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Cosmological evolution of warm dark matter fluctuations II: Solution from small to large scales and keV sterile neutrinos
We solve the cosmological evolution of warm dark matter (WDM) density
fluctuations with the Volterra integral equations of paper I. In the absence of
neutrinos, the anisotropic stress vanishes and the Volterra equations reduce to
a single integral equation. We solve numerically this equation both for DM
fermions decoupling at equilibrium and DM sterile neutrinos decoupling out of
equilibrium. We give the exact analytic solution for the density fluctuations
and gravitational potential at zero wavenumber. We compute the density contrast
as a function of the scale factor a for a wide range of wavenumbers k. At fixed
a, the density contrast grows with k for k
k_c, (k_c ~ 1.6/Mpc). The density contrast depends on k and a mainly through
the product k a exhibiting a self-similar behavior. Our numerical density
contrast for small k gently approaches our analytic solution for k = 0. For
fixed k < 1/(60 kpc), the density contrast generically grows with a while for k
> 1/(60 kpc) it exhibits oscillations since the RD era which become stronger as
k grows. We compute the transfer function of the density contrast for thermal
fermions and for sterile neutrinos in: a) the Dodelson-Widrow (DW) model and b)
in a model with sterile neutrinos produced by a scalar particle decay. The
transfer function grows with k for small k and then decreases after reaching a
maximum at k = k_c reflecting the time evolution of the density contrast. The
integral kernels in the Volterra equations are nonlocal in time and their
falloff determine the memory of the past evolution since decoupling. This
falloff is faster when DM decouples at equilibrium than when it decouples out
of equilibrium. Although neutrinos and photons can be neglected in the MD era,
they contribute in the MD era through their memory from the RD era.Comment: 27 pages, 6 figures. To appear in Phys Rev
On the difference between proton and neutron spin-orbit splittings in nuclei
The latest experimental data on nuclei at Sn permit us for the first
time to determine the spin-orbit splittings of neutrons and protons in
identical orbits in this neutron-rich doubly-magic region and compare the case
to that of Pb. Using the new results, which are now consistent for the
two neutron-rich doubly magic regions, a theoretical analysis defines the
isotopic dependence of the mean field spin-orbit potential and leads to a
simple explicit expression for the difference between the spin-orbit splittings
of neutrons and protons. The isotopic dependence is explained in the framework
of different theoretical approaches.Comment: 8 pages, revte
String propagation in four-dimensional dyonic black hole background
We study string propagation in an exact, four-dimensional dyonic black hole
background. The general solutions describing string configurations are obtained
by solving the string equations of motion and constraints. By using the
covariant formalism, we also investigate the propagation of physical
perturbations along the string in the given curved background.Comment: 19 pages, Tex (macro phyzzx is needed
On the isospin dependence of the mean spin-orbit field in nuclei
By the use of the latest experimental data on the spectra of Sb and
Sn and on the analysis of properties of other odd nuclei adjacent to
doubly magic closed shells the isospin dependence of a mean spin-orbit
potential is defined. Such a dependence received the explanation in the
framework of different theoretical approaches.Comment: 52 pages, Revtex, no figure
Association between sleep-disordered breathing and breast cancer aggressiveness
Background
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been associated with cancer aggressiveness, but studies focused on specific tumors are lacking. In this pilot study we investigated whether SDB is associated with breast cancer (BC) aggressiveness.
Methods
83 consecutive women <65 years diagnosed with primary BC underwent a home respiratory polygraphy. Markers of SDB severity included the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and the 4% oxygen desaturation index (ODI4). The Ki67 proliferation index, lack of hormone receptors (HR-), Nottingham Histological Grade (NHG), and tumor stage were used as markers of BC aggressiveness. The association between SDB and molecular subtypes of BC was also assessed.
Results
The mean (SD) age was 48.8 (8.8) years and body mass index was 27.4 (5.4) Kg/m2. 42 women (50.6%) were post-menopausal. The median (IQR) AHI was 5.1 (2–9.4), and ODI4 was 1.5 (0.5–5.8). The median (IQR) AHI did not differ between the groups with Ki67>28% and Ki6728% and Ki67<29% (51.2% vs 52.3%, p = 0.90), HR- and HR+ (58.3% vs 49.1%, p = 0.47), NHG categories (p = 0.89), different tumor stages (p = 0.71), or molecular subtypes (p = 0.73). These results did not change when the ODI4 was used instead of the AHI.
