scholarly journals The Universe is Otherwise—5/26 Edition

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Paul Schroeder
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Over Time

There are significant issues when defining the universe. Original theories over time were limited and led to mistakes under more detailed investigation. The components of early models remain and misdirect our ongoing understanding of the Universe. This leads to today’s questionable cosmology. The current cosmology is called the standard model.

An Interview with the Physicist that Her Head in the Universe and Both Feet on the Earth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Additional Dimension ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Put simply, Lisa Randall’s job is to figure out how the universe works, and what it’s made of. Her contributions to theoretical particle physics include two models of space-time that bear her name. The first Randall–Sundrum model addressed a problem with the Standard Model of the universe, and the second concerned the possibility of a warped additional dimension of space. In this work, we caught up with Randall to talk about why she chose a career in physics, where she finds inspiration, and what advice she’d offer budding physicists. This article has been edited for clarity. My favourite quote in this interview is, “Figure out what you enjoy, what your talents are, and what you’re most curious to learn about.” If you insterest in her work, you can contact her on Twitter @lirarandall.

An Interview with the Physicist that Her Head in the Universe and Both Feet on the Earth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Additional Dimension ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Put simply, Lisa Randall’s job is to figure out how the universe works, and what it’s made of. Her contributions to theoretical particle physics include two models of space-time that bear her name. The first Randall–Sundrum model addressed a problem with the Standard Model of the universe, and the second concerned the possibility of a warped additional dimension of space. In this work, we caught up with Randall to talk about why she chose a career in physics, where she finds inspiration, and what advice she’d offer budding physicists. This article has been edited for clarity. My favourite quote in this interview is, “Figure out what you enjoy, what your talents are, and what you’re most curious to learn about.” If you insterest in her work, you can contact her on Twitter @lirarandall.

scholarly journals Complete leading-order standard model corrections to quantum leptogenesis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Frederik Depta ◽  
Andreas Halsch ◽  
Janine Hütig ◽  
Sebastian Mendizabal ◽  
Owe Philipsen
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Gauge Coupling ◽  
Thermal Bath ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Boltzmann Equations ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Majorana Neutrinos ◽  
Infinite Loop ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Universe

Abstract Thermal leptogenesis, in the framework of the standard model with three additional heavy Majorana neutrinos, provides an attractive scenario to explain the observed baryon asymmetry in the universe. It is based on the out-of-equilibrium decay of Majorana neutrinos in a thermal bath of standard model particles, which in a fully quantum field theoretical formalism is obtained by solving Kadanoff-Baym equations. So far, the leading two-loop contributions from leptons and Higgs particles are included, but not yet gauge corrections. These enter at three-loop level but, in certain kinematical regimes, require a resummation to infinite loop order for a result to leading order in the gauge coupling. In this work, we apply such a resummation to the calculation of the lepton number density. The full result for the simplest “vanilla leptogenesis” scenario is by $$ \mathcal{O} $$ O (1) increased compared to that of quantum Boltzmann equations, and for the first time permits an estimate of all theoretical uncertainties. This step completes the quantum theory of leptogenesis and forms the basis for quantitative evaluations, as well as extensions to other scenarios.

scholarly journals Relativistic Cosmology with an Introduction to Inflation

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zahid Mughal ◽  
Iftikhar Ahmad ◽  
Juan Luis García Guirao
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Relativistic Cosmology ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Big Bang Model ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
The Universe

In this review article, the study of the development of relativistic cosmology and the introduction of inflation in it as an exponentially expanding early phase of the universe is carried out. We study the properties of the standard cosmological model developed in the framework of relativistic cosmology and the geometric structure of spacetime connected coherently with it. The geometric properties of space and spacetime ingrained into the standard model of cosmology are investigated in addition. The big bang model of the beginning of the universe is based on the standard model which succumbed to failure in explaining the flatness and the large-scale homogeneity of the universe as demonstrated by observational evidence. These cosmological problems were resolved by introducing a brief acceleratedly expanding phase in the very early universe known as inflation. The cosmic inflation by setting the initial conditions of the standard big bang model resolves these problems of the theory. We discuss how the inflationary paradigm solves these problems by proposing the fast expansion period in the early universe. Further inflation and dark energy in fR modified gravity are also reviewed.

scholarly journals ELECTROWEAK UNIFICATION OF QUARKS AND LEPTONS IN A GAUGE GROUP SUC(3) × SU(4) × UX(1)

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (21) ◽  
pp. 1250117 ◽  
Author(s):  
FAYYAZUDDIN
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Gauge Group ◽  
Lower Limit ◽  
Z Boson ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Vector Bosons ◽  
The Universe

A model for electroweak unification of quarks and leptons, in a gauge group SUC(3) × SU(4) × UX(1) is constructed. The model requires, three generations of quarks and leptons which are replicas (mirror) of the standard quarks and leptons. The gauge group SU(4) × UX(1) is broken in such a way so as to reproduce standard model and to generate heavy masses for the vector bosons [Formula: see text], the leptoquarks and mirror fermions. It is shown lower limit on mass scale of mirror fermions is [Formula: see text], E- being the lightest mirror fermion coupled to Z boson. As the universe expands, the heavy matter is decoupled at an early stage of expansion and may be a source of dark matter. Leptoquarks in the model connect the standard model and mirror fermions. Baryon genesis in our universe implies antibaryon genesis in mirror universe.

