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1. Constraints on dark matter annihilation in clusters of galaxies with the Fermi large area telescope

Author: Ziegler, M.
Published: 2010
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2. Direct constraints on minimal supersymmetry from Fermi-LAT observations of the dwarf galaxy Segue 1

Author: Akrami, Yashar [Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics and Dept. of Physics]
Published: 2010
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3. WIMP dark matter in the U mu nu SSM

Author: Aguilar Saavedra, Juan Antonio
Subjects: Supersymmetry and cosmology, Dark matter theory, Particle physics-cosmology connection
Abstract: The authors would like to thank Genevieve Belanger for useful discussions and help with the code micrOMEGAs. The research of JAAS was supported by the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI) through project PID2019-110058GB-C21 and by FCT project CERN/FIS-PAR/0004/2019. The work of DL was supported by the Argentinian CONICET, and also acknowledges the support through PIP 11220170100154CO. The research of CM and MP was supported by the Spanish AEI through the grants PGC2018-095161-B-I00 (EU FEDER) and IFT Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa SEV-2016-0597. MP acknowledges support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany`s Excellence Strategy - EXC 2121 "Quantum Universe" - 390833306. This work was made possible by with the support of the Institut Pascal at Universite Paris-Saclay during the Paris-Saclay Astroparticle Symposium 2021, with the support of the P2IO Laboratory of Excellence (program "Investissements d'avenir" ANR-11-IDEX-0003-01 Paris-Saclay and ANR-10-LABX-0038), the P2I axis of the Graduate School Physics of Universite Paris-Saclay, as well as IJCLab, CEA, IPhT, APPEC, the IN2P3 master projet UCMN and EuCAPT ANR-11-IDEX-0003-01 Paris-Saclay and ANR-10-LABX-0038)., The U mu nu SSM is a U(1)' extension of the mu nu SSM supersymmetric model, where baryon-number-violating operators as well as explicit mass terms are forbidden, and the potential domain wall problem is avoided. The gauge anomaly-cancellation conditions impose the presence of exotic quark superfields in the spectrum of U mu nu SSM models, and allow the presence of several singlet superfields under the standard model gauge group, in addition to the right-handed neutrino superfields. The gauge structure implies an additional discrete Z(2) symmetry in the superpotential, ensuring the stability of a singlet which behaves as WIMP dark matter without invoking R-parity. We analyze this novel possibility in detail, using the fermionic component of the singlet as the dark matter candidate. In particular, we compute its amount of relic density via Z', Higgs-right sneutrino and dark matter mediated annihilations, and its potential signals in dark matter direct detection experiments. The constraints on the parameter space due to Z' direct searches at the LHC are imposed in the analysis, as well as those from the hadronization inside the detector of the exotic quarks. Large regions of the parameter space turn out to be in the reach of the upcoming Darwin experiment., Spanish Government PID2019-110058GB-C21, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology CERN/FIS-PAR/0004/2019, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET) PIP 11220170100154CO, Spanish Government PGC2018-095161-B-I00, IFT Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa SEV-2016-0597, German Research Foundation (DFG) 2121 390833306, P2IO Laboratory of Excellence ANR-10-LABX-0038, P2I axis of the Graduate School Physics of Universite Paris-Saclay, French Atomic Energy Commission ANR-10-LABX-0038, EuCAPT ANR-11-IDEX-0003-01
Published: 2022

4. WIMP Dark Matter in the U$\mu \nu$SSM

Author: Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A., López-Fogliani, D. E., Muñoz, C., and Pierre, Mathias
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, supersymmetry and cosmology, neutrino: superfield, interpretation of experiments: CERN LHC Coll, dark matter, direct detection, quark: exotic, domain wall, dark matter: direct detection, neutrino, superfield, superpotential, WIMP: dark matter, dark matter [WIMP], High Energy Physics::Theory, U(1) [symmetry], superfield, singlet, ddc:530, singlet [superfield], structure, superfield: singlet, right-handed [neutrino], direct detection [dark matter], sneutrino, superfield [neutrino], neutrino, right-handed, dark matter theory, relic density, dark matter: relic density, WIMP, dark matter, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, mediation [dark matter], symmetry: U(1), stability, quark, exotic, U(1), dark matter: mediation, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, CERN LHC Coll, annihilation, particle physics - cosmology connection, neutrino: right-handed, exotic [quark], CERN LHC Coll [interpretation of experiments], relic density [dark matter], supersymmetry, hadronization, dark matter, mediation, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics 05(5), 004 (2022). doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2022/05/004, The U$\mu \nu$SSM is a U(1)' extension of the U$\mu \nu$SSM supersymmetric model, where baryon-number-violating operators as well as explicit mass terms are forbidden, and the potential domain wall problem is avoided. The gauge anomaly-cancellation conditions impose the presence of exotic quark superfields in the spectrum of U$\mu \nu$SSM models, and allow the presence of several singlet superfields under the standard model gauge group, in addition to the right-handed neutrino superfields. The gauge structure implies an additional discrete Z $_{2}$ symmetry in the superpotential, ensuring the stability of a singlet which behaves as WIMP dark matter without invoking R-parity. We analyze this novel possibility in detail, using the fermionic component of the singlet as the dark matter candidate. In particular, we compute its amount of relic density via Z', Higgs-right sneutrino and dark matter mediated annihilations, and its potential signals in dark matter direct detection experiments. The constraints on the parameter space due to Z'; direct searches at the LHC are imposed in the analysis, as well as those from the hadronization inside the detector of the exotic quarks. Large regions of the parameter space turn out to be in the reach of the upcoming Darwin experiment., Published by IOP, London
Published: 2022
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5. WIMP Dark Matter in the U$\mu \nu$SSM

Author: Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A., López-Fogliani, D. E., Muñoz, C., and Pierre, M.
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, neutrino: superfield, interpretation of experiments: CERN LHC Coll, dark matter, direct detection, quark: exotic, domain wall, dark matter: direct detection, neutrino, superfield, superpotential, WIMP: dark matter, High Energy Physics::Theory, superfield, singlet, structure, superfield: singlet, sneutrino, dark matter theory, neutrino, right-handed, relic density, dark matter: relic density, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, WIMP, dark matter, symmetry: U(1), stability, quark, exotic, U(1), dark matter: mediation, CERN LHC Coll, annihilation, particle physics - cosmology connection, neutrino: right-handed, supersymmetry, hadronization, dark matter, mediation
Abstract: The U$\mu\nu$SSM is a $U(1)'$ extension of the $\mu\nu$SSM supersymmetric model, where baryon-number-violating operators as well as explicit mass terms are forbidden, and the potential domain wall problem is avoided. The gauge anomaly-cancellation conditions impose the presence of exotic quark superfields in the spectrum of U$\mu\nu$SSM models, and allow the presence of several singlet superfields under the standard model gauge group, in addition to the right-handed neutrino superfields. The gauge structure implies an additional discrete $Z_2$ symmetry in the superpotential, ensuring the stability of a singlet which behaves as WIMP dark matter without invoking $R$-parity. We analyze this novel possibility in detail, using the fermionic component of the singlet as the dark matter candidate. In particular, we compute its amount of relic density via $Z'$, Higgs-right sneutrino and dark matter mediated annihilations, and its potential signals in dark matter direct detection experiments. The constraints on the parameter space due to $Z'$ direct searches at the LHC are imposed in the analysis, as well as those from the hadronization inside the detector of the exotic quarks. Large regions of the parameter space turn out to be in the reach of the upcoming Darwin experiment.
Published: 2021
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6. Baryogenesis from a modulus dominated universe

Author: Kane, Gordon, Winkler, Martin Wolfgang, Kane, Gordon, and Winkler, Martin Wolfgang
Abstract: String/ M-theory compactifications predict the existence of a modulus field with a mass of 100-10000TeV. Its decay at MeV-temperatures generates large amounts of entropy and washes out any previously produced baryon asymmetry. We describe how the baryon asymmetry can be (re)generated by the modulus decay. The mechanism relates the smallness of the asymmetry to the hierarchy between the Planck- and the Fermi-scale.
Published: 2020
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7. Kinetic and chemical equilibrium of the Universe and gravitino production.

Author: Rangarajan, Raghavan and Sarkar, Anjishnu
Subjects: *CHEMICAL equilibrium, *GRAVITINO, *SUPERSYMMETRY, *GAUGE bosons, *DISTRIBUTION (Probability theory), UNIVERSE
Abstract: Abstract: Flat directions in generic supersymmetric theories can change the thermal history of the Universe. A novel scenario was proposed earlier where the vacuum expectation value of the flat directions induces large masses for all the gauge bosons and gauginos. This delays the thermalization of the Universe after inflation and solves the gravitino problem. In this article we perform a detailed calculation of the above scenario. We include the appropriate initial state particle distribution functions, consider the conditions for the feasibility of the non-thermal scenario, and investigate phase space suppression of gravitino production in the context of heavy gauge bosons and gauginos in the final state. We find that the total gravitino abundance generated is consistent with cosmological constraints. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Published: 2013
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8. LEPTOGENESIS FROM SOFT SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING:: SOFT LEPTOGENESIS.

Author: FONG, CHEE SHENG, GONZALEZ-GARCIA, M. C., and NARDI, ENRICO
Subjects: *DILEPTON production, *SUPERSYMMETRY, *SYMMETRY breaking, *PHYSICAL cosmology, *BARYONS, *NEUTRINOS, *CP violation, *FLAVOR in particle physics
Abstract: Soft leptogenesis is a scenario in which the cosmic baryon asymmetry is produced from a lepton asymmetry generated in the decays of heavy sneutrinos (the partners of the singlet neutrinos of the seesaw) and where the relevant sources of CP violation are the complex phases of soft supersymmetry-breaking terms. We explain the motivations for soft leptogenesis, and review its basic ingredients: the different CP-violating contributions, the crucial role played by thermal corrections, and the enhancement of the efficiency from lepton flavor effects. We also discuss the high temperature regime T > 107GeV in which the cosmic baryon asymmetry originates from an initial asymmetry of an anomalous R-charge, and soft leptogenesis reembodies in R-genesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2011
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9. A geometrical instability for ultra-light fields during inflation?

