Astrophysical implications of the induced neutrino magnetic moment from large extra dimensions

Theories involving extra dimensions, a low (TeV) string scale and bulk singlet neutrinos will produce an effective neutrino magnetic moment which may be large (10⁻¹¹μ_B). The effective magnetic moment increases with neutrino energy, and therefore high energy reactions are most useful for limiting the allowed number of extra dimensions. We examine constraints from both neutrino-electron scattering and also astrophysical environments. We find that supernova energy loss considerations require a number of extra dimensions, n≥2, for an electron neutrino-bulk neutrino Yukawa coupling of order 1.     

Brane Formation and Cosmological Constraint on the Number of Extra Dimensions

Special relativity is generalized to extra dimensions and quantized energy levels of particles are obtained. By calculating the probability of particles' motion in extra dimensions at high temperature of the early universe, it is proposed that the branes may have not existed since the very beginning of the universe, but formed later. Meanwhile, before the formation, particles of the universe may have filled in the whole bulk, not just on the branes. This scenario differs from that in the standard big bang cosmology in which all particles are assumed to be in the 4D spacetime. So, in brane models, whether our universe began from a 4D big bang singularity is questionable. A cosmological constraint on the number of extra dimensions is also given which favors N ≥ 7.     

Observable seesaw and its collider signatures

We discuss the scenario with TeV-scale right-handed neutrinos, which are accessible at future colliders, while holding down tiny seesaw-induced masses and sizable couplings to the standard-model particles. The signal with tri-lepton final states and large missing transverse energy is appropriate for studying collider signatures of the scenario with extra spatial dimensions. We show that the LHC experiment generally has a potential to discover the signs of extra dimensions and the origin of small neutrino masses.     

The dynamical evolution of 3-space in a higher dimensional steady state universe

We investigate a class of cosmological solutions of Einstein’s field equations in higher dimensions with a cosmological constant and an ideal fluid matter distribution as a source. We discuss the dynamical evolution of the universe subject to two constraints that (i) the total volume scale factor of the universe is constant and (ii) the effective energy density is constant. We obtain various interesting new dynamics for the external space that yield a time varying deceleration parameter including oscillating cases when the flat/curved external and curved/flat internal spaces are considered. We also comment on how the universe would be conceived by an observer in four dimensions who is unaware of the extra dimensions.     

Super energy flows in a waveguide filled with air and left-handed materials

The phenomena of super energy flows are studied theoretically and numerically in a parallel-plate waveguide which is filled with two layered equally-thick different media, i.e. air and specific left-handed materials （LHM） with εr1 = -1/（1 ＋δ） ＋iγ and μr1 = -（1 ＋ δ） ＋ iγ. In this special waveguide, two-directional super-energy flows are excited by a three-dimensional horizontal electric dipole at the same time, which has transmission patterns different from those of two-dimensional source and three-dimensional vertical electric dipole. We also show that the retardation and loss in LHM are sensitive to the amplitude of super power densities, and the dimensions of waveguide determine the propagating modes, which makes super energy flows more practical.     

Black holes radiate mainly on the brane

We examine the evaporation of a small black hole on a brane in a world with large extra dimensions. Since the masses of many Kaluza-Klein modes are much smaller than the Hawking temperature of the black hole, it has been claimed that most of the energy is radiated into these modes. We show that this is incorrect. Most of the energy goes into the modes on the brane. This raises the possibility of observing Hawking radiation in future high energy colliders if there are large extra dimensions.     

Kinetic energy release of diatomic and linear triatomic molecules in intense femtosecond laser fields

The kinetic energy release of fragment ions produced by the interaction of femtosecond laser pulse radiation with diatomic and linear triatomic molecules N_2, CO, CO_2 and CS_2 is investigated. In the case of linear polarization, angles at which the kinetic energy release of ions has the maximum value are different from the alignment of molecules though the kinetic energy release of fragment atomic ions depends on the angle between the laser polarization vector and the detection axis of the time-of-flight. For the diatomic molecules, the critical internuclear distance in multielectron dissociative ionization with a circularly polarized light is larger than that with a linearly polarized light. For linear triatomic molecules, our data indicate that a concerted Coulomb explosion process is a universal phenomenon in the interaction of molecules with intense laser fields, even in the circularly polarized regime. During two C－O (or C－S) bonds breaking simultaneously, the C ion obtained larger energy in circular polarization than that in the linear polarization. Different variations of kinetic energy release between the diatomic and the linear triatomic molecules are discussed.     

