Cosmological and astrophysical limits on brane fluctuations

We consider a general brane-world model parametrized by the brane tension scale f and the branon mass M. For a low tension compared to the fundamental gravitational scale, we calculate the relic branon abundance and its contribution to the cosmological dark matter. We compare this result with the cu...

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Autores: Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto, Dobado González, Antonio, López Maroto, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/50740
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50740
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:53
Goldstone Bosons
Neutrino Burst
Dimensions
Wmap
Millimeter
Universe
Física (Física)
22 Física
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Sumario:We consider a general brane-world model parametrized by the brane tension scale f and the branon mass M. For a low tension compared to the fundamental gravitational scale, we calculate the relic branon abundance and its contribution to the cosmological dark matter. We compare this result with the current observational limits on the total and hot dark matter energy densities and derive the corresponding bounds on f and M. Using the nucleosynthesis bounds on the number of relativistic species, we also set a limit on the number of light branons in terms of the brane tension. Finally, we estimate the bounds coming from the energy loss rate in supernovae explosions due to massive branon emission.