Author: Veronica Guidetti, Francisco G. Pedro, Michele Cicoli, Gian Paolo Vacca, Cicoli, Michele, Guidetti, Veronica, Pedro, Francisco G., and Vacca, Gian Paolo
Subjects: Physics, Inflation (cosmology), string theory and cosmology, supersymmetry and cosmology, High Energy Physics - Theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Field (physics), Geodesic, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Supergravity, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Instability, String (physics), Classical mechanics, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), 0103 physical sciences, Attractor, cosmological perturbation theory, Cosmological perturbation theory, inflation, 010306 general physics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Westudythebehaviourofisocurvatureperturbationsinnon-linearsigmamodels which naturally emerge in supergravity and string inflationary scenarios. We focus on the case of negatively curved field manifolds which can potentially lead to a geometrical destabilisation of isocurvature modes. We find however that heavy fields are stable when their effective mass is computed on the attractor background solution. On the other hand, we show that ultra-light fields can potentially suffer from a geometrical instability when the background trajectory is a geodesic in field space. In this case a full understanding of the system is likely to require the use of non-perturbative methods., Matches published version, 5 pages, 2 figures
Published: 2018

10. Sgoldstino-less inflation and low energy SUSY breaking

Author: Riccardo Argurio, Dries Coone, Alberto Mariotti, Lucien Heurtier, Theoretical Physics, Physics, and High-Energy Frontier
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, supersymmetry and cosmology, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), ination, GAUGE MEDIATION, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics::Theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, DARK-MATTER, SUPERGRAVITY, Goldstino, inflation, 010306 general physics, cosmology of theories beyond the SM, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Supergravity, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Superpartner, CONSTRAINTS, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, Inflaton, Supersymmetry breaking, PERTURBATIONS, LONG, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), particle physics - cosmology connection, Sgoldstino, Gravitino, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We assess the range of validity of sgoldstino-less inflation in a scenario of low energy supersymmetry breaking. We first analyze the consistency conditions that an effective theory of the inflaton and goldstino superfields should satisfy in order to be faithfully described by a sgoldstino-less model. Enlarging the scope of previous studies, we investigate the case where the effective field theory cut-off, and hence also the sgoldstino mass, are inflaton-dependent. We then introduce a UV complete model where one can realize successfully sgoldstino-less inflation and gauge mediation of supersymmetry breaking, combining the alpha-attractor mechanism and a weakly coupled model of spontaneous breaking of supersymmetry. In this class of models we find that, given current limits on superpartner masses, the gravitino mass has a lower bound of the order of the MeV, i.e. we cannot reach very low supersymmetry breaking scales. On the plus side, we recognize that in this framework, one can derive the complete superpartner spectrum as well as compute inflation observables, the reheating temperature, and address the gravitino overabundance problem. We then show that further constraints come from collider results and inflation observables. Their non trivial interplay seems a staple feature of phenomenological studies of supersymmetric inflationary models., Comment: 40 pages, 4 figures. v2: minor clarifications added (as published in JCAP)
Published: 2017

11. General sGoldstino inflation

Author: Sergio Ferrara, Diederik Roest, and High-Energy Frontier
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, string theory and cosmology, supersymmetry and cosmology, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Theoretical physics, High Energy Physics::Theory, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, SUPERGRAVITY, Goldstino, inflation, 010306 general physics, Eternal inflation, Physics, Inflation (cosmology), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Supergravity, Superpotential, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Inflaton, Supersymmetry breaking, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Sgoldstino, CHAOTIC INFLATION, Particle Physics - Theory, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We prove that all inflationary models, including those with dark energy after the end of inflation, can be embedded in minimal supergravity with a single chiral superfield. Moreover, the amount of supersymmetry breaking is independently tunable due to a degeneracy in the choice for the superpotential. The inflaton is a scalar partner of the Goldstino in this set-up. We illustrate our general procedure with two examples that are favoured by the Planck data., 6 pages, 6 figures; v2: refs added, published version
Published: 2016

12. Higgs inflation, reheating and gravitino production in no-scale Supersymmetric GUTs

Author: Hong-Jian He, John Ellis, and Zhong-Zhi Xianyu
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, Pati–Salam model, Particle physics, Supersymmetry and cosmology, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Proton decay, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, Grand Unified Theory, 010306 general physics, Eternal inflation, Particle Physics - Phenomenology, Inflation (cosmology), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, Inflation, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Higgs boson, Particle physics - cosmology connection, Gravitino, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We extend our previous study of supersymmetric Higgs inflation in the context of no-scale supergravity and grand unification, to include models based on the flipped SU(5) and the Pati-Salam group. Like the previous SU(5) GUT model, these yield a class of inflation models whose inflation predictions interpolate between those of the quadratic chaotic inflation and Starobinsky-like inflation, while avoiding tension with proton decay limits. We further analyse the reheating process in these models, and derive the number of e-folds, which is independent of the reheating temperature. We derive the corresponding predictions for the scalar tilt and the tensor-to-scalar ratio in cosmic microwave background perturbations, as well as discussing the gravitino production following inflation., Comment: JCAP Final Version. 23pp, 3 Figs. Only minor refinements, references added
Published: 2016
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13. Sgoldstino-less inflation and low energy SUSY breaking

Author: Argurio, Riccardo, Coone, Dries, Heurtier, Lucien, Mariotti, Alberto, Argurio, Riccardo, Coone, Dries, Heurtier, Lucien, and Mariotti, Alberto
Abstract: We assess the range of validity of sgoldstino-less inflation in a scenario of low energy supersymmetry breaking. We first analyze the consistency conditions that an effective theory of the inflaton and goldstino superfields should satisfy in order to be faithfully described by a sgoldstino-less model. Enlarging the scope of previous studies, we investigate the case where the effective field theory cut-off, and hence also the sgoldstino mass, are inflaton-dependent. We then introduce a UV complete model where one can realize successfully sgoldstino-less inflation and gauge mediation of supersymmetry breaking, combining the α-attractor mechanism and a weakly coupled model of spontaneous breaking of supersymmetry. In this class of models we find that, given current limits on superpartner masses, the gravitino mass has a lower bound of the order of the MeV, i.e. we cannot reach very low supersymmetry breaking scales. On the plus side, we recognize that in this framework, one can derive the complete superpartner spectrum as well as compute inflation observables, the reheating temperature, and address the gravitino overabundance problem. We then show that further constraints come from collider results and inflation observables. Their non trivial interplay seems a staple feature of phenomenological studies of supersymmetric inflationary models., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Published: 2017

14. Universality of multi-field α-attractors

Author: Yvette Welling, Ana Achúcarro, Andrei Linde, Dong-Gang Wang, and Renata Kallosh
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, supersymmetry and cosmology, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Supergravity, Hyperbolic manifold, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Inflaton, 01 natural sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Universality (dynamical systems), Moduli space, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Theory, Theoretical physics, 0103 physical sciences, Attractor, Dilaton, inflation, 010306 general physics, Axion, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We study a particular version of the theory of cosmological $\alpha$-attractors with $\alpha=1/3$, in which both the dilaton (inflaton) field and the axion field are light during inflation. The kinetic terms in this theory originate from maximal $\mathcal{N}=4$ superconformal symmetry and from maximal $\mathcal{N}=8$ supergravity. We show that because of the underlying hyperbolic geometry of the moduli space in this theory, it exhibits double attractor behavior: their cosmological predictions are stable not only with respect to significant modifications of the dilaton potential, but also with respect to significant modifications of the axion potential: $n_s\simeq 1-{2\over N}$, $r\simeq {4\over N^2}$. We also show that the universality of predictions extends to other values of $\alpha \lesssim {\cal O}(1)$ with general two-field potentials that may or may not have an embedding in supergravity. Our results support the idea that inflation involving multiple, not stabilized, light fields on a hyperbolic manifold may be compatible with current observational constraints for a broad class of potentials., Comment: 26 pages, 9 figures; v2: published version with references added and discussion extended
Published: 2018
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15. Global analysis of the pMSSM in light of the Fermi GeV excess: prospects for the LHC Run-II and astroparticle experiments

Author: Jong Soo Kim, Francesca Calore, Roberto Trotta, Christoph Weniger, Roberto Ruiz de Austri, Gianfranco Bertone, Sascha Caron, and GRAPPA (ITFA, IoP, FNWI)
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, Particle physics, Milky Way, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, gamma ray experiments, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics, 010306 general physics, GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries), Physics, Annihilation, Large Hadron Collider, dark matter detectors, dark matter theory, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, hep-ph, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, 13. Climate action, Experimental High Energy Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Halo, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
Abstract: We present a new global fit of the 19-dimensional phenomenological Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (pMSSM-19) that comply with all the latest experimental results from dark matter indirect, direct and accelerator dark matter searches. We show that the model provides a satisfactory explanation of the excess of gamma-rays from the Galactic centre observed by the Fermi~Large Area Telescope, assuming that it is produced by the annihilation of neutralinos in the Milky Way halo. We identify two regions that pass all the constraints: the first corresponds to neutralinos with a mass ~80-100 GeV annihilating into WW with a branching ratio of 95% ; the second to heavier neutralinos, with mass ~180-200 GeV annihilating into t tbar with a branching ratio of 87%. We show that neutralinos compatible with the Galactic centre GeV excess will soon be within the reach of LHC run-II -- notably through searches for charginos and neutralinos, squarks and light smuons -- and of Xenon1T, thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity to spin-dependent cross-section off neutrons., Minor changes following referee reports. Main conclusions unchanged. Matches version published in JCAP
Published: 2016

16. Supersymmetric $SO(10)$-inspired leptogenesis and a new $N_2$-dominated scenario

Author: Pasquale Di Bari and Michele Re Fiorentin
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, Physics, leptogenesis, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics beyond the Standard Model, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, 01 natural sciences, Upper and lower bounds, Sphaleron, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Leptogenesis, 0103 physical sciences, baryon asymmetry, physics of the early universe, Gravitino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, SO(10), 010306 general physics
Abstract: We study the supersymmetric extension of $SO(10)$-inspired thermal leptogenesis showing the constraints on neutrino parameters and on the reheat temperature $T_{\rm RH}$ that derive from the condition of successful leptogenesis from next-to-lightest right handed (RH) neutrinos ($N_2$) decays and the more stringent ones when independence of the initial conditions (strong thermal leptogenesis) is superimposed. In the latter case, the increase of the lightest right-handed neutrino ($N_1$) decay parameters helps the wash-out of a pre-existing asymmetry and constraints relax compared to the non-supersymmetric case. We find significant changes especially in the case of large $\tan\beta$ values $(\gtrsim 15)$. In particular, for normal ordering, the atmospheric mixing angle can now be also maximal. The lightest (ordinary) neutrino mass is still constrained within the range $10 \lesssim m_1/{\rm meV} \lesssim 30$ (corresponding to $75\lesssim \sum_i m_i/{\rm meV} \lesssim 120$). Inverted ordering is still disfavoured, but an allowed region satisfying strong thermal leptogenesis opens up at large $\tan\beta$ values. We also study in detail the lower bound on $T_{\rm RH}$ finding $T_{\rm RH}\gtrsim 1 \times 10^{10}\,{\rm GeV}$ independently of the initial $N_2$ abundance. Finally, we propose a new $N_2$-dominated scenario where the $N_1$ mass is lower than the sphaleron freeze-out temperature. In this case there is no $N_1$ wash-out and we find $T_{\rm RH} \gtrsim 1\times 10^{9}\,{\rm GeV}$. These results indicate that $SO(10)$-inspired thermal leptogenesis can be made compatible with the upper bound from the gravitino problem, an important result in light of the role often played by supersymmetry in the quest of a realistic model of fermion masses., Comment: 35 pages, 10 figures; v3: matches JCAP version
Published: 2015

