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We calculate the one-loop effective potential of a scalar field in a Robertson-Walker background with scalar metric perturbations. A complete set of orthonormal solutions of the perturbed equations is obtained by using the adiabatic approximatio[...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Cruz Dombriz, Álvaro de la ; Gammaldi, Viviana | Amer Inst Physics | 2012If the present dark matter in the Universe annihilates into Standard Model particles, it must contribute to the gamma ray fluxes detected on the Earth. Here we briefly review the present constraints for the detection of gamma ray photons produce[...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Cruz Dombriz, Álvaro de la ; Dobado González, Antonio ; López Maroto, Antonio | IOP publishing ltd | 2008-10One of the most striking features found in the cosmic microwave background data is the presence of an anomalous cold spot (CS) in the temperature maps made by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). This CS has been interpreted as the r[...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Cruz Dombriz, Álvaro de la ; Dobado González, Antonio ; López Maroto, Antonio | IOP publishing ltd | 2008-10One of the most striking features found in the cosmic microwave background data is the presence of an anomalous cold spot (CS) in the temperature maps made by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). This CS has been interpreted as the r[...]![]()
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It has long been known that the covariant formulation of quantum electrodynamics conflicts with the local description of states in the charged sector. Some of the solutions to this problem amount to modifications of the subsidiary conditions bel[...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Núñez Jareño, Santos José | IOP publishing ltd | 2014-03We show that the energy-momentum tensor of homogeneous fields of arbitrary spin in an expanding universe is always isotropic in average provided the fields remain bounded and evolve rapidly compared to the rate of expansion. An analytic expressi[...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Núñez Jareño, Santos José ; Hallabrin, C. | American Physical Society | 2012-07-10We consider homogeneous Abelian vector fields in an expanding universe. We find a mechanical analogy in which the system behaves as a particle moving in three dimensions under the action of a central potential. In the case of bounded and rapid e[...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Núñez Jareño, S. J. | American Physical Society | 2013-02-13We consider homogeneous non-Abelian vector fields with general potential terms in an expanding universe. We find a mechanical analogy with a system of N interacting particles (with N the dimension of the gauge group) moving in three dimensions u[...]![]()
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The next generation of galaxy surveys will allow us to test one of the most fundamental assumptions of the standard cosmology, i.e. that gravity is governed by the general theory of relativity (GR). In this paper, we investigate the ability of t[...]![]()
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Large-scale matter bulk flows with respect to the cosmic microwave background have very recently been detected on scales less than or similar to 100h(-1) Mpc and less than or similar to 300h(-1) Mpc by using two different techniques showing an e[...]![]()
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Alcazar, J. ; Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Dobado González, Antonio ; López Maroto, Antonio | Amer Physical Soc | 2003-04In the context of the brane-world scenarios with compactified large extra dimensions, we study the production of the possible massive brane oscillations (branons) in electron-positron colliders. We compute their contribution to the electroweak g[...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; López Maroto, Antonio ; Villarrubia Rojo, Héctor | Oxford Univ Press | 2020-09We explore the possibility that matter bulk flows could generate the required vorticity in the electron-proton-photon plasma to source cosmic magnetic fields through the Harrison mechanism. We analyze the coupled set of perturbed Maxwell and Bol[...]![]()
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Cermeño, M. ; Carro, J. ; López Maroto, Antonio ; Pérez García, M. A. | IOP publishing ltd | 2019-02-20Using a perturbative approach we solve stellar structure equations for low-density (solar-type) stars whose interior is described with a polytropic equation of state in scenarios involving a subset of modified gravity (MG) theories. Rather than [...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Beltrán Jiménez, José ; Gottloeber, Stefan ; Yepes Alonso, Gustavo ; Knebe, Alexander ; Carlesi, Edoardo | Wiley-Blackwell | 2012-07We present the results of a series of cosmological N-body simulations of a vector dark energy (VDE) model, performed using a suitably modified version of the publicly available gadget-2 code. The set-ups of our simulations were calibrated pursui[...]![]()
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We explore the different possibilities for branons as dark matter candidates. We consider a general brane-world model, parametrized by the number of extra dimensions, N, the fundamental scale of gravity M-D, the brane tension scale f, and the br[...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Gammaldi, Viviana ; López Maroto, Antonio | American Physical Society | 2014-08-07The spectral study of the HESS J1745-290 high-energy gamma-ray cutoff from the Galactic center is compatible with a signal of dark matter (DM) annihilation or decay. If this is the case, a neutrino flux from that source is also expected. We anal[...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; López Maroto, Antonio ; Villarrubia Rojo, Héctor | IOP Publishing | 2019-06-18One of the fundamental assumptions of the standard Lambda CDM cosmology is that, on large scales, all the matter-energy components of the Universe share a common rest frame. This seems natural for the visible sector, that has been in thermal con[...]![]()
