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Stefano Profumo

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arXiv2003

Extended coannihilations from non universal sfermion masses

We propose and analyse a GUT-inspired version of the MSSM featuring non universal sfermion masses boundary conditions and asymptotic b-tau Yukawa coupling unification. The particle spectrum of the model gives rise to extended coannihilation processes, involving the lightest sbottom and the tau sneutrino. We study the allowed parameter space, subject to cosmo-phenomenological requirements, and the details of the new coannihilations modes. Implications for direct and indirect neutralino searches, as well as for collider physics, are also briefly summarized.

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arXiv2002

Non-commutative principal chiral models

Twisted Eguchi-Kawai reduced chiral models are shown to be formally equivalent to a U(1) non-commutative parent theory. The non-commutative theory describes the vacuum dynamics of the non-commutative charged tachyonic field of a brane system. To make contact with the continuum non-commutative theory, a double scaling large N limit for the reduced model is required. We show a possible limiting procedure, which we propose to investigate numerically. Our numerical results show substantial consistency with the outlined procedure

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arXiv2002

Twisted Eguchi-Kawai Reduced Chiral Models

We study the twisted Eguchi-Kawai (TEK) reduction procedure for large-N unitary matrix lattice models. In particular, we consider the case of two-dimensional principal chiral models, and use numerical Monte Carlo (MC) simulations to check the conjectured equivalence of TEK reduced model and standard lattice model in the large-N limit. The MC results are compared with the large-N limit of lattice principal chiral models to verify the supposed equivalence. The consistency of the TEK reduction procedure is verified in the strong-coupling region, i.e. for $β<β_c$ where $β_c$ is the location of the large-N phase transition. On the other hand, in the weak-coupling regime $β>β_c$, relevant for the continuum limit, our MC results do not support the equivalence of the large-N limits of the lattice chiral model and the corresponding TEK reduction. The implications for the correspondence between TEK model and noncommutative field theory are also discussed.

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