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Black-hole formation in the new inflationary universe
In the new inflationary universe the fluctuation of the Higgs scalar field in the supercooled expansion stage is the origin of the irregularities observed today. It is supposed that a sufficiently large fluctuation must have caused gravitational collapse. We present a numerical model for black-hole formation in the new inflationary universe.
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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.
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HAWKING’S THEORY OF QUANTUM COSMOLOGY
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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.
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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.
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Hidden from view: Neutrino masses, dark matter, and TeV-scale leptogenesis in a neutrinophilic two-Higgs-doublet model
We consider a simple extension of the Standard Model providing dark matter and a TeV-scale seesaw mechanism that also allows for viable leptogenesis. In addition to the Standard Model degrees of freedom, the model contains a neutrinophilic Higgs doublet, a scalar singlet, and six singlet fermions (including three right-handed Majorana neutrinos) that are charged under a local U(1)′ gauge symmetry. We show how the U(1)′ charge assignments and the choice of scalar potential can lead to a TeV-scale seesaw mechanism and O(1) neutrino Yukawa couplings in a straightforward way. While this scenario has all the ingredients one would expect for significant experimental signatures, including several new TeV-scale degrees of freedom, we find that most distinctive features associated with neutrino mass generation, leptogenesis and the dark sector are likely to remain inaccessible in the absence of additional lepton flavor symmetries.
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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.
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DCC Size Effects on Pion Spectrum Distribution
The effects of two kinds of coherent lengths, the wave packet length of the emitter and the radius of the coherent source, on pion spectrum distribution are studied. It is shown that both coherent lengths can cause abundant pions at low momentum. Observing abundant pions at low momentum may be taken as a signal of DCC effects.
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The D0 Dimuon Charge Asymmetry and Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe
The D0 collaboration has reported a 3.2 \sigma deviation from the Standard Model (SM) prediction in the like-sign dimuon charge asymmetry. New physics beyond the SM in B_s - \bar B_s mixing is needed to explain the data. In this paper, we investigate the possible extension of the SM with one generation color-triplet charged scalar as well as three generation Majorana fermions. We study the implications of the model on the D0's dimuon charge asymmetry as well as matter anti-matter asymmetry of the Universe.
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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 ${\cal O}(10^{-10})$.