Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. D http://prd.aps.org/ Recent articles in Physical Review D hourly 1 2013-05-17T21:06:12-04:00 rss@aps.org assocpub@aps.org 2013-05-17T21:06:12-04:00 en Copyright © 2013 the American Physical Society. Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Copyright © 2013 the American Physical Society assocpub@aps.org Searching for the signal of dark matter and photon associated production at the LHC beyond leading order http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094018 Author(s): Fa Peng Huang, Chong Sheng Li, Jian Wang, and Ding Yu Shao<br/><p>We study the signal of dark matter and photon associated production induced by the vector and axial-vector operators at the LHC, including the QCD next-to-leading order (NLO) effects. We find that the QCD NLO corrections reduce the dependence of the total cross sections on the factorization and reno...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094018] Published Fri May 17, 2013 Author(s): Fa Peng Huang, Chong Sheng Li, Jian Wang, and Ding Yu Shao

We study the signal of dark matter and photon associated production induced by the vector and axial-vector operators at the LHC, including the QCD next-to-leading order (NLO) effects. We find that the QCD NLO corrections reduce the dependence of the total cross sections on the factorization and reno...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094018] Published Fri May 17, 2013

]]> Searching for the signal of dark matter and photon associated production at the LHC beyond leading order Fa Peng Huang, Chong Sheng Li, Jian Wang, and Ding Yu Shao 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094018 Phys. Rev. D 87, 094018 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094018 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094018 094018 Strong interactions & Lattice methods Strong interactions & Lattice methods Simultaneous extraction of transversity and Collins functions from new semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering and e^{+}e^{-} data http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094019 Author(s): M. Anselmino, M. Boglione, U. D’Alesio, S. Melis, F. Murgia, and A. Prokudin<br/><p>We present a global reanalysis of the most recent experimental data on azimuthal asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering, from the HERMES and COMPASS Collaborations, and in <span style="font-style: italic;">e</span><sup>+</sup><span style="font-style: italic;">e</span><sup>-</sup>→<span style="font-style: italic;">h</span><sub>1</sub><span style="font-style: italic;">h</span><sub>2</sub><span style="font-style: italic;">X</span> processes, from the Belle Collaboration. The transversity and the Collins functions are extracted si...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094019] Published Fri May 17, 2013 Author(s): M. Anselmino, M. Boglione, U. D’Alesio, S. Melis, F. Murgia, and A. Prokudin

We present a global reanalysis of the most recent experimental data on azimuthal asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering, from the HERMES and COMPASS Collaborations, and in e+e-→h1h2X processes, from the Belle Collaboration. The transversity and the Collins functions are extracted si...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094019] Published Fri May 17, 2013

]]> Simultaneous extraction of transversity and Collins functions from new semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering and e^{+}e^{-} data M. Anselmino, M. Boglione, U. D’Alesio, S. Melis, F. Murgia, and A. Prokudin 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094019 Phys. Rev. D 87, 094019 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094019 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094019 094019 Strong interactions & Lattice methods Strong interactions & Lattice methods Isoscalar-vector interaction and hybrid quark core in massive neutron stars http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096012 Author(s): G. Y. Shao, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro, Y. X. Liu, and B. Liu<br/><p>The hadron-quark phase transition in the core of massive neutron stars is studied with a newly constructed two-phase model. For nuclear matter, a nonlinear Walecka type model with general nucleon-meson and meson-meson couplings, recently calibrated by Steiner, Hemper and Fischer, is taken. For quark...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 096012] Published Fri May 17, 2013 Author(s): G. Y. Shao, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro, Y. X. Liu, and B. Liu

The hadron-quark phase transition in the core of massive neutron stars is studied with a newly constructed two-phase model. For nuclear matter, a nonlinear Walecka type model with general nucleon-meson and meson-meson couplings, recently calibrated by Steiner, Hemper and Fischer, is taken. For quark...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 096012] Published Fri May 17, 2013

]]> Isoscalar-vector interaction and hybrid quark core in massive neutron stars G. Y. Shao, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro, Y. X. Liu, and B. Liu 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096012 Phys. Rev. D 87, 096012 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096012 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096012 096012 Field theory, general methods Field theory, general methods Gravitational wave tests of strong field general relativity with binary inspirals: Realistic injections and optimal model selection http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.102001 Author(s): Laura Sampson, Neil Cornish, and Nicolás Yunes<br/><p>We study generic tests of strong-field general relativity using gravitational waves emitted during the inspiral of compact binaries. Previous studies have considered simple extensions to the standard post-Newtonian waveforms that differ by a single term in the phase. Here we improve on these studies...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 102001] Published Fri May 17, 2013 Author(s): Laura Sampson, Neil Cornish, and Nicolás Yunes

