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Spin g-factor due to electronic interactions in graphene
The gyromagnetic factor is an important physical quantity relating the
magnetic-dipole moment of a particle to its spin. The electron spin g-factor in
vacuo is one of the best model-based theoretical predictions ever made, showing
agreement with the measured value up to ten parts per trillion. However, for
electrons in a material the g-factor is modified with respect to its value in
vacuo because of environment interactions. Here, we show how interaction
effects lead to the spin g-factor correction in graphene by considering the
full electromagnetic interaction in the framework of pseudo-QED. We compare our
theoretical prediction with experiments performed on graphene deposited on SiO2
and SiC, and we find a very good agreement between them.Comment: Improved version of the manuscript; valley g-factor part has been
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Revealing hidden symmetries and gauge invariance of the massive Carroll-Field-Jackiw model
In this paper we have analyzed the improved version of the Gauge Unfixing
(GU) formalism of the massive Carroll-Field-Jackiw model, which breaks both the
Lorentz and gauge invariances, to disclose hidden symmetries to obtain gauge
invariance, the key stone of the Standard Model. In this process, as usual, we
have converted this second-class system into a first-class one and we have
obtained two gauge invariant models. We have verified that the Poisson brackets
involving the gauge invariant variables, obtained through the GU formalism,
coincide with the Dirac brackets between the original second-class variables of
the phase space. Finally, we have obtained two gauge invariant Lagrangians
where one of them represents the Stueckelberg form.Comment: revised version. To appear in Europhysics Letter
Cosmological constant constraints from observation-derived energy condition bounds and their application to bimetric massive gravity
Among the various possibilities to probe the theory behind the recent
accelerated expansion of the universe, the energy conditions (ECs) are of
particular interest, since it is possible to confront and constrain the many
models, including different theories of gravity, with observational data. In
this context, we use the ECs to probe any alternative theory whose extra term
acts as a cosmological constant. For this purpose, we apply a model-independent
approach to reconstruct the recent expansion of the universe. Using Type Ia
supernova, baryon acoustic oscillations and cosmic-chronometer data, we perform
a Markov Chain Monte Carlo analysis to put constraints on the effective
cosmological constant . By imposing that the cosmological
constant is the only component that possibly violates the ECs, we derive lower
and upper bounds for its value. For instance, we obtain that and within,
respectively, and confidence levels. In addition, about
30\% of the posterior distribution is incompatible with a cosmological
constant, showing that this method can potentially rule it out as a mechanism
for the accelerated expansion. We also study the consequence of these
constraints for two particular formulations of the bimetric massive gravity.
Namely, we consider the Visser's theory and the Hassan and Roses's massive
gravity by choosing a background metric such that both theories mimic General
Relativity with a cosmological constant. Using the
observational bounds along with the upper bounds on the graviton mass we obtain
constraints on the parameter spaces of both theories.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, 1 tabl
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