General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Authors and titles for December 2010

[301] arXiv:1012.4536 (cross-list from math-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Optical black holes and solitons

Shawn Westmoreland

Comments: PhD dissertation (mathematics) defended December 9, 2010

Subjects: Mathematical Physics (math-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); Optics (physics.optics)

[302] arXiv:1012.4541 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Brane Holes

Valeri P. Frolov, Shinji Mukohyama

Comments: 12 pages, 5 figures, version accepted for publication in PRD

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D83:044052,2011

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

[303] arXiv:1012.4611 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Voros product, noncommutative inspired Reissner-Nordstr{\"o}m black hole and corrected area law

Sunandan Gangopadhyay, Dibakar Roychowdhury

Comments: 12 pages LateX

Journal-ref: Int.J.Mod.Phys.A 27 (2012) 1250041

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

[304] arXiv:1012.4617 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: Contribution of the hybrid inflation waterfall to the primordial curvature perturbation

David H. Lyth

Comments: Simpler and more complete results, especiallly for delta N approach

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

[305] arXiv:1012.4651 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Towards the M(atrix) model action in an arbitrary 11D supergravity background. Progress report

Igor A. Bandos

Comments: 4 pages, iopams style, contribution to the ERE 2010 Proceedings, to be published in this http URL. Conf. Ser

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

[306] arXiv:1012.4669 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: G-essence with Yukawa Interactions

I. Kulnazarov, K. Yerzhanov, O. Razina, Sh. Myrzakul, P. Tsyba, R. Myrzakulov

Comments: 13 pages

Journal-ref: Eur. Phys. J. C, 71:1698 (2011)

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

[307] arXiv:1012.4747 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Perturbations of Gauss-Bonnet Black Strings in Codimension-2 Braneworlds

Bertha Cuadros-Melgar, Eleftherios Papantonopoulos, Minas Tsoukalas, Vassilios Zamarias

Comments: 26 pages, no figures, clarifying comments and one reference added, to be published in JHEP

Journal-ref: JHEP 03, 010 (2011)

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

[308] arXiv:1012.4805 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Perturbations of near-horizon geometries and instabilities of Myers-Perry black holes

Mark Durkee, Harvey S. Reall

Comments: 24 pages (+ 16 pages appendices), 2 figures. v2: Corrected error in CFT operator dimensions (they are all integers). v3: Various improvements and corrections, in particular for electromagnetic perturbations. Accepted by Physical Review D

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D83:104044,2011

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

[309] arXiv:1012.4811 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: A new approach to the vacuum of inflationary models

Shih-Hung Chen, James B. Dent

Comments: 24 pages, 7 figures

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[310] arXiv:1012.4848 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Cosmological constant in scale-invariant theories

Robert Foot, Archil Kobakhidze, Raymond R. Volkas

Comments: 10 pages; v2: clarifying remarks added, to appear in Physical Review D

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

[311] arXiv:1012.4867 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Quantum Statistical Relation for black holes in nonlinear electrodynamics coupled to Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet AdS gravity

Olivera Miskovic, Rodrigo Olea

Comments: 22 pages, no figures; 3 references and a subsection on Thermodynamic Charges added; Final version for PRD

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D83:064017,2011

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

[312] arXiv:1012.4906 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: On the accelerated expansion of the cosmos

Dominik J. Schwarz, Benedict Bahr-Kalus, Marina Seikel

Comments: 7 pages, 3 figures, invited talk given at the School on Nuclear Astrophysics, Erice 2010

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[313] arXiv:1012.4947 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Some physical consequences of an exact vacua distribution in the Bousso-Polchinski Landscape

Cesar Asensio, Antonio Segui

Comments: 4 pages, 1 figure, contribution to the proceedings ERE2010

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

[314] arXiv:1012.4988 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: Holographic dark energy at the Ricci scale

Iván Durán, Diego Pavón (UAB, Bellaterra, Spain)

Comments: 4 pages, 4 figures, Contribution to the Proceedings ERE2010; key words: cosmology, dark energy, holography, observational constraints

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

[315] arXiv:1012.5014 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: Scaling configurations of cosmic superstring networks and their cosmological implications

Alkistis Pourtsidou, Anastasios Avgoustidis, Edmund J. Copeland, Levon Pogosian, Daniele A. Steer

Comments: 23 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables; V2: matches published version (PRD)

