Asymmetric dark matter abundance including non-thermal production

We investigate the relic abundance of asymmetric dark matter where the asymmetric dark matter is non–thermally produced from the decay of heavier particles in addition to the usual thermal production. We discuss the relic density of asymmetric dark matter including the decay of heavy particles in low-temperature scenarios. Here, we still assume that the Universe is radiationdominated and there is asymmetry before the decay of heavy particles. We obtain an increased abundance of asymmetric dark m...     

Electronic and structural properties of N-vacancy in AlN nanowires: A first-principles study

The stability and electronic structures of AlN nanowires with and without N-vacancy are investigated using firstprinciples calculations.We find that there is an inverse correlation between formation energy and diameter in ideal AlN nanowires.After calculating the formation energies of N-vacancy at different sites in AlN nanowires with different diameters,we find that the N-vacancy prefers to stay at the surface of the nanowires and it is easier to fabricate them under Al-rich conditions.Through studying the electronic properties of AlN nanowires with N-vacancies,we further find that there are two isolated bands in the deep part of the band gap,one of them is fully occupied and the other is half occupied.The charge density indicates that the half-fully occupied band arises from the Al at the surface,and this atom becomes an active centre.     

Dark Energy Coupled with Dark Matter in the Accelerating Universe

To model the observed Universe containing both dark energy and dark matter, we study the effective Yang-Mills condensate model of dark energy and add a non-relativistic matter component as the dark matter, which is generated out of the decaying dark energy at a constant rate Г, a parameter of our model. For the Universe driven by these two components, the dynamic evolution still has asymptotic behaviour: the expansion of the Universe is accelerating with an asymptotically constant rate H, and the densities of both components approach to finite constant values. Moreover, Ω△～ 0.7 for dark energy and Ωm～0.3 for dark matter are achieved if the decay rate Г is chosen such that Г/H ～ 1.     

Improved constraints on dark matter effective interactions from CDEX

正Numerous astrophysical observations have established a paradigm that the dominant component of matter in the Universe should be non-luminous and non-baryonic, which is often referred to as dark matter(DM) [1]. Up to now, the particle nature of DM, such as its mass and interactions, remains largely unknown. Studies on popular DM candidates suggest that DM may interact with ordinary matter with a strength reachable by modern experimental technologies.     

Spontaneous Electro-Weak Symmetry Breaking and Cold Dark Matter

In the standard model, the weak gauge bosons and fermions obtain mass after spontaneous electro-weak symmetry breaking, which is realized by one fundamental scalar field, namely the Higgs field. We study the simplest scalar cold dark matter model in which the scalar cold dark matter also obtains mass by interaction with the weakdoublet Higgs field, in the same way as those of weak gauge bosons and fermions. Our study shows that the correct cold dark matter relic abundance within 3a uncertainty （0.093 〈 Ωdmh^2 〈 0.129） and experimentally allowed Higgs boson mass （114.4 ≤ mh≤ 208 GeV） constrain the scalar dark matter mass within 48 ≤ ms ≤ 78 GeV. This result is in excellent agreement with the result of de Boer et al. （50 ~ 100 GeV）. Such a kind of dark matter annihilation can account for the observed gamma rays excess （10σ） at EGRET for energies above 1 GeV in comparison with the expectations from conventional Galactic models. We also investigate other phenomenological consequences of this model. For example, the Higgs boson decays dominantly into scalar cold dark matter if its mass lies within 48 ~ 64 GeV.     

New footprints of the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus galaxy found in the LAMOST survey

正Merging is an important process during the formation and evolution of galaxies and structures in the Universe.The massive ancient merger event of the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus (GSE) has significantly reshaped our Galaxy.Recently,a research group led by Prof.Gang Zhao from the National Astronomical Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences,found two footprints of the GSE merger event [1],and detected for the first time a metal-rich component with a low-alpha ratio in the LAMOST survey [2,3].     

BIG-BANG COSMOLOGY

<正>Revised September 2013 by K.A.Olive(University of Minnesota)and J.A.Peacock(University of Edinburgh).22.1.Introduction to Standard Big-Bang Model The observed expansion of the Universe[1-3]is a natural(almost inevitable)result of any homogeneous and isotropic cosmological model based on general relativity.However,by itself,the Hubble expansion does not provide sufficient evidence for what we generally refer to as the Big-Bang model of cosmology.While general relativity is in principle capable of describing the cosmology of any given distribution of matter,it is extremely fortunate that our Universe appears to be homogeneous and isotropic on large scales.Together,homogeneity and isotropy allow us to extend the Copernican Principle to the Cosmological Principle,stating that all spatial positions in the     

Dark Energy Coupled with Relativistic Dark Matter in Accelerating Universe

Recent observations favour an accelerating Universe dominated by the dark energy. We take the effective Yang-Mills condensate as the dark energy and couple it to a relativistic matter which is created by the decaying condensate. The dynamic evolution has asymptotic behaviour with finite constant energy densities, and the fractional densities Ω∧ ～0.7 for dark energy and Ωm ～ 0.3 for relativistic matter are achieved at proper values of the decay rate. The resulting expansion of the Universe is in the de Sitter acceleration.     

