Astrophysics

Authors and titles for October 2004

[801] arXiv:hep-ph/0410283 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: High Precision Measurements of $\theta_{\odot}$ in Solar and Reactor Neutrino Experiments

Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Sandhya Choubey, Srubabati Goswami, S.T. Petcov

Comments: Final version

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D72:033013,2005

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)

[802] arXiv:hep-ph/0410292 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Interacting Dark Energy

Xinmin Zhang

Comments: Plenary talk at "SUSY2004", Tsukuba, Japan, June 2004: LaTeX with this http URL (included), 13pages

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[803] arXiv:hep-ph/0410313 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Effects of atmospheric electric fields on detection of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays

Alexander Kusenko, Dmitry Semikoz

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures, notation clarified

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D70:121303,2004

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[804] arXiv:hep-ph/0410326 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Scaling Laws for Non-Intercommuting Cosmic String Networks

C.J.A.P. Martins

Comments: Phys. Rev. D (in press); v2: final published version (references added, typos corrected)

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 107302

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[805] arXiv:hep-ph/0410330 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Progress in nonequilibrium quantum field theory II

J. Berges, J. Serreau

Comments: Prepared for Strong and Electroweak Matter (SEWM 2004), Helsinki, Finland, 16-19 June. 15 pages

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)

[806] arXiv:hep-ph/0410349 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Cosmic String Evolution in Higher Dimensions

A. Avgoustidis, E.P.S. Shellard

Comments: 23 pages, 8 figures. Minor updates and notational clarifications

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 123513

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[807] arXiv:hep-ph/0410356 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: The Cosmological Evolution of Domain Wall Networks

J.C.R.E. Oliveira, C.J.A.P. Martins, P. P. Avelino

Comments: 7 pages, submitted to Phys Rev D

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 083509

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[808] arXiv:hep-ph/0410358 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Cosmic Ray Signals from Mini Black Holes in Models with Extra Dimensions: An Analytical/Monte Carlo Study

Alessandro Cafarella, Claudio Coriano', T.N. Tomaras

Comments: 57 pages, 30 figures

Journal-ref: JHEP0506:065,2005

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[809] arXiv:hep-ph/0410369 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Leptogenesis and $\mu-\tau$ symmetry

R.N. Mohapatra, S. Nasri

Comments: 5 pages; latex; no figures; some typos corrected

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 033001

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[810] arXiv:hep-ph/0410387 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Magnetized birefringence and CMB polarization

Massimo Giovannini

Comments: 9 pages; corrected typos, references added

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 021301

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[811] arXiv:hep-ph/0410390 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: On the BELLE Charmonium States

A. A. Arkhipov

Comments: 6 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)

[812] arXiv:hep-th/0410015 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Patch cosmology and noncommutative braneworlds

Gianluca Calcagni

Comments: 12 pages, 2 figures. Talk given at DESY Theory Workshop 2004 (Hamburg, Sep. 28 - Oct. 1, 2004)

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[813] arXiv:hep-th/0410017 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Dark Entropy: Holographic Cosmic Acceleration

Eric V. Linder (Berkeley Lab)

Comments: 7 pages, 7 figures

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[814] arXiv:hep-th/0410033 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Infra-red modification of gravity from asymmetric branes

Antonio Padilla

Comments: Version appearing in CQG

Journal-ref: Class.Quant.Grav. 22 (2005) 1087-1104

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[815] arXiv:hep-th/0410034 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Cutoff AdS/CFT duality and the quest for braneworld black holes

Paul R. Anderson, R. Balbinot, A. Fabbri

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.Lett. 94 (2005) 061301

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[816] arXiv:hep-th/0410072 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Planck scale effects and the suppression of power on the large scales in the primordial spectrum

S. Shankaranarayanan (ICTP, Trieste), L. Sriramkumar (HRI, Allahabad)

Comments: 5 Pages, 2 Figures; Talk presented at PASCOS-04; To be published in proceedings (World Scientific, 2004)

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[817] arXiv:hep-th/0410082 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Cosmic Superstrings Revisited

Joseph Polchinski

Comments: 18 pages, 3 figures. Presented at the Mitchell Conference on Superstring Cosmology, GR17, Cosmo 04, and the 2004 APS-DPF Meeting. v2: typos fixed, references added, some added discussion of pulsar bounds and Hagedorn transitions

Journal-ref: Int.J.Mod.Phys.A20:3413-3415,2005; AIP Conf.Proc.743:331-340,2005

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[818] arXiv:hep-th/0410094 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Rotational inhomogeneities from pre-big bang?

