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Some remarks on the attractor behaviour in ELKO cosmology
Recent results on the dynamical stability of a system involving the
interaction of the ELKO spinor field with standard matter in the universe have
been reanalysed, and the conclusion is that such system does not exhibit
isolated stable points that could alleviate the cosmic coincidence problem.
When a constant parameter related to the potential of the ELKO field
is introduced in the system however, stable fixed points are found for some
specific types of interaction between the ELKO field and matter. Although the
parameter is related to an unknown potential, in order to satisfy the
stability conditions and also that the fixed points are real, the range of the
constant parameter can be constrained for the present time and the
coincidence problem can be alleviated for some specific interactions. Such
restriction on the ELKO potential opens possibility to apply the ELKO field as
a candidate to dark energy in the universe, and so explain the present phase of
acceleration of the universe through the decay of the ELKO field into matter.Comment: 17 pages, section III with minor changes and section IV rewritten
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Straight spinning cosmic strings in Brans-Dicke gravity
It is presented an exact solution of straight spinning cosmic strings in
Brans-Dicke theory of gravitation. The possibility of the existence of closed
timelike curves around these cosmic strings is analyzed. Furthermore, the
stability about the formation of the topological defect discussed here is
checked. It is shown the existence of a suitable choice for the integration
constants in which closed timelike curves are not allowed. We also verify if it
is possible that the obtained spacetime can be the source that describes the
observed rotational curves in some galaxies.Comment: 13 pages, 1 figur
Realizing the supersymmetric inverse seesaw model in the framework of R-parity violation
If, on one hand, the inverse seesaw is the paradigm of TeV scale seesaw
mechanism, on the other it is a challenge to find scenarios capable of
realizing it. In this work we propose a scenario, based on the framework of
R-parity violation, that realizes minimally the supersymmetric inverse seesaw
mechanism. In it the energy scale parameters involved in the mechanism are
recognized as the vacuum expectation values of the scalars that compose the
singlet superfields and . We develop also the scalar sector
of the model and show that the Higgs mass receives a new tree-level
contribution that, when combined with the standard contribution plus loop
correction, is capable of attaining GeV without resort to heavy stops.Comment: Minor modification of the text. Final version to be published in PL
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