284 research outputs found
Cosmological constraints on neutrino plus axion hot dark matter: Update after WMAP-5
We update our previous constraints on two-component hot dark matter (axions
and neutrinos), including the recent WMAP 5-year data release. Marginalising
over sum m_nu provides m_a < 1.02 eV (95% C.L.) for the axion mass. In the
absence of axions we find sum m_nu < 0.63 eV (95% C.L.).Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, uses iopart.cls; v2 matches published versio
Analysis of Microfluidic Pipes in a W-band Waveguide for Determining Complex Permittivity
Determination of complex permittivity of bio-chemical fluid samples have been numerically investigated. The samples have been placed within a rectangular W-band waveguide enclosed in nanolitre volume microfluidic pipes. The effect on the S-parameters is observed by changing the shape, diameter, depth, and complex permittivity of the pipe inside the waveguide. Pipe depth and pipe diameter has a direct influence on the drop in transmission coefficient S21. The system shows the viability of measurements of liquid samples inside a waveguide at these frequencies. Extraction of the permittivity is not covered in this paper, however matching of experimental results to empirical dependences obtained by full wave electromagnetic solver is one method which can be used
Flat Tree-level Inflationary Potentials in Light of CMB and LSS Data
We use cosmic microwave background and large scale structure data to test a
broad and physically well-motivated class of inflationary models: those with
flat tree-level potentials (typical in supersymmetry). The non-trivial features
of the potential arise from radiative corrections which give a simple
logarithmic dependence on the inflaton field, making the models very
predictive. We also consider a modified scenario with new physics beyond a
certain high-energy cut-off showing up as non-renormalizable operators (NRO) in
the inflaton field. We find that both kinds of models fit remarkably well CMB
and LSS data, with very few free parameters. Besides, a large part of these
models naturally predict a reasonable number of e-folds. A robust feature of
these scenarios is the smallness of tensor perturbations (r < 10^{-3}). The NRO
case can give a sizeable running of the spectral index while achieving a
sufficient number of e-folds. We use Bayesian model comparison tools to assess
the relative performance of the models. We believe that these scenarios can be
considered as a standard physical class of inflationary models, on a similar
footing with monomial potentials.Comment: 42 LaTeX pages, 8 figure
Equilibrium configurations of two charged masses in General Relativity
An asymptotically flat static solution of Einstein-Maxwell equations which
describes the field of two non-extreme Reissner - Nordstr\"om sources in
equilibrium is presented. It is expressed in terms of physical parameters of
the sources (their masses, charges and separating distance). Very simple
analytical forms were found for the solution as well as for the equilibrium
condition which guarantees the absence of any struts on the symmetry axis. This
condition shows that the equilibrium is not possible for two black holes or for
two naked singularities. However, in the case when one of the sources is a
black hole and another one is a naked singularity, the equilibrium is possible
at some distance separating the sources. It is interesting that for
appropriately chosen parameters even a Schwarzschild black hole together with a
naked singularity can be "suspended" freely in the superposition of their
fields.Comment: 4 pages; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Terahertz Laser Vibration−Rotation Tunneling Spectroscopy and Dipole Moment of a Cage Form of the Water Hexamer
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