Relativistic Vector Bosons with Non-minimal Coupling in the Spinning Cosmic String Spacetime

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Guvendi ◽  
Hassan Hassanabadi
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic String ◽  
Minimal Coupling ◽  
Vector Bosons

scholarly journals Astrophysical aspects of milli-charged dark matter in a Higgs–Stueckelberg model

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (18) ◽  
pp. 1550089 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. dos Santos ◽  
D. Hadjimichef
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
Minimal Coupling ◽  
Astrophysical Application ◽  
Gauge Sector ◽  
Dark Photon ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Vector Bosons ◽  
The Impact

An extension of the Standard Model (SM) is studied, in which two new vector bosons are introduced, a first boson Z' coupled to the SM by the usual minimal coupling, producing an enlarged gauge sector in the SM. The second boson A' field, in the dark sector of the model, remains massless and originates a dark photon γ'. A hybrid mixing scenario is considered based on a combined Higgs and Stueckelberg mechanisms. In a Compton-like process, a photon scattered by a weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is converted into a dark photon. This process is studied, in an astrophysical application obtaining an estimate of the impact on stellar cooling of white dwarfs and neutron stars.

First Structure Formation. II. Cosmic String plus Hot Dark Matter Models

1998 ◽  
Vol 508 (2) ◽  
pp. 530-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Abel ◽  
Albert Stebbins ◽  
Peter Anninos ◽  
Michael L. Norman
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Structure Formation ◽  
Cosmic String

scholarly journals Renormalization group equations of Higgs-R2 inflation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohei Ema ◽  
Kyohei Mukaida ◽  
Jorinde van de Vis
Keyword(s):  
Renormalization Group ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Energy Scale ◽  
Einstein Frame ◽  
Ricci Scalar ◽  
Minimal Coupling ◽  
Renormalization Group Equations ◽  
The Standard Model

Abstract We derive one- and two-loop renormalization group equations (RGEs) of Higgs-R2 inflation. This model has a non-minimal coupling between the Higgs and the Ricci scalar and a Ricci scalar squared term on top of the standard model. The RGEs derived in this paper are valid as long as the energy scale of interest (in the Einstein frame) is below the Planck scale. We also discuss implications to the inflationary predictions and the electroweak vacuum metastability.

scholarly journals Cosmological bounds on sub-GeV dark vector bosons from electromagnetic energy injection

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Coffey ◽  
Lindsay Forestell ◽  
David E. Morrissey ◽  
Graham White
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Energy ◽  
Vector Bosons

scholarly journals Electroweak axion string and superconductivity

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiko Abe ◽  
Yu Hamada ◽  
Koichi Yoshioka
Keyword(s):  
Electric Current ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Cosmic String ◽  
Topological Charge ◽  
Attractive Force ◽  
Electroweak Scale ◽  
Large Current

Abstract We study the axion strings with the electroweak gauge flux in the DFSZ axion model and show that these strings, called the electroweak axion strings, can exhibit superconductivity without fermionic zeromodes. We construct three types of electroweak axion string solutions. Among them, the string with W-flux can be lightest in some parameter space, which leads to a stable superconducting cosmic string. We also show that a large electric current can flow along the string due to the Peccei-Quinn scale much higher than the electroweak scale. This large current induces a net attractive force between the axion strings with the same topological charge, which opens a novel possibility that the axion strings form Y-junctions in the early universe.

scholarly journals Indirect $$ \mathcal{CP} $$ probes of the Higgs-top-quark interaction: current LHC constraints and future opportunities

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Henning Bahl ◽  
Philip Bechtle ◽  
Sven Heinemeyer ◽  
Judith Katzy ◽  
Tobias Klingl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Decay Channel ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Quark Interaction ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Vector Bosons ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The $$ \mathcal{CP} $$ CP structure of the Higgs boson in its coupling to the particles of the Standard Model is amongst the most important Higgs boson properties which have not yet been constrained with high precision. In this study, all relevant inclusive and differential Higgs boson measurements from the ATLAS and CMS experiments are used to constrain the $$ \mathcal{CP} $$ CP -nature of the top-Yukawa interaction. The model dependence of the constraints is studied by successively allowing for new physics contributions to the couplings of the Higgs boson to massive vector bosons, to photons, and to gluons. In the most general case, we find that the current data still permits a significant $$ \mathcal{CP} $$ CP -odd component in the top-Yukawa coupling. Furthermore, we explore the prospects to further constrain the $$ \mathcal{CP} $$ CP properties of this coupling with future LHC data by determining tH production rates independently from possible accompanying variations of the $$ t\overline{t}H $$ t t ¯ H rate. This is achieved via a careful selection of discriminating observables. At the HL-LHC, we find that evidence for tH production at the Standard Model rate can be achieved in the Higgs to diphoton decay channel alone.

scholarly journals Comparison of cosmic string and superstring models to NANOGrav 12.5-year results

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose J. Blanco-Pillado ◽  
Ken D. Olum ◽  
Jeremy M. Wachter
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic String

ON A RESULT CONCERNING THE BEHAVIOR OF A RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM SYSTEM IN THE COSMIC STRING SPACETIME

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1549-1556 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. B. BEZERRA ◽  
GEUSA DE A. MARQUES
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Energy Spectrum ◽  
Dirac Equation ◽  
Quantum System ◽  
Relativistic Electron ◽  
Coulomb Potential ◽  
Cosmic String ◽  
Relativistic Quantum

We consider the problem of a relativistic electron in the presence of a Coulomb potential and a magnetic field in the background spacetime corresponding to a cosmic string. We find the solution of the corresponding Dirac equation and determine the energy spectrum of the particle.

scholarly journals Searching for gravitational-wave bursts from cosmic string cusps with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array

2020 ◽  
Vol 501 (1) ◽  
pp. 701-712
Author(s):  
N Yonemaru ◽  
S Kuroyanagi ◽  
G Hobbs ◽  
K Takahashi ◽  
X-J Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
False Alarm ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Cosmic String ◽  
Cosmic Strings ◽  
False Alarm Probability ◽  
String Tension ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Pulsar Timing ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
Pulsar Timing Array

ABSTRACT Cosmic strings are potential gravitational-wave (GW) sources that can be probed by pulsar timing arrays (PTAs). In this work we develop a detection algorithm for a GW burst from a cusp on a cosmic string, and apply it to Parkes PTA data. We find four events with a false alarm probability less than 1 per cent. However further investigation shows that all of these are likely to be spurious. As there are no convincing detections we place upper limits on the GW amplitude for different event durations. From these bounds we place limits on the cosmic string tension of Gμ ∼ 10−5, and highlight that this bound is independent from those obtained using other techniques. We discuss the physical implications of our results and the prospect of probing cosmic strings in the era of Square Kilometre Array.

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