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Majorana Dark Matter in Minimal Higgs Portal Models after LUX
We consider the Singlet Majorana fermion dark matter model, in which the
standard model particles interact with the dark sector through the mixing of a
singlet scalar and the Higgs boson. In this model both the dark matter and the
singlet scalar carry lepton number, the latter being a bilepton. We suppose the
existence of a symmetry, remnant of some high energy local symmetry
breaking, that stabilizes the Majorana fermion. We analyzed the parameter space
of this model and found that the lepton number symmetry breaking scale, drove
by the singlet scalar, is constrained to be within hundreds to thousands of
GeV, so as to conform with the observed dark matter relic density. Finally, we
address the direct detection and invisible Higgs decay complementarity,
confronting our model with recent LUX and LHC constraints, as well as XENON1T
prospects.Comment: 20 pages, 12 figure
Remarks on supersymmetry of quantum systems with position-dependent effective masses
We apply the supersymmetry approach to one-dimensional quantum systems with
spatially-dependent mass, by including their ordering ambiguities dependence.
In this way we extend the results recently reported in the literature.
Furthermore, we point out a connection between these systems and others with
constant masses. This is done through convenient transformations in the
coordinates and wavefunctions.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figur
Effective Action for QED with Fermion Self-Interaction in D=2 and D=3 Dimensions
In this work we discuss the effect of the quartic fermion self-interaction of
Thirring type in QED in D=2 and D=3 dimensions. This is done through the
computation of the effective action up to quadratic terms in the photon field.
We analyze the corresponding nonlocal photon propagators nonperturbatively in %
\frac{k}{m}, where k is the photon momentum and m the fermion mass. The poles
of the propagators were determined numerically by using the Mathematica
software. In D=2 there is always a massless pole whereas for strong enough
Thirring coupling a massive pole may appear . For D=3 there are three regions
in parameters space. We may have one or two massive poles or even no pole at
all. The inter-quark static potential is computed analytically in D=2. We
notice that the Thirring interaction contributes with a screening term to the
confining linear potential of massive QED_{2}. In D=3 the static potential must
be calculated numerically. The screening nature of the massive QED
prevails at any distance, indicating that this is a universal feature of % D=3
electromagnetic interaction. Our results become exact for an infinite number of
fermion flavors.Comment: Latex, 13 pages, 3 figure
Crescimento da mamona irrigada consorciada com amendoim em diferentes épocas relativas de plantio.
Cosmological scenarios from multiquintessence
In this work we derive and analyse cosmological scenarios coming from
multi-component scalar field models. We consider a direct sum of a sine-Gordon
with a Z2 model, and also a combination of those with a BNRT model. Moreover,
we work with a modified version of the BNRT model, which breaks the Z2 x Z2
symmetry of the original BNRT potential, coupled with the sine-Gordon and with
the standard Z2 models. We show that our approach can be straightforwardly
elevated to fields. All the computations are made analytically and some
parameters restriction is put forward in order to get in touch with complete
and realistic cosmological scenarios
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