scholarly journals Building models of inflation in no-scale supergravity

2020 ◽  
pp. 2030011
Author(s):  
John Ellis ◽  
Marcos A. G. García ◽  
Natsumi Nagata ◽  
Dimitri V. Nanopoulos ◽  
Keith A. Olive ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Building Models ◽  
Scale Models ◽  
Cosmological Inflation ◽  
Text Model ◽  
Hilbert Action ◽  
Scalar Perturbations

After reviewing the motivations for cosmological inflation formulated in the formalism of supersymmetry, we argue that the appropriate framework is that of no-scale supergravity. We then show how to construct within this framework inflationary models whose predictions for the tilt in the spectrum of scalar perturbations, [Formula: see text], and the ratio, [Formula: see text], of tensor and scalar perturbations coincide with those of the [Formula: see text] model of inflation proposed by Starobinsky. A more detailed study of no-scale supergravity reveals a structure that is closely related to that of [Formula: see text] modifications of the minimal Einstein–Hilbert action for general relativity, opening avenues for constructing no-scale de Sitter and anti-de Sitter models by combining pairs of Minkowski models, as well as generalizations of the original no-scale Starobinsky models of inflation. We then discuss the phenomenology of no-scale models of inflation, including inflaton decay and reheating, and then the construction of explicit scenarios based on SU(5), SO(10) and string-motivated flipped SU(5)×U(1) GUT models. The latter provides a possible model of almost everything below the Planck scale, including neutrino masses and oscillations, the cosmological baryon asymmetry and cold dark matter, as well as [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text].

scholarly journals THE SELF-ORGANIZED DE SITTER UNIVERSE

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (13n14) ◽  
pp. 2515-2520 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. AMBJØRN ◽  
J. JURKIEWICZ ◽  
R. LOLL
Keyword(s):  
Path Integral ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Time History ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Sitter Universe ◽  
De Sitter Universe ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Hilbert Action

We propose a theory of quantum gravity which formulates the quantum theory as a nonperturbative path integral, where each space–time history appears with the weight exp (iS EH ), with S EH the Einstein–Hilbert action of the corresponding causal geometry. The path integral is diffeomorphism-invariant (only geometries appear) and background-independent. The theory can be investigated by computer simulations, which show that a de Sitter universe emerges on large scales. This emergence is of an entropic, self-organizing nature, with the weight of the Einstein–Hilbert action playing a minor role. Also, the quantum fluctuations around this de Sitter universe can be studied quantitatively and remain small until one gets close to the Planck scale. The structures found to describe Planck-scale gravity are reminiscent of certain aspects of condensed-matter systems.

scholarly journals Neutrino masses, vacuum stability and quantum gravity prediction for the mass of the top quark

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillem Domènech ◽  
Mark Goodsell ◽  
Christof Wetterich
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Quark Mass ◽  
Scalar Potential ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Top Quark Mass ◽  
Vacuum Stability ◽  
Intermediate Scale ◽  
Yukawa Couplings

Abstract A general prediction from asymptotically safe quantum gravity is the approximate vanishing of all quartic scalar couplings at the UV fixed point beyond the Planck scale. A vanishing Higgs doublet quartic coupling near the Planck scale translates into a prediction for the ratio between the mass of the Higgs boson MH and the top quark Mt. If only the standard model particles contribute to the running of couplings below the Planck mass, the observed MH∼ 125 GeV results in the prediction for the top quark mass Mt∼ 171 GeV, in agreement with recent measurements. In this work, we study how the asymptotic safety prediction for the top quark mass is affected by possible physics at an intermediate scale. We investigate the effect of an SU(2) triplet scalar and right-handed neutrinos, needed to explain the tiny mass of left-handed neutrinos. For pure seesaw II, with no or very heavy right handed neutrinos, the top mass can increase to Mt ∼ 172.5 GeV for a triplet mass of M∆ ∼ 108GeV. Right handed neutrino masses at an intermediate scale increase the uncertainty of the predictions of Mt due to unknown Yukawa couplings of the right-handed neutrinos and a cubic interaction in the scalar potential. For an appropriate range of Yukawa couplings there is no longer an issue of vacuum stability.