Massimo Giovannini

Comments: 21 pages, corrected typos, references added; to appear in Class. Quantum Grav

Journal-ref: Class.Quant.Grav.22:363-378,2005

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[819] arXiv:hep-th/0410095 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Anthropic Principle Favors the Holographic Dark Energy

Qing-Guo Huang, Miao Li

Comments: 10 Pages; added some clarificaions; Accepted for publicaion in JCAP

Journal-ref: JCAP 0503 (2005) 001

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[820] arXiv:hep-th/0410106 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Are there hyperentropic objects ?

Jacob D. Bekenstein

Comments: LaTeX, 4 pages

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 121502

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[821] arXiv:hep-th/0410115 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Inflation, Large Branes, and the Shape of Space

Brett McInnes

Comments: 29 pages, clarifications, typos fixed, references added

Journal-ref: Nucl.Phys.B709:213-240,2005

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[822] arXiv:hep-th/0410117 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Running Newton Constant, Improved Gravitational Actions, and Galaxy Rotation Curves

M. Reuter, H. Weyer

Comments: 72pp, to appear in Phys. Rev. D

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D70:124028,2004

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[823] arXiv:hep-th/0410119 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Quantum Gravity at Astrophysical Distances?

M. Reuter, H. Weyer

Comments: 46 pages, 4 figures, to appear in JCAP

Journal-ref: JCAP 0412:001,2004

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[824] arXiv:hep-th/0410192 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Dark matter: A spin one half fermion field with mass dimension one?

D. V. Ahluwalia-Khalilova, D. Grumiller

Comments: 5 pages, RevTex, v2: slightly extended discussion, new refs. and note added

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D72:067701,2005

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[825] arXiv:hep-th/0410213 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Birth of the Universe from the Landscape of String Theory

Archil Kobakhidze, Laura Mersini-Houghton

Comments: 4 pp, no figures

Journal-ref: Eur.Phys.J.C49:869-873,2007

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[826] arXiv:hep-th/0410222 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Gravitational radiation from cosmic (super)strings: bursts, stochastic background, and observational windows

Thibault Damour, Alexander Vilenkin

Comments: 16 pages, 6 figures

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 063510

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[827] arXiv:hep-th/0410223 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Back-Reaction and the Trans-Planckian Problem of Inflation Revisited

Robert H. Brandenberger, Jerome Martin

Comments: 13 pages, 2 figures, RevTex

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 023504

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[828] arXiv:hep-th/0410230 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Birefringent Gravitational Waves and the Consistency Check of Inflation

Stephon Alexander, Jerome Martin

Comments: 9 pages, 1 figure, RevTex

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 063526

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[829] arXiv:hep-th/0410234 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: A Note on the evolution of cosmic string/superstring networks

Mairi Sakellariadou

Comments: 13 pages, 12 figures (revised version)

Journal-ref: JCAP 0504 (2005) 003

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[830] arXiv:hep-th/0410247 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Evolution of gravitational waves in the high-energy regime of brane-world cosmology

Takashi Hiramatsu, Kazuya Koyama, Atsushi Taruya

Comments: 18 pages, 4 figures

Journal-ref: Phys.Lett. B609 (2005) 133-142

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[831] arXiv:hep-th/0410270 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Spontaneous Inflation and the Origin of the Arrow of Time

Sean M. Carroll, Jennifer Chen

Comments: 36 pages

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[832] arXiv:math-ph/0410004 (cross-list from math-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Correlations between Maxwell's multipoles for gaussian random functions on the sphere

M. R. Dennis

Comments: 6 pages, 2 figures (revised version)

Journal-ref: J.Phys.A38:1653-1658,2005

Subjects: Mathematical Physics (math-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)

[833] arXiv:nlin/0410028 (cross-list from nlin.CD) [pdf, other]

Title: Phase-Space Structure for Narrow Planetary Rings

L. Benet, O. Merlo

Comments: 17 pages, 6 low-resolution ps figures (some in colour)

Journal-ref: Regular and Chaotic Dynamics 9 (2004) 373

Subjects: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD); Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[834] arXiv:nucl-ex/0410025 (cross-list from nucl-ex) [pdf, other]

Title: Design Constraints for a WIMP Dark Matter and pp Solar Neutrino Liquid Neon Scintillation Detector

M.G. Boulay, A. Hime, J. Lidgard

Comments: 27 pages, 43 figures

Subjects: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[835] arXiv:nucl-ex/0410031 (cross-list from nucl-ex) [pdf, other]

Title: Do We Accurately Know the Formation of Solar 8B?

