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Towards LHC Physics with Non-local Standard Model
We take a few steps towards constructing a string-inspired nonlocal extension
of the Standard Model. We start by illustrating how quantum loop calculations
can be performed in nonlocal scalar field theory. In particular, we show the
potential to address the hierarchy problem in the nonlocal framework. Next, we
construct a nonlocal abelian gauge model and derive modifications of the gauge
interaction vertex and field propagators. We apply the modifications to a toy
version of the nonlocal Standard Model and investigate collider phenomenology.
We find the lower bound on the scale of non-locality from the 8 TeV LHC data to
be TeV.Comment: Changes made to be consistent with the journal versio
Cosmological Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer condensate as dark energy
We argue that the occurrence of late-time acceleration can conveniently be
described by first-order general relativity covariantly coupled to fermions.
Dark energy arises as a Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer condensate of fermions which
forms in the early universe. At late times, the gap and chemical potential
evolve to have an equation of state with effective negative pressure, thus
naturally leading to acceleration.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures. v2: discussion improved, figure and references
added, results unchanged; v3: typo and figure corrections of the erratum
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Towards understanding the ultraviolet behavior of quantum loops in infinite-derivative theories of gravity
In this paper we will consider quantum aspects of a non-local,
infinite-derivative scalar field theory - a depiction of a
covariant infinite-derivative, non-local extension of Einstein's general
relativity which has previously been shown to be free from ghosts around the
Minkowski background. The graviton propagator in this theory gets an
exponential suppression making it , thus providing
strong prospects of resolving various classical and quantum divergences. In
particular, we will find that at -loop, the -point function is still
divergent, but once this amplitude is renormalized by adding appropriate
counter terms, the ultraviolet (UV) behavior of all other -loop diagrams as
well as the -loop, -point function remains well under control. We will go
on to discuss how one may be able to generalize our computations and arguments
to arbitrary loops.Comment: 52 pages, 8 figures; v3: Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity;
v4: minor revision
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