17. Starobinsky-Type Inflation With Products of Kaehler Manifolds

Author: Pallis, Constantinos, Toumbas, Nicolaos K., and Toumbas, Nicolaos K. [0000-0001-8879-7330]
Subjects: Physics, Inflation (cosmology), supersymmetry and cosmology, High Energy Physics - Theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Supergravity, Superpotential, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Observable, Field (mathematics), Kähler manifold, Inflaton, Type (model theory), 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), 0103 physical sciences, inflation, 010306 general physics, Mathematical physics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present a novel realization of Starobinsky-type inflation within Supergravity using two chiral superfields. The proposed superpotential is inspired by induced-gravity models. The Kaehler potential contains two logarithmic terms, one for the inflaton T and one for the matter-like field S, parameterizing the SU(1,1)/U(1)x SU(2)/U(1) Kaehler manifold. The two factors have constant curvatures -m/n and 2/n2, where n, m are the exponents of T in the superpotential and Kaehler potential respectively, and 0, Comment: Final version with some typos corrected
Published: 2015

18. Post-Inflationary Gravitino Production Revisited

Author: John Ellis, Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, Marcos A. G. Garcia, Marco Peloso, and Keith A. Olive
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, High Energy Physics - Theory, Particle physics, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Gravitation, Particle decay, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, inflation, 010306 general physics, Inflation (cosmology), Physics, dark matter theory, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, Inflaton, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Thermalisation, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), particle physics - cosmology connection, Gravitino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We revisit gravitino production following inflation. As a first step, we review the standard calculation of gravitino production in the thermal plasma formed at the end of post-inflationary reheating when the inflaton has completely decayed. Next we consider gravitino production prior to the completion of reheating, assuming that the inflaton decay products thermalize instantaneously while they are still dilute. We then argue that instantaneous thermalization is in general a good approximation, and also show that the contribution of non-thermal gravitino production via the collisions of inflaton decay products prior to thermalization is relatively small. Our final estimate of the gravitino-to-entropy ratio is approximated well by a standard calculation of gravitino production in the post-inflationary thermal plasma assuming total instantaneous decay and thermalization at a time $t \simeq 1.2/\Gamma_\phi$. Finally, in light of our calculations, we consider potential implications of upper limits on the gravitino abundance for models of inflation, with particular attention to scenarios for inflaton decays in supersymmetric Starobinsky-like models., Comment: 34 pages, 7 figures, uses psfrag
Published: 2015

19. Supersymmetry Searches in GUT Models with Non-Universal Scalar Masses

Author: M. Cannoni, Roberto Ruiz de Austri, Mario E. Gómez, John Ellis, and S. Lola
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, Supersymmetry and cosmology, Cold dark matter, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Dark matter, Scalar (mathematics), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Superpartner, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, Neutralino, 22 Física, 010306 general physics, Cosmology connection, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: We study SO(10), SU(5) and flipped SU(5) GUT models with non-universal soft supersymmetry-breaking scalar masses, exploring how they are constrained by LHC supersymmetry searches and cold dark matter experiments, and how they can be probed and distinguished in future experiments. We find characteristic differences between the various GUT scenarios, particularly in the coannihilation region, which is very sensitive to changes of parameters. For example, the flipped SU(5) GUT predict the possibility of $\tilde{t}_1-\chi$ coannihilation, which is absent in the regions of the SO(10) and SU(5) GUT parameter spaces that we study. We use the relic density predictions in different models to determine upper bounds for the neutralino masses, and we find large differences between different GUT models in the sparticle spectra for the same LSP mass, leading to direct connections of distinctive possible experimental measurements with the structure of the GUT group. We find that future LHC searches for generic missing $E_T$, charginos and stops will be able to constrain the different GUT models in complementary ways, as will the Xenon 1 ton and Darwin dark matter scattering experiments and future FERMI or CTA $\gamma$-ray searches., Comment: 21 pages, 10 Figures. V3: some comments and 1 reference added, published version. JCAP03(2016)041
Published: 2015

20. Flipped GUT inflation

Author: John Ellis, Wei-Chih Huang, Tomás E. Gonzalo, and Julia Harz
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Supersymmetry and cosmology, High Energy Physics::Lattice, Scalar (mathematics), Magnetic monopole, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmology, Theoretical physics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Gauge group, Cosmology of theories beyond the SM, Grand Unified Theory, Particle Physics - Phenomenology, Physics, Inflation (cosmology), High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Particle physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, Inflaton, Inflation, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmology connection, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We analyse the prospects for constructing hybrid models of inflation that provide a dynamical realisation of the apparent closeness between the supersymmetric GUT scale and the possible scale of cosmological inflation. In the first place, we consider models based on the flipped SU(5)$\times$U(1) gauge group, which has no magnetic monopoles. In one model, the inflaton is identified with a sneutrino field, and in the other model it is a gauge singlet. In both cases we find regions of the model parameter spaces that are compatible with the experimental magnitudes of the scalar perturbations, $A_s$, and the tilt in the scalar perturbation spectrum, $n_s$, as well as with an indicative upper limit on the tensor-to-scalar perturbation ratio, $r$. We also discuss embeddings of these models into SO(10), which is broken at a higher scale so that its monopoles are inflated away., Comment: 21 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2015
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21. Hybrid inflation in the complex plane

Author: Kohei Kamada, Valerie Domcke, Wilfried Buchmuller, and Kai Schmitz
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, cosmological model, initial conditions and eternal universe, Spontaneous symmetry breaking, hybrid [inflation], power spectrum, 01 natural sciences, symmetry breaking [supersymmetry], High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Cosmological perturbation theory, grand unified theory [scale], supersymmetry: symmetry breaking, Physics, invariance [rotation], primordial [fluctuation], F-term, Supersymmetry, critical phenomena, Supersymmetry breaking, inflaton, inflation: hybrid, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, trajectory, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, supersymmetry and cosmology, scale: grand unified theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Primordial fluctuations, perturbation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, dark matter, supergravity: correction, Theoretical physics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, Symmetry breaking, inflation, 010306 general physics, correction [supergravity], Inflation (cosmology), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, fluctuation: primordial, spontaneous symmetry breaking, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Inflaton, boundary condition, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), cosmological perturbation theory, rotation: invariance, entropy
Abstract: Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics 2014(07), 054 (2014). doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2014/07/054, Supersymmetric hybrid inflation is an exquisite framework to connect inflationary cosmology to particle physics at the scale of grand unification. Ending in a phase transition associated with spontaneous symmetry breaking, it can naturally explain the generation of entropy, matter and dark matter. Coupling F-term hybrid inflation to soft supersymmetry breaking distorts the rotational invariance in the complex inflaton plane — an important fact, which has been neglected in all previous studies. Based on the δ N formalism, we analyze the cosmological perturbations for the first time in the full two-field model, also taking into account the fast-roll dynamics at and after the end of inflation. As a consequence of the two-field nature of hybrid inflation, the predictions for the primordial fluctuations depend not only on the parameters of the Lagrangian, but are eventually fixed by the choice of the inflationary trajectory. Recognizing hybrid inflation as a two-field model resolves two shortcomings often times attributed to it: the fine-tuning problem of the initial conditions is greatly relaxed and a spectral index in accordance with the PLANCK data can be achieved in a large part of the parameter space without the aid of supergravity corrections. Our analysis can be easily generalized to other (including large-field) scenarios of inflation in which soft supersymmetry breaking transforms an initially single-field model into a multi-field model., Published by IOP, London
Published: 2014
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22. Resurrecting quadratic inflation in no-scale supergravity in light of BICEP2

Author: Marcos A. G. Garcia, John Ellis, Keith A. Olive, and Dimitri V. Nanopoulos
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, supersymmetry and cosmology, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), ination, Scalar (mathematics), FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Theoretical physics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Eternal inflation, Particle Physics - Phenomenology, Physics, Inflation (cosmology), Supergravity, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, Inflaton, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Leptogenesis, gravitational waves and CMBR polarization, Scalar field, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The magnitude of primordial tensor perturbations reported by the BICEP2 experiment is consistent with simple models of chaotic inflation driven by a single scalar field with a power-law potential \propto \phi^n: n \simeq 2, in contrast to the WMAP and Planck results, which favored models resembling the Starobinsky R + R^2 model if running of the scalar spectral index could be neglected. While models of inflation with a quadratic potential may be constructed in simple N=1 supergravity, these constructions are more challenging in no-scale supergravity. We discuss here how quadratic inflation can be accommodated within supergravity, focussing primarily on the no-scale case. We also argue that the quadratic inflaton may be identified with the supersymmetric partner of a singlet (right-handed) neutrino, whose subsequent decay could have generated the baryon asymmetry via leptogenesis., Comment: 24 pages, 14 figures
Published: 2014
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23. Linking Starobinsky-type inflation in no-scale supergravity to MSSM

Author: Constantinos Pallis and SCOAP
Subjects: Physics, Inflation (cosmology), High Energy Physics - Theory, supersymmetry and cosmology, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Supergravity, Superpotential, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, Inflaton, Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), particle physics - cosmology connection, Gravitino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Mu problem, inflation, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: A novel realization of the Starobinsky inflationary model within a moderate extension of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) is presented. The proposed superpotential is uniquely determined by applying a continuous R and a Bbb Z2 discrete symmetry, whereas the Kähler potential is associated with a no-scale-type SU(54,1)/SU(54) × U(1)R × Bbb Z2 Kähler manifold. The inflaton is identified with a Higgs-like modulus whose the vacuum expectation value controls the gravitational strength. Thanks to a strong enough coupling (with a parameter cT involved) between the inflaton and the Ricci scalar curvature, inflation can be attained even for subplanckian values of the inflaton with cT ≥ 76 and the corresponding effective theory being valid up to the Planck scale. The inflationary observables turn out to be in agreement with the current data and the inflaton mass is predicted to be 3centerdot1013GeV. At the cost of a relatively small superpotential coupling constant, the model offers also a resolution of the μ problem of MSSM for cT ≤ 4500 and gravitino heavier than about 104GeV. Supplementing MSSM by three right-handed neutrinos we show that spontaneously arising couplings between the inflaton and the particle content of MSSM not only ensure a sufficiently low reheating temperature but also support a scenario of non-thermal leptogenesis consistently with the neutrino oscillation parameters., This research was supported by the Generalitat Valenciana under contract PROMETEOII/2013/017.
Published: 2014