We study generic tests of strong-field general relativity using gravitational waves emitted during the inspiral of compact binaries. Previous studies have considered simple extensions to the standard post-Newtonian waveforms that differ by a single term in the phase. Here we improve on these studies...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 102001] Published Fri May 17, 2013

]]> Gravitational wave tests of strong field general relativity with binary inspirals: Realistic injections and optimal model selection Laura Sampson, Neil Cornish, and Nicolás Yunes 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.102001 Phys. Rev. D 87, 102001 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.102001 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.102001 102001 Experiment Experiment Relativistic effects in galaxy clustering in a parametrized post-Friedmann universe http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104019 Author(s): Lucas Lombriser, Jaiyul Yoo, and Kazuya Koyama<br/><p>We explore the signatures of quintessence and modified gravity theories in the relativistic description of galaxy clustering within a parametrized post-Friedmann framework. For this purpose, we develop a calibration method to consistently account for horizon-scale effects in the linear parametrized ...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 104019] Published Fri May 17, 2013 Author(s): Lucas Lombriser, Jaiyul Yoo, and Kazuya Koyama

We explore the signatures of quintessence and modified gravity theories in the relativistic description of galaxy clustering within a parametrized post-Friedmann framework. For this purpose, we develop a calibration method to consistently account for horizon-scale effects in the linear parametrized ...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 104019] Published Fri May 17, 2013

]]> Relativistic effects in galaxy clustering in a parametrized post-Friedmann universe Lucas Lombriser, Jaiyul Yoo, and Kazuya Koyama 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104019 Phys. Rev. D 87, 104019 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104019 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104019 104019 General relativity, gravitation General relativity, gravitation Finite temperature phase diagrams of gauge theories http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.105014 Author(s): Kimmo Tuominen<br/><p>We discuss finite temperature phase diagrams of SU(N) gauge theory with massless fermions as a function of the number of fermion flavors. Inside the conformal window we find a phase boundary separating two different finite temperature phases. Below the conformal window we find different phase struct...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 105014] Published Fri May 17, 2013 Author(s): Kimmo Tuominen

We discuss finite temperature phase diagrams of SU(N) gauge theory with massless fermions as a function of the number of fermion flavors. Inside the conformal window we find a phase boundary separating two different finite temperature phases. Below the conformal window we find different phase struct...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 105014] Published Fri May 17, 2013

]]> Finite temperature phase diagrams of gauge theories Kimmo Tuominen 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.105014 Phys. Rev. D 87, 105014 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.105014 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.105014 105014 Field theory, formal particle theory Field theory, formal particle theory Publisher’s Note: Fixed points and FLRW cosmologies: Flat case [Phys. Rev. D 87, 103001 (2013)] http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.109902 Author(s): Adel Awad<br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 109902] Published Fri May 17, 2013 Author(s): Adel Awad

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 109902] Published Fri May 17, 2013

]]> Publisher’s Note: Fixed points and FLRW cosmologies: Flat case [Phys. Rev. D 87, 103001 (2013)] Adel Awad 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.109902 Phys. Rev. D 87, 109902 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.109902 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.109902 109902 Errata Errata Diffractive W^{±} production at hadron colliders as a test of color singlet exchange mechanisms http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094017 Author(s): Gunnar Ingelman, Roman Pasechnik, Johan Rathsman, and Dominik Werder<br/><p>We revisit diffractive and exclusive <span style="font-style: italic;">W</span><sup>±</sup><span style="font-style: italic;">X</span> production at hadron colliders in different models for soft color exchanges. The process <span style="font-style: italic;">p</span><span style="font-style: italic;">p</span>→<span style="font-style: italic;">p</span>[<span style="font-style: italic;">W</span><sup>±</sup><span style="font-style: italic;">X</span>]<span style="font-style: italic;">p</span>, and in particular a <span style="font-style: italic;">W</span><sup>±</sup> charge asymmetry, has been suggested as a way to discriminate diffractive processes as being due to pomeron exchange in Regge phenomeno...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094017] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): Gunnar Ingelman, Roman Pasechnik, Johan Rathsman, and Dominik Werder

