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hep-th2003★ 4 cited

Remarks on some vacuum solutions of scalar-tensor cosmological models

V. B. Bezerra, C. Romero, G. Grebot +2

We present a class of exact vacuum solutions corresponding to de Sitter and warm inflation models in the framework of scalar-tensor cosmologies. We show that in both cases the fiel…

gr-qc2003★ 9 cited

Harmonic maps and isometric embeddings of the spacetime

S. Chervon, F. Dahia, C. Romero

We investigate harmonic maps in the context of isometric embeddings when the target space is Ricci-flat and has codimension one. With the help of the Campbell-Magaard theorem we sh…

hep-th2003★ 188 cited

Solitons in systems of coupled scalar fields

D. Bazeia, M. J. dos Santos, R. F. Ribeiro

We present a method to obtain soliton solutions to relativistic system of coupled scalar fields. This is done by examining the energy associated to static field configurations. In…

gr-qc2003★ 1 cited

Constraints on Non-Newtonian Gravity from Recent Casimir Force Measurements

V. M. Mostepanenko

Corrections to Newton's gravitational law inspired by extra dimensional physics and by the exchange of light and massless elementary particles between the atoms of two macrobodies…

astro-ph2003★ 1 cited

Massive scalar fields in the early Universe

Uwe Guenther, Alexander Zhuk

We discuss the role of gravitational excitons/radions in different cosmological scenarios. Gravitational excitons are massive moduli fields which describe conformal excitations of…

hep-th2003★ 7 cited

Confinement from new global defect structures

D. Bazeia, F. A. Brito, W. Freire +1

We investigate confinement from new global defect structures in three spatial dimensions. The global defects arise in models described by a single real scalar field, governed by sp…

hep-ph2003★ 272 cited

Improved tests of extra-dimensional physics and thermal quantum field theory from new Casimir force measurements

R. S. Decca, E. Fischbach, G. L. Klimchitskaya +3

We report new constraints on extra-dimensional models and other physics beyond the Standard Model based on measurements of the Casimir force between two dissimilar metals for separ…

hep-ph2003★ 80 cited

Discrete symmetries, invisible axion and lepton number symmetry in an economic 3-3-1 model

Alex G. Dias, C. A. de S. Pires, P. S. Rodrigues da Silva

We show that Peccei-Quinn and lepton number symmetries can be a natural outcome in a 3-3-1 model with right-handed neutrinos after imposing a Z_11 x Z_2 symmetry. This symmetry is…

nucl-th2003★ 5 cited

Structure of the Isovector Dipole Resonance in Neutron-Rich Nucleus and Direct Decay from Pygmy Resonance

T. N. Leite, N. Teruya

The structure of the isovector dipole resonance in neutron-rich calcium isotope, , has been investigated by implementing a careful treatment of the differences of neutron…

hep-th2003★ 153 cited

Brane Structure from a Scalar Field in Warped Spacetime

D. Bazeia, C. Furtado, A. R. Gomes

We deal with scalar field coupled to gravity in five dimensions in warped geometry. We investigate models described by potentials that drive the system to support thick brane solut…

gr-qc2003★ 21 cited

On the embedding of branes in five-dimensional spaces

F. Dahia, C. Romero

We investigate the embedding of four-dimensional branes in five-dimensional spaces. We firstly consider the case when the embedding space is a vacuum bulk whose energy-momentum ten…

hep-th2003★ 32 cited

Spinor Casimir densities for a spherical shell in the global monopole spacetime

A. A. Saharian, E. R. Bezerra de Mello

We investigate the vacuum expectation values of the energy-momentum tensor and the fermionic condensate associated with a massive spinor field obeying the MIT bag boundary conditio…

gr-qc2003★ 17 cited

Global aspects of gravitomagnetism

A. Barros, V. B. Bezerra, C. Romero

We consider global properties of gravitomagnetism by investigating the gravitomagnetic field of a rotating cosmic string. We show that although the gravitomagnetic field produced b…

hep-ph2003

Five-Dimensional QED, Muon Pair Production and Correction to the Coulomb Potential

J. R. Nascimento, C. A de S. Pires, R. F. Ribeiro

We consider QED in five dimensions in a configuration where matter is localized on a 3-brane while foton propagates in the bulk. The idea is to investigate the effects of the Kaluz…

gr-qc2003★ 12 cited

Loop variables in the geometry of a rotating black string

A. M. de M. Carvalho, Fernando Moraes, Claudio Furtado

In this paper we analyze in the Wilson loop context the parallel transport of vectors and spinors around a closed loop in the background space-time of a rotating black string in or…

quant-ph2003★ 46 cited

Quantum Dynamics of Magnetic and Electric Dipoles and Berry's Phase

Claudio Furtado, C. A. de Lima Ribeiro

We study the quantum dynamics of neutral particle that posseses a permanent magnetic and electric dipole moments in the presence of an electromagnetic field. The analysis of this d…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2003★ 39 cited

Solid State Analog for He-McKellar-Wilkens Quantum Phase

C. A. de Lima Ribeiro, Claudio Furtado, Fernando Moraes

In this letter we investigate the quantum dynamics of a quasiparticle in the presence of a charged screw dislocation submitted to a uniform magnetic field. Analysing the quantum sc…

hep-th2003★ 14 cited

Gravitational field around a time-like current-carrying screwed cosmic string in scalar-tensor theories

V. B. Bezerra, C. N. Ferreira, J. B. Fonseca-Neto +1

In this paper we obtain the space-time generated by a time-like current-carrying superconducting screwed cosmic string(TCSCS). This gravitational field is obtained in a modified sc…

hep-th2003★ 97 cited

Supergravity brane worlds and tachyon potentials

D. Bazeia, F. A. Brito, J. R. Nascimento

We study massless and massive graviton modes that bind on thick branes which are supergravity domain walls solutions in -dimensional supergravity theories where only the supergr…

hep-th2003★ 20 cited

Issues of duality on non-commutative manifolds: the {\it non-equivalence} between self-dual and topologically massive models

T. Mariz, R. Menezes, J. R. S. Nascimento +2

We study issues of duality and dual equivalence in non-commutative manifolds. In particular the question of dual equivalence for the actions of the non-commutative extensions of th…

hep-th2003★ 24 cited

Vacuum Polarization of a Charged Massless Fermionic Field by a Magnetic Flux in the Cosmic String Spacetime

J. Spinelly, E. R. Bezerra de Mello

We calculate the vacuum averages of the energy-momentum tensor associated with a massless left-handed spinor fields due to magnetic fluxes on idealized cosmic string spacetime. In…

hep-th2003★ 10 cited

On the dual equivalence of the self-dual and topologically massive p-form models

R. Menezes, J. R. S. Nascimento, R. F. Ribeiro +1

We study the duality symmetry in p-form models containing a generalized term in spacetime manifolds of arbitrary dimensions. The equivalence between the $B_q\we…

hep-th2003★ 17 cited

Vacuum Polarization by a Magnetic Flux in a Cosmic String Background

J. Spinelly, E. R. Bezerra de Mello

In this paper we analyse the vacuum polarization effects due to a magnetic flux on massless fermionic fields in a cosmic string background. Three distinct configurations of magneti…

hep-th2003★ 151 cited

New Global Defect Structures

D. Bazeia, J. Menezes, R. Menezes

We investigate the presence of defects in systems described by real scalar field in (D,1) spacetime dimensions. We show that when the potential assumes specific form, there are mod…