24. Observational implications of mattergenesis during inflation

Author: Rudnei O. Ramos, Arjun Berera, Mar Bastero-Gil, and João G. Rosa
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, High Energy Physics - Theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), media_common.quotation_subject, ination, Dark matter, Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Asymmetry, Baryon asymmetry, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Adiabatic process, media_common, Physics, Inflation (cosmology), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Baryon, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Warm inflation, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), particle physics - cosmology connection, baryon asymmetry, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The observed baryon asymmetry, as well as potentially an asymmetry in the dark matter sector, can be produced through dissipative particle production during inflation. A distinctive feature of this mechanism is the generation of matter isocurvature perturbations that are fully (anti-)correlated with the dominant adiabatic curvature perturbations. We show that chaotic warm inflation models yield anti-correlated isocurvature modes that may partially or even completely screen the contribution of primordial gravity waves to the CMB temperature power spectrum. The tensor-to-scalar ratio inferred from the latter may thus be parametrically smaller than the one deduced from B-mode polarization maps, which is particularly relevant in the light of the recently announced results of the BICEP2 experiment., 21 pages, 5 figures; minor modifications and added references; matches version published in JCAP
Published: 2014
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25. Effects of thermal fluctuations on thermal inflation

Author: Hiramatsu, Takashi, Miyamoto, Yuhei, Yokoyama, Jun'ichi, Hiramatsu, Takashi, Miyamoto, Yuhei, and Yokoyama, Jun'ichi
Abstract: The mechanism of thermal inflation, a relatively short period of accelerated expansion after primordial inflation, is a desirable ingredient for a certain class of particle physics models if they are not to be in contention with the cosmology of the early Universe. Though thermal inflation is most simply described in terms of a thermal effective potential, a thermal environment also gives rise to thermal fluctuations that must be taken into account. We numerically study the effects of these thermal fluctuations using lattice simulations. We conclude that though they do not ruin the thermal inflation scenario, the phase transition at the end of thermal inflation proceeds through phase mixing and is therefore not accompanied by the formations of bubbles nor appreciable amplitude of gravitational waves.
Published: 2015

26. More on cosmological constraints on spontaneous R-symmetry breaking models

Author: Kohei Kamada, Yutaka Ookouchi, Tatsuo Kobayashi, and Yuta Hamada
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, Physics, High Energy Physics - Theory, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Physics beyond the Standard Model, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, Parameter space, Particle decay, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Theory, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Big Bang nucleosynthesis, Nucleosynthesis, Gravitino, ddc:530, Symmetry breaking, cosmology of theories beyond the SM, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We study the spontaneous R-symmetry breaking model and investigate the cosmological constraints on this model due to the pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson, R-axion. We consider the R-axion which has relatively heavy mass in order to complement our previous work. In this regime, model parameters, R-axions mass and R-symmetry breaking scale, are constrained by Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and overproduction of the gravitino produced from R-axion decay and thermal plasma. We find that the allowed parameter space is very small for high reheating temperature. For low reheating temperature, the U(1)_R breaking scale f_a is constrained as f_a, 15 pages, 4 figures, published in JCAP
Published: 2014
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27. Impact of nucleon matrix element uncertainties on the interpretation of direct and indirect dark matter search results

Author: Roberto Ruiz de Austri, C. Pérez de los Heros, European Commission, and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), supersymmetry and cosmology, Particle physics, dark matter theory, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, dark matter experiments, Lattice field theory, Hadron, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Lattice QCD, Parameter space, 01 natural sciences, Matrix (mathematics), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Nucleon, Extreme value theory, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: We study in detail the impact of the current uncertainty in nucleon matrix elements on the sensitivity of direct and indirect experimental techniques for dark matter detection. We perform two scans in the framework of the cMSSM: one using recent values of the pion-sigma term obtained from Lattice QCD, and the other using values derived from experimental measurements. The two choices correspond to extreme values quoted in the literature and reflect the current tension between different ways of obtaining information about the structure of the nucleon. All other inputs in the scans, astrophysical and from particle physics, are kept unchanged. We use two experiments, XENON100 and IceCube, as benchmark cases to illustrate our case. We find that the interpretation of dark matter search results from direct detection experiments is more sensitive to the choice of the central values of the hadronic inputs than the results of indirect search experiments. The allowed regions of cMSSM parameter space after including XENON100 constrains strongly differ depending on the assumptions on the hadronic matrix elements used. On the other hand, the constraining potential of IceCube is almost independent of the choice of these values., We thank the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UCSB and organizers of the Hunting for Dark Matter programme for their hospitality during the preparation of this manuscript. This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF PHY11-25915. R. RdA, is supported by the Ramon y Cajal program of the Spanish MICINN and also thanks the support of the Spanish MICINN's Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Programme under the grant MULTIDARK CSD2209-00064 and the Invisibles European ITN project (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN, PITN-CA-2011-289442-INVISIBLES). The use of IFT-UAM High Performance Computing Service is gratefully acknowledged.
Published: 2013

28. First results on dark matter annihilation in the Sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Author: Adrian Martinez, S., Al Samarai, I., Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anton, L., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Astraatmadjaote, T., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J. J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, Antonio, Carloganu, C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph, Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Classen, F., Coniglione, R., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., DE BONIS, Giulia, Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Dumas, A., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhofer, A., Ernenwein, J. P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, Paolo, Ferry, S., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J. L., Galata, S., Gay, P., Geisselsoder, S., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Gomez Gonzalez, J. 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Aix-Marseille 2, ANTARES, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-IUT de Colmar, Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), European Commission, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Stichting ter Bevordering van Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (The Netherlands), National Authority for Scientific Research (Romania), Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Generalitat Valenciana, National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (Morocco), Région Alsace, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, La Seyne sur Mer, Département du Var, Adrian-Martinez, S, Al Samarai, I, Albert, A, Andre, M, Anghinolfi, M, Anton, G, Anton, L, Anvar, S, Ardid, M, Astraatmadja, T, Aubert, Jj, Baret, B, Basa, S, Bertin, V, Biagi, S, Bigongiari, C, Bogazzi, C, Bouhou, B, Bouwhuis, Mc, Brunner, J, Busto, J, Capone, A, Carloganu, C, Carr, J, Cecchini, S, Charif, Z, Charvis, P, Chiarusi, T, Circella, M, Classen, F, Coniglione, R, Core, L, Costantini, H, Coyle, P, Creusot, A, Curtil, C, De Bonis, G, Decowski, Mp, Dekeyser, I, Deschamps, A, Distefano, C, Donzaud, C, Dornic, D, Dorosti, Q, Drouhin, D, Dumas, A, Eberl, T, Emanuele, U, Enzenhofer, A, Ernenwein, Jp, Escoffier, S, Fehn, K, Fermani, P, Ferry, S, Flaminio, V, Folger, F, Fritsch, U, Fuda, Jl, Galata, S, Gay, P, Geisselsoder, S, Geyer, K, Giacomelli, G, Giordano, V, Gleixner, A, Gomez-Gonzalez, Jp, Graf, K, Guillard, G, Hallewell, G, Hamal, M, van Haren, H, Heijboer, Aj, Hello, Y, Hernandez-Rey, Jj, Herold, B, Hossl, J, Hsu, Cc, James, C, de Jong, M, Kadler, M, Kalekin, O, Kappes, A, Katz, U, Kooijman, P, Kopper, C, Kouchner, A, Kreykenbohm, I, Kulikovskiy, V, Lahmann, R, Lambard, G, Larosa, G, Lattuada, D, Lefevre, D, Leonora, E, Lo Presti, D, Loehner, H, Loucatos, S, Louis, F, Mangano, S, Marcelin, M, Margiotta, A, Martinez-Mora, Ja, Martini, S, Montaruli, T, Morganti, M, Motz, H, Mueller, C, Neff, M, Nezri, E, Palioselitis, D, Pavalas, Ge, Petrovic, J, Piattelli, P, Popa, V, Pradier, T, Racca, C, Reed, C, Riccobene, G, Richter, R, Riviere, C, Robert, A, Roensch, K, Rostovtsev, A, Rujoiu, M, Samtleben, Dfe, Sanchez-Losa, A, Sapienza, P, Schmid, J, Schnabel, J, Schulte, S, Schussler, F, Seitz, T, Shanidze, R, Simeone, F, Spies, A, Spurio, M, Steijger, Jjm, Stolarczyk, T, Taiuti, M, Tamburini, C, Trovato, A, Vallage, B, Vallee, C, Van Elewyck, V, Vernin, P, Visser, E, Wagner, S, Wijnker, G, Wilms, J, de Wolf, E, Yatkin, K, Yepes, H, Zaborov, D, Zornoza, Jd, Zuniga, J, and Montaruli, Teresa
Subjects: PHOTINO, Astrophysics, MASSIVE PARTICLES, 01 natural sciences, LIMITS, Direct search, CANDIDATES, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Annihilation, dark matter detectors, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Particle physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, CAPTURE, LIGHT, particle physics - cosmology connection, Weakly interacting massive particles, neutrino experiments, supersymmetry and cosmology, Física nuclear, Neutrino, supersymmetry and, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmology connection, FLUX, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Supersymmetry and cosmology, dark matter detector, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutrino telescope, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, ddc:500.2, SEARCH, 0103 physical sciences, DETECTORS, 010306 general physics, Selection (genetic algorithm), Dark matter detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Neutrino experiments, FISICA APLICADA, Particle physics - cosmology connection, neutrino experiment, High Energy Physics::Experiment, cosmology, SYSTEM
Abstract: A search for high-energy neutrinos coming from the direction of the Sun has been performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope during 2007 and 2008. The neutrino selection criteria have been chosen to maximize the selection of possible signals produced by the self-annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles accumulated in the centre of the Sun with respect to the atmospheric background. After data unblinding, the number of neutrinos observed towards the Sun was found to be compatible with background expectations. The 90% CL upper limits in terms of spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-proton cross-sections are derived and compared to predictions of two supersymmetric models, CMSSM and MSSM-7. The ANTARES limits are comparable with those obtained by other neutrino observatories and are more stringent than those obtained by direct search experiments for the spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross-section in the case of hard self-annihilation channels (W+W-, tau(+)tau(-))., The authors acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat a l' enegie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA), Agence National de la Recherche (ANR), Commission Europeenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Region Alsace (contrat CPER), Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Departement du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), the Netherlands; Council of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists and leading scientific schools supporting grants, Russia; National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN), Prometeo of Generalitat Valenciana and MultiDark, Spain; Agence de l'Oriental and CNRST, Morocco. We also acknowledge the technical support of Ifremer, AIM and Foselev Marine for the sea operation and the CC-IN2P3 for the computing facilities.
Published: 2013
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29. Global fits of the cMSSM and NUHM including the LHC Higgs discovery and new XENON100 constraints

