119236612
Pionic dark matter
A bstractWe study a phenomenological model where the lightest dark matter (DM) particles are the pseudo-Goldstone excitations associated with a spontaneously broken symmetry, and transforming linearly with respect to an unbroken group $ {{\mathcal{H}}_{\mathrm{DM}}} $. For definiteness we take $ {{\mathcal{H}}_{\mathrm{DM}}} $ = SU(N) and assume the Goldstone particles are bosons; in parallel with QCD, we refer to these particles as dark-matter pions. This scenario is in contrast to the common assumption that DM fields transform linearly under the full symmetry of the model. We illustrate the formalism by treating in detail the case of $ {{\mathcal{H}}_{\mathrm{DM}}} $ = SU(2), in particular we calculate all the interactions relevant for the Boltzmann equations, which we solve numerically; we also derive approximate analytic solutions and show their consistency with the numerical results. We then compare the results with the constraints derived from the cold DM and direct detection experiments and derive the corresponding restrictions on the model parameters. We also briefly comment on constraints from indirect detection of DM.
14407716
Nonuniversal scalar masses: A signal-based analysis for the CERN Large Hadron Collider
We study the possible signatures of nonuniversal scalar masses in supersymmetry at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This is done, following our recent study on gaugino nonuniversality, via a multichannel analysis, based largely on the ratios of event rates for different final states, aimed at minimizing irregularity in the pattern due to extraneous effects and errors. We have studied (a) squark-slepton nonuniversality, (b) nonuniversality in sfermion masses of the third family, (c) the effects of SO(10) D-terms in supersymmetric grand unified theories. After presenting an elaborate numerical analysis of like- and opposite-sign dileptons, inclusive and hadronically quiet trileptons, as well as inclusive jet final states, we point out specific features of the spectrum in each case, which can be differentiated in the above channels from the spectrum for a minimal supergravity scenario with a universal scalar mass at high scale. The event selection criteria and the situations where the signals are sizable enough for a comparative study, are also delineated. It is found that, with some exceptions, the trilepton channels are likely to be especially useful for this purpose.
10611151
Unitarity violation in sequential neutrino mixing in a model of extra dimensions
We give the first demonstration of unitarity violation in the sequential neutrino mixing matrix in a scenario with extra compact spacelike dimensions. Gauge singlet neutrinos are assumed to propagate in one extra dimension, giving rise to an infinite tower of states in the effective four-dimensional theory. It is shown that this leads to small lepton-number violating entries in the neutrino mass matrix, which can violate unitarity on the order of 1%.
55809021
Heptagonic symmetry for quarks and leptons
The non-Abelian discrete symmetry D(7) of the heptagon is successfully applied to both quark and lepton mass matrices, including CP violation.
123789901
Dark Matter Pions
We study the scenario where dark matter corresponds to a set of pseudoGoldstone bosons, that we call dark pions, generated by the spontaneous breaking of a symmetry in the dark sector. As a concrete example, we consider an SU(N)×SU(N) broken to the diagonal subgroup that remains an exact symmetry that ensures the stability of the dark pions, and allows a novel-interactions involving neutral gauge bosons and 3 dark pions. We study both experimental and theoretical constraints, and show that the model can accommodate all data in wide regions of parameter space.
118491017
Supersymmetric left–right model with radiative neutrino mass and multipartite dark matter
We propose a unified extension of the standard model with three types of coexisting dark matter, motivated by three well-studied scenarios: (1) supersymmetry with $$R$$R-parity conservation, (2) left–right symmetry where the $${SU}(2)_R$$SU(2)R doublet is not $$(\nu ,e)_R$$(ν,e)R but $$(n,e)_R$$(n,e)R where $$n$$n is a dark-matter candidate, and (3) a one-loop radiative neutrino mass model where the particles in the loop have an odd $$Z_2$$Z2 symmetry, the lightest of which is also a dark-matter candidate. Whereas there are many new particles in this model, the gauge couplings get unified in the same way as in the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). Since there are at least three dark-matter candidates, each one’s share of the total relic density of the Universe is adjustable, allowing for a much larger parameter space for the MSSM candidate itself. Our main focus is a careful study of a possible specific multipartite dark-matter scenario in this context.
18344805
A Dynamical study of fission process and estimation of prescission neutron multiplicity
The dynamics of fission has been studied by solving Euler-Lagrange equation with dissipation generated through one and two body nuclear friction. The average kinetic energies of the fission fragments, prescission neutron multiplicities and the mean energies of the prescission neutrons have been calculated and compared with experimental values and they agree quite well. A single value of friction coefficient has been used to reproduce the experimental data for both symmetric and asymmetric splitting of the fissioning systems over a wide range of masses and excitation energies. It has been observed that a stronger friction is required in the saddle to scission region as compared to that in the ground state to saddle region.
9862464
Black-hole no-hair theorems for a positive cosmological constant.
We extend all known black-hole no-hair theorems to space-times endowed with a positive cosmological constant Lambda. Specifically, we prove that static spherical black holes with Lambda > 0 cannot support scalar fields in convex potentials and Proca-massive vector fields in the region between the black hole and the cosmic horizon. We also demonstrate the existence of at least one type of quantum hair, and of exactly one charged solution for the Abelian Higgs model. Our method of proof can be applied to investigate other types of quantum or topological hair on black holes in the presence of a positive Lambda.
118979360
Asymptotic expansion in the fission process
Asymptotic expansion of the Fokker-Planck equation in terms of the strength of the fluctuation has been carried out. The mean and the variance of the total kinetic energies of the fission fragments have been calculated and compared with the experimental values.
14552385
Gödel black hole, closed timelike horizon and the study of particle emissions
We show that a particle, with positive orbital angular momentum, following an outgoing null/timelike geodesic, shall never reach the closed timelike horizon present in the (4 + 1)-dimensional rotating Gödel black hole space–time. Therefore a large part of this space–time remains inaccessible to a large class of geodesic observers, depending on the conserved quantities associated with them. We discuss how this fact and the existence of the closed timelike curves present in the asymptotic region make the quantum field theoretic study of the Hawking radiation, where the asymptotic observer states are a pre-requisite, unclear. However, the semi classical approach provides an alternative to verify the Smarr formula derived recently for the rotating Gödel black hole. We present a systematic analysis of particle emissions, specifically for scalars, charged Dirac spinors and vectors, from this black hole via the semiclassical complex path method.
118589509
A note on Hawking radiation via complex path analysis
As long as we neglect backreaction, the Hawking temperature of a given black hole would not depend upon the parameters of the particle species we are considering. In the semiclassical complex path analysis approach of Hawking radiation, this has been verified by taking scalar and Dirac spinors separately for different stationary spacetime metrics. Here we show in a coordinate-independent way that for an arbitrary spacetime with any number of dimensions, the equations of motion for a Dirac spinor, a vector, spin-2 and spin- fields reduce to Klein–Gordon equations in the WKB semiclassical limit. We then obtain, under some suitable assumptions, the complex solutions of those resulting scalar equations across the Killing horizon of a stationary spacetime to get a coordinate-independent expression for the emission probability identical for all particle species. Finally we consider some explicit examples to demonstrate the validity of that expression.