Conclusion
Our results do not support an association between the presence or severity of SDB and BC aggressiveness.Asociación de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica del Sur (NEUMOSUR) 1/201
Quantum corrections to the inflaton potential and the power spectra from superhorizon modes and trace anomalies
We obtain the effective inflaton potential during slow roll inflation by
including the one loop quantum corrections to the energy momentum tensor from
scalar curvature and tensor perturbations as well as quantum fluctuations from
light scalars and light Dirac fermions generically coupled to the inflaton.
During slow roll inflation there is a clean and unambiguous separation between
superhorizon and subhorizon contributions to the energy momentum tensor. The
superhorizon part is determined by the curvature perturbations and scalar field
fluctuations: both feature infrared enhancements as the inverse of a
combination of slow roll parameters which measure the departure from scale
invariance in each case.Fermions and gravitons do not exhibit infrared
divergences. The subhorizon part is completely specified by the trace anomaly
of the fields with different spins and is solely determined by the space-time
geometry. The one-loop quantum corrections to the amplitude of curvature and
tensor perturbations are obtained to leading order in slow-roll and in the
(H/M_PL)^2 expansion. This study provides a complete assessment of the
backreaction problem up to one loop including bosonic and fermionic degrees of
freedom. The result validates the effective field theory description of
inflation and confirms the robustness of the inflationary paradigm to quantum
fluctuations. Quantum corrections to the power spectra are expressed in terms
of the CMB observables:n_s, r and dn_s/dln k. Trace anomalies (especially the
graviton part) dominate these quantum corrections in a definite direction: they
enhance the scalar curvature fluctuations and reduce the tensor fluctuations.Comment: 18 pages, no figure
Inflation and nonequilibrium renormalization group
We study de spectrum of primordial fluctuations and the scale dependence of
the inflaton spectral index due to self-interactions of the field. We compute
the spectrum of fluctuations by applying nonequilibrium renormalization group
techniques.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, submitted to J. Phys.
Strings Near a Rindler Or Black Hole Horizon
Orbifold techniques are used to study bosonic, type II and heterotic strings
in Rindler space at integer multiples N of the Rindler temperature, and near a
black hole horizon at integer multiples of the Hawking temperature, extending
earlier results of Dabholkar. It is argued that a Hagedorn transition occurs
nears the horizon for all N>1.Comment: 13 pages, harvmac, (references added
Plane waves with weak singularities
We study a class of time dependent solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations
which are plane waves with weak null singularities. This singularity is weak in
the sense that though the tidal forces diverge at the singularity, the rate of
divergence is such that the distortion suffered by a freely falling observer
remains finite. Among such weak singular plane waves there is a sub-class which
do not exhibit large back reaction in the presence of test scalar probes.
String propagation in these backgrounds is smooth and there is a natural way to
continue the metric beyond the singularity. This continued metric admits string
propagation without the string becoming infinitely excited. We construct a one
parameter family of smooth metrics which are at a finite distance in the space
of metrics from the extended metric and a well defined operator in the string
sigma model which resolves the singularity.Comment: 22 pages, Added references and clarifying comment
CMB quadrupole suppression: II. The early fast roll stage
Within the effective field theory of inflation, an initialization of the
classical dynamics of the inflaton with approximate equipartition between the
kinetic and potential energy of the inflaton leads to a brief fast roll stage
that precedes the slow roll regime. The fast roll stage leads to an attractive
potential in the wave equations for the mode functions of curvature and tensor
perturbations. The evolution of the inflationary perturbations is equivalent to
the scattering by this potential and a useful dictionary between the scattering
data and observables is established.Implementing methods from scattering theory
we prove that this attractive potential leads to a suppression of the
quadrupole moment for CMB and B-mode angular power spectra. The scale of the
potential is determined by the Hubble parameter during slow roll. Within the
effective field theory of inflation at the grand unification (GUT) energy scale
we find that if inflation lasts a total number of efolds N_{tot} ~ 59, there is
a 10-20% suppression of the CMB quadrupole and about 2-4% suppression of the
tensor quadrupole. The suppression of higher multipoles is smaller, falling off
as 1/l^2. The suppression is much smaller for N_{tot} > 59, therefore if the
observable suppression originates in the fast roll stage, there is the upper
bound N_{tot} ~ 59.Comment: Some comments and references adde
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