We revisit diffractive and exclusive W±X production at hadron colliders in different models for soft color exchanges. The process pp→p[W±X]p, and in particular a W± charge asymmetry, has been suggested as a way to discriminate diffractive processes as being due to pomeron exchange in Regge phenomeno...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094017] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Diffractive W^{±} production at hadron colliders as a test of color singlet exchange mechanisms Gunnar Ingelman, Roman Pasechnik, Johan Rathsman, and Dominik Werder 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094017 Phys. Rev. D 87, 094017 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094017 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094017 094017 Strong interactions & Lattice methods Strong interactions & Lattice methods Baryonic violation of R parity from anomalous U(1)_{H} http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.095010 Author(s): Andres Florez, Diego Restrepo, Mauricio Velasquez, and Oscar Zapata<br/><p>Supersymmetric scenarios with <span style="font-style: italic;">R</span>-parity conservation are becoming very constrained due to the lack of missing energy signals associated to heavy neutral particles, thus motivating scenarios with <span style="font-style: italic;">R</span>-parity violation. In view of this, we consider a supersymmetric model with <span style="font-style: italic;">R</span>-parity violation and extend...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 095010] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): Andres Florez, Diego Restrepo, Mauricio Velasquez, and Oscar Zapata

Supersymmetric scenarios with R-parity conservation are becoming very constrained due to the lack of missing energy signals associated to heavy neutral particles, thus motivating scenarios with R-parity violation. In view of this, we consider a supersymmetric model with R-parity violation and extend...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 095010] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Baryonic violation of R parity from anomalous U(1)_{H} Andres Florez, Diego Restrepo, Mauricio Velasquez, and Oscar Zapata 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.095010 Phys. Rev. D 87, 095010 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.095010 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.095010 095010 Beyond the standard model Beyond the standard model Compton scattering off massive fundamental bosons of pure spin 1 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096010 Author(s): E. G. Delgado-Acosta, M. Kirchbach, M. Napsuciale, and S. Rodríguez<br/><p>Relativistic particles with spins <span style="font-style: italic;">J</span>&gt;0 are described by means of multicomponent wave functions which transform covariantly according to Lorentz-group representations that contain at rest the spin of interest. The symmetry group of space-time provides not one but an infinity of such representations...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 096010] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): E. G. Delgado-Acosta, M. Kirchbach, M. Napsuciale, and S. Rodríguez

Relativistic particles with spins J>0 are described by means of multicomponent wave functions which transform covariantly according to Lorentz-group representations that contain at rest the spin of interest. The symmetry group of space-time provides not one but an infinity of such representations...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 096010] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Compton scattering off massive fundamental bosons of pure spin 1 E. G. Delgado-Acosta, M. Kirchbach, M. Napsuciale, and S. Rodríguez 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096010 Phys. Rev. D 87, 096010 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096010 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096010 096010 Field theory, general methods Field theory, general methods Ultrasoft fermion mode and off-diagonal Boltzmann equation in a quark-gluon plasma at high temperature http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096011 Author(s): Daisuke Satow<br/><p>We derive the generalized Boltzmann equation (GBE) near equilibrium from the Kadanoff-Baym equation for quark excitation with ultrasoft momentum (∼<span style="font-style: italic;">g</span><sup>2</sup><span style="font-style: italic;">T</span>, where <span style="font-style: italic;">g</span> is the coupling constant and <span style="font-style: italic;">T</span> is the temperature) in quantum chromodynamics at extremely high <span style="font-style: italic;">T</span>, and show that the equation is equivalent t...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 096011] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): Daisuke Satow

We derive the generalized Boltzmann equation (GBE) near equilibrium from the Kadanoff-Baym equation for quark excitation with ultrasoft momentum (∼g2T, where g is the coupling constant and T is the temperature) in quantum chromodynamics at extremely high T, and show that the equation is equivalent t...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 096011] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Ultrasoft fermion mode and off-diagonal Boltzmann equation in a quark-gluon plasma at high temperature Daisuke Satow 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096011 Phys. Rev. D 87, 096011 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096011 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.096011 096011 Field theory, general methods Field theory, general methods Simulating extreme-mass-ratio systems in full general relativity http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.101502 Author(s): William E. East and Frans Pretorius<br/><p>We introduce a new method for numerically evolving the full Einstein field equations in situations where the spacetime is dominated by a known background solution. The technique leverages the knowledge of the background solution to subtract off its contribution to the truncation error, thereby more ...</p><br/><img src="http://publish.aps.org/images/icons/rapid30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="Rapid Communication"/> <br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 101502] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): William E. East and Frans Pretorius