scholarly journals Pathways to relativistic curved momentum spaces: de Sitter case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (02) ◽  
pp. 1650027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Amelino-Camelia ◽  
Giulia Gubitosi ◽  
Giovanni Palmisano
Keyword(s):  
Momentum Space ◽  
Hopf Algebras ◽  
Affine Connection ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Test Case ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Group Manifold ◽  
The One ◽  
Natural Test

Several arguments suggest that the Planck scale could be the characteristic scale of curvature of momentum space. As other recent studies, we assume that the metric of momentum space determines the condition of on-shellness while the momentum space affine connection governs the form of the law of composition of momenta. We show that the possible choices of laws of composition of momenta are more numerous than the possible choices of affine connection on a momentum space. This motivates us to propose a new prescription for associating an affine connection to momentum composition, which we compare to the one most used in the recent literature. We find that the two prescriptions lead to the same picture of the so-called [Formula: see text]-momentum space, with de Sitter (dS) metric and [Formula: see text]-Poincaré connection. We then show that in the case of “proper dS momentum space”, with the dS metric and its Levi–Civita connection, the two prescriptions are inequivalent. Our novel prescription leads to a picture of proper dS momentum space which is DSR-relativistic and is characterized by a commutative law of composition of momenta, a possibility for which no explicit curved momentum space picture had been previously found. This momentum space can serve as laboratory for the exploration of the properties of DSR-relativistic theories which are not connected to group-manifold momentum spaces and Hopf algebras, and is a natural test case for the study of momentum spaces with commutative, and yet deformed, laws of composition of momenta.

scholarly journals Scale-invariance, dynamically induced Planck scale and inflation in the Palatini formulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2105 (1) ◽  
pp. 012005
Author(s):  
Ioannis D. Gialamas ◽  
Alexandros Karam ◽  
Thomas D. Pappas ◽  
Antonio Racioppi ◽  
Vassilis C. Spanos
Keyword(s):  
Scale Invariance ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Vacuum Expectation ◽  
Vacuum Expectation Value ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Scale Invariant ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Hilbert Action

Abstract We present two scale invariant models of inflation in which the addition of quadratic in curvature terms in the usual Einstein-Hilbert action, in the context of Palatini formulation of gravity, manages to reduce the value of the tensor-to-scalar ratio. In both models the Planck scale is dynamically generated via the vacuum expectation value of the scalar fields.

scholarly journals Neutrino Masses from Planck-Scale Lepton Number Breaking

2019 ◽  
Vol 122 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Ibarra ◽  
Patrick Strobl ◽  
Takashi Toma
Keyword(s):  
Planck Scale ◽  
Lepton Number ◽  
Neutrino Masses

scholarly journals MODIFIED GRAVITATIONAL THEORIES AND COSMIC ACCELERATION

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (31) ◽  
pp. 5343-5350 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAMIEN A. EASSON
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cosmic Acceleration ◽  
Late Time ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Gravitational Theories ◽  
Hilbert Action

Modified gravitational theories can provide alternatives to dark energy as an explaination for the observed late-time cosmic acceleration. Several examples of low-curvature corrections to the Einstein-Hilbert action are studied. These models generically contain unstable de Sitter solutions and, depending on the parameters of the theory, can exhibit late time accelerating attractor solutions.

Kantowski-Sachs Cosmology, Weyl Geometry and Asymptotic Safety in Quantum Gravity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Castro Perelman
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Dilaton Gravity ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Schwarzschild Black Hole ◽  
Exterior Region ◽  
Asymptotic Safety ◽  
Sign Change ◽  
Average Action ◽  
Black Hole Interior

