scholarly journals WHAT IS THE SUSY MASS SCALE?

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1907-1917 ◽  
Author(s):  
REUVEN OPHER ◽  
ANA PELINSON
Keyword(s):  
Natural Extension ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Density Fluctuations ◽  
Quantum Corrections ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Particle Content ◽  
Starobinsky Model ◽  
Cosmological Scenario ◽  
Einstein's Equation ◽  
Very High

The energy, or mass scale M SUSY , of the supersymmetry (SUSY) phase transition is, as yet, unknown. If it is very high (i.e. ≫103 GeV ), terrestrial accelerators will not be able to measure it. We determine M SUSY here by combining theory with the cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. Starobinsky suggested an inflationary cosmological scenario in which inflation is driven by quantum corrections to the vacuum Einstein's equation. The modified Starobinsky model (MSM) is a natural extension of this. In the MSM, the quantum corrections are the quantum fluctuations of the supersymmetric (SUSY) particles, whose particle content creates inflation and whose masses terminate it. Since the MSM is difficult to solve until the end of the inflation period, we assume here that an effective inflaton potential (EIP) that reproduces the time dependence of the cosmological scale factor of the MSM can be used to make predictions for the MSM. We predict the SUSY mass scale to be M SUSY ≃ 1015 GeV , thus satisfying the requirement that the predicted density fluctuations of the MSM is in agreement with the observed CMB data.

scholarly journals Testing the warmness of dark matter

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (1) ◽  
pp. 1406-1414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suresh Kumar ◽  
Rafael C Nunes ◽  
Santosh Kumar Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Λcdm Model ◽  
Cosmological Data

ABSTRACT Dark matter (DM) as a pressureless perfect fluid provides a good fit of the standard Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) model to the astrophysical and cosmological data. In this paper, we investigate two extended properties of DM: a possible time dependence of the equation of state of DM via Chevallier–Polarski–Linder parametrization, wdm = wdm0 + wdm1(1 − a), and the constant non-null sound speed $\hat{c}^2_{\rm s,dm}$. We analyse these DM properties on top of the base ΛCDM model by using the data from Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization anisotropy, baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAOs), and the local value of the Hubble constant from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We find new and robust constraints on the extended free parameters of DM. The most tight constraints are imposed by CMB+BAO data, where the three parameters wdm0, wdm1, and $\hat{c}^2_{\rm s,dm}$ are, respectively, constrained to be less than 1.43 × 10−3, 1.44 × 10−3, and 1.79 × 10−6 at 95 per cent CL. All the extended parameters of DM show consistency with zero at 95 per cent CL, indicating no evidence beyond the CDM paradigm. We notice that the extended properties of DM significantly affect several parameters of the base ΛCDM model. In particular, in all the analyses performed here, we find significantly larger mean values of H0 and lower mean values of σ8 in comparison to the base ΛCDM model. Thus, the well-known H0 and σ8 tensions might be reconciled in the presence of extended DM parameters within the ΛCDM framework. Also, we estimate the warmness of DM particles as well as its mass scale, and find a lower bound: ∼500 eV from our analyses.

Review of inflationary cosmology via quantum corrections in M-theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (33) ◽  
pp. 1930016
Author(s):  
Kazuho Hiraga ◽  
Yoshifumi Hyakutake
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Quantum Effect ◽  
Quantum Corrections ◽  
Inflationary Cosmology ◽  
Superstring Theory ◽  
Inflationary Scenario ◽  
Starobinsky Model ◽  
M Theory

In this paper, we review inflationary cosmology in M-theory with quantum corrections. In old days the inflation was proposed as a resolution to the cosmological problems, and nowadays models of the inflation are severely restricted by the observations. Among them, the predictions of the Starobinsky model, which contains scalar curvature squared term, is consistent with the observations. The higher curvature terms will come from quantum effect of the gravity, and it is natural to ask its origin in superstring theory or M-theory. We investigate inflationary solution in the M-theory with higher curvature terms. We show that higher curvature terms induce an exponentially expanding solution in the early universe, and the inflation naturally ends when the corrections are suppressed. We also discuss that the ambiguity of the higher curvature terms do not affect the inflationary scenario in the M-theory.

