8 research outputs found
The Ubiquitous Inflaton in String-Inspired Models
A string theory based inflationary model is developed where the inflaton
interacts with a multitude of massive string level states causing dissipation
of vacuum energy. Inflation terminates in a warm Universe without the need for
reheating.Comment: In Press Physical Review Letters 1999, modified titl
Inflation and flat directions in modular invariant superstring effective theories
The potential during inflation must be very flat in, at least, the direction
of the inflaton. In renormalizable global supersymmetry, flat directions are
ubiquitous, but they are not preserved in a generic supergravity theory. It is
known that at least some of them are preserved in no-scale supergravity, and
simple generalizations of it. We here study a more realistic generalization,
based on string-derived supergravity, using the linear supermultiplet formalism
for the dilaton. We consider a general class of hybrid inflation models, where
a Fayet-Illiopoulos term drives some fields to large values. The potential
is dominated by the term, but flatness is preserved in some directions.
This allows inflation, with the dilaton stabilized in its domain of attraction,
and some moduli stabilized at their vacuum values. Another modulus may be the
inflaton.Comment: 19 pages, REVTEX, further typos, refs fixe
Composite model with neutrino large mixing
We suggest a simple composite model that induces the large flavor mixing of
neutrino in the supersymmetric theory. This model has only one hyper-color in
addition to the standard gauge group, which makes composite states of preons.
In this model, {\bf 10} and {\bf 1} representations in SU(5) grand unified
theory are composite states and produce the mass hierarchy. This explains why
the large mixing is realized in the lepton sector, while the small mixing is
realized in the quark sector. This model can naturally solve the atmospheric
neutrino problem. We can also solve the solar neutrino problem by improving the
model.Comment: 20 pages, Latex, no figure
Leptophobic in stringy flipped SU(5)
We show that leptophobic gauge bosons occur naturally in flipped SU(5)
and may shift in an interesting way without upsetting the good values of
and . Within a string-derived version of the model, we
study three possible scenarios and the constraints imposed on model building
that would allow the new symmetry to remain unbroken down to low energies. Such
gauge boson has generation non-universal couplings to quarks that violate
parity maximally in the up-quark sector, and may contribute significantly to
spin asymmetries in polarized scattering experiments now being prepared
for RHIC.Comment: 22 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures (included). Final version to appear in
Phys. Rev. D. Includes discussion on how to avoid potential FCNC problems and
updated data on R_b and R_
Neoliberalism and Pedagogical Practices of Alienation: A Case Study Research on the Integrated Curriculum in Greek Primary Education
In this article, we present insights from an ethnographic research that investigated the concept of citizenship in primary schools in Greece. We explored childrenâs experiences of citizenship in school approaching citizenship as a set of habits that prescribe what is considered âlegitimateâ in the public sphere. We focused on structures and agents inside and outside the school classroom and the way they may interfere with pedagogical practices and relationships. This work reveals a vicious circle of asymmetrical relationships and hierarchical structures between the society and the school that entrap teachers in assessment-oriented pedagogical practices. We argue that the emergent loyalty of the educational system to traditional pedagogical approaches premised on competition fosters pupilsâ incomprehension of the importance of social solidarity. It also contributes to their withdrawal from the public sphere, undermining the transformative potential of education. With the use of a diverse sample, we highlight the shortcomings of the integrated curriculum introduced in 2001, in successfully promoting critical thinking and participatory learner-centred pedagogy, and we discuss the implications for the transformative potential of education arising from the adherence to the implementation of European education policy that is discerned in the text of the newly introduced Curriculum of the âNew Schoolâ