Bounds on the effective theory of gravity in models of particle physics and cosmology
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Bounds on the effective theory of gravity in models of particle physics and cosmology
(Springer theses : recognizing outstanding Ph. D. research)
Springer, c2014
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
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  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
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  Aichi
  Mie
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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"Doctoral thesis accepted by University of Sussex, Brighton, UK"
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
The effective theory of quantum gravity coupled to models of particle physics is being probed by cutting edge experiments in both high energy physics (searches for extra dimensions) and cosmology (testing models of inflation). This thesis derives new bounds that may be placed on these models both theoretically and experimentally. In models of extra dimensions, the internal consistency of the theories at high energies are investigated via perturbative unitarity bounds. Similarly it is shown that recent models of Higgs inflation suffer from a breakdown of perturbative unitarity during the inflationary period. In addition, the thesis uses the latest LHC data to derive the first ever experimental bound on the size of the Higgs boson's non-minimal coupling to gravity.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Unitarity of Gravity Coupled to Models of Particle Physics.- Unitarity of Models with Extra Dimensions.- Higgs Inflation.- Bound on the Non-minimal Coupling of the Higgs Boson to Gravity.- Conclusions.- Appendix A Polarisations of External Particles.- Appendix B Wigner d-Functions.- Appendix C Integrals.- Appendix D Transforming Between Einstein and Jordan Frames.- Appendix E Feynman Rules.
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