Super energy flows in a waveguide filled with air and left-handed materials

The phenomena of super energy flows are studied theoretically and numerically in a parallel-plate waveguide which is filled with two layered equally-thick different media, i.e. air and specific left-handed materials (LHM) with $\epsilon_{{\rm r}1}=-1/(1+\delta)+\i\gamma$ and $\mu_{{\rm r}1}=-(1+\delta)+\i\gamma$. In this special waveguide, two-directional super-energy flows are excited by a three-dimensional horizontal electric dipole at the same time, which has transmission patterns different from those of two-dimensional source and three-dimensional vertical electric dipole. We also show that the retardation and loss in LHM are sensitive to the amplitude of super power densities, and the dimensions of waveguide determine the propagating modes, which makes super energy flows more practical.     

Fermi-Dirac Correlation and Q－v)Kv(Q) Distribution

The Fermi-Dirac correlation of identical protons is studied. Based on the non-perturbative theory of quantum fields, we put farward a kind of source distribution-the Q^－v)K_v(Q) distribution. The Fermi-Dirac correlation of(p±-p±）-pairs is calculated from this distribution. The fitted curves agree with experimental data. The Q^－v)K_v distribution has more advantages than the Gauss Source distribution. The radii of the source emitting hadrons and the anomalous dimensions of the Fermi field are calculated from the Fend-Dirac correlation of identical protons.     

Search for large extra dimensions in dielectron and diphoton production

We report a search for effects of large extra spatial dimensions in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.8 TeV with the D0 detector, using events containing a pair of electrons or photons. The data are in good agreement with the expected background and do not exhibit evidence for large extra dimensions. We set the most restrictive lower limits to date, at the 95% C.L. on the effective Planck scale between 1.0 and 1.4 TeV for several formalisms and numbers of extra dimensions.     

Thermodynamical Aspects of Modified Holographic Dark Energy Model

We investigate the unified first law and the generalized second law in a modified holographic dark energy model. The thermodynamical analysis on the apparent horizon can work and the corresponding entropy formula is extracted from the systematic algorithm. The entropy correction term depends on the extra-dimension number of the brane as expected, but the interplay between the correction term and the extra dimensions is more complicated. With the unified first law of thermodynamics well-founded, the generalized second law of thermodynamics is discussed and it is found that the second law can be violated in certain circumstances. Particularly, if the number of the extra dimensions is larger than one, the generalized law of thermodynamics is always satisfied; otherwise, the validity of the second law can only be guaranteed with the Hubble radius greatly smaller than the crossover scale rcof the 5-dimensional DGP model.     

Thermodynamical Aspects of Modified Holographic Dark Energy Model

We investigate the unified first law and the generalized second law in a modified holographic dark energy model. The thermodynamical analysis on the apparent horizon can work and the corresponding entropy formula is extracted from the systematic algorithm. The entropy correction term depends on the extra-dimension number of the brane as expected, but the interplay between the correction term and the extra dimensions is more complicated. With the unified first law of thermodynamics well-founded, the generalized second law of thermodynamics is discussed and it is found that the second law can be violated in certain circumstances. Particularly, if the number of the extra dimensions is larger than one, the generalized law of thermodynamics is always satisfied; otherwise, the validity of the second law can only be guaranteed with the Hubble radius greatly smaller than the crossover scale r_c of the 5-dimensional DGP model.     

基于稀疏子空间的类星体光谱异常特征并行提取与分析

类星体是人类所观测到的最遥远天体,对于了解早期宇宙的演化具有重要科学意义。由于类星体距离地球较远,其红移一般较大,导致在光学观测窗口中只有很少的特征（发射线）,且难以识别。类星体光谱的异常特征提取与分析可对未知类星体的识别,提供有效的判别依据。离群检测作为数据挖掘领域的一个主要研究内容,旨在发现那些稀有、特殊数据对象及异常特征,可作为从海量类星体光谱数据中,发现特殊、未知类星体的一种有效途径和手段。Spark作为新一代大数据分布式处理框架,可为海量天体光谱的有效分析和处理,提供一个高效且可靠的并行编程平台。本文充分利用集群系统和Spark编程模型的强大数据处理能力,提出一种基于稀疏子空间的类星体光谱异常特征并行提取与分析方法,其工作由三个模块组成,即类星体光谱特征约减、类星体光谱的稀疏子空间构造和搜索、类星体光谱异常特征提取并行算法设计与分析。类星体光谱特征约减模块,通过属性相关性分析来识别呈现聚类结构的类星体光谱特征线,这些特征线通常会聚集在稠密区域且对类星体光谱异常特征检测毫无意义。光谱特征约减旨在运行异常特征检测算法之前剪枝类星体光谱的冗余特征线,缩小光谱数据检测范围。类星体光谱的稀疏子空间构造和搜索模块,通过设定的稀疏系数阈值来测量类星体光谱的子空间密度,并采用粒子群优化方法作为稀疏子空间的搜索策略,从而快速、高效地获取类星体的异常特征。在第三个模块中,提出了一种MapReduce框架下的类星体光谱异常数据并行检测算法,该算法由并行化数据约减策略、稀疏子空间并行搜索技术两个MapReduce构成,达到适应海量光谱数据的处理目标。最后对检测出的部分类星体异常特征进行了理论分析、测量及人眼证认,充分说明稀疏子空间可为识别特殊、未知类星体候选源,提供有效支持和有力证据。     