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D83:063525,2011

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

[316] arXiv:1012.5044 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Charged Balanced Black Rings in Five Dimensions

Burkhard Kleihaus, Jutta Kunz, Kirsten Schnülle

Comments: 7 pages, 7 figures

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

[317] arXiv:1012.5048 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Black-hole dynamics in BHT massive gravity

Hideki Maeda

Comments: 7 pages, 1 figure

Journal-ref: JHEP 1102:039,2011

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

[318] arXiv:1012.5049 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Nielsen-Olesen vortices for large Ginzburg-Landau parameter

Jurgen Burzlaff, Francisco Navarro-Lerida

Comments: 10 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in PRD

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D82:125033,2010

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

[319] arXiv:1012.5062 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Reply to Comment on: Hawking radiation from ultrashort laser pulse filaments

F. Belgiorno, S.L. Cacciatori, M. Clerici, V. Gorini, G. Ortenzi, L. Rizzi, E. Rubino, V.G. Sala, D. Faccio

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); Optics (physics.optics)

[320] arXiv:1012.5081 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Blackfolds in (Anti)-de Sitter Backgrounds

Jay Armas, Niels A. Obers

Comments: v1: 1+29 pages, latex. v2: cosmetic changes. v3: .pdf file corrected

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D83 (2011) 084039

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

[321] arXiv:1012.5093 (cross-list from physics.hist-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Unitary theories in the work of Mira Fernandes (beyond general relativity and differential geometry)

José P. S. Lemos

Comments: 33 pages. Published in Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Matematica, (Numero Especial - Aureliano Mira Fernandes), eds. L. Saraiva e J. T. Pinto, (Sociedade Portuguesa de Matematica, Lisboa, 2010), p. 147. Based on the invited talk at the conference "Mira Fernandes and his age - An historical Conference in honour of Aureliano de Mira Fernandes (1884-1958)", IST Lisbon, June 2009

Journal-ref: Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Matematica (Numero Especial - Aureliano Mira Fernandes), 147 (2010)

Subjects: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[322] arXiv:1012.5109 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: No local Maxwell duality invariance

S. Deser

Comments: Published version

Journal-ref: Class.Quant.Grav.28:085009,2011

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

[323] arXiv:1012.5121 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Dark Energy density in Split SUSY models inspired by degenerate vacua

C. Froggatt, R. Nevzorov, H. B. Nielsen

Comments: Parallel talk at ICHEP 2010, Paris, France, July 2010, 4 pages

Journal-ref: PoS ICHEP2010:442,2010

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

[324] arXiv:1012.5133 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Quantum Theory, Noncommutativity and Heuristics

Earnest Akofor

Comments: 364 pages, 9 figures, Ph.D. Dissertation

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); Mathematical Physics (math-ph)

[325] arXiv:1012.5239 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: On light propagation in Swiss-Cheese cosmologies

Sebastian J. Szybka

Comments: 27 pages, 11 figures; major changes

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D84:044011,2011

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[326] arXiv:1012.5348 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: CMB Polarization in Einstein-Aether Theory

Masahiro Nakashima, Tsutomu Kobayashi

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the conference "The 20th workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan (JGRG20)."

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

[327] arXiv:1012.5411 (cross-list from astro-ph.HE) [pdf, other]

Title: Circular motion of neutral test particles in Reissner-Nordstr\"om spacetime

D. Pugliese, H. Quevedo, R. Ruffini

Comments: 23 pages, 22 figures. To be published Phys. Rev. D

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D83:024021,2011

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[328] arXiv:1012.5435 (cross-list from physics.atom-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Weakly bound states of neutrons in gravitational fields

Avas V. Khugaev, Renat A. Sultanov, Dennis Guster

Comments: 13 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[329] arXiv:1012.5451 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: Observational tests of Galileon gravity with growth rate

Koichi Hirano, Zen Komiya

Comments: 6 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables; revised for clarification, main results unchanged

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

[330] arXiv:1012.5502 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Improved estimation of radiated axions from cosmological axionic strings

Takashi Hiramatsu, Masahiro Kawasaki, Toyokazu Sekiguchi, Masahide Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yokoyama

Comments: 24 pages, 7 figures

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D83:123531, 2011

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

[331] arXiv:1012.5523 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Non-Canonical Phase-Space Noncommutativity and the Kantowski-Sachs singularity for Black Holes