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In this work we calculate the low-energy effective action for gravity with torsion, obtained after the integration of scalar and fermionic matter fields, using the local momentum representation based on the Riemann normal coordinates expansion. [...]![]()
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Dark energy is usually parametrized as a perfect fliud with negative pressure and a certain equation of state. Besides, it is supposed to interact very weakly with the rest of the components of the universe and, as a consequence, there is no rea[...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Beltrán Jiménez, José | Progress Theoretical Physics Publication Office | 2011In this work we consider quantum electromagnetic fields in an expanding universe. We start by reviewing the difficulties found when trying to impose the Lorenz condition in a time dependent geometry. Motivated by this fact, we explore the possib[...]![]()
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We discuss the existence of de Sitter inflationary solutions for the string-inspired fourth-derivative gravity theories with dilaton field. We consider a space-time of arbitrary dimension D and an arbitrary parametrization of the target space me[...]![]()
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We analyze the claimed tension between redshift space distorsions measurements of f(z)sigma 8(z) and the predictions of standard Lambda CDM (Planck 2015 and 2018) cosmology. We consider a dataset consisting of 17 data points extending up to reds[...]![]()
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It is well known that an extremely accurate parametrization of the growth function of matter density perturbations in ACDM cosmology, with errors below 0.25%, is given by f(a) = ?^(?)_(m)(a) with ? ? 0.55. In this work, we show that a simple mo[...]![]()
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We consider the problem of parametrizing modified gravity theories that include an additional vector field in the sub-Hubble regime within the quasi-static approximation. We start from the most general set of second order equations for metric an[...]![]()
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We study the production of massive fermions in arbitrary vector and axial-vector classical backgrounds using effective action techniques. A perturbative calculation shows the different features of each field and in particular it is seen that pur[...]![]()
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In this paper we show how the nonlocal effective action for gravity, obtained after integrating out the matter fields, can be used to compute particle production and spectra for different space-time metrics. Applying this technique to several ex[...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Beltrán Jiménez, José ; Koivisto, Tomi S. ; Fonseca Mota, David | IOP publishing ltd | 2009-10It has been recently proposed that the presence of a temporal electromagnetic field on cosmological scales could explain the phase of accelerated expansion that the universe is currently undergoing. The field contributes as a cosmological consta[...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; López Maroto, Antonio ; Núñez Jareño, Santos José | Springer | 2017-02-13We study the dynamics of cosmological perturbations in models of dark matter based on ultralight coherent vector fields. Very much as for scalar field dark matter, we find two different regimes in the evolution: for modes with k^(2) « Hma, we ha[...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Dobado González, Antonio ; López Maroto, Antonio | American Institute of Physics | 2003The recent proposal of theories with compactified large extra dimensions is reviewed. We pay especial attention to brane world models with low tension where the only relevant degrees of freedom at low energies are the Standard Model (SM) particl[...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Cruz Dombriz, Álvaro de la ; Dobado González, Antonio ; Lineros, R. ; López Maroto, Antonio | Amer Inst Physics | 2011If the present dark matter (DM) in the Universe annihilates into Standard Model (SM) particles, it must contribute to the gamma ray fluxes that are detected on the Earth. The magnitude of such contribution depends on the particular DM candidate,[...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Cruz Dombriz, Álvaro de la ; Dobado González, Antonio ; Lineros, R.A. ; López Maroto, Antonio | Amer Physical Soc | 2011-04-11If the present dark matter in the Universe annihilates into standard model particles, it must contribute to the fluxes of cosmic rays that are detected on the Earth and, in particular, to the observed gamma-ray fluxes. The magnitude of such a co[...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Gammaldi, Viviana | American Physical Society | 2012-11-06We show that the gamma ray spectrum observed with the HESS array of Cherenkov telescopes coming from the Galactic Center region and identified with the source HESS J1745-290 is well fitted by the secondary photons coming from dark matter (DM) an[...]![]()
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We study the amplification of electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations induced by the evolution of scalar metric perturbations at the end of inflation. Such perturbations break the conformal invariance of Maxwell equations in Friedmann-Robertson-Walk[...]![]()
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In this letter we provide a simple explanation of the recent finding of anisotropy in electromagnetic (EM) propagation claimed by Nodland and Ralston. We consider, as a possible origin of such effect, the effective coupling between EM fields and[...]![]()