scholarly journals Broad-lined type Ic supernova iPTF16asu: A challenge to all popular models

2019 ◽  
Vol 489 (1) ◽  
pp. 1110-1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
L J Wang ◽  
X F Wang ◽  
Z Cano ◽  
S Q Wang ◽  
L D Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Light Curve ◽  
Rest Frame ◽  
Mass Loss Rate ◽  
Natural Extension ◽  
Late Time ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
Model Interaction ◽  
Cascade Decay ◽  
Radioactive Heating ◽  
Very High

ABSTRACT It is well known that ordinary supernovae (SNe) are powered by 56Ni cascade decay. Broad-lined type Ic SNe (SNe Ic-BL) are a subclass of SNe that are not all exclusively powered by 56Ni decay. It was suggested that some SNe Ic-BL are powered by magnetar spin-down. iPTF16asu is a peculiar broad-lined type Ic supernova discovered by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory. With a rest-frame rise time of only 4 d, iPTF16asu challenges the existing popular models, for example, the radioactive heating (56Ni-only) and the magnetar +56Ni models. Here we show that this rapid rise could be attributed to interaction between the SN ejecta and a pre-existing circumstellar medium ejected by the progenitor during its final stages of evolution, while the late-time light curve can be better explained by energy input from a rapidly spinning magnetar. This model is a natural extension to the previous magnetar model. The mass-loss rate of the progenitor and ejecta mass are consistent with a progenitor that experienced a common envelope evolution in a binary. An alternative model for the early rapid rise of the light curve is the cooling of a shock propagating into an extended envelope of the progenitor. It is difficult at this stage to tell which model (interaction+magnetar + 56Ni or cooling+magnetar + 56Ni) is better for iPTF16asu. However, it is worth noting that the inferred envelope mass in the cooling+magnetar + 56Ni is very high.

scholarly journals Constraints on neutrino masses from the study of the nearby large-scale structure and galaxy cluster counts

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (21) ◽  
pp. 1640008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Böhringer ◽  
Gayoung Chon
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Matter Density ◽  
Density Fluctuations ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Massive Neutrinos

The high precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background by the Planck survey yielded tight constraints on cosmological parameters and the statistics of the density fluctuations at the time of recombination. This provides the means for a critical study of structure formation in the Universe by comparing the microwave background results with present epoch measurements of the cosmic large-scale structure. It can reveal subtle effects such as how different forms of Dark Matter may modify structure growth. Currently most interesting is the damping effect of structure growth by massive neutrinos. Different observations of low redshift matter density fluctuations provided evidence for a signature of massive neutrinos. Here we discuss the study of the cosmic large-scale structure with a complete sample of nearby, X-ray luminous clusters from our REFLEX cluster survey. From the observed X-ray luminosity function and its reproduction for different cosmological models, we obtain tight constraints on the cosmological parameters describing the matter density, [Formula: see text], and the density fluctuation amplitude, [Formula: see text]. A comparison of these constraints with the Planck results shows a discrepancy in the framework of a pure [Formula: see text]CDM model, but the results can be reconciled, if we allow for a neutrino mass in the range of 0.17 eV to 0.7 eV. Also some others, but not all of the observations of the nearby large-scale structure provide evidence or trends for signatures of massive neutrinos. With further improvement in the systematics and future survey projects, these indications will develop into a definitive measurement of neutrino masses.