Catarina Bastos, Orfeu Bertolami, Nuno Costa Dias, João Nuno Prata

Comments: JHEP style, 14 pages, 2 figures

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D84:024005,2011

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

[332] arXiv:1012.5603 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: The gravitational analog of the Aharonov-Bohm electric effect

Doron M. Ludwin

Comments: 12 pages, 1 figure

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[333] arXiv:1012.5610 (cross-list from math-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: One-loop stress tensors for scalar and spinor fields on the homogeneous spaces with G-invariant metrics

A. I. Breev

Comments: 14 pages

Subjects: Mathematical Physics (math-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[334] arXiv:1012.5661 (cross-list from astro-ph.HE) [pdf, other]

Title: Boosting jet power in black hole spacetimes

David Neilsen, Luis Lehner, Carlos Palenzuela, Eric W. Hirschmann, Steven L. Liebling, Patrick M. Motl, T. Garrett

Comments: 7 pages, 5 figures

Journal-ref: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 108, no. 31, pp. 12641-12646 (August 2011)

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[335] arXiv:1012.5690 (cross-list from astro-ph.CO) [pdf, other]

Title: Einstein-Cartan gravity with scalar-fermion interactions

Olga Razina, Yerlan Myrzakulov, Nurzhan Serikbayev, Gulgasyl Nugmanova, Ratbay Myrzakulov

Comments: 6 pages, title is changed

Journal-ref: Cent. Eur. J. Phys., vol. 10, N1, 47-50 (2012)

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

[336] arXiv:1012.5709 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Hawking temperature for constant curvature black bole and its analogue in de Sitter space

Rong-Gen Cai, Yun Soo Myung

Comments: Latex 13 pages without figure

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D83:107502,2011

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

[337] arXiv:1012.5725 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Chaos in Geodesic Motion around a Black Ring

Takahisa Igata, Hideki Ishihara, Yohsuke Takamori

Comments: 6 pages, 6 figures

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D83:047501,2011

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

[338] arXiv:1012.5737 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Properties of scalar perturbations generated by conformal scalar field

M. Libanov, S. Mironov, V. Rubakov

Comments: Prepared for "Gravity and Cosmology (GC2010)" workshop, Kyoto, Japan, May,24-July,16, 2010; 15 pages, 1 figure

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

[339] arXiv:1012.5742 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Constraints on warped compactifications

Masato Minamitsuji, Kunihito Uzawa

Comments: 16 pages; v2: references and some arguments in section I are added

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

[340] arXiv:1012.5869 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: The effects of nonlinear Maxwell source on the magnetic solutions in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity

S. H. Hendi, S. Kordestani, S. N. D. Motlagh

Comments: 19 pages, 6 eps figures, [one can find wormhole interpretation in CJP 89, 281 (2011) and JMP 52, 042502 (2011).]

Journal-ref: Prog.Theor.Phys.124:1067-1082,2010

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

[341] arXiv:1012.5914 (cross-list from physics.gen-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Machian Origin of the Entropic Gravity and Cosmic Acceleration

Merab Gogberashvili, Igor Kanatchikov

Comments: 14 pages, 1 figure, The version accepted by Int. J. Theor. Phys

Journal-ref: Int. J. Theor. Phys. 51 (2012) 985-997

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

[342] arXiv:1012.5966 (cross-list from hep-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: The everpresent eta-problem: knowledge of all hidden sectors required

Sjoerd Hardeman, Johannes M. Oberreuter, Gonzalo A. Palma, Koenraad Schalm, Ted van der Aalst

Comments: 27 pages, 6 figures; v2, published version, minor adjustments to the introduction, minor corrections to section 2.2 for improved clarity, references added

Journal-ref: JHEP 04 (2011) 009

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

[343] arXiv:1012.5996 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Holographic description of vacuum bubbles

Jaume Garriga

Comments: 18 pages, 2 figures, resubmitted with minor corrections

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

[344] arXiv:1012.6036 (cross-list from physics.gen-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Quantum-Mechanical Waves in Closed Vacuum States

Paul S. Wesson

Subjects: General Physics (physics.gen-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[345] arXiv:1012.6040 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: The Black Hole Membrane Paradigm in f(R) Gravity

Saugata Chatterjee, Maulik Parikh, Sudipta Sarkar

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