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Irreversible processes and the accelerated-decelerated phases of the Universe
A model for the Universe is proposed where it is considered as a mixture of
scalar and matter fields. The particle production is due to an irreversible
transfer of energy from the gravitational field to the matter field and
represented by a non-equilibrium pressure. This model can simulate three
distinct periods of the Universe: (a) an accelerated epoch where the energy
density of the scalar field prevails over the matter field, (b) a past
decelerated period where the energy density of the matter field becomes more
predominant than the scalar energy density, and (c) a present acceleration
phase where the scalar energy density overcomes the energy density of the
matter field.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, to be published in Brazilian Journal of Physic
Discrete and continuous symmetries in multi-Higgs-doublet models
We consider the Higgs sector of multi-Higgs-doublet models in the presence of
simple symmetries relating the various fields. We construct basis invariant
observables which may in principle be used to detect these symmetries for any
number of doublets. A categorization of the symmetries into classes is
required, which we perform in detail for the case of two and three Higgs
doublets.Comment: 13 pages, RevTex, references adde
Search for Associations Containing Young stars (SACY): Chemical tagging IC 2391 & the Argus association
We explore the possible connection between the open cluster IC 2391 and the
unbound Argus association identified by the SACY survey. In addition to common
kinematics and ages between these two systems, here we explore their chemical
abundance patterns to confirm if the two substructures shared a common origin.
We carry out a homogenous high-resolution elemental abundance study of eight
confirmed members of IC 2391 as well as six members of the Argus association
using UVES spectra. We derive spectroscopic stellar parameters and abundances
for Fe, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Ni and Ba.
All stars in the open cluster and Argus association were found to share
similar abundances with the scatter well within the uncertainties, where [Fe/H]
= -0.04 +/-0.03 for cluster stars and [Fe/H] = -0.06 +/-0.05 for Argus stars.
Effects of over-ionisation/excitation were seen for stars cooler than roughly
5200K as previously noted in the literature. Also, enhanced Ba abundances of
around 0.6 dex were observed in both systems. The common ages, kinematics and
chemical abundances strongly support that the Argus association stars
originated from the open cluster IC 2391. Simple modeling of this system find
this dissolution to be consistent with two-body interactions.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figs, accepted for publication in MNRA
Leptonic Invariants, Neutrino Mass-Ordering and the Octant of
We point out that leptonic weak-basis invariants are an important tool for
the study of the properties of lepton flavour models. In particular, we show
that appropriately chosen invariants can give a clear indication of whether a
particular lepton flavour model favours normal or inverted hierarchy for
neutrino masses and what is the octant of . These invariants can
be evaluated in any conveniently chosen weak-basis and can also be expressed in
terms of neutrino masses, charged lepton masses, mixing angles and CP violation
phases.Comment: 10 pages, no figure
Characterizing Weak Chaos using Time Series of Lyapunov Exponents
We investigate chaos in mixed-phase-space Hamiltonian systems using time
series of the finite- time Lyapunov exponents. The methodology we propose uses
the number of Lyapunov exponents close to zero to define regimes of ordered
(stickiness), semi-ordered (or semi-chaotic), and strongly chaotic motion. The
dynamics is then investigated looking at the consecutive time spent in each
regime, the transition between different regimes, and the regions in the
phase-space associated to them. Applying our methodology to a chain of coupled
standard maps we obtain: (i) that it allows for an improved numerical
characterization of stickiness in high-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, when
compared to the previous analyses based on the distribution of recurrence
times; (ii) that the transition probabilities between different regimes are
determined by the phase-space volume associated to the corresponding regions;
(iii) the dependence of the Lyapunov exponents with the coupling strength.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Non-Factorizable Phases, Yukawa Textures and the Size of sin (2 beta)
We emphasize the crucial r\^ ole played by non-factorizable phases in the
analysis of the Yukawa flavour structure performed in weak bases with Hermitian
mass matrices and with vanishing entries. We show that non-factorizable
phases are important in order to generate a sufficiently large .
A method is suggested to reconstruct the flavour structure of Yukawa couplings
from input experimental data both in this Hermitian basis and in a
non-Hermitian basis with a maximal number of texture zeros. The corresponding
Froggatt--Nielsen patterns are presented in both cases.Comment: 15 pages, 3 figure
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