12 papers
Probing cosmological phase transitions with SKAO through nano-Hz gravitational-wave portal
Roman Pasechnik, António P. Morais
The recent evidence for a stochastic gravitational wave (GW) background at nano-Hz frequencies from pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) provides a strong science case for exploring cosmolo…
Minimal Scale-Invariant Dark Matter
Alexander Belyaev, Roman Pasechnik, Rishav Roshan +1
We study the minimal classically scale-invariant extension of the Standard Model, containing a single -stabilised real scalar singlet whose mass is not an independent…
Primordial black holes and magnetic fields in conformal neutrino mass models
Shyam Balaji, João Gonçalves, Danny Marfatia +2
Sufficiently strong and long-lasting first-order phase transitions can produce primordial black holes (PBHs) that contribute substantially to the dark matter abundance of the Unive…
Machine Learning for Multi-messenger Probes of New Physics and Cosmology: A Review and Perspective
Andrea Addazi, Konstantin Belotsky, Vitaly Beylin +18
The multi-messenger exploration of dark matter and physics beyond the Standard Model has emerged as a central direction in modern astro-particle physics, particularly following the…
Novel Bounds From The Weak Gravity and Festina Lente Conjectures
Fayez Abu-Ajamieh, Pratik Chattopadhyay, Nobuchika Okada +2
We demonstrate that the Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC) and the Festina-Lente Conjecture (FLC) yield novel bounds on fifth force searches and milli-Charged Particles (mCPs), as well…
Sterile neutrino dark matter in conformal Majoron models
João Gonçalves, Danny Marfatia, António P. Morais +2
We study sterile neutrino dark matter (DM) in a classically conformal U(1)' extension of the Standard Model with three right-handed neutrinos and a Majoron-like singlet scalar that…