Author: Roberto Trotta, C. Strege, Gianfranco Bertone, Farhan Feroz, Roberto Ruiz de Austri, Mattia Fornasa, String Theory (ITFA, IoP, FNWI), Leverhulme Trust, European Commission, and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, MASS, 01 natural sciences, DECAYS, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, DARK-MATTER, 010306 general physics, SUPERSYMMETRY, Physics, Science & Technology, Large Hadron Collider, dark matter theory, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS, MUON, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, G-2, Superpartner, hep-ph, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, Nuclear & Particles Physics, CMB cold spot, MODEL, 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, LIGHT, Physical Sciences, Neutralino, astro-ph.CO, Higgs boson, BREAKING, MSSM, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
Abstract: We present global fits of the constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (cMSSM) and the Non-Universal Higgs Model (NUHM), including the most recent CMS constraint on the Higgs boson mass, 5.8 fb(-1) integrated luminosity null Supersymmetry searches by ATLAS, the new LHCb measurement of B R ((B) over bar (s) -> mu(+) mu(-)) and the 7-year WMAP dark matter relic abundance determination. We include the latest dark matter constraints from the XENON100 experiment, marginalising over astrophysical and particle physics uncertainties. We present Bayesian posterior and profile likelihood maps of the highest resolution available today, obtained from up to 350M points. We find that the new constraint on the Higgs boson mass has a dramatic impact, ruling out large regions of previously favoured cMSSM and NUHM parameter space. In the cMSSM, light sparticles and predominantly gaugino-like dark matter with a mass of a few hundred GeV are favoured. The NUHM exhibits a strong preference for heavier sparticle masses and a Higgsino-like neutralino with a mass of 1 TeV. The future ton-scale XENON1T direct detection experiment will probe large portions of the currently favoured cMSSM and NUHM parameter space. The LHC operating at 14 TeV collision energy will explore the favoured regions in the cMSSM, while most of the regions favoured in the NUHM will remain inaccessible. Our best-fit points achieve a satisfactory quality-of-fit, with p-values ranging from 0.21 to 0.35, so that none of the two models studied can be presently excluded at any meaningful significance level., We would like to thank Filip Moortgat, Giacomo Polesello and David van Dyk for useful discussions. C.S. is partially supported by a scholarship of the "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”. M.F. is supported by a Leverhulme Trust grant. The work of G.B. is supported by the ERC Starting Grant WIMPs Kairos. R.R.dA, is supported by the Ramón y Cajal program of the Spanish MICINN and also thanks the support of the MICINN under grant FPA2011-29678 and the Invisibles European ITN project (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN, PITN-GA-2011-289442-INVISIBLES). We thank the support of the Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Programme under grant MultiDark CSD2009-00064. The use of Imperial’s High Performance Computing cluster is gratefully acknowledged. Special thanks to Simon Burbidge for help with the scans. C.S., R.R.dA. and R.T. would like to thank the GRAPPA Institute at the University of Amsterdam for hospitality.
Published: 2013
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30. Warming up for Planck

Author: Arjun Berera, Sam Bartrum, and João G. Rosa
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), gr-qc, Cosmic microwave background, Scalar (mathematics), FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Cosmology, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, symbols.namesake, Theoretical physics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, Planck, inflation, 010306 general physics, Inflation (cosmology), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, cosmological parameters from CMBR, hep-ph, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Inflaton, CMB cold spot, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Warm inflation, 13. Climate action, symbols, astro-ph.CO, baryon asymmetry, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The recent Planck results and future releases on the horizon present a key opportunity to address a fundamental question in inflationary cosmology of whether primordial density perturbations have a quantum or thermal origin, i.e. whether particle production may have significant effects during inflation. Warm inflation provides a natural arena to address this issue, with interactions between the scalar inflaton and other degrees of freedom leading to dissipative entropy production and associated thermal fluctuations. In this context, we present relations between CMB observables that can be directly tested against observational data. In particular, we show that the presence of a thermal bath warmer than the Hubble scale during inflation decreases the tensor-to-scalar ratio with respect to the conventional prediction in supercooled inflation, yielding $r< 8|n_t|$, where $n_t$ is the tensor spectral index. Focusing on supersymmetric models at low temperatures, we determine consistency relations between the observables characterizing the spectrum of adiabatic scalar and tensor modes, both for generic potentials and particular canonical examples, and which we compare with the WMAP and Planck results. Finally, we include the possibility of producing the observed baryon asymmetry during inflation through dissipative effects, thereby generating baryon isocurvature modes that can be easily accommodated by the Planck data., 14 pages, 10 figures. Published in JCAP
Published: 2013
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31. A first search for coincident gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007

Author: Adrian Martinez, S., Samarai, I. A., Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Arloganu, C. C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, P., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., Bonis, G. D., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhoefer, A., Ernenwein, J., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Ferry, S., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J., Galata, S., Gay, P., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gomez Gonzalez, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Hallewell, G., Hamal, M., Haren, H. v., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernandez Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hoessl, J., Hsu, C. C., Jong, M. d., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefevre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. L., Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez Mora, J. A., Martini, S., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Payet, K., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Riviere, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., D. F. E., Sanchez Losa, A., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schoeck, F., Schuller, J., Schuessler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., J. J. M., Stolarczyk, T., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Trovato, A., Vallage, B., Vallee, C., Elewyck, V. V., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Visser, E., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., Wolf, E. d., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., Zuniga, J., Aasi, J., Abadie, J., Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abernathy, M., Accadia, T., Acernese, F., Adams, C., Adams, T., Addesso, P., Adhikari, R., Affeldt, C., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allocca, A., Ceron, E. A., Amariutei, D., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Arai, K., Araya, M. C., Ast, S., Aston, S. M., Astone, P., Atkinson, D., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Aylott, B. E., Babak, S., Baker, P., Ballardin, G., Ballmer, S., Bao, Y., J. C. B., Barker, D., Barone, F., Barr, B., Barsotti, L., Barsuglia, M., Barton, M. A., Bartos, I., Bassiri, R., Bastarrika, M., Basti, A., Batch, J., Bauchrowitz, J., Bauer, T. S., Bebronne, M., Beck, D., Behnke, B., Bejger, M., Beker, M. G., Bell, A. S., Bell, C., Belopolski, I., Benacquista, M., Berliner, J. M., Bertolini, A., Betzwieser, J., Beveridge, N., Beyersdorf, P. 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Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), APC - Gravitation (APC-Gravitation), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik ( Albert-Einstein-Institut ) (AEI), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Lincoln Laboratory, LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, and (Astro)-Particles Physics
Subjects: Astrofísica, EXPLOSIONS, High energy, Photon, POINT SOURCES, SUPERCONDUCTING COSMIC STRINGS, Gravitational waves / experiments, Gravitational waves/experiments, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, high energy neutrinosgravitational waves, gravitational waves / experiment, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, media_common, Line (formation), QB, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), GAMMA-RAY BURSTS, dark matter detectors, Neutrino astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, high energy neutrinos, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, gravitational waves, gravitational waves / experiments, neutrino astronomy, particle physics - cosmology connection, COSMIC STRINGS, RELATIVISTIC JETS, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, supersymmetry and cosmology, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], TELESCOPE, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, SCIENCE RUN, FOS: Physical sciences, ddc:500.2, CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE, MAGNETAR GIANT FLARES, BLACK-HOLES, LOCAL-RATE, Gravitational waves, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Coincident, neutrino experiments, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gravitational wave, Astronomy, [ PHYS.ASTR.HE ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], DRIVEN, Universe, LIGO, GIANT FLARES, FISICA APLICADA, LUMINOSITY, RADIATION, High Energy Physics::Experiment, [ SDU.ASTR.HE ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Experiments, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: A search for high-energy neutrinos coming from the direction of the Sun has been performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope during 2007 and 2008. The neutrino selection criteria have been chosen to maximize the selection of possible signals produced by the self-annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles accumulated in the centre of the Sun with respect to the atmospheric background. After data unblinding, the number of neutrinos observed towards the Sun was found to be compatible with background expectations. The 90% CL upper limits in terms of spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-proton cross-sections are derived and compared to predictions of two supersymmetric models, CMSSM and MSSM-7. The ANTARES limits are comparable with those obtained by other neutrino observatories and are more stringent than those obtained by direct search experiments for the spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross-section in the case of hard self-annihilation channels (W+W-, tau(+)tau(-))., The authors acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat a l' enegie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA), Agence National de la Recherche (ANR), Commission Europeenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Region Alsace (contrat CPER), Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Departement du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), the Netherlands; Council of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists and leading scientific schools supporting grants, Russia; National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN), Prometeo of Generalitat Valenciana and MultiDark, Spain; Agence de l'Oriental and CNRST, Morocco. We also acknowledge the technical support of Ifremer, AIM and Foselev Marine for the sea operation and the CC-IN2P3 for the computing facilities.
Published: 2013
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32. Axiology

Author: Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Encieh Erfani, Hans Peter Nilles, Ivonne Zavala, and Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and G
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, supersymmetry and cosmology, HARMLESS AXION, axions, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, INVISIBLE AXION, MINI-LANDSCAPE, 01 natural sciences, INVARIANCE, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, INFLATION, Axions, Supersymmetry, Cosmological inflation, Quintessence, Strong CP problem, COSMOLOGY, 0103 physical sciences, STRONG CP-PROBLEM, PARTICLE PHYSICS, 010306 general physics, SUPERSYMMETRY
Abstract: Axions might play a crucial role for the solution of the strong CP-problem and explanation of cold dark matter in the universe. In addition they may find applications in the formulation of inflationary models for the early universe and can serve as candidates for quintessence. We show that all these phenomena can be described within a single framework exhibiting a specific pattern of mass scales: the axionic see-saw. We also discuss the role of supersymmetry (susy) in this axionic system in two specific examples: weak scale susy in the (multi) TeV range and tele-susy with a breakdown scale coinciding with the decay constant of the QCD axion: $f_a\sim 10^{11}-10^{12}$ GeV., Comment: 21 pages, 1 figure, one ref. added, version published in JCAP
Published: 2012

33. General dissipation coefficient in low-temperature warm inflation

Author: Rudnei O. Ramos, Arjun Berera, Mar Bastero-Gil, and João G. Rosa
Subjects: Physics, Inflation (cosmology), supersymmetry and cosmology, High Energy Physics - Theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), hep-th, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, hep-ph, Supersymmetry, Inflaton, Dissipation, Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Warm inflation, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), particle physics - cosmology connection, Quantum electrodynamics, Dissipative system, astro-ph.CO, Quantum field theory, inflation, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: In generic particle physics models, the inflaton field is coupled to other bosonic and fermionic fields that acquire large masses during inflation and may decay into light degrees of freedom. This leads to dissipative effects that modify the inflationary dynamics and may generate a nearly-thermal radiation bath, such that inflation occurs in a warm rather than supercooled environment. In this work, we perform a numerical computation and obtain expressions for the associated dissipation coefficient in supersymmetric models, focusing on the regime where the radiation temperature is below the heavy mass threshold. The dissipation coefficient receives contributions from the decay of both on-shell and off-shell degrees of freedom, which are dominant for small and large couplings, respectively, taking into account the light field multiplicities. In particular, we find that the contribution from on-shell decays, although Boltzmann-suppressed, can be much larger than that of virtual modes, which is bounded by the validity of a perturbative analysis. This result opens up new possibilities for realizations of warm inflation in supersymmetric field theories., 25 pages, 13 figures; revised version with new results added; published in JCAP
Published: 2012
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34. Global fits of the cMSSM including the first LHC and XENON100 data

