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Effective restoration of the U_A(1) symmetry with temperature and density
We investigate the full U(3)U(3) chiral symmetry restoration, at
finite temperature and density, on the basis of a quark model which
incorporates the most relevant properties of QCD in this context: explicit and
spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry and axial U(1) symmetry breaking. A
specific lattice-inspired behavior of the topological susceptibility, combined
with the convergence of chiral partners, signals the onset of an effective
chiral symmetry restoration. The results suggest that the axial part of the
symmetry is restored before the possible restoration of the full
U(3)U(3) chiral symmetry can occur. This conclusion is valid in the
context of both finite temperature and density.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures; PRD versio
Probing Mass Segregation in NGC 6397
In this study, we present a detailed study of mass segregation in the
globular clister NGC 6397. First, we carry out a photometric analysis of
projected ESO-VLT data (between 1 and 10 arcmin from the cluster centre),
presenting the luminosity function corrected by completeness. The luminosity
function shows a higher density of bright stars near the central region of the
data, with respect to the outer region. We calculate a deprojected model
(covering the whole cluster) estimating a total number of stars of 193000 +-
19000. The shapes of the surface brightness and density-number profiles versus
the radial coordinate r (instead of the projected coordinate R) lead to a
decreasing luminosity for an average star, and thus of mass, up to 1 arcmin,
quantifying the mass segregation. The deprojected model does not show evidence
of mass segregation outside this region
Interacting Dark Energy: Possible Explanation for 21-cm Absorption at Cosmic Dawn
A recent observation points to an excess in the expected 21-cm brightness
temperature from cosmic dawn. In this paper, we present an alternative
explanation of this phenomenon, an interaction in the dark sector. Interacting
dark energy models have been extensively studied recently and there is a whole
variety of such in the literature. Here we particularize to a specific model in
order to make explicit the effect of an interaction.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures. Discussion improved, new references, conclusions
unchanged. Accepted in EPJ
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