Rapid Communication We introduce a new method for numerically evolving the full Einstein field equations in situations where the spacetime is dominated by a known background solution. The technique leverages the knowledge of the background solution to subtract off its contribution to the truncation error, thereby more ...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 101502] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Simulating extreme-mass-ratio systems in full general relativity William E. East and Frans Pretorius 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.101502 Phys. Rev. D 87, 101502 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.101502 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.101502 101502 General relativity, gravitation General relativity, gravitation Accretion disks around binary black holes: A simple GR-hybrid evolution model http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103009 Author(s): Stuart L. Shapiro<br/><p>We consider a geometrically thin, Keplerian disk in the orbital plane of a binary black hole (BHBH) consisting of a spinning primary and low-mass secondary (mass ratio <span style="font-style: italic;">q</span>≲1). To account for the principle effects of general relativity (GR), we propose a modification of the standard Newtonian evolution...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103009] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): Stuart L. Shapiro

We consider a geometrically thin, Keplerian disk in the orbital plane of a binary black hole (BHBH) consisting of a spinning primary and low-mass secondary (mass ratio q≲1). To account for the principle effects of general relativity (GR), we propose a modification of the standard Newtonian evolution...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103009] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Accretion disks around binary black holes: A simple GR-hybrid evolution model Stuart L. Shapiro 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103009 Phys. Rev. D 87, 103009 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103009 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103009 103009 Astrophysics & Cosmology Astrophysics & Cosmology Slow-roll inflation preceded by a topological defect phase à la Chaplygin gas http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103513 Author(s): Mariam Bouhmadi-López, Pisin Chen, Yu-Chien Huang, and Yu-Hsiang Lin<br/><p>We present a simple toy model corresponding to a network of frustrated topological defects of domain walls or cosmic strings that exist previous to the standard slow-roll inflationary era of the Universe. Such a network (i) can produce a slower inflationary era than that of the standard scenario if ...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103513] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): Mariam Bouhmadi-López, Pisin Chen, Yu-Chien Huang, and Yu-Hsiang Lin

We present a simple toy model corresponding to a network of frustrated topological defects of domain walls or cosmic strings that exist previous to the standard slow-roll inflationary era of the Universe. Such a network (i) can produce a slower inflationary era than that of the standard scenario if ...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103513] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Slow-roll inflation preceded by a topological defect phase à la Chaplygin gas Mariam Bouhmadi-López, Pisin Chen, Yu-Chien Huang, and Yu-Hsiang Lin 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103513 Phys. Rev. D 87, 103513 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103513 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103513 103513 Astrophysics & Cosmology Astrophysics & Cosmology Scalar field perturbations with arbitrary potentials in quantum backgrounds http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103514 Author(s): F. T. Falciano, Nelson Pinto-Neto, and Sandro Dias Pinto Vitenti<br/><p>In this paper it is shown how to obtain, without ever using the background classical equations of motion, a simple second order Hamiltonian involving the Mukhanov-Sasaki variable describing quantum linear scalar perturbations for the case of scalar fields with arbitrary potentials and arbitrary spac...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103514] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): F. T. Falciano, Nelson Pinto-Neto, and Sandro Dias Pinto Vitenti

In this paper it is shown how to obtain, without ever using the background classical equations of motion, a simple second order Hamiltonian involving the Mukhanov-Sasaki variable describing quantum linear scalar perturbations for the case of scalar fields with arbitrary potentials and arbitrary spac...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103514] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Scalar field perturbations with arbitrary potentials in quantum backgrounds F. T. Falciano, Nelson Pinto-Neto, and Sandro Dias Pinto Vitenti 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103514 Phys. Rev. D 87, 103514 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103514 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103514 103514 Astrophysics & Cosmology Astrophysics & Cosmology Black holes without firewalls http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104018 Author(s): Klaus Larjo, David A. Lowe, and Larus Thorlacius<br/><p>The postulates of black hole complementarity do not imply a firewall for infalling observers at a black hole horizon. The dynamics of the stretched horizon, that scrambles and reemits information, determines whether infalling observers experience anything out of the ordinary when entering a large bl...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 104018] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): Klaus Larjo, David A. Lowe, and Larus Thorlacius