Author: Roberto Ruiz de Austri, Roberto Trotta, Gianfranco Bertone, Mattia Fornasa, David G. Cerdeño, and C. Strege
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Dark matter, Hadron, Bayesian probability, FOS: Physical sciences, EFFICIENT, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, SEARCHES, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Frequentist inference, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, SUPERSYMMETRY, Astroparticle physics, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Science & Technology, dark matter theory, NEUTRALINO DARK-MATTER, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS, CONSTRAINTS, Astronomy and Astrophysics, hep-ph, Nuclear & Particles Physics, MODEL, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, MINIMAL FLAVOR VIOLATION, COSMOLOGY, Neutralino, Physical Sciences, astro-ph.CO, PARTICLE PHYSICS, BAYESIAN-INFERENCE, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present updated global fits of the constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (cMSSM), including the most recent constraints from the ATLAS and CMS detectors at the LHC, as well as the most recent results of the XENON100 experiment. Our robust analysis takes into account both astrophysical and hadronic uncertainties that enter in the calculation of the rate of WIMP-induced recoils in direct detection experiment. We study the consequences for neutralino Dark Matter, and show that current direct detection data already allow to robustly rule out the so-called Focus Point region, therefore demonstrating the importance of particle astrophysics experiments in constraining extensions of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. We also observe an increased compatibility between results obtained from a Bayesian and a Frequentist statistical perspective. We find that upcoming ton-scale direct detection experiments will probe essentially the entire currently favoured region (at the 99% level), almost independently of the statistical approach used. Prospects for indirect detection of the cMSSM are further reduced., Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, minor changes following referee report, matches published version
Published: 2011

35. Magnetic Fields at First Order Phase Transition: A Threat to Electroweak Baryogenesis

Author: Andrea De Simone, Antonio Riotto, Mariano Quiros, and Germano Nardini
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, Phase transition, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Cp-Violation, Supersymmetric Standard Model, Electric-Dipole Moments, FOS: Physical sciences, magnetic fields, 01 natural sciences, Early Universe, Dimensional Reduction, Standard Model, Baryon asymmetry, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Higgs-Model, 0103 physical sciences, Bubble Collisions, 010306 general physics, Particle Physics - Phenomenology, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Baryon Asymmetry, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Electroweak interaction, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Finite Mixing Angle, Sphaleron, Baryogenesis, High-Temperature, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Higgs boson, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The generation of the observed baryon asymmetry may have taken place during the electroweak phase transition, thus involving physics testable at LHC, a scenario dubbed electroweak baryogenesis. In this paper we point out that the magnetic field which is produced in the bubbles of a first order phase transition endangers the baryon asymmetry produced in the bubble walls. The reason being that the produced magnetic field couples to the sphaleron magnetic moment and lowers the sphaleron energy; this strengthens the sphaleron transitions inside the bubbles and triggers a more effective wash out of the baryon asymmetry. We apply this scenario to the Minimal Supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (MSSM) where, in the absence of a magnetic field, successful electroweak baryogenesis requires the lightest CP-even Higgs and the right-handed stop masses to be lighter than about 127 GeV and 120 GeV, respectively. We show that even for moderate values of the magnetic field, the Higgs mass required to preserve the baryon asymmetry is below the present experimental bound. As a consequence electroweak baryogenesis within the MSSM should be confronted on the one hand to future measurements at the LHC on the Higgs and the right-handed stop masses, and on the other hand to more precise calculations of the magnetic field produced at the electroweak phase transition., 16 pages, 4 figures. Minor corrections and references added to match published version
Published: 2011

36. Non-Minimal Sneutrino Inflation, Peccei-Quinn Phase Transition and non-Thermal Leptogenesis

Author: Pallis, Constantinos, Toumbas, Nicolaos K., and Toumbas, Nicolaos K. [0000-0001-8879-7330]
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, Physics, Inflation (cosmology), High Energy Physics - Theory, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Superpotential, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Inflaton, Baryogenesis, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Leptogenesis, Gravitino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, inflation, Mu problem, cosmology of theories beyond the SM, Eternal inflation, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We consider a phenomenological extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model which incorporates non-minimal chaotic inflation, driven by a quartic potential associated with the lightest right-handed sneutrino. Inflation is followed by a Peccei-Quinn phase transition based on renormalizable superpotential terms, which resolves the strong CP and mu problems of the minimal supersymmetric standard model provided that one related parameter of the superpotential is somewhat small. Baryogenesis occurs via non-thermal leptogenesis, which is realized by the inflaton decay. Confronting our scenario with the current observational data on the inflationary observables, the baryon assymetry of the universe, the gravitino limit on the reheating temperature and the upper bound on the light neutrino masses, we constrain the effective Yukawa coupling involved in the decay of the inflaton to relatively small values and the inflaton mass to values lower than 10^12 GeV., 21 pages including 3 figures; Final version
Published: 2011

37. Supersymmetry Breaking and Dilaton Stabilization in String Gas Cosmology

Author: Robert Brandenberger, Sasmita Mishra, Wei Xue, and Urjit A. Yajnik
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Alternatives To Inflation, FOS: Physical sciences, Space, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Supergravity, 01 natural sciences, String (physics), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Brane Gases, Supersymmetry And Cosmology, High Energy Physics::Theory, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, Symmetry breaking, 010306 general physics, Superstring Models, Physics, Condensed Matter::Quantum Gases, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Extra Dimensions, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Gaugino, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supersymmetry, Supersymmetry breaking, Cosmic string, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Physics Of The Early Universe, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), String Theory And Cosmology, Dilaton, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Gaugino condensation
Abstract: In this Note we study supersymmetry breaking via gaugino condensation in string gas cosmology. We show that the same gaugino condensate which is introduced to stabilize the dilaton breaks supersymmetry. We study the constraints on the scale of supersymmetry breaking which this mechanism leads to., Comment: 11 pages
Published: 2011
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38. Constraints on Dark Matter Annihilation in Clusters of Galaxies with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

Author: T. L. Usher, E. J. Siskind, A. Y. Rodriguez, M. N. Mazziotta, P. L. Nolan, Stefano Profumo, A. P. Waite, M. Brigida, C. Monte, J. H. Panetta, Jeffrey D. Scargle, A. Chekhtman, Markus Ackermann, M. Ziegler, Jun Kataoka, R. Dubois, Gudlaugur Johannesson, A. S. Johnson, Jürgen Knödlseder, Hideaki Katagiri, C. C. Cheung, P. Spinelli, Hartmut Sadrozinski, M. Pepe, Francesco Giordano, T. Reposeur, Luca Latronico, A. W. Borgland, Guido Barbiellini, S. Murgia, M. Razzano, M. Frailis, J. M. Casandjian, F. Piron, G. M. Madejski, Y. Edmonds, Masanori Ohno, Francesco Longo, Alice K. Harding, Brian L Winer, Takaaki Tanaka, M. Llena Garde, T. Kamae, A. Makeev, T. Ohsugi, M. Hayashida, M. E. Monzani, Jan Conrad, A. A. Moiseev, Jean-Luc Starck, Stephen Fegan, P. D. Smith, V. Vasileiou, Zhenwei Yang, E. Do Couto E Silva, K. S. Wood, W. N. Johnson, Alice Allafort, T. Ylinen, L. Tibaldo, Carmelo Sgrò, J. P. Norris, A. Morselli, A. Sander, R. A. Cameron, S. Carrigan, Denis Bastieri, V. Vitale, Hiromitsu Takahashi, R. E. Hughes, Shiu-Hang Lee, Diego F. Torres, P. Bruel, F. Loparco, M. Kuss, S. Rainò, Keith Bechtol, R. Claus, J. Lande, Sylvain Guiriec, D. Horan, J. Bregeon, Jonathan F. Ormes, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Nicola Giglietto, Jean Ballet, A. De Angelis, Tesla E. Jeltema, W. Mitthumsiri, Dario Gasparrini, G. Tosti, Alex Drlica-Wagner, R. Buehler, Stefano Ciprini, E. Orlando, James Chiang, Roger Blandford, M. Roth, M. N. Lovellette, P. A. Caraveo, Persis S. Drell, F. Gargano, Nicola Omodei, Peter F. Michelson, Elliott D. Bloom, Eric Charles, Steven Ritz, Yasushi Fukazawa, D. J. Suson, Ronaldo Bellazzini, L. R. Cominsky, Igor V. Moskalenko, Johann Cohen-Tanugi, C. Favuzzi, M. S. Strickman, N. Gehrels, P. Lubrano, A. Bouvier, Claudia Cecchi, G. A. Caliandro, I. A. Grenier, P. Wang, Gloria Spandre, Emanuele Bonamente, P. Fusco, S. Germani, T. J. Brandt, S. Buson, Christian Farnier, T. A. Porter, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Luca Baldini, Eric Nuss, Mats Gustafsson, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, F. de Palma, J. G. Thayer, D. Dumora, Marco Ajello, J. B. Thayer, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules (LPTA), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Fermi-LAT, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Allafort, A., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bechtol, K., Bellazzini, R., Blandford, R. D., Bloom, E. D., Bonamente, E., Borgland, A. W., Bouvier, A., Brandt, T. J., Bregeon, J., Brigida, M., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Buson, S., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caraveo, P. A., Carrigan, S., Casandjian, J. M., Cecchi, C., Charles, E., Chekhtman, A., Cheung, C. C., Chiang, J., Ciprini, S., Claus, R., Cohen Tanugi, J., Cominsky, L. R., Conrad, J., Angelis, A. d., Palma, F. d., Silva, E. D. E., Drell, P. S., Drlica Wagner, A., Dubois, R., Dumora, D., Edmonds, Y., Farnier, C., Favuzzi, C., Fegan, S. J., Frailis, M., Fukazawa, Y., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Gehrels, N., Germani, S., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Glanzman, T., Godfrey, G., Grenier, I. A., Guiriec, S., Gustafsson, M., Harding, A. K., Hayashida, M., Horan, D., Hughes, R. E., Jeltema, T. E., Johannesson, G., Johnson, A. S., Johnson, W. N., Kamae, T., Katagiri, H., Kataoka, J., Knodlseder, J., Kuss, M., Lande, J., Latronico, L., Lee, S. H., Garde, M. L., Longo, Francesco, Loparco, F., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Madejski, G. M., Makeev, A., Mazziotta, M. N., Michelson, P. F., Mitthumsiri, W., Mizuno, T., Moiseev, A. A., Monte, C., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Murgia, S., Nolan, P. L., Norris, J. P., Nuss, E., Ohno, M., Ohsugi, T., Omodei, N., Orlando, E., Ormes, J. F., Panetta, J. H., Pepe, M., Pesce Rollins, M., Piron, F., Porter, T. A., Profumo, S., Raino, S., Razzano, M., Reposeur, T., Ritz, S., Rodriguez, A. Y., Roth, M., Sadrozinski, H. F. W., Sander, A., Scargle, J. D., Sgro, C., Siskind, E. J., Smith, P. D., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Starck, J. L., Strickman, M. S., Suson, D. J., Takahashi, H., Tanaka, T., Thayer, J. B., Thayer, J. G., Tibaldo, L., Torres, D. F., Tosti, G., Usher, T. L., Vasileiou, V., Vitale, V., Waite, A. P., Wang, P., Winer, B. L., Wood, K. S., Yang, Z., Ylinen, T., and Ziegler, M.
Subjects: supersymmetry and cosmology, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], galaxy clusters, gamma ray experiments, dark energy theory, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, Scalar field dark matter, Fermi satellite, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Galaxy groups and clusters, Gamma ray experiments, 0103 physical sciences, Dark Matter, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Light dark matter, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hot dark matter, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dark matter halo, Dark galaxy, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark fluid, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Nearby clusters and groups of galaxies are potentially bright sources of high-energy gamma-ray emission resulting from the pair-annihilation of dark matter particles. However, no significant gamma-ray emission has been detected so far from clusters in the first 11 months of observations with the Fermi Large Area Telescope. We interpret this non-detection in terms of constraints on dark matter particle properties. In particular for leptonic annihilation final states and particle masses greater than ~200 GeV, gamma-ray emission from inverse Compton scattering of CMB photons is expected to dominate the dark matter annihilation signal from clusters, and our gamma-ray limits exclude large regions of the parameter space that would give a good fit to the recent anomalous Pamela and Fermi-LAT electron-positron measurements. We also present constraints on the annihilation of more standard dark matter candidates, such as the lightest neutralino of supersymmetric models. The constraints are particularly strong when including the fact that clusters are known to contain substructure at least on galaxy scales, increasing the expected gamma-ray flux by a factor of ~5 over a smooth-halo assumption. We also explore the effect of uncertainties in cluster dark matter density profiles, finding a systematic uncertainty in the constraints of roughly a factor of two, but similar overall conclusions. In this work, we focus on deriving limits on dark matter models; a more general consideration of the Fermi-LAT data on clusters and clusters as gamma-ray sources is forthcoming., Comment: accepted to JCAP, Corresponding authors: T.E. Jeltema and S. Profumo, minor revisions to be consistent with accepted version
Published: 2010
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39. The degenerate gravitino scenario