Alternative cosmological theories

2019 ◽  
pp. 119-161
Author(s):  
Helge Kragh
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Cosmic Time ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Static Universe ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Scientific Nature ◽  
Big Bang Model ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Alternative Theories

Since about 1970 the broadly accepted theory of the universe has been the standard hot big-bang model. However, there is and has always been alternative theories which challenge one or more features of the standard model or, more radically, question the scientific nature of cosmology. Is the universe governed by Einstein’s field equations? Is it really in a state of expansion? Did it begin with a big bang? The chapter discusses various alternative or heterodox theories in the period from about 1930 to 1980, among them the idea of a static universe and the conception that our universe evolves cyclically in infinite cosmic time. While some of these theories have been abandoned long ago, others still live on and are cultivated by a minority of cosmologists and other scientists.

scholarly journals Baryogenesis and dark matter in U(1) extensions

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (15) ◽  
pp. 1740005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan-Zhe Feng ◽  
Pran Nath
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Lepton Number ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Neutrino Experiment ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Reactor Neutrino ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Neutrino Masses And Mixings

A brief review is given of some recent works where baryogenesis and dark matter have a common origin within the U(1) extensions of the Standard Model (SM) and of the minimal supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The models considered generate the desired baryon asymmetry and the dark matter to baryon ratio. In one model, all of the fundamental interactions do not violate lepton number, and the total [Formula: see text] in the Universe vanishes. In addition, one may also generate a normal hierarchy of neutrino masses and mixings in conformity with the current data. Specifically, one can accommodate [Formula: see text] consistent with the data from Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment.

scholarly journals Beyond the Standard Model at LEP

1991 ◽  
Vol 336 (1642) ◽  
pp. 247-259 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Grand Unified Theories ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Unified Theories ◽  
Massive Neutrinos ◽  
Supersymmetric Particles ◽  
The Universe

LEP data constrain severely many proposed extensions of the Standard Model. These include: massive neutrinos, which are now largely excluded as candidates for the dark matter of the Universe; supersymmetric particles, the lightest of which would still constitute detectable dark matter; technicolour, of which many favoured versions are now excluded by precision electroweak measurements; and grand unified theories, of which LEP data favour supersymmetric versions.

Two theorems on degrees of models of true arithmetic

1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Knight ◽  
Alistair H. Lachlan ◽  
Robert I. Soare
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Binary Operation ◽  
Peano Arithmetic ◽  
Turing Degree ◽  
First Order ◽  
Nonstandard Model ◽  
Basis Theorem ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Countable Models

Let PA be the theory of first order Peano arithmetic, in the language L with binary operation symbols + and ·. Let N be the theory of the standard model of PA. We consider countable models M of PA such that the universe ∣M∣ is ω. The degree of such a model M, denoted by deg(M), is the (Turing) degree of the atomic diagram of M. The results of this paper concern the degrees of models of N, but here in the Introduction, we shall give a brief survey of results about degrees of models of PA.Let D0 denote the set of degrees d such that there is a nonstandard model of M of PA with deg(M) = d. Here are some of the more easily stated results about D0.(1) There is no recursive nonstandard model of PA; i.e., 0 ∈ D0.This is a result of Tennenbaum [T].(2) There existsd ∈ D0such thatd ≤ 0′.This follows from the standard Henkin argument.(3) There existsd ∈ D0such thatd < 0′.Shoenfield [Sh1] proved this, using the Kreisel-Shoenfield basis theorem.(4) There existsd ∈ D0such thatd′ = 0′.Jockusch and Soare [JS] improved the Kreisel-Shoenfield basis theorem and obtained (4).(5) D0 = Dc = De, where Dc denotes the set of degrees of completions of PA and De the set of degrees d such that d separates a pair of effectively inseparable r.e. sets.Solovay noted (5) in a letter to Soare in which in answer to a question posed in [JS] he showed that Dc is upward closed.

Particle physics today, tomorrow and beyond

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (02) ◽  
pp. 1830003 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Visible Matter ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Cosmological Inflation ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Lhc I

The most important discovery in particle physics in recent years was that of the Higgs boson, and much effort is continuing to measure its properties, which agree obstinately with the Standard Model, so far. However, there are many reasons to expect physics beyond the Standard Model, motivated by the stability of the electroweak vacuum, the existence of dark matter and the origin of the visible matter in the Universe, neutrino physics, the hierarchy of mass scales in physics, cosmological inflation and the need for a quantum theory for gravity. Most of these issues are being addressed by the experiments during Run 2 of the LHC, and supersymmetry could help resolve many of them. In addition to the prospects for the LHC, I also review briefly those for direct searches for dark matter and possible future colliders.

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