Formation Mechanism and Orderly Structures of an Iron Film System Deposited on Silicone Oil Surfaces

A new iron film system,deposited on silicone oil surfaces by vapour phase deposition method,has been fabricated and its formation mechanism as well as orderly structures has been studied,It is found that the formation mechanism of the films obeys a two-stage growth model,which is similar to that to the other metallic films on liquid substrates,Large and orderly structures are observed in the continuous iron films.The experiments show that the orderly spatial structures result from the local material gathering in these nearly free sustained films.     

Surface mico-structures on amorphous alloys induced by vortex femtosecond laser pulses

This paper investigates the generation of self-organized surface structures on amorphous alloys by vortex femtosecond laser pulses. The scanning electron microscope characterizations show that the as-formed structures are periodic ripples, aperiodic ripples, and `coral-like' structures. Optimal conditions for forming these surface structures are determined in terms of pulses number at a given pulse energy. The applicable mechanism is suggested to interpret the formation and evolution of the `coral-like' structures.     

Minimal supersymmetric Higgs bosons with extra dimensions as the source of reheating and all matter

We consider the possibility that the dark energy responsible for inflation is deposited into extra dimensions outside of our observable Universe. Reheating and all matter can then be obtained from the minimal supersymmetric standard model flat direction condensate involving the Higgs bosons Hu and Hd, which acquires large amplitude by virtue of quantum fluctuations during inflation. The reheat temperature is TRH < or = 10(9) GeV so that there is no gravitino problem. We find a spectral index ns 1 with a very weak dependence on the Higgs potential.     

Antigravitational Instability of Cosmic Substrate in the Newtonian Cosmology

A new version of the forming Universe large-scale structures is proposed, based on the refuse of analyses of only the gravitational instability of the cosmological substrate, Vacuum, i.e. the dominant nonbaryonic matter in the Universe, creates the antigravitational instability of the baryonic cosmic substrate itself and causes the formation of galaxies.     

Inflation,LHC and the Higgs boson

After the Higgs boson has been discovered, the Standard Model of particle physics became a confirmed theory, potentially valid up to the Planck scale and allowing one to trace the evolution of the Universe from the inflationary stage till the present days. We discuss the relation between the results from the LHC and the inflationary cosmology. We overview the Higgs inflation, and its relation to the possible metastability of the electroweak vacuum. A short overview of the bounds on the metastability of the electroweak vacuum in the models with inflation not related to the Higgs boson is presented.     

Quantum gravity,the origin of time and time's arrow

The local Lorentz and diffeomorphism symmetries of Einstein's gravitational theory are spontaneously broken by a Higgs mechanism by invoking a phase transition in the early universe, at a critical temperature T_c below which the symmetry is restored. The spontaneous breakdown of the vacuum state generates an external time, and the wave function of the universe satisfies a time-dependent Schrödinger equation, which reduces to the Wheeler-deWitt equation in the classical regime for T<T_c, allowing a semiclassical WKB approximation to the wave function. The conservation of energy is spontaneously violated for T>T_c, and matter is created fractions of seconds after the big bang, generating the matter in the Universe. The time direction of the vacuum expectation value of the scalar Higgs field generates a time asymmetry, which defines the cosmological arrow of time and the direction of increasing entropy as the Lorentz symmetry is restored at low temperatures.     

Magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions as a key to the plasmaUniverse

Almost all known matter in the Universe is in a state, the plasma state, that is rare on Earth, and whose physical properties are still incompletely understood. Its complexity is such that a reliable understanding must build on empirical knowledge. While laboratory experiments are still an important source of such knowledge, the Earth's magnetosphere-ionosphere system, made accessible by space technology, vastly widens the parameter ranges in which plasma phenomena can be studied. This system contains all three main categories of plasma present in the Universe. Furthermore, the interaction between the magnetosphere and the ionosphere excites a wealth of plasma physical phenomena of fundamental importance. These include, among others, formation of magnetic-field aligned electric fields, acceleration of charged particles, release of magnetically stored energy, formation of filamentary and cellular structures, as well as unexpected chemical separation processes. What has been learned, and what still remains to be learned, from study of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system should therefore provide a much improved basis for understanding of our Universe     