Author: Lotfi Boubekeur, Ki-Young Choi, Oscar Vives, and Roberto Ruiz de Austri
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Physics - Theory, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Supersymmetry and cosmology, Degenerate energy levels, Dark matter theory, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Leptogenesis, Thermal, Neutralino, Gravitino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: In this work, we explore the "degenerate gravitino" scenario where the mass difference between the gravitino and the lightest MSSM particle is much smaller than the gravitino mass itself. In this case, the energy released in the decay of the next to lightest sypersymmetric particle (NLSP) is reduced. Consequently the cosmological and astrophysical constraints on the gravitino abundance, and hence on the reheating temperature, become softer than in the usual case. On the other hand, such small mass splittings generically imply a much longer lifetime for the NLSP. We find that, in the constrained MSSM (CMSSM), for neutralino LSP or NLSP, reheating temperatures compatible with thermal leptogenesis are reached for small splittings of order 10(-2) GeV. While for stau NLSP, temperatures of T-RH similar or equal to 4 x 10(9) GeV can be obtained even for splittings of order of tens of GeVs. This "degenerate gravitino" scenario offers a possible way out to the gravitino problem for thermal leptogenesis in supersymmetric theories., We thank T. Moroi for useful discussions. O. V. and L. B. acknowledge financial support from spanish MEC and FEDER (EC) under grant FPA2008-02878 and Generalitat Valenciana under the grant PROMETEO/2008/004. O. V was supported in part by European program MRTN-CT-2006- 035482 “Flavianet”. L. B. thanks the Abdus Salam ICTP, the Service de Physique Théorique of ULB Brussels and the CERN-TH division for hospitality during the completion of this work. K.Y. Choi was partly supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (KRF-2008-341-C00008) and by the second stage of Brain Korea 21 Project in 2006. The work of R. Ruiz de Austri has been supported in part by MEC (Spain) under grant FPA2007-60323, by Generalitat Valenciana under grant PROMETEO/2008/069 and by the Spanish Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Programme CPAN (CSD2007-00042). The use of the ciclope cluster of the IFT-UAM/CSIC is also acknowledged.
Published: 2010

40. Right-handed sneutrino dark matter in the NMSSM

Author: Osamu Seto and David G. Cerdeño
Subjects: Elastic scattering, Physics, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Annihilation, Supersymmetry and cosmology, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Dark matter, Dark matter theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Parameter space, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, MAJORANA, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), WIMP, Higgs boson, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: 59 pages, 20 figures, 1 table.-- Pre-print archive., We study the properties of the right-handed sneutrino and its viability as a WIMP dark matter candidate in an extended version of the NMSSM in which a right-handed neutrino superfield is included with a coupling to the singlet Higgs in order to provide non-vanishing Majorana neutrino masses. We perform a systematic study of the parameter space, including LEP constraints and experimental bounds on low-energy observables. We investigate the conditions under which the right-handed sneutrino has the correct relic abundance and the dominant annihilation channels. Next we calculate the theoretical predictions for the sneutrino-proton elastic scattering cross section and compare it with present and future experimental sensitivities. We find that sneutrinos with a mass in the range of 5-200 GeV can reproduce the observed dark matter relic density without being excluded by direct dark matter searches and for natural values of the input parameters. Interestingly, the predicted scattering cross section is generally within the reach of future experiments. Finally, we comment on the possible implications for collider physics., D.G.C. was supported by the program “Juan de la Cierva” of the Spanish MEC. and also in part by the Spanish DGI of the MEC under Proyecto Nacional FPA2006- 01105, and by the EU network MRTN-CT-2006-035863. O.S. was partly supported by the MEC project FPA 2004-02015 and DOE grant DE-FG02-94ER-40823. We thank the ENTApP Network of the ILIAS project RII3-CT-2004-506222 and the project HEPHACOS P-ESP-00346 of the Comunidad de Madrid.
Published: 2009

41. Impact of nucleon matrix element uncertainties on the interpretation of direct and indirect dark matter search results

Author: Ruiz de Austri, R., Perez de los Heros, Carlos, Ruiz de Austri, R., and Perez de los Heros, Carlos
Abstract: We study in detail the impact of the current uncertainty in nucleon matrix elements on the sensitivity of direct and indirect experimental techniques for dark matter detection. We perform two scans in the framework of the cMSSM: one using recent values of the pion-sigma term obtained from Lattice QCD, and the other using values derived from experimental measurements. The two choices correspond to extreme values quoted in the literature and reflect the current tension between different ways of obtaining information about the structure of the nucleon. All other inputs in the scans, astrophysical and from particle physics, are kept unchanged. We use two experiments, XENON100 and IceCube, as benchmark cases to illustrate our case. We find that the interpretation of dark matter search results from direct detection experiments is more sensitive to the choice of the central values of the hadronic inputs than the results of indirect search experiments. The allowed regions of cMSSM parameter space after including XENON100 constrains strongly differ depending on the assumptions on the hadronic matrix elements used. On the other hand, the constraining potential of IceCube is almost independent of the choice of these values.
Published: 2013
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42. First results on dark matter annihilation in the Sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Author: Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integral de Zonas Costeras - Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integral de Zones Costaneres, Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Física Aplicada - Departament de Física Aplicada, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Conseil Régional d'Alsace, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, Marruecos, Département du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Francia, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Francia, European Regional Development Fund, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Francia, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Alemania, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, National Authority for Scientific Research, Rumanía, Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Agence de l'Oriental, Marruecos, Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter, Holanda, Generalitat Valenciana, Adrián Martínez, Silvia, Ardid Ramírez, Miguel, Larosa, Giuseppina, Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio, Al Samaraib, I., Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anton, L., Anvar, S., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J.J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integral de Zonas Costeras - Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integral de Zones Costaneres, Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Física Aplicada - Departament de Física Aplicada, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Conseil Régional d'Alsace, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, Marruecos, Département du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Francia, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Francia, European Regional Development Fund, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Francia, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Alemania, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, National Authority for Scientific Research, Rumanía, Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Agence de l'Oriental, Marruecos, Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter, Holanda, Generalitat Valenciana, Adrián Martínez, Silvia, Ardid Ramírez, Miguel, Larosa, Giuseppina, Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio, Al Samaraib, I., Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anton, L., Anvar, S., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J.J., Baret, B., and Basa, S.
Abstract: A search for high-energy neutrinos coming from the direction of the Sun has been performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope during 2007 and 2008. The neutrino selection criteria have been chosen to maximize the selection of possible signals produced by the self-annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles accumulated in the centre of the Sun with respect to the atmospheric background. After data unblinding, the number of neutrinos observed towards the Sun was found to be compatible with background expectations. The 90% CL upper limits in terms of spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-proton cross-sections are derived and compared to predictions of two supersymmetric models, CMSSM and MSSM-7. The ANTARES limits are comparable with those obtained by other neutrino observatories and are more stringent than those obtained by direct search experiments for the spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross-section in the case of hard self-annihilation channels (W+W-, T+ T-).
Published: 2013

43. Impact of nucleon matrix element uncertainties on the interpretation of direct and indirect dark matter search results

Author: European Commission, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Ruiz de Austri, Roberto, Pérez de los Heros, Carlos, European Commission, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Ruiz de Austri, Roberto, and Pérez de los Heros, Carlos
Abstract: We study in detail the impact of the current uncertainty in nucleon matrix elements on the sensitivity of direct and indirect experimental techniques for dark matter detection. We perform two scans in the framework of the cMSSM: one using recent values of the pion-sigma term obtained from Lattice QCD, and the other using values derived from experimental measurements. The two choices correspond to extreme values quoted in the literature and reflect the current tension between different ways of obtaining information about the structure of the nucleon. All other inputs in the scans, astrophysical and from particle physics, are kept unchanged. We use two experiments, XENON100 and IceCube, as benchmark cases to illustrate our case. We find that the interpretation of dark matter search results from direct detection experiments is more sensitive to the choice of the central values of the hadronic inputs than the results of indirect search experiments. The allowed regions of cMSSM parameter space after including XENON100 constrains strongly differ depending on the assumptions on the hadronic matrix elements used. On the other hand, the constraining potential of IceCube is almost independent of the choice of these values.
Published: 2013