The postulates of black hole complementarity do not imply a firewall for infalling observers at a black hole horizon. The dynamics of the stretched horizon, that scrambles and reemits information, determines whether infalling observers experience anything out of the ordinary when entering a large bl...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 104018] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Black holes without firewalls Klaus Larjo, David A. Lowe, and Larus Thorlacius 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104018 Phys. Rev. D 87, 104018 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104018 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104018 104018 General relativity, gravitation General relativity, gravitation Influence of the chameleon field potential on transition frequencies of gravitationally bound quantum states of ultracold neutrons http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.105013 Author(s): A. N. Ivanov, R. Höllwieser, T. Jenke, M. Wellenzohn, and H. Abele<br/><p>We calculate the chameleon field potential for ultracold neutrons bouncing on top of one, or between two, neutron mirrors in the gravitational field of the Earth. For the resulting nonlinear equations of motion, we give approximate analytical solutions and compare them with exact numerical ones for ...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 105013] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): A. N. Ivanov, R. Höllwieser, T. Jenke, M. Wellenzohn, and H. Abele

We calculate the chameleon field potential for ultracold neutrons bouncing on top of one, or between two, neutron mirrors in the gravitational field of the Earth. For the resulting nonlinear equations of motion, we give approximate analytical solutions and compare them with exact numerical ones for ...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 105013] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Influence of the chameleon field potential on transition frequencies of gravitationally bound quantum states of ultracold neutrons A. N. Ivanov, R. Höllwieser, T. Jenke, M. Wellenzohn, and H. Abele 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.105013 Phys. Rev. D 87, 105013 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.105013 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.105013 105013 Field theory, formal particle theory Field theory, formal particle theory Extremal surfaces in asymptotically AdS charged boson stars backgrounds http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.106006 Author(s): Fernando Nogueira<br/><p>In this paper, inspired by the holographic dual of the entanglement entropy, we consider the behavior of extremal, codimension two, spacelike surfaces in the background of three and four dimensional charged boson stars in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetime. We find conditions for which families...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 106006] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): Fernando Nogueira

In this paper, inspired by the holographic dual of the entanglement entropy, we consider the behavior of extremal, codimension two, spacelike surfaces in the background of three and four dimensional charged boson stars in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetime. We find conditions for which families...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 106006] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Extremal surfaces in asymptotically AdS charged boson stars backgrounds Fernando Nogueira 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.106006 Phys. Rev. D 87, 106006 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.106006 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.106006 106006 String theory String theory Primordial tensor power spectrum in holonomy corrected Ω loop quantum cosmology http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.107503 Author(s): Linda Linsefors, Thomas Cailleteau, Aurelien Barrau, and Julien Grain<br/><p>The holonomy correction is one of the main terms arising when implementing loop quantum gravity ideas at an effective level in cosmology. The recent construction of an anomaly-free algebra has shown that the formalism used, up to now, to derive the primordial spectrum of fluctuations was not correct...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 107503] Published Thu May 16, 2013 Author(s): Linda Linsefors, Thomas Cailleteau, Aurelien Barrau, and Julien Grain

The holonomy correction is one of the main terms arising when implementing loop quantum gravity ideas at an effective level in cosmology. The recent construction of an anomaly-free algebra has shown that the formalism used, up to now, to derive the primordial spectrum of fluctuations was not correct...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 107503] Published Thu May 16, 2013

]]> Primordial tensor power spectrum in holonomy corrected Ω loop quantum cosmology Linda Linsefors, Thomas Cailleteau, Aurelien Barrau, and Julien Grain 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.107503 Phys. Rev. D 87, 107503 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.107503 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.107503 107503 General relativity, gravitation General relativity, gravitation Baryonic Isgur-Wise functions in large-N_{c} heavy quark effective theory http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094015 Author(s): Ming-Kai Du and Chun Liu<br/><p>Large-<span style="font-style: italic;">N</span><sub><span style="font-style: italic;">c</span></sub> relations among baryonic Isgur-Wise functions appearing at the order of 1/<span style="font-style: italic;">m</span><sub><span style="font-style: italic;">Q</span></sub> are analyzed. An application to <span style="font-style: italic;">Ω</span><sub><span style="font-style: italic;">b</span></sub>→<span style="font-style: italic;">Ω</span><sub><span style="font-style: italic;">c</span></sub> weak decays is given.</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094015] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): Ming-Kai Du and Chun Liu

Large-Nc relations among baryonic Isgur-Wise functions appearing at the order of 1/mQ are analyzed. An application to Ωb→Ωc weak decays is given.