Moshe Gai (LNS at Avery Point, University of Connecticut)

Comments: Contribution to Neutrino 04, Paris, June 14-19, 2004, with one figure that includes the latest data

Subjects: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)

[836] arXiv:nucl-th/0410040 (cross-list from nucl-th) [pdf, other]

Title: The hadron-quark phase transition in neutron stars

G. F. Burgio (INFN Sezione di Catania, Italy)

Comments: Talk given at the 18th International Nuclear Physics Divisional Conference of the EPS, Prague, 23-29 August, 2004. To be published in Nuclear Physics A. 4 pages, 1 eps figure

Journal-ref: Nucl.Phys. A749 (2005) 337-340

Subjects: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[837] arXiv:nucl-th/0410043 (cross-list from nucl-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Is there a crystalline state of nuclear matter?

U.T. Yakhshiev, M.M. Musakhanov, Hyun-Chul Kim

Comments: 10 pages, 4 figures, RevTeX is used. Final version for publication in Phys. Lett. B

Journal-ref: Phys.Lett. B628 (2005) 33-39

Subjects: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[838] arXiv:nucl-th/0410063 (cross-list from nucl-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Relativistic Mean-Field Models with Effective Hadron Masses and Coupling Constants, and rho^- Condensation

E.E. Kolomeitsev, D.N. Voskresensky

Comments: 43p, 20figs

Journal-ref: Nucl.Phys. A759 (2005) 373-413

Subjects: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[839] arXiv:nucl-th/0410066 (cross-list from nucl-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Isospin Asymmetry in Nuclei and Neutron Stars

Andrew W. Steiner, Madappa Prakash, James M. Lattimer, Paul J. Ellis

Comments: 49 pages, 17 figures, Phys. Rep. (in press); made improvements to "RAPR" and corrected transition densities

Journal-ref: Phys.Rept.411:325-375,2005

Subjects: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[840] arXiv:nucl-th/0410074 (cross-list from nucl-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Parity Violation in Astrophysics

C. J. Horowitz

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of PAVI04 conference in Grenoble, France

Journal-ref: Eur.Phys.J. A24S2 (2005) 167-170

Subjects: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[841] arXiv:nucl-th/0410091 (cross-list from nucl-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Two lectures on color superconductivity

Igor A. Shovkovy

Comments: 56 pages, 9 figures. Minor corrections and references added. Lectures delivered at the IARD 2004 conference, Saas Fee, Switzerland, June 12 - 19, 2004, and at the Helmholtz International Summer School and Workshop on Hot points in Astrophysics and Cosmology, JINR, Dubna, Russia, August 2 - 13, 2004

Journal-ref: Found.Phys. 35 (2005) 1309-1358

Subjects: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Astrophysics (astro-ph); Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[842] arXiv:physics/0410102 (cross-list from physics.plasm-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: The frequency of electron-ion collisions in a hot plasma

Fedor V.Prigara

Comments: 6 pages, REVTeX

Subjects: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[843] arXiv:physics/0410134 (cross-list from physics.class-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Quasi-geostrophic kinematic dynamos at low magnetic Prandtl number

Nathanael Schaeffer (LGIT), Philippe Cardin (LGIT)

Subjects: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)

[844] arXiv:physics/0410255 (cross-list from physics.data-an) [pdf, other]

Title: X-ray properties of the transient pulsar 3A 0535+262 in quiescence

U.Mukherjee, B.Paul (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)

Comments: 13 pages, 6 figures, accepted in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an); Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[845] arXiv:physics/0410281 (cross-list from physics.ins-det) [pdf, other]

Title: Studies of "Kapustinsky's" light pulser timing characteristics

B.K.Lubsandorzhiev, Y.E.Vyatchin

Comments: 12 pages, 5 figures, to be submitted to NIM A

Journal-ref: JINST 1 (2006) T06001

Subjects: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)