709 research outputs found
Asymptotic freedom from induced gravity cosmology
We give conditions to obtain cosmological asymptotic freedom in scalar-tensor
theories of gravity. We show that this feature can be achieved in FRW flat
spacetimes since we obtain singularity free solutions where the effective
gravitational constant for and,
for some of them, for , where
is the Newton constant.Comment: 10 pages, Late
Space-time symmetry restoration in cosmological models with Kalb--Ramond and scalar fields
We study symmetry of space-time in presence of a minimally coupled scalar
field interacting with a Kalb--Ramond tensor fields in a homogeneous but
initially anisotropic universe. The analysis is performed for the two relevant
cases of a pure cosmological constant and a minimal quadratic, renormalizable,
interaction term. In both cases, due to expansion, a complete spatial symmetry
restoration is dynamically obtained.Comment: Latex, 7 pages, 3 eps figure
Constraints on the slope of the dark halo mass function by microlensing observables
We investigate the dark halo lens mass function (MF) for a wide class of
spheroidal non singular isothermal models comparing observed and observable
microlensing quantities for MACHO observations towards LMC and taking into
account the detection efficiency. We evaluate the microlensing observable
quantities, i.e. observable optical depth, number of events and mean duration,
for models with homogenous power - law MF changing the upper and lower mass
limits and the flattening of the dark halo. By applying the simple technique of
the inverse problem method we are then able to get some interesting constraints
on the slope of the MF and on the dark halo mass fraction f made out
by MACHOs consistently with previous results.Comment: 10 LaTex pages, 2 postscript figures, accepted on 21/5/2001 for
pubblication on A&A; title changed, completely revised version : a new
definition of observable optical depth is used and all the MACHO results from
5.7 years of observations are used to constrain the slope of the dark halo
mass functio
Detecting planets around stars in nearby galaxies
The only way to detect planets around stars at distances of several kpc is by
(photometric or astrometric) microlensing observations. In this paper, we show
that the capability of photometric microlensing extends to the detection of
signals caused by planets around stars in nearby galaxies (e.g. M31) and that
there is no other method that can achieve this. Due to the large crowding,
microlensing experiments towards M31 can only observe the high-magnification
part of a lensing light curve. Therefore, the dominating channel for
microlensing signals by planets is in distortions near the peak of
high-magnification events as discussed by Griest and Safizadeh. We calculate
the probability to detect planetary anomalies for microlensing experiments
towards M31 and find that jupiter-like planets around stars in M31 can be
detected. Though the characterization of the planet(s) involved in this signal
will be difficult, the absence of such signals can yield strong constraints on
the abundance of jupiter-like planets.Comment: 16 LaTex Pages, including 1 Postscript Figures, submitted to A&A;
title changed, one more author added, completely revised version: central
point is detecting planet in nearby galaxies and one more technique is taken
into consideratio
Quintessence duality
We join quintessence cosmological scenarios with the duality simmetry
existing in string dilaton cosmologies. Actually, we consider the tracker
potential type and show that duality is only
established if .Comment: 6 LaTex Pages, submitted to Physics Letters A; completely revised
version: majior changes in the last par
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