Bounds on the neutrino mass from the dark matter in the universe

Summary The problem of the missing matter in the Universe is reviewed and discussed in terms of massive neutrinos. The primordial abundances of light elements produced during the big bang nucleosynthesis can be used to determine firm bounds on the number of neutrino flavours and on the ratio of baryon to photon densities in the Universe. These limits imply that nonbaryonic matter is the dominant constituent of large-scale cosmic structures, being massive neutrinos the best guess for such a matter. In order that the Universe be closed, a value of the neutrino rest mass is derived, which agrees with the bounds obtained from the dynamics of galaxies and clusters of galaxies. It is also shown that density perturbations can hardly grow in a nucleon-dominated Universe, and massive neutrinos may be the seed for nucleon condensations. All these astrophysical and cosmological considerations suggest a lower and an upper bound of the neutrino rest mass. Paper presented at the Congress ?Galactic and Extragalactic Dark Matter?, Roma, 28 to 30 June 1983.     

Unifying darko-lepto-genesis with scalar triplet inflation

We present a scalar triplet extension of the standard model to unify the origin of inflation with neutrino mass, asymmetric dark matter and leptogenesis. In presence of non-minimal couplings to gravity the scalar triplet, mixed with the standard model Higgs, plays the role of inflaton in the early Universe, while its decay to SM Higgs, lepton and dark matter simultaneously generate an asymmetry in the visible and dark matter sectors. On the other hand, in the low energy effective theory the induced vacuum expectation value of the triplet gives sub-eV Majorana masses to active neutrinos. We investigate the model parameter space leading to successful inflation as well as the observed dark matter to baryon abundance. Assuming the standard model like Higgs mass to be at 125–126 GeV, we found that the mass scale of the scalar triplet to be ?O(10⁹) GeV$?O({10}^9)\text{GeV}$ and its trilinear coupling to doublet Higgs is ?0.09 so that it not only evades the possibility of having a metastable vacuum in the standard model, but also lead to a rich phenomenological consequences as stated above. Moreover, we found that the scalar triplet inflation strongly constrains the quartic couplings, while allowing for a wide range of Yukawa couplings which generate the CP asymmetries in the visible and dark matter sectors.     

Vacuum energy: Quantum hydrodynamics vs. quantum gravity

We compare quantum hydrodynamics and quantum gravity. They share many common features. In particular, both have quadratic divergences, and both lead to the problem of the vacuum energy, which, in quantum gravity, transforms to the cosmological constant problem. We show that, in quantum liquids, the vacuum energy density is not determined by the quantum zero-point energy of the phonon modes. The energy density of the vacuum is much smaller and is determined by the classical macroscopic parameters of the liquid, including the radius of the liquid droplet. In the same manner, the cosmological constant is not determined by the zero-point energy of quantum fields. It is much smaller and is determined by the classical macroscopic parameters of the Universe dynamics: the Hubble radius, the Newton constant, and the energy density of matter. The same may hold for the Higgs mass problem: the quadratically divergent quantum correction to the Higgs potential mass term is also cancelled by the microscopic (trans-Planckian) degrees of freedom due to the thermodynamic stability of the whole quantum vacuum.     

Supersymmetron

We consider a supersymmetric model of dark energy coupled to cold dark matter: the supersymmetron. In the absence of cold dark matter, the supersymmetron converges to a supersymmetric minimum with a vanishing cosmological constant. When cold dark matter is present, the supersymmetron evolves to a matter dependent minimum where its energy density does not vanish. In the early Universe until the recent past of the Universe, the energy density of the supersymmetron is negligible compared to the cold dark matter energy density. Away from the supersymmetric minimum, the equation of state of the supersymmetron is constant and negative. When the supersymmetron reaches the neighbourhood of the supersymmetric minimum, its equation of state vanishes rapidly. This leads to an acceleration of the Universe which is transient unless supersymmetry breaking induces a pure cosmological constant and acceleration of the Universe does not end. Moreover, we find that the mass of supersymmetron is always greater than the gravitino mass. As a result, the supersymmetron generates a short ranged fifth force which evades gravitational tests. On the other hand, we find that the supersymmetron may lead to relevant effects on large scale structures.     

Large scale structure

We briefly discuss some aspects of the problem of forming large scale structures in the Universe. The basic picture that initially small perturbations generated by inflation grow by the process of gravitational instability to give the observed structures is largely consistent with the observations. The growth of the perturbations depends crucially on the contents of the Universe, and we discuss a few variants of the cold dark matter model. Many of these models are consistent with present observations. Future observations hold the possibility of deciding amongst these models.