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Local varying-alpha theories
(World Scientific PublishingModern Physics Letters A, 2015-07-20)
In a recent paper, we demonstrated how the simplest model for varying-alpha may be interpreted as the effect of a dielectric material, generalized to be consistent with Lorentz invariance. Unlike normal dielectrics, such ...
Multi-timescale analysis of phase transitions in precessing black-hole binaries
(American Physical SocietyPhysical Review D, 2015)
The dynamics of precessing binary black holes (BBHs) in the post-Newtonian regime has a strong timescale hierarchy: the orbital timescale is very short compared to the spin-precession timescale which, in turn, is much ...
Hyperbolic Inflation in the Light of Planck 2015 data
(APSPhysical Review D, 2015-05-18)
Rubano and Barrow have discussed the emergence of a dark energy, with late-time cosmic acceleration arising from a self-interacting homogeneous scalar field with a potential of hyperbolic power type. Here, we study the ...
Interpreting the CMS l+l-jj missing ET Excess with a Leptoquark Model
(APSPhysical Review D, 2015-06-29)
We present a model of leptoquarks (LQs) with a significant partial branching ratio into an extra sector, taken to be a viable dark matter candidate, other than the canonical lepton and jets final state. For LQs with mass ...
Symmetric polynomials in information theory: entropy and subentropy
(AIP PublishingJournal of Mathematical Physics, 2015-06-12)
Entropy and other fundamental quantities of information theory are customarily
expressed and manipulated as functions of probabilities. Here we study the entropy H
and subentropy Q as functions of the elementary symmetric ...
Anatomy of the ATLAS diboson anomaly
(2015-08-19)
We perform a general analysis of new physics interpretations of the recent ATLAS diboson excesses over Standard Model expectations in LHC Run I collisions. Firstly, we estimate a likelihood function in terms of the truth ...
Singular Inflation
(APSPhysical Review D, 2015-04-08)
We prove that a homogeneous and isotropic universe containing a scalar field with a power-law potential, V(ϕ)=Aϕ^n, with 0<n<1 and A>0 always develops a finite-time singularity at which the Hubble rate and its first ...
New Singularities in Unexpected Places
(World ScientificInternational Journal of Modern Physics D, 2015-09-28)
Spacetime singularities have been discovered which are physically much weaker than those predicted by the classical singularity theorems. Geodesics evolve through them and they only display infinities in the derivatives ...
Geniculo-Cortical Projection Diversity Revealed within the Mouse Visual Thalamus
(PLOSPLOS ONE, 2016-01-04)
The mouse dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) is an intermediary between retina and primary visual cortex (V1). Recent investigations are beginning to reveal regional complexity in mouse dLGN. Using local injections ...
Convective mass transfer from a submerged drop in a thin falling film
(Cambridge University PressJournal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016-01-25)
We study the fluid mechanics of removing a passive tracer contained in small, viscous drops attached to a flat inclined substrate using thin gravity-driven film flows. A convective mass transfer establishes across the ...