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Lorentz-violation-induced arrival delays of cosmological particles
We point out that previous studies of possible Lorentz-violating effects in
astronomical time-of-flight data did not take into account the entire
implications of the universe's cosmological expansion. We present the
derivation of the accurate formulation of the problem and show that the
resulting correction of the limits on Lorentz violation is significant.Comment: references to additional studies of GRB data adde
Cosmological applications in Kaluza-Klein theory
The field equations of Kaluza-Klein (KK) theory have been applied in the
domain of cosmology. These equations are solved for a flat universe by taking
the gravitational and the cosmological constants as a function of time t. We
use Taylor's expansion of cosmological function, , up to the first
order of the time . The cosmological parameters are calculated and some
cosmological problems are discussed.Comment: 14 pages Latex, 5 figures, one table. arXiv admin note: text overlap
with arXiv:gr-qc/9805018 and arXiv:astro-ph/980526
Observational constraints on Chaplygin cosmology in a braneworld scenario with induced gravity and curvature effect
We study cosmological dynamics and late-time evolution of an extended induced
gravity braneworld scenario. In this scenario, curvature effects are taken into
account via the Gauss-Bonnet term in the bulk action and there is also a
Chaplygin gas component on the brane. We show that this model mimics an
effective phantom behavior in a relatively wider range of redshifts than
previously formulated models. It also provides a natural framework for smooth
crossing of the phantom-divide line due to presence of the Chaplygin gas
component on the brane. We confront the model with observational data from type
Ia Supernovae, Cosmic Microwave Background and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations to
constraint the model parameters space.Comment: 19 pages, 11 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRA
(An)Isotropic models in scalar and scalar-tensor cosmologies
We study how the constants and may vary in different
theoretical models (general relativity with a perfect fluid, scalar
cosmological models (\textquotedblleft quintessence\textquotedblright) with and
without interacting scalar and matter fields and a scalar-tensor model with a
dynamical ) in order to explain some observational results. We apply
the program outlined in section II to study three different geometries which
generalize the FRW ones, which are Bianchi \textrm{V}, \textrm{VII} and
\textrm{IX}, under the self-similarity hypothesis. We put special emphasis on
calculating exact power-law solutions which allow us to compare the different
models. In all the studied cases we arrive to the conclusion that the solutions
are isotropic and noninflationary while the cosmological constant behaves as a
positive decreasing time function (in agreement with the current observations)
and the gravitational constant behaves as a growing time function
The tale of two centres
We study motion in the field of two fixed centres described by a family of
Einstein-dilaton-Maxwell theories. Transitions between regular and chaotic
motion are observed as the dilaton coupling is varied.Comment: 20 pages, RevTeX, 7 figures included, TeX format change
Equation of state for Universe from similarity symmetries
In this paper we proposed to use the group of analysis of symmetries of the
dynamical system to describe the evolution of the Universe. This methods is
used in searching for the unknown equation of state. It is shown that group of
symmetries enforce the form of the equation of state for noninteracting scaling
multifluids. We showed that symmetries give rise the equation of state in the
form and energy density
, which
is commonly used in cosmology. The FRW model filled with scaling fluid (called
homological) is confronted with the observations of distant type Ia supernovae.
We found the class of model parameters admissible by the statistical analysis
of SNIa data. We showed that the model with scaling fluid fits well to
supernovae data. We found that and (), which can correspond to (hyper) phantom fluid, and to a
high density universe. However if we assume prior that
then the favoured model is close to concordance
CDM model. Our results predict that in the considered model with
scaling fluids distant type Ia supernovae should be brighter than in
CDM model, while intermediate distant SNIa should be fainter than in
CDM model. We also investigate whether the model with scaling fluid is
actually preferred by data over CDM model. As a result we find from
the Akaike model selection criterion prefers the model with noninteracting
scaling fluid.Comment: accepted for publication versio
Accretion of Chaplygin gas upon black holes: Formation of faster outflowing winds
We study the accretion of modified Chaplygin gas upon different types of
black hole. Modified Chaplygin gas is one of the best candidates for a combined
model of dark matter and dark energy. In addition, from a field theoretical
point of view the modified Chaplygin gas model is equivalent to that of a
scalar field having a self-interacting potential. We formulate the equations
related to both spherical accretion and disc accretion, and respective winds.
The corresponding numerical solutions of the flow, particularly of velocity,
are presented and are analyzed. We show that the accretion-wind system of
modified Chaplygin gas dramatically alters the wind solutions, producing faster
winds, upon changes in physical parameters, while accretion solutions
qualitatively remain unaffected. This implies that modified Chaplygin gas is
more prone to produce outflow which is the natural consequence of the dark
energy into the system.Comment: 21 pages including 7 figures; published in Classical and Quantum
Gravit
Chaos in Static Axisymmetric Spacetimes I : Vacuum Case
We study the motion of test particle in static axisymmetric vacuum spacetimes
and discuss two criteria for strong chaos to occur: (1) a local instability
measured by the Weyl curvature, and (2) a tangle of a homoclinic orbit, which
is closely related to an unstable periodic orbit in general relativity. We
analyze several static axisymmetric spacetimes and find that the first
criterion is a sufficient condition for chaos, at least qualitatively. Although
some test particles which do not satisfy the first criterion show chaotic
behavior in some spacetimes, these can be accounted for the second criterion.Comment: More comments for the quantitative estimation of chaos are added, and
some inappropriate terms are changed. This will appear on Class. Quant. Gra
Observational Constraints to Ricci Dark Energy Model by Using: SN, BAO, OHD, fgas Data Sets
In this paper, we perform a global constraint on the Ricci dark energy model
with both the flat case and the non-flat case, using the Markov Chain Monte
Carlo (MCMC) method and the combined observational data from the cluster X-ray
gas mass fraction, Supernovae of type Ia (397), baryon acoustic oscillations,
current Cosmic Microwave Background, and the observational Hubble function. In
the flat model, we obtain the best fit values of the parameters in regions: ,
, , . In the non-flat
model, the best fit parameters are found in
regions:,
, , ,
. Compared to the constraint results in
the model by using the same datasets, it is shown that
the current combined datasets prefer the model to the
Ricci dark energy model.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figure
Differential expression and prognostic value of long nonâ coding RNA in HPVâ negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
BackgroundLong nonâ coding RNA (lncRNA) has emerged as a new avenue of interest due to its various biological functions in cancer. Abnormal expression of lncRNA has been reported in other malignancies but has been understudied in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).MethodsThe lncRNA expression was interrogated via quantitative realâ time polymerase chain reaction (qRTâ PCR) array for 19 human papillomavirus (HPV)â negative HNSCC tumorâ normal pairs. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) was used to validate these results. The association between differentially expressed lncRNA and survival outcomes was analyzed.ResultsDifferential expression was validated for 5 lncRNA (SPRY4â IT1, HEIH, LUCAT1, LINC00152, and HAND2â AS1). There was also an inverse association between MEG3 expression (not significantly differentially expressed in TCGA tumors but highly variable expression) and 3â year recurrenceâ free survival (RFS).ConclusionWe identified and validated differential expression of 5 lncRNA in HPVâ negative HNSCC. Low MEG3 expression was associated with favorable 3â year RFS, although the significance of this finding remains unclear.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/144638/1/hed25136_am.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/144638/2/hed25136.pd
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