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We study the production of spin 3/2 particles in homogeneous scalar and gravitational backgrounds using the mode-mixing Bogolyubov method. Considering only the helicity +/-3/2 states, we can reduce the problem to a standard Dirac fermion calcula[...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Cruz Dombriz, Álvaro de la ; Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Gammaldi, Viviana ; Lineros, Roberto A. | Springer | 2013-09-13We study the differences in the gamma-ray spectra simulated by four Monte Carlo event generator packages developed in particle physics. Two different versions of PYTHIA and two of HERWIG are analyzed, namely PYTHIA 6.418 and HERWIG 6.5.10 in For[...]![]()
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We consider the resonant production of fermions from an oscillating axial background. The classical evolution of the axial field is given by that of a massive pseudovector field, as suggested by the renormalizability of the theory. We look upon [...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Villarrubia Rojo, Héctor ; Llanes Estrada, Felipe José ; Garay Elizondo, Luis Javier ; López Maroto, Antonio ; Fernández Sanz, David | 2018-06-19Esta memoria contiene los principales resultados del proyecto de innovación docente número 34 de la convocatoria 2017/2018 que lleva por título "Software libre como herramienta de aprendizaje en mecánica".![]()
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Finkel Morgenstern, Federico ; González López, Artemio ; López Maroto, Antonio ; Rodríguez, M.A. | American Institute of Physics | 2001The most general inflaton potential in Minkowski spacetime for which the differential equation for the Fourier modes of the matter fields reduces to Lame's equation is shown to be of the form V(?) = ? ? ^(4) /4 + K ?^( )2 /2 + ?/(2 ?^( 2) ) + V_[...]![]()
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Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Dobado González, Antonio ; López Maroto, Antonio | IOP publishing ltd | 2007-06-22In this work, we will review the main properties of braneworld models with low tension. Starting from very general principles, it is possible to obtain an effective action for the relevant degrees of freedom at low energies (branons). Using the [...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; Gammaldi, Viviana | IOP publishing ltd | 2013-04We study the main spectral features of the gamma-ray fluxes observed by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) from the J1745-290 Galactic Center source during the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. In particular, we show that these data are well fi[...]![]()
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Using the Fujikawa and the heat-kernel methods we make a complete and detailed computation of the global, gauge, and gravitational anomalies in the standard model defined on a curved space-time with torsion. We find new contributions coming from[...]![]()
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We analyze the sensitivity of galaxy and weak-lensing surveys to detect preferred directions in the gravitational interaction. We consider general theories of gravity involving additional vector degrees of freedom with non-vanishing spatial comp[...]![]()
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Despite the success of Maxwell's electromagnetism in the description of the electromagnetic on small scales, we know very little about the behavior of electromagnetic fields on cosmological distances. Thus, it has been suggested recently that th[...]![]()
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We study, within the recently proposed brane-world scenario, the effective action for the low-energy brane excitations. These modes are understood as Goldstone bosons associated to the spontaneous isometry breaking, induced on the bulk space by [...]![]()
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We consider electromagnetic field quantization in an expanding universe We find that the covariant (Gupta Bleuler) method exhibits certain difficulties when trying to impose the quantum Lorenz condition on cosmological scales. We thus explore th[...]![]()
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We study the high-energy equivalence between helicity ±1/2 gravitinos and Goldstinos in order to calculate the production of gravitinos in time-dependent scalar and gravitational backgrounds. We derive this equivalence for equations of motion, p[...]![]()
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Finkel Morgenstern, Federico ; González López, Artemio ; López Maroto, Antonio ; Rodríguez González, Miguel Ángel | American Physical Society | 2000-10-17We show that the most general inflaton potential in Minkowski spacetime for which the differential equation for the Fourier modes of the matter fields reduces to Lame's equation is of the form V(phi)=lambda phi^4/4+Kphi^2/2+mu/(2 phi^2)+V_0. As [...]![]()
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Albareti, F. D. ; Ruiz Cembranos, José Alberto ; López Maroto, Antonio | American Physical Society | 2014We consider the vacuum energy of massive quantum fields in an expanding universe. We define a conserved renormalized energy-momentum tensor by means of a comoving cutoff regularization. Using exact solutions for de Sitter space-time, we show tha[...]![]()
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López Maroto, Antonio ; Beltrán Jiménez, José ; Yepes Alonso, Gustavo ; Carlesi, Edoardo ; Knebe, Alexander | Oxford University Press | 2011-12The detection of extremely massive clusters at z > 1 such as SPT-CL J0546-5345, SPT-CL J2106-5844 and XMMU J2235.3 2557 has been considered by some authors as a challenge to the standard ? cold dark matter cosmology. In fact, assuming Gaussian [...]