We discuss flux compactifications of Type IIA supergravity on G2 spaces with smeared O2/O6-planes down to three dimensions. We start by presenting the setup of allowed fluxes, the internal geometry, […]
Abstract: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.13276 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab3e0a (1904.01765)
Modulations of X-ray spectra from extragalactic sources might provide a signature of photons converting into axion-like particles (ALPs) when traversing a region with a large-scale magnetic field. A crucial unknown […]
In 1976, S. Weinberg and his student, E. Gildener (GW), proposed multi-Higgs models of electroweak symmetry breaking which are clas- sically scale-invariant. If this scale invariance is spontaneously broken, the […]
Cosmological first-order phase transition are said strongly supercooled when the nucleation temperature is much smaller than the critical temperature. They are typical of potentials which feature nearly scale-invariance, for which […]
Abstract: The ratios $R(D^{(*)})$ are defined as the $tau/mu$ ratio of the branching fractions of exclusive semileptonic $B to D^{(*)}$ decays. They are a powerful test of Lepton Flavour Universality, one of […]
The goal of identifying the Standard Model of particle physics and its extensions within string theory has been one of the principal driving forces in string phenomenology. Recently, the incorporation […]
Abstract: For this journal club meeting I will comment on a recent paper by Albert and Rastelli (https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.11950) in which they apply modern S-matrix bootstrap techniques to the old problem […]
Star forming galaxies (SFGs) are powerful factories of high-energy cosmic rays. Their star formation rate (SFR) is a key physical property characterizing both the total energy budget and the transport […]
Abstract: Zoom link: https://cnrs.zoom.us/j/91049381574?pwd=TDZyU3NqT0k4MFk3cUMvc0JuOURCdz09