A brief review of the essentials of Asymptotic Safety and the Renormalization Group (RG) improvement of the Schwarzschild Black Hole that removes the r = 0 singularity is presented. It is followed with a RG-improvement of the Kantowski-Sachs metric associated with a Schwarzschild black hole interior and such that there is no singularity at t = 0 due to the running Newtonian coupling G(t) (vanishing at t = 0). Two temporal horizons at t _- \simeq t_P and t_+ \simeq t_H are found. For times below the Planck scale t < t_P, and above the Hubble time t > t_H, the components of the Kantowski-Sachs metric exhibit a key sign change, so the roles of the spatial z and temporal t coordinates are exchanged, and one recovers a repulsive inflationary de Sitter-like core around z = 0, and a Schwarzschild-like metric in the exterior region z > R_H = 2G_o M. The inclusion of a running cosmological constant \Lambda (t) follows. We proceed with the study of a dilaton-gravity (scalar-tensor theory) system within the context of Weyl's geometry that permits to single out the expression for the classical potential V (\phi ) = \kappa\phi^4, instead of being introduced by hand, and find a family of metric solutions which are conformally equivalent to the (Anti) de Sitter metric. To conclude, an ansatz for the truncated effective average action of ordinary dilaton-gravity in Riemannian geometry is introduced, and a RG-improved Cosmology based on the Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) metric is explored.

scholarly journals Phase Structure and Quasinormal Modes of AdS Black Holes in Rastall Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
De-Cheng Zou ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Ruihong Yue
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Black Holes ◽  
Quasinormal Modes ◽  
Massless Scalar ◽  
Extended Phase Space ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Extended Phase ◽  
Large Black Hole ◽  
Ads Black Holes ◽  
Scalar Perturbations

We discuss the P−V criticality and phase transition in the extended phase space of anti-de Sitter(AdS) black holes in four-dimensional Rastall theory and recover the Van der Waals (VdW) analogy of small/large black hole (SBH/LBH) phase transition when the parameters ωs and ψ satisfy some certain conditions. Later, we further explore the quasinormal modes (QNMs) of massless scalar perturbations to probe the SBH/LBH phase transition. It is found that it can be detected near the critical point, where the slopes of the QNM frequencies change drastically in small and large black holes.

scholarly journals Stability and phase space analysis in f(R) theory with generalized exponential f(R) model

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 1650098 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Boko ◽  
M. J. S. Houndjo ◽  
J. Tossa
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical System ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Dynamical Analysis ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Stability Conditions ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Text Model ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Specific Phase

We have studied in this paper, the stability of dynamical system in [Formula: see text] gravity. We have considered the [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]-gravity and explored its dynamical analysis. We found six critical points among which only one describes a universe filled of both matter and dominated dark energy. It is shown that these critical points present specific phase spaces described by the corresponding fluids. Furthermore, we have investigated the stability conditions of these critical points and find that these conditions are dependent of the model parameters. We also study the stability of a new power-law [Formula: see text] model with de Sitter and power law solutions.

BLACK HOLE QUANTIZATION, THERMODYNAMICS AND COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (05) ◽  
pp. 885-898
Author(s):  
LI XIANG
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Vacuum Energy ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Additional Term ◽  
Logarithmic Correction ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Horizon Area ◽  
Constant Distance ◽  
The Universe

Bekenstein argues that the horizon area of a black hole has a constant distance spectrum. We investigate the effects of such a discrete spectrum on the thermodynamics of a Schwarzchild black hole (SBH) and a Schwarzchild–de Sitter black hole (SdBH), in terms of the time-energy uncertainty relation and Stefan–Boltzman law. For the massive SBH, a negative and logarithmic correction to the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy is obtained, as well as other authors by using other methods. As to the minimal hole near the Planck scale, its entropy is no longer proportional to the horizon area, but is of order of the mass of the hole. This is similar to an excited stringy state. The vanishing heat capacity of such a minimal black hole implies that it may be a remnant as the ground state of the evaporating hole. The properties of a SdBH are similar to the SBH, except for an additional term of square area associated with the cosmological constant. In order to maintain the validity of the Bekenstein–Hawking formula, the cosmological constant is strongly limited by the size of the biggest black hole in the universe. A relation associated with the cosmological constant, Planck area and the Stefan–Boltzman constant is obtained. The cosmological constant is not only related to the vacuum energy, but is also related to the thermodynamics.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document