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094015] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> Baryonic Isgur-Wise functions in large-N_{c} heavy quark effective theory Ming-Kai Du and Chun Liu 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094015 Phys. Rev. D 87, 094015 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094015 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094015 094015 Strong interactions & Lattice methods Strong interactions & Lattice methods Top quark physics in the vector color-octet model http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094016 Author(s): Sukanta Dutta, Ashok Goyal, and Mukesh Kumar<br/><p>We study and constrain the parameter space of the vector color-octet model from the observed data at the Tevatron by studying the top quark pair production and associated observables <span style="font-style: italic;">A</span><sub>FB</sub><sup><span style="font-style: italic;">t</span><span style="font-style: italic;">t</span>̅ </sup> and spin correlation. In particular we study the invariant mass and rapidity dependence of <span style="font-style: italic;">A</span><sub>FB</sub><sup><span style="font-style: italic;">t</span><span style="font-style: italic;">t</span>̅ ...</sup></p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094016] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): Sukanta Dutta, Ashok Goyal, and Mukesh Kumar

We study and constrain the parameter space of the vector color-octet model from the observed data at the Tevatron by studying the top quark pair production and associated observables AFBtt̅ and spin correlation. In particular we study the invariant mass and rapidity dependence of AFBtt̅ ...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094016] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> Top quark physics in the vector color-octet model Sukanta Dutta, Ashok Goyal, and Mukesh Kumar 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094016 Phys. Rev. D 87, 094016 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094016 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094016 094016 Strong interactions & Lattice methods Strong interactions & Lattice methods Structure and flow of the nucleon eigenstates in lattice QCD http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094506 Author(s): M. Selim Mahbub, Waseem Kamleh, Derek B. Leinweber, Peter J. Moran, and Anthony G. Williams<br/><p>A determination of the excited energy eigenstates of the nucleon, <span style="font-style: italic;">s</span>=1/2, <span style="font-style: italic;">I</span>=1/2, <span style="font-style: italic;">N</span><sup>±</sup>, is presented in full QCD using 2+1 flavor PACS-CS gauge configurations. The correlation-matrix method is used and is built using standard nucleon interpolators employing smearings at the fermion sources and sinks. We...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094506] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): M. Selim Mahbub, Waseem Kamleh, Derek B. Leinweber, Peter J. Moran, and Anthony G. Williams

A determination of the excited energy eigenstates of the nucleon, s=1/2, I=1/2, N±, is presented in full QCD using 2+1 flavor PACS-CS gauge configurations. The correlation-matrix method is used and is built using standard nucleon interpolators employing smearings at the fermion sources and sinks. We...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 094506] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> Structure and flow of the nucleon eigenstates in lattice QCD M. Selim Mahbub, Waseem Kamleh, Derek B. Leinweber, Peter J. Moran, and Anthony G. Williams 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094506 Phys. Rev. D 87, 094506 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094506 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.094506 094506 Strong interactions & Lattice methods Strong interactions & Lattice methods Effects of Planck scale physics on neutrino mixing parameters in left-right symmetric models http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.095009 Author(s): Debasish Borah<br/><p>Left-right symmetric models (LRSM) are extensions of the standard model by an enlarged gauge group <span style="font-style: italic;">S</span><span style="font-style: italic;">U</span>(2)<sub><span style="font-style: italic;">L</span></sub>×<span style="font-style: italic;">S</span><span style="font-style: italic;">U</span>(2)<sub><span style="font-style: italic;">R</span></sub>×<span style="font-style: italic;">U</span>(1)<sub><span style="font-style: italic;">B</span>-<span style="font-style: italic;">L</span>,</sub> where automatic inclusion of right-handed fermions as <span style="font-style: italic;">S</span><span style="font-style: italic;">U</span>(2)<sub><span style="font-style: italic;">R</span></sub> doublets guarantees a natural seesaw origin of neutrino masses. Apart from the extended gauge symmetry, LRSM also has...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 095009] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): Debasish Borah

