Thick Braneworlds and the Gibbons-Kallosh-Linde No-go Theorem in the Gauss-Bonnet Framework

The sum rules related to thick braneworlds are constructed, in order to encompass Gauss-Bonnet terms. The generation of thick branes is hence proposed in a periodic extra dimension scenario, what circumvents the Gibbons-Kallosh-Linde no-go theorem in this context.Comment: 6 pages, to appear in the EPL. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1406.632

Five-Dimensional f(R) Braneworld Models

After incorporating the f(R) gravity into the general braneworld sum rules scope, it is shown that some particular class of warped five dimensional nonlinear braneworld models, which may be interesting for the hierarchy problem solution, still require a negative tension brane. For other classes of warp factors (suitable and not suitable for approaching the hierarchy problem) it is not necessary any negative brane tension in the compactification scheme. In this vein, it is argued that in the bulk f(R) gravity context, some types of warp factors may be useful for approaching the hierarchy problem and for evading the necessity of a negative brane tension in the compactification scheme.Comment: 10 pages, references updated, small modifications. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.

Braneworlds scenarios in a gravity model with higher order spatial three-curvature terms

In this work we study a Horava-like five-dimensional model in the context of braneworld theory. To begin with, the equations of motion of such model are obtained and, within the realm of warped geometry, we show that the model is consistent if and only if $\lambda$ takes its relativistic value 1. Furthermore, since the first derivative of the warp factor is discontinuous over the branes, we show that the elimination of problematic terms involving the square of the warp factor second order derivatives are eliminated by imposing detailed balance condition in the bulk. Afterwards, the Israel's junction conditions are computed, allowing the attainment of an effective Lagrangian in the visible brane. In particular, for a (4+1)-dimensional Horava-like model defined in the bulk without cosmological constant, we show that the resultant effective Lagrangian in the brane corresponds to a (3+1)-dimensional Horava-like model with an emergent positive cosmological constant but without detailed balance condition. Now, restoration of detailed balance condition, at this time imposed over the brane, plays an interesting role by fitting accordingly the sign of the arbitrary constant $\beta$ that labels the extra terms in the model, insuring a positive brane tension and a real energy for the graviton within its dispersion relation. To end up with, the brane consistency equations are obtained and, as a result, we show that the detailed balance condition again plays an essential role in eliminating bad behaving terms and that the model admits positive brane tensions in the compactification scheme if, and only if, $\beta$ is negative, what is in accordance with the previous result obtained for the visible brane.Comment: 23 pages, 1 figure, title modifie

Searching for Elko dark matter spinors at the CERN LHC

The aim of this work is to explore the possibility to discover a fermionic field with mass dimension one, the Elko field, in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Due to its mass dimension, an Elko can only interact either with Standard Model (SM) spinors and gauge fields at 1-loop order or at tree level through a quartic interaction with the Higgs field. In this Higgs portal scenario, the Elko is a viable candidate to a dark matter constituent which has been shown to be compatible with relic abundance measurements from WMAP and direct dark matter--nucleon searches. We propose a search strategy for this dark matter candidate in the channel $pp \rightarrow l^+ l^- + \not\!\! E_T$ at the $\sqrt{s}=14$ TeV LHC. We show the LHC potential to discover the Elko considering a triple Higgs-Elko coupling as small as $\sim 0.5$ after 1 pb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity. Some phenomenological consequences of this new particle and its collider signatures are also discussed.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure

Constraining Elko Dark Matter at the LHC with Monophoton Events

A mass dimension one fermion, also known as Elko, constitutes a dark matter candidate which might interact with photons at the tree level in a specific fashion. In this work, we investigate the constraints imposed by unitarity and LHC data on this type of interactions using the search for new physics in monophoton events. We found that Elkos which can explain the dark matter relic abundance mainly through electromagnetic interactions are excluded at the 95\%CL by the 8 TeV LHC data for masses up to 1 TeV.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure

Effective lagrangian for a mass dimension one fermionic field in curved spacetime

In this work we use momentum-space techniques to evaluate the propagator $G(x,x^{\prime})$ for a spin $1/2$ mass dimension one spinor field on a curved Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetime. As a consequence, we built the one-loop correction to the effective lagrangian in the coincidence limit. Going further we compute the effective lagrangian in the finite temperature regime. We arrive at interesting cosmological consequences, as time-dependent cosmological `constant', fully explaining the functional form of previous cosmological models.Comment: 9 pages, 0 figure

Influência de parâmetros ambientais sobre a comunidade de peixes de um afluente da margem esquerda do Rio Amazonas, Amazônia Oriental.

A distribuição de espécies sempre foi a preocupação central da ecologia. Este estudo visa compreender a relação de fatores abióticos que podem afetar a distribuição especial e sazonal da ictiofauna do rio Matapi um afluente da margem esquerda do rio Amazonas na região central do estado do Amapá, região da Amazônia Oriental, em um percurso de aproximadamente 90 km de extensão. Os peixes foram coletados bimensalmente durante um ciclo anual, utilizando rede de emalhar de diferentes tamanhos, matapis, tarrafas, linhas de mão e espinhel de fundo, em um raio de 1000 metros. Também o pH, condutividade elétrica, sólidos suspensos, transparência e outros fatores secundários como profundidade e largura do rio foram mensurados. Análise de variância com dois fatores (ANOVA- Two-way) foi usada para testar as diferenças espaciais e temporais para os fatores abióticos analisados. Foram identificadas 105 espécies, mas apenas as espécies com frequência a partir de 0,5% fizeram parte da analise, de forma que somente 29 espécies foram usadas. As matrizes foram submetidas à analise multivariada de ordenação (Co-inércia) para encontrar padrões na estrutura da ictiofauna relacionados aos diferentes fatores abióticos investigados. Os resultados indicaram parâmetros ambientais não mostraram diferenças sazonais, mas sim entre áreas de coleta. Já a ictiofauna mostrou diferenças tanto sazonal como espacial. Análise de co-inércia sumarizou eficientemente que a estrutura da ictiofauna e dos fatores ambientais ocorreram espacialmente, independentemente da sazonalidade e que os fatores determinantes dessa distribuição foram a transparência, condutividade, largura do rio e sólidos suspensos.Esses estudos podem contribuir para orientar a gestão ambiental e esforços de conservação ao longo desse importante tributário do rio Amazonas.CB19