44. A first search for coincident gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007

Author: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Generalitat Valenciana, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), European Commission, Région Alsace, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, La Seyne sur Mer, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Stichting ter Bevordering van Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (The Netherlands), Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, National Authority for Scientific Research (Romania), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (Morocco), Département du Var, ANTARES Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Bigongiari, Ciro, Dornic, D., Emanuele, Umberto, Gómez-González, Juan Pablo, Hernández Rey, Juan José, Lambard, G., Mangano, Salvatore, Ruiz Rivas, Joaquín, Sánchez Losa, Agustín, Yepes, Harold, Zornoza, J. D., Zúñiga Román, Juan, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Generalitat Valenciana, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), European Commission, Région Alsace, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, La Seyne sur Mer, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Stichting ter Bevordering van Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (The Netherlands), Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, National Authority for Scientific Research (Romania), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (Morocco), Département du Var, ANTARES Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Bigongiari, Ciro, Dornic, D., Emanuele, Umberto, Gómez-González, Juan Pablo, Hernández Rey, Juan José, Lambard, G., Mangano, Salvatore, Ruiz Rivas, Joaquín, Sánchez Losa, Agustín, Yepes, Harold, Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga Román, Juan
Abstract: A search for high-energy neutrinos coming from the direction of the Sun has been performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope during 2007 and 2008. The neutrino selection criteria have been chosen to maximize the selection of possible signals produced by the self-annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles accumulated in the centre of the Sun with respect to the atmospheric background. After data unblinding, the number of neutrinos observed towards the Sun was found to be compatible with background expectations. The 90% CL upper limits in terms of spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-proton cross-sections are derived and compared to predictions of two supersymmetric models, CMSSM and MSSM-7. The ANTARES limits are comparable with those obtained by other neutrino observatories and are more stringent than those obtained by direct search experiments for the spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross-section in the case of hard self-annihilation channels (W+W-, tau(+)tau(-)).
Published: 2013

45. First results on dark matter annihilation in the Sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Author: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), European Commission, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Stichting ter Bevordering van Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (The Netherlands), National Authority for Scientific Research (Romania), Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Generalitat Valenciana, National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (Morocco), Région Alsace, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, La Seyne sur Mer, Département du Var, ANTARES Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Bigongiari, Ciro, Emanuele, Umberto, Gómez-González, Juan Pablo, Hernández Rey, Juan José, Lambard, G., Mangano, Salvatore, Sánchez Losa, Agustín, Yepes, Harold, Zornoza, J. D., Zúñiga Román, Juan, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), European Commission, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Stichting ter Bevordering van Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (The Netherlands), National Authority for Scientific Research (Romania), Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Generalitat Valenciana, National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (Morocco), Région Alsace, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, La Seyne sur Mer, Département du Var, ANTARES Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Bigongiari, Ciro, Emanuele, Umberto, Gómez-González, Juan Pablo, Hernández Rey, Juan José, Lambard, G., Mangano, Salvatore, Sánchez Losa, Agustín, Yepes, Harold, Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga Román, Juan
Abstract: A search for high-energy neutrinos coming from the direction of the Sun has been performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope during 2007 and 2008. The neutrino selection criteria have been chosen to maximize the selection of possible signals produced by the self-annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles accumulated in the centre of the Sun with respect to the atmospheric background. After data unblinding, the number of neutrinos observed towards the Sun was found to be compatible with background expectations. The 90% CL upper limits in terms of spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-proton cross-sections are derived and compared to predictions of two supersymmetric models, CMSSM and MSSM-7. The ANTARES limits are comparable with those obtained by other neutrino observatories and are more stringent than those obtained by direct search experiments for the spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross-section in the case of hard self-annihilation channels (W+W-, tau(+)tau(-)).
Published: 2013

46. Global fits of the cMSSM and NUHM including the LHC Higgs discovery and new XENON100 constraints

Author: Leverhulme Trust, European Commission, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Strege, C., Bertone, Gianfranco, Feroz, F., Fornasa, Mattia, Ruiz de Austri, Roberto, Trotta, Roberto, Leverhulme Trust, European Commission, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Strege, C., Bertone, Gianfranco, Feroz, F., Fornasa, Mattia, Ruiz de Austri, Roberto, and Trotta, Roberto
Abstract: We present global fits of the constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (cMSSM) and the Non-Universal Higgs Model (NUHM), including the most recent CMS constraint on the Higgs boson mass, 5.8 fb(-1) integrated luminosity null Supersymmetry searches by ATLAS, the new LHCb measurement of B R ((B) over bar (s) -> mu(+) mu(-)) and the 7-year WMAP dark matter relic abundance determination. We include the latest dark matter constraints from the XENON100 experiment, marginalising over astrophysical and particle physics uncertainties. We present Bayesian posterior and profile likelihood maps of the highest resolution available today, obtained from up to 350M points. We find that the new constraint on the Higgs boson mass has a dramatic impact, ruling out large regions of previously favoured cMSSM and NUHM parameter space. In the cMSSM, light sparticles and predominantly gaugino-like dark matter with a mass of a few hundred GeV are favoured. The NUHM exhibits a strong preference for heavier sparticle masses and a Higgsino-like neutralino with a mass of 1 TeV. The future ton-scale XENON1T direct detection experiment will probe large portions of the currently favoured cMSSM and NUHM parameter space. The LHC operating at 14 TeV collision energy will explore the favoured regions in the cMSSM, while most of the regions favoured in the NUHM will remain inaccessible. Our best-fit points achieve a satisfactory quality-of-fit, with p-values ranging from 0.21 to 0.35, so that none of the two models studied can be presently excluded at any meaningful significance level.
Published: 2013

47. Microscopic origin of volume modulus inflation

Author: Francisco G. Pedro, Francesco Muia, Michele Cicoli, Michele, Cicoli, Francesco, Muia, and Francisco, Gil Pedro
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, string theory and cosmology, supersymmetry and cosmology, Physics, Inflation (cosmology), Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), ination, Supergravity, Superpotential, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Inflaton, String (physics), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Moduli, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Theoretical physics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), cosmology with extra dimension, Brane cosmology, Gravitino, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: High-scale string inflationary models are in well-known tension with low-energy supersymmetry. A promising solution involves models where the inflaton is the volume of the extra dimensions so that the gravitino mass relaxes from large values during inflation to smaller values today. We describe a possible microscopic origin of the scalar potential of volume modulus inflation by exploiting non-perturbative effects, string loop and higher derivative perturbative corrections to the supergravity effective action together with contributions from anti-branes and charged hidden matter fields. We also analyse the relation between the size of the flux superpotential and the position of the late-time minimum and the inflection point around which inflation takes place. We perform a detailed study of the inflationary dynamics for a single modulus and a two moduli case where we also analyse the sensitivity of the cosmological observables on the choice of initial conditions., Comment: 25 pages, 8 figures
Published: 2015
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48. Statistical coverage for supersymmetric parameter estimation : a case study with direct detection of dark matter

Author: Akrami, Yashar, Savage, Christopher, Scott, Pat, Conrad, Jan, Edsjö, Joakim, Akrami, Yashar, Savage, Christopher, Scott, Pat, Conrad, Jan, and Edsjö, Joakim
Abstract: Models of weak-scale supersymmetry offer viable dark matter (DM) candidates. Their parameter spaces are however rather large and complex, such that pinning down the actual parameter values from experimental data can depend strongly on the employed statistical framework and scanning algorithm. In frequentist parameter estimation, a central requirement for properly constructed confidence intervals is that they cover true parameter values, preferably at exactly the stated confidence level when experiments are repeated infinitely many times. Since most widely-used scanning techniques are optimised for Bayesian statistics, one needs to assess their abilities in providing correct confidence intervals in terms of the statistical coverage. Here we investigate this for the Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (CMSSM) when only constrained by data from direct searches for dark matter. We construct confidence intervals from one-dimensional profile likelihoods and study the coverage by generating several pseudo-experiments for two benchmark sets of pseudo-true parameters. We use nested sampling to scan the parameter space and evaluate the coverage for the two benchmarks when either flat or logarithmic priors are imposed on gaugino and scalar mass parameters. We observe both under- and over-coverage, which in some cases vary quite dramatically when benchmarks or priors are modified. We show how most of the variation can be explained as the impact of explicit and implicit priors, where the latter are indirectly imposed by physicality conditions. For comparison, we also evaluate the coverage for Bayesian credible intervals, and (predictably) observe significant under-coverage in those cases.
Published: 2011
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49. How well will ton-scale dark matter direct detection experiments constrain minimal supersymmetry?

Author: Akrami, Yashar, Savage, Christopher, Scott, Pat, Conrad, Jan, Edsjö, Joakim, Akrami, Yashar, Savage, Christopher, Scott, Pat, Conrad, Jan, and Edsjö, Joakim
Abstract: Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are amongst the most interesting dark matter (DM) candidates. Many DM candidates naturally arise in theories beyond the standard model (SM) of particle physics, like weak-scale supersymmetry (SUSY). Experiments aim to detect WIMPs by scattering, annihilation or direct production, and thereby determine the underlying theory to which they belong, along with its parameters. Here we examine the prospects for further constraining the Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (CMSSM) with future ton-scale direct detection experiments. We consider ton-scale extrapolations of three current experiments: CDMS, XENON and COUPP, with 1000 kg-years of raw exposure each. We assume energy resolutions, energy ranges and efficiencies similar to the current versions of the experiments, and include backgrounds at target levels. Our analysis is based on full likelihood constructions for the experiments. We also take into account present uncertainties on hadronic matrix elements for neutralino-quark couplings, and on halo model parameters. We generate synthetic data based on four benchmark points and scan over the CMSSM parameter space using nested sampling. We construct both Bayesian posterior PDFs and frequentist profile likelihoods for the model parameters, as well as the mass and various cross-sections of the lightest neutralino. Future ton-scale experiments will help substantially in constraining supersymmetry, especially when results of experiments primarily targeting spin-dependent nuclear scattering are combined with those directed more toward spin-independent interactions.
Published: 2011
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50. Implications for constrained supersymmetry of combined HESS observations of dwarf galaxies, the Galactic halo and the Galactic Centre

Author: Ripken, Joachim, Conrad, Jan, Scott, Pat, Ripken, Joachim, Conrad, Jan, and Scott, Pat
Abstract: In order to place limits on dark matter (DM) properties using gamma-ray observations, previous analyses have often assumed a very simple parametrisation of the gamma-ray annihilation yield; typically, it has been assumed that annihilation proceeds through a single channel only. In realistic DM models, annihilation may occur into many different final states, making this quite a rough ansatz. With additional processes like virtual internal bremsstrahlung and final state radiation, this ansatz becomes even more incorrect, and the need for scans of explicit model parameter spaces becomes clear. Here we present scans of the parameter space of the Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (CMSSM), considering gamma-ray spectra from three dwarf galaxies, the Galactic Centre region and the broader Galactic halo, as obtained with the High-Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). We present a series of likelihood scans combining the H.E.S.S. data with other experimental results. We show that including combined observations of the Sagittarius. Carina and Sculptor dwarf galaxies strongly disfavour the coannihilation region of the CMSSM and models with large annihilation cross-sections. Without the Sagittarius dwarf, which admittedly has a rather uncertain dark matter profile, the results are similar, but weaker. The Galactic Centre search is complicated by a strong (unknown) gamma-ray source, and we see no significant effect on the CMSSM parameter space when assuming a realistic Galactic Centre DM density profile., authorCount :3
Published: 2011
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