that the cosmological constant is probably zero in quantum cosmology in 1984. By using the right configuration for the wave function of the universe, a complete proof is found very recently.
15258004
One-loop renormalization group equations of the neutrino mass matrix in the triplet seesaw model
Within the framework of the standard model plus one heavy Higgs triplet, we derive a full set of one-loop renormalization group equations of the neutrino mass matrix and Higgs couplings in both full and effective theories. The explicit RGEs of neutrino masses, flavor mixing angles and CP-violating phases are also obtained, and their nontrivial running behaviors around the Higgs triplet mass threshold are numerically illustrated.
117852954
GCP Code Applied in $J/\psi$ Production and Absorption
Using the General Cascade Program(GCP), the production and absorption of $J/\psi$ in p-A and A-A collisions have been studied. Nucleon absorption mechanism and comover absorption mechanism are considered to investigate the $J/\psi$ suppression. The results agree well with experimental data of $J/\psi$ production, except for the data in Pb-Pb collision.
118506210
Testing the realistic seesaw model with two heavy Majorana neutrinos at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
In the conventional type-(I+II) seesaw model, the effective mass matrix of three known light neutrinos is given by M(v) = M(L) - M(D)M(R)(-1)M(D)(T) in the leading-order approximation. We propose an intriguing scenario, in which the structural cancellation condition M(D)M(R)(-1)M(D)(T) = 0 is guaranteed by the A(4) x Z(2) flavor symmetry. As a consequence, neutrino masses are mainly generated by the Higgs triplet M(v) = M(L), while the neutrino mixing matrix is non-unitary and takes on the nearly tri-bimaximal pattern. A discriminating feature of this scenario from the pure type-II seesaw model is that the lepton-number-violating signatures induced by the heavy Majorana neutrinos can be discovered at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. We calculate the total cross section of the same-sign dilepton events pp -> l(alpha)(+/-)N(i) -> l(alpha)(+/-)l(beta)(+/-)jj (for i = 1, 2 and alpha, beta = e, mu, tau), and emphasize the significant interference of the contributions from two different heavy Majorana neutrinos. The background from the standard model and the kinematic cuts used to reduce it have been considered. The possible way to distinguish between the signals from heavy Majorana neutrinos and those from doubly-charged Higgs bosons is briefly discussed. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
118352553
The Muon Magnetic Moment in the TeV Scale Seesaw Models
The reported discrepancy of the muon abnormal magnetic moment $a_\mu^{}$ has impacts on the low energy phenomenology. In this paper we calculate the corrections to $a_\mu$ in the standard model extended by the TeV scale seesaw models. We show that the correction induced by the type-I seesaw model is negative and of the order ${\cal O} (10^{-11})$, which can be neglected compared with $a_\mu^{\rm SM}$. The correction induced by the type-II seesaw model, which depends on the mass of the Higgs triplet $m_\Delta$ and the Yukawa coupling $Y_\Delta$, can be of the order ${\cal O}(10^{-10})$ and compensate for the discrepancy between $a_\mu^{\rm SM}$ and $a_{\mu}^{\rm exp}$. The correction induced by the type-III seesaw model is also negative and can be of the order ${\cal O}(10^{-10})$.
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The Hierarchy Problem and Lifshitz Type Quantum Field Theory
We study the Lifshitz type extension of the standard model (SM) at UV, with dynamical critical exponent z=3. One loop radiative corrections to the Higgs mass in such a model is calculated. Our result shows that, the Hierarchy problem, which has initiated many excellent extension of the minimal SM, can be weakened in the z=3 Lifshitz type quantum field theory.