Left-right symmetric models (LRSM) are extensions of the standard model by an enlarged gauge group SU(2)L×SU(2)R×U(1)B-L, where automatic inclusion of right-handed fermions as SU(2)R doublets guarantees a natural seesaw origin of neutrino masses. Apart from the extended gauge symmetry, LRSM also has...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 095009] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> Effects of Planck scale physics on neutrino mixing parameters in left-right symmetric models Debasish Borah 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.095009 Phys. Rev. D 87, 095009 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 9 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.095009 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.095009 095009 Beyond the standard model Beyond the standard model Detecting long-duration narrow-band gravitational wave transients associated with soft gamma repeater quasiperiodic oscillations http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103008 Author(s): David Murphy, Maggie Tse, Peter Raffai, Imre Bartos, Rubab Khan, Zsuzsa Márka, Luca Matone, Keith Redwine, and Szabolcs Márka<br/><p>We have performed an in-depth concept study of a gravitational wave data analysis method which targets repeated long quasimonochromatic transients (triggers) from cosmic sources. The algorithm concept can be applied to multitrigger data sets in which the detector-source orientation and the statistic...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103008] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): David Murphy, Maggie Tse, Peter Raffai, Imre Bartos, Rubab Khan, Zsuzsa Márka, Luca Matone, Keith Redwine, and Szabolcs Márka

We have performed an in-depth concept study of a gravitational wave data analysis method which targets repeated long quasimonochromatic transients (triggers) from cosmic sources. The algorithm concept can be applied to multitrigger data sets in which the detector-source orientation and the statistic...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103008] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> Detecting long-duration narrow-band gravitational wave transients associated with soft gamma repeater quasiperiodic oscillations David Murphy, Maggie Tse, Peter Raffai, Imre Bartos, Rubab Khan, Zsuzsa Márka, Luca Matone, Keith Redwine, and Szabolcs Márka 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103008 Phys. Rev. D 87, 103008 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103008 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103008 103008 Astrophysics & Cosmology Astrophysics & Cosmology Cosmic microwave background constraints on dark matter models of the Galactic center 511 keV signal http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103508 Author(s): Andrew R. Frey and Nicholas B. Reid<br/><p>The high positron production rate required to explain the flux of 511 keV gamma rays from the Galactic center has inspired many models in which dark matter creates positrons. These models include the annihilation of light dark matter and the scattering of dark matter with excited states (exciting da...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103508] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): Andrew R. Frey and Nicholas B. Reid

The high positron production rate required to explain the flux of 511 keV gamma rays from the Galactic center has inspired many models in which dark matter creates positrons. These models include the annihilation of light dark matter and the scattering of dark matter with excited states (exciting da...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103508] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> Cosmic microwave background constraints on dark matter models of the Galactic center 511 keV signal Andrew R. Frey and Nicholas B. Reid 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103508 Phys. Rev. D 87, 103508 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103508 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103508 103508 Astrophysics & Cosmology Astrophysics & Cosmology 130 GeV gamma-ray line and generic dark matter model building constraints from continuum gamma rays, radio, and antiproton data http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103509 Author(s): Masaki Asano, Torsten Bringmann, Günter Sigl, and Martin Vollmann<br/><p>An analysis of the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope data has recently revealed a resolved gamma-ray feature close to the galactic center which is consistent with monochromatic photons at an energy of about 130 GeV. If interpreted in terms of dark matter (DM) annihilating into <span style="font-style: italic;">γ</span><span style="font-style: italic;">γ</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">γ</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Z</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">γ</span><span style="font-style: italic;">h</span>), this would ...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103509] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): Masaki Asano, Torsten Bringmann, Günter Sigl, and Martin Vollmann

An analysis of the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope data has recently revealed a resolved gamma-ray feature close to the galactic center which is consistent with monochromatic photons at an energy of about 130 GeV. If interpreted in terms of dark matter (DM) annihilating into γγ (γZ, γh), this would ...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103509] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> 130 GeV gamma-ray line and generic dark matter model building constraints from continuum gamma rays, radio, and antiproton data Masaki Asano, Torsten Bringmann, Günter Sigl, and Martin Vollmann 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103509 Phys. Rev. D 87, 103509 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103509 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103509 103509 Astrophysics & Cosmology Astrophysics & Cosmology Galaxy rotation curves driven by massive vector fields: Key to the theory of the dark sector http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103510 Author(s): Boris E. Meierovich<br/><p>The nongauge vector field with as simple a Lagrangian as possible turned out to be an adequate tool for the macroscopic description of the main properties of dark matter. The dependence of the velocity of a star on the radius of the orbit <span style="font-style: italic;">V</span>(<span style="font-style: italic;">r</span>)—galaxy rotation curve—is derived analytically from the f...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103510] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): Boris E. Meierovich

