919 research outputs found
D-term inflation and neutrino mass
We study a -term inflation scenario in a model extended from the minimal
supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) by two additional abelian factor groups
focussing on its particle physics aspects. Condensates of the fields related to
the inflation can naturally give a possible solution to both the -problem
in the MSSM and the neutrino mass through their nonrenormalizable couplings to
the MSSM fields. Mixings between neutrinos and neutralinos are also induced by
some of these condensates. Small neutrino masses are generated by a weak scale
seesaw mechanism as a result of these mixings. Moreover, the decay of the
condensates may be able to cause the leptogenesis. Usually known discrepancy
between both values of a Fayet-Iliopoulos -term which are predicted by the
COBE normalization and also by an anomalous U(1) in the weakly-coupled
superstring might be reconciled.Comment: 21 pages, LaTeX, small modifications, one reference adde
-term as the origin of baryon and lepton number asymmetry
We study a possibility of combining an origin of the -term and the
baryon and lepton number asymmetry. If we assume that the -term is
generated through a flat direction of a singlet scalar field, the coherent
oscillation of this condensate around its potential minimum can store the
global U(1) charge asymmetry. The decay of this condensate can distribute this
asymmetry into the lepton and baryon number asymmetry as far as its decay
occurs at an appropriate temperature. We examine the compatibility between this
scenario and the small neutrino mass generation based on both the ordinary
seesaw mechanism and the bilinear R-parity violating terms.Comment: 22 pages, published versio
Gaugino CP phases and EDMs in the extended gauge mediation SUSY breaking
We study phenomenological aspects of the soft supersymmetry breaking
parameters in a model with the extended gauge mediation supersymmetry breaking.
In this model gaugino masses can be non-universal and as its result physical
CP-phases remain in the gaugino sector even after the R-transformation. These
phases contribute to the electric dipole moment (EDM) of an electron and a
neutron. We show that their experimental bounds can be satisfied even for the
situation such that there exist the order one CP-phases and the masses of
superpartners are of the order of 100 GeV.Comment: LaTeX, 26 pages, 6 figure
Leptogenesis and dark matter unified in a non-SUSY model for neutrino masses
We propose a unified explanation for the origin of dark matter and baryon
number asymmetry on the basis of a non-supersymmetric model for neutrino
masses. Neutrino masses are generated in two distinct ways, that is, a
tree-level seesaw mechanism with a single right-handed neutrino, and one-loop
radiative effects by a new additional doublet scalar. A spontaneously broken
U(1) brings a symmetry which restricts couplings of this new
scalar and controls the neutrino masses. It also guarantees the stability of a
CDM candidate. We examine two possible candidate for the CDM. We also show that
the decay of a heavy right-handed neutrino related to the seesaw mechanism can
generate baryon number asymmetry through leptogenesis.Comment: 21 pages, 3 figures, extended version for publication, references
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Mass bound of the lightest neutral Higgs scalar in the extra U(1) models
The upper mass bound of the lightest neutral Higgs scalar is studied in the
problem solvable extra U(1) models by using the analysis of the
renormalization group equations. In order to restrict the parameter space we
take account of a condition of the radiative symmetry breaking and some
phenomenological constraints. We compare the bound obtained based on this
restricted parameter space with the one of the next to the minimal
supersymmetric standard model (NMSSM). Features of the scalar potential and
renormalization group equations of the Yukawa couplings among Higgs chiral
supermultiplets are rather different between them. They can reflect in this
bound.Comment: 22 pages, latex, 11 eps-figure
Dark world and baryon asymmetry from a common source
We study generation of baryon number asymmetry and both abundance of dark
matter and dark energy on the basis of global symmetry and its associating flat
directions in a supersymmetric model. We assume the existence of a model
independent axion which is generally expected in the effective theory of
superstring. If we consider a combined field of the model independent axion and
a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson coming from spontaneous breaking of the global
symmetry, its potential can be sufficiently flat and then it may present a
candidate of the dark energy as a quintessential axion. Both the baryon
asymmetry and the dark matter are supposed to be produced nonthermally as the
asymmetry of another global charge through the Affleck-Dine mechanism along the
relevant flat direction. Its decay to the observable and hidden sectors
explains the baryon number asymmetry and the dark matter abundance,
respectively.Comment: 28 page
Extension of a radiative neutrino mass model based on a cosmological view point
We consider an extension of the radiative neutrino mass model at TeV regions
so as to give the origin for inflation of the universe. This extension also
gives a consistent explanation for both the origin of baryon number asymmetry
and dark matter. A small scalar coupling which plays a crucial role in the
neutrino mass generation in the original model may be related to parameters
which are control inflation.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figures, some remarks and references added, accepted
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Stratification of sunspot umbral dots from inversion of Stokes profiles recorded by Hinode
This work aims to constrain the physical nature of umbral dots (UDs) using
high-resolution spectropolarimetry. Full Stokes spectra recorded by the
spectropolarimeter on Hinode of 51 UDs in a sunspot close to the disk center
are analyzed. The height dependence of the temperature, magnetic field vector,
and line-of-sight velocity across each UD is obtained from an inversion of the
Stokes vectors of the two FeI lines at 630 nm. No difference is found at higher
altitudes (-3 <= log(tau) <= -2) between the UDs and the diffuse umbral
background. Below that level the difference rapidly increases, so that at the
continuum formation level (log(tau) = 0) we find on average a temperature
enhancement of 570 K, a magnetic field weakening of 510 G, and upflows of 800
m/s for peripheral UDs, whereas central UDs display an excess temperature of on
average 550 K, a field weakening of 480 G, and no significant upflows. The
results for, in particular, the peripheral UDs, including cuts of magnetic
vector and velocity through them, look remarkably similar to the output of
recent radiation MHD simulations. They strongly suggest that UDs are produced
by convective upwellings
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