A GAUGE-INVARIANT FLUID DESCRIPTION OF PRIMORDIAL DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS OF COLLISIONLESS PARTICLES

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (12) ◽  
pp. 2075-2108 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT K. SCHAEFER
Keyword(s):  
Evolution Equations ◽  
Particle Distribution ◽  
Background Radiation ◽  
Density Fluctuations ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Significant Component ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Simple Set ◽  
Moment Approximation ◽  
Microwave Background Radiation

Formulas are derived for describing the evolution of fluctuations in the density of collisionless particles in the expanding universe using the gauge-invariant fluid description. The formulas use the “gauge-invariant” variables proposed by Bardeen to describe cosmological perturbations. These variables are hydrodynamic in nature and we show the behavior of the equations when the particles have streaming lengths large compared to the scales of interest. We also show how these equations couple gravitationally when other species of matter are present in significant densities. Using the “fourteen moment” approximation for the particle distribution function, we get a simple set of ordinary differential equations which are much easier to use than a direct integration of the Boltzmann equation. This formulation is especially useful when we are considering universes with more than one cosmologically significant component of matter density. An example of a numerical integration of the evolution equations is presented for comparison of this method to other work. A formula for calculating fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation is also given.

REVISITING THE MODIFIED STAROBINSKY MODEL WITH A COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (09) ◽  
pp. 1355-1366 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA PELINSON
Keyword(s):  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Quantum Effects ◽  
Radiative Corrections ◽  
Susy Particle ◽  
Particle Content ◽  
Starobinsky Model ◽  
Last Stage ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Matter Fields

The Starobinsky model is a natural inflationary scenario in which inflation arises due to quantum effects of the massless matter fields. A modified version of the Starobinsky (MSt) model takes the masses of matter fields and the cosmological constant, Λ, into account. The equations of motion become much more complicated; however, approximate analytic and numeric solutions are possible. In the MSt model, inflation starts due to the supersymmetric (SUSY) particle content of the underlying theory, and the transition to the radiation-dominated epoch occurs due to the relatively heavy s-particles decoupling. For Λ = 0 the inflationary solution is stable until the last stage, just before decoupling. In the present paper we generalize this result for Λ ≠ 0, since Λ should be nonvanishing at the SUSY scale. We also take into account the radiative corrections to Λ. The main result is that the inflationary solution of the MSt model remains robust and stable.

scholarly journals Inflation, Microwave Background Anisotropy, and Open Universe Models

1996 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 321-327
Author(s):  
J.A. Frieman
Keyword(s):  
Early Universe ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Density Fluctuations ◽  
Inhomogeneous Distribution ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Inflationary Scenario ◽  
Open Universe ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Universe Models

The inflationary scenario for the very early universe has proven very attractive, because it can simultaneously solve a number of cosmological puzzles, such as the homogeneity of the Universe on scales exceeding the particle horizon at early times, the flatness or entropy problem, and the origin of density fluctuations for large-scale structure [1]. In this scenario, the observed Universe (roughly, the present Hubble volume) represents part of a homogeneous inflated region embedded in an inhomogeneous space-time. On scales beyond the size of this homogeneous patch, the initially inhomogeneous distribution of energy-momentum that existed prior to inflation is preserved, the scale of the inhomogeneities merely being stretched by the expansion.

scholarly journals CMB: Anisotropies Due to Non-Linear Clustering

1996 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 445-446
Author(s):  
E. Martínez-González ◽  
J. L. Sanz
Keyword(s):  
Linear Density ◽  
Gravitational Effect ◽  
Density Fluctuations ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Gravitational Fields ◽  
Hot Gas ◽  
Peculiar Velocities ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Density Perturbations ◽  
The Universe

Most of the studies on the anisotropy expected in the temperature of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have been based on linear density perturbations. The anisotropies at angular scales ≥ 1o(horizon at recombination) are preserved during the evolution of the universe, whereas for smaller scales new effects can appear, generated during the non-linear phase of matter clustering evolution: i) the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect due to hot gas in clusters (Scaramella et al. 1993), ii) the Vishniac effect (Vishniac 1987) due to the coupling between density fluctuations and bulk motions of gas and iii) the integrated gravitational effect (Martínez–González et al. 1994) due to time-varyng gravitational potentials. A single potential φ(t, x), satisfying the Poisson equation, is enouph to describe weak gravitational fields associated to non-linear density fluctuations when one considers scales smaller than the horizon and non-relativistic peculiar velocities. The temperature anisotropies, in a flat universe, are given by the expression (Martínez–González et al. 1990)

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