The nongauge vector field with as simple a Lagrangian as possible turned out to be an adequate tool for the macroscopic description of the main properties of dark matter. The dependence of the velocity of a star on the radius of the orbit V(r)—galaxy rotation curve—is derived analytically from the f...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103510] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> Galaxy rotation curves driven by massive vector fields: Key to the theory of the dark sector Boris E. Meierovich 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103510 Phys. Rev. D 87, 103510 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103510 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103510 103510 Astrophysics & Cosmology Astrophysics & Cosmology Parameter space in Galileon gravity models http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103511 Author(s): Alexandre Barreira, Baojiu Li, Ariel Sanchez, Carlton M. Baugh, and Silvia Pascoli<br/><p>We present the first constraints on the full parameter space of the Galileon modified gravity model, considering both the cosmological parameters and the coefficients which specify the additional terms in the Lagrangian due to the Galileon field, which we call the Galileon parameters. We use the lat...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103511] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): Alexandre Barreira, Baojiu Li, Ariel Sanchez, Carlton M. Baugh, and Silvia Pascoli

We present the first constraints on the full parameter space of the Galileon modified gravity model, considering both the cosmological parameters and the coefficients which specify the additional terms in the Lagrangian due to the Galileon field, which we call the Galileon parameters. We use the lat...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103511] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> Parameter space in Galileon gravity models Alexandre Barreira, Baojiu Li, Ariel Sanchez, Carlton M. Baugh, and Silvia Pascoli 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103511 Phys. Rev. D 87, 103511 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103511 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103511 103511 Astrophysics & Cosmology Astrophysics & Cosmology Polarizing primordial gravitational waves by parity violation http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103512 Author(s): Anzhong Wang, Qiang Wu, Wen Zhao, and Tao Zhu<br/><p>We study primordial gravitational waves in the Horava-Lifshitz theory of quantum gravity, in which high-order spatial derivative operators, including the ones violating parity, generically appear in order for the theory to be power-counting renormalizable and ultraviolet complete. Because of both pa...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103512] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): Anzhong Wang, Qiang Wu, Wen Zhao, and Tao Zhu

We study primordial gravitational waves in the Horava-Lifshitz theory of quantum gravity, in which high-order spatial derivative operators, including the ones violating parity, generically appear in order for the theory to be power-counting renormalizable and ultraviolet complete. Because of both pa...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 103512] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> Polarizing primordial gravitational waves by parity violation Anzhong Wang, Qiang Wu, Wen Zhao, and Tao Zhu 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103512 Phys. Rev. D 87, 103512 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103512 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.103512 103512 Astrophysics & Cosmology Astrophysics & Cosmology Thermodynamic volumes and isoperimetric inequalities for de Sitter black holes http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104017 Author(s): Brian P. Dolan, David Kastor, David Kubizňák, Robert B. Mann, and Jennie Traschen<br/><p>We consider the thermodynamics of rotating and charged asymptotically de Sitter (dS) black holes. Using Hamiltonian perturbation-theory techniques, we derive three different first-law relations including variations in the cosmological constant, and associated Smarr formulas that are satisfied by suc...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. D 87, 104017] Published Wed May 15, 2013 Author(s): Brian P. Dolan, David Kastor, David Kubizňák, Robert B. Mann, and Jennie Traschen

We consider the thermodynamics of rotating and charged asymptotically de Sitter (dS) black holes. Using Hamiltonian perturbation-theory techniques, we derive three different first-law relations including variations in the cosmological constant, and associated Smarr formulas that are satisfied by suc...

[Phys. Rev. D 87, 104017] Published Wed May 15, 2013

]]> Thermodynamic volumes and isoperimetric inequalities for de Sitter black holes Brian P. Dolan, David Kastor, David Kubizňák, Robert B. Mann, and Jennie Traschen 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104017 Phys. Rev. D 87, 104017 (2013) article Physical Review D 87 10 2013-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104017 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104017 104017 General relativity, gravitation General relativity, gravitation