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Three-generation neutrino oscillations in curved spacetime
Three-generation MSW effect in curved spacetime is studied and a brief
discussion on the gravitational correction to the neutrino self-energy is
given. The modified mixing parameters and corresponding conversion
probabilities of neutrinos after traveling through celestial objects of
constant densities are obtained. The method to distinguish between the normal
hierarchy and inverted hierarchy is discussed in this framework. Due to the
gravitational redshift of energy, in some extreme situations, the resonance
energy of neutrinos might be shifted noticeably and the gravitational effect on
the self-energy of neutrino becomes significant at the vicinities of spacetime
singularities.Comment: 25 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables. Some changes are made according to
referee's suggestions. The final version is to be published at Nuclear
Physics
Exploring Extended Scalar Sectors with Di-Higgs Signals: A Higgs EFT Perspective
We consider extended scalar sectors of the Standard Model as
ultraviolet-complete motivations for studying the effective Higgs
self-interaction operators of the Standard Model effective field theory. We
investigate all motivated heavy scalar models which generate the dimension-6
effective operator, , at tree level and proceed to identify the full set
of tree-level dimension-six operators by integrating out the heavy scalars. Of
seven models which generate at tree level only two, quadruplets of
hypercharge and , generate only this operator. Next we perform
global fits to constrain relevant Wilson coefficients from the LHC single Higgs
measurements as well as the electroweak oblique parameters and . We find
that the parameter puts very strong constraints on the Wilson coefficient
of the operator in the triplet and quadruplet models, while the singlet
and doublet models could still have Higgs self-couplings which deviate
significantly from the standard model prediction. To determine the extent to
which the operator could be constrained, we study the dihiggs
signatures at the future 100 TeV collider and explore future sensitivity of
this operator. Projected onto the Higgs potential parameters of the extended
scalar sectors, with ab luminosity data we will be able to explore
the Higgs potential parameters in all seven models.Comment: 25 pages, 11 figures, 6 tables; version 3: match the JHEP published
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Exact Cosmological Solutions of Theories via Hojman Symmetry
Nowadays, theory has been one of the leading modified gravity theories
to explain the current accelerated expansion of the universe, without invoking
dark energy. It is of interest to find the exact cosmological solutions of
theories. Besides other methods, symmetry has been proved as a powerful
tool to find exact solutions. On the other hand, symmetry might hint the deep
physical structure of a theory, and hence considering symmetry is also well
motivated. As is well known, Noether symmetry has been extensively used in
physics. Recently, the so-called Hojman symmetry was also considered in the
literature. Hojman symmetry directly deals with the equations of motion, rather
than Lagrangian or Hamiltonian, unlike Noether symmetry. In this work, we
consider Hojman symmetry in theories in both the metric and Palatini
formalisms, and find the corresponding exact cosmological solutions of
theories via Hojman symmetry. There exist some new solutions significantly
different from the ones obtained by using Noether symmetry in theories.
To our knowledge, they also have not been found previously in the literature.
This work confirms that Hojman symmetry can bring new features to cosmology and
gravity theories.Comment: 16 pages, revtex4; v2: discussions added, Nucl. Phys. B in press; v3:
published version. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1505.0754
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