Experimental and theoretical investigations of absolute optical oscillator strengths for valence excitations of nitric oxide

The absolute optical oscillator strength density spectra of nitric oxide in the energy region of 5.0－22.0 eV have been measured by a high-resolution fast-electron energy loss spectrometer. With the calculated results obtained by the multiscattering self-consistent-field method and channel characteristics, the strongly overlapped spectra in the energy region of 7.5－9.3 eV have been analysed and the corresponding partially vibrationally resolved optical oscillator strengths have been estimated from the experimental spectra.     

Stabilization of extra dimensions and the dimensionality of the observed space

We present a simple model for the late time stabilization of extra dimensions. The basic idea is that brane solutions wrapped around extra dimensions, which is allowed by string theory, will resist expansion due to their winding mode. The momentum modes in principle work in the opposite way. It is this interplay that leads to dynamical stabilization. We use the idea of democratic wrapping, where in a given decimation of extra dimensions, all possible winding cases are considered. To further simplify the study we assumed a symmetric decimation in which the total number of extra dimensions is taken to be Np where N can be called the order of the decimation. We also assumed that extra dimensions all have the topology of tori. We show that with these rather conservative assumptions, there exist solutions to the field equations in which the extra dimensions are stabilized and that the conditions do not depend on p. This fact means that there exists at least one solution to the asymmetric decimation case. If we denote the number of observed space dimensions (excluding time) by m, the condition for stabilization is m≥3 for pure Einstein gravity and m≤3 for dilaton gravity massaged by a string theory parameter, namely the dilaton coupling to branes. PACS 98.80.-k; 11.25.Uv     

New supernova limit on large extra dimensions: bounds on Kaluza-Klein graviton production

If large extra dimensions exist in nature, supernova (SN) cores will emit large fluxes of Kaluza-Klein gravitons, producing a cosmic background of these particles with energies and masses up to about 100 MeV. Radiative decays then give rise to a diffuse cosmic gamma-ray background with E(gamma) approximately less than 100 MeV which is well in excess of the observations if more than 0.5%-1% of the SN energy is emitted into the new channel. For two extra dimensions we derive a conservative bound on their radius of R approximately less than 0.9 x 10(-4) mm; for three extra dimensions it is R approximately less than 1.9 x 10(-7) mm.     

Interferometry imaging for the evolving source in heavy ion collisions at HIRFL-CSR energy

Imaging analysis of two-pion interferometry is performed for an evolving particle-emitting source in heavy ion collisions at HIRFL-CSR energy. The source evolution is described by the relativistic hydrodynamics in (2+1) dimensions. The model-independent characteristic quantities of the source are investigated and compared with the interferometry results obtained by the usual Gaussian formula fit. It is found that the first- order source function moments can describe the source sizes. The ratio of the normalized standard deviation σ to the first-order moment R, σ/R, is sensitive to the shape of the source function.     

Light-cone broadening and TeV scale extra dimensions

We examine the effect of light-cone broadening induced by quantum-gravity foam in the context of theories with “large” extra dimensions stretching between two parallel brane worlds. We consider the propagation of photon probes on one of the branes, including the response to graviton fluctuations, from both field- and string-theoretical viewpoints. In the latter approach, the dominant source of light-cone broadening may be the recoil of the D-brane, which scales linearly with the string coupling. Astrophysical constraints then place strong restrictions on consistent string models of macroscopic extra dimensions. The broadening we find in the field-theoretical picture seems to be close to the current sensitivity of gravity-wave interferometers, and therefore could perhaps be tested experimentally in the foreseeable future.     

Sandage–Loeb test for the new agegraphic and Ricci dark energy models

The Sandage–Loeb (SL) test is a unique method to explore dark energy at the “redshift desert” (2?z?5$2?z?5$), an era not covered by any other dark energy probes, by directly measuring the temporal variation of the redshift of quasar (QSO) Lyman-α absorption lines. In this Letter, we study the prospects for constraining the new agegraphic dark energy (NADE) model and the Ricci dark energy (RDE) model with the SL test. We show that, assuming only a ten-year survey, the SL test can constrain these two models with high significance.     

Search for large extra dimensions via single photon plus missing energy final states at sqrt s = 1.96 TeV

We report on a search for large extra dimensions in a data sample of approximately 1 fb(-1) of pp[over] collisions at sqrt s=1.96 TeV. We investigate Kaluza-Klein graviton production with a photon and missing transverse energy in the final state. At the 95% C.L. we set limits on the fundamental mass scale M(D) from 884 to 778 GeV for two to eight extra dimensions.