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GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS IN BUBBLE COLLISIONS
We investigate the effects of gravitation in the collision of two bubbles in the very early universe, using the thin-wall approximation. In general, the collision of two bubbles gives rise to modulus wall and a phase wave. The space-time metric and all physical quantities possess hyperbolic O(2,1) symmetry. We derive a generalized Birkhoff's theorem to show that the space-time in different regions must therefore be flat, de Sitter, pseudo-Schwarzschild, and pseudo-Schwarzschild-de Sitter, respectively. As in the spherically symmetric O(3) case, the space-time is Petrov type $D$, and so there is no gravitational radiation. Owing to the special symmetry of the space-time, the concentration of matter does not suffice to cause any gravitational collapse to a singularity no matter how severely the two bubbles collide. The modulus walls, viewed from the real vacuum region, eventually propagate outwards with kinks due to a series of collisions, in contrast to the situation in the absence of gravity.
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.
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.
121257961
Quantum creation of a Schwarzschild-de Sitter black hole
Using the Hartle-Hawking no-boundary proposal for the wave function of the universe, we can study the wave function and probability of a single Schwarzschild-de Sitter black hole created at the birth of the universe. The black hole originates from a gravitational instanton with conical singularities. The probability of a black hole creation is the exponential of one quarter of the sum of areas of the black hole and cosmological horizons. One quarter of this sum is the total entropy of the universe.
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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.
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.
119282212
Pure Leptonic Gauge Symmetry, Neutrino Masses and Dark Matter
Abstract A possible extension of the Standard Model to include lepton number as local gauge symmetry is investigated. In such a model, anomalies are canceled by two extra fermions doublet. After leptonic gauge symmetry spontaneously broken, three active neutrinos may acquire non-zero Majorana masses through the modified Type-II seesaw mechanism. Constraints on the model from electro-weak precision measurements are studied. Due to the Z 2 discrete flavor symmetry, right-handed Majorana neutrinos can serve as cold dark matter candidate of the Universe. Constraint from dark matter relic abundance is calculated.
123486585
Finite-size effects on the phase diagram and evolution of strangelets in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions
In the framework of multiple reflection expansion, finite-size effects are incorporated into the study of the phase diagram and evolution of a strangelet in equilibrium with a finite hadronic phase. It is found that in a significant way finite-size effects can modify the phase diagram and reduce the survival probabilities of cold strangelets in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. The inclusion of finite-size effects can also allow a quantitative analysis of the properties of a cold strangelet resulting from a smooth hydrodynamic evolution with equilibrium hadronization and isentropic expansion.
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.
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Phenomenological analysis of J / psi suppression in h A processes
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Nuclear Effects on Charmonium Production
$J/\psi$ and $\psi'$ production cross sections in fixed-target experiment is calculated, considering the contributions from both color-singlet and color-octet mechanisms.The results are applied to the investigations of the $J/\psi$ suppression and the $\psi'/\psi$ ratio problems in p-A collisions. The results agree with the experimental data as the $(c \bar c)-$nucleon absorption cross sections $\sigma_{abs}^8\simeq 10mb $ for $(c \bar c)_8$ and $\sigma_{abs}^1\simeq 0mb $ for $(c \bar c)_1$. The model is further used to investigate A-A collisions when comover absorption mechanism is also considered. It is found that the observed experiment data of $J/\psi$ and $\psi'/\psi$ ratio in S-U collisions and Pb-Pb collisions can not be explained consistently within this model. The possibility of QGP formation in S-U and Pb-Pb collisions is also discussed.