Université de GenèveDépartement de Physique ThéoriqueCAP Genève

Publications

Here's a list of the recent publications pruduced by group members. Each paper comes with a non-expert description of it's topic and results. You can filter by topic using the drop-down menu, or click on topics and member names to get more details.

Resonant magnetic fields from inflation
Date: 6. March 2012
Members involved: Lukas Hollenstein, Rajeev Kumar Jain
Topics: Magnetic fields, Inflation
Online abstract: arXiv:1111.2030, DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2012/03/009
Inflaton or Curvaton? Constraints on Bimodal Primordial Spectra from Mixed Perturbations
Date: 3. March 2012
Members involved: Azadeh Moradinezhad , Antonio Riotto
Topics: Inflation, Primordial fluctuations
Online abstract: arXiv:1203.0693
Back Reaction from Walls
Date: 27. February 2012
Members involved: Enea Di Dio, Marc Vonlanthen, Ruth Durrer
Topics: Dark energy
Online abstract: arXiv:1111.5764
Distribution function approach to redshift space distortions. Part II: N-body simulations
Date: 10. February 2012
Members involved: Vincent Desjacques
Topics: Large-scale structure, N-body simulations, Dark matter
Online abstract: arXiv:1109.1609
Electroweak bremsstrahlung for wino-like Dark Matter annihilations
Date: 3. February 2012
Members involved: Antonio Riotto
Topics: Dark matter
Online abstract: arXiv:1202.0692
Evidence for Quadratic Tidal Tensor Bias from the Halo Bispectrum
Date: 23. January 2012
Members involved: Vincent Desjacques
Topics: Large-scale structure, N-body simulations, Dark matter
Online abstract: arXiv:1201.4827
Asymmetric Higgsino Dark Matter
Date: 20. January 2012
Members involved: Antonio Riotto
Topics: Baryon asymmetry
Online abstract: arXiv:1201.2699
The bimetric variational principle for general relativity
Date: 19. January 2012
Members involved: Jose Beltrán Jiménez
Topics: Modified gravity
Online abstract: arXiv:1201.4018
The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for the CMB
Date: 3. January 2012
Members involved: Mona Frommert, Ruth Durrer
Topics: Cosmic microwave background, Non-Gaussianity
Online abstract: arXiv:1108.5354
Inflationary magnetic fields spoil the homogeneity and isotropy of the Universe
Date: 16. December 2011
Members involved: Ruth Durrer
Topics: Magnetic fields, Inflation
Online abstract: arXiv:1112.3897
Magnetic fields from inflation: the fatal transition to the radiation era
Date: 16. December 2011
Members involved: Ruth Durrer
Topics: Magnetic fields, Inflation
Online abstract: arXiv:1112.3901
The Halo Bispectrum in N-body Simulations with non-Gaussian Initial Conditions
Date: 29. November 2011
Members involved: Vincent Desjacques
Topics: Large-scale structure, Non-Gaussianity, N-body simulations
Online abstract: arXiv:1111.6966
The Dark Magnetism of the Universe
Date: 23. November 2011
Members involved: Jose Beltrán Jiménez
Topics: Dark energy, Magnetic fields
Online abstract: DOI: 10.1142/S0217732311037315, arXiv:1112.1106
Horizon-preserving dualities and perturbations in non-canonical scalar field cosmologies
Date: 20. October 2011
Members involved: Azadeh Moradinezhad
Topics: Early Universe, Primordial fluctuations
Online abstract: arXiv:1110.4640
Non-relativistic limit of quantum field theory in inertial and non-inertial frames and the Principle of Equivalence
Date: 18. October 2011
Members involved: Hamsa Padmanabhan
Topics: Theoretical physics
Online abstract: arXiv:1110.1314
Vector dark energy and high-z massive clusters
Date: 4. October 2011
Members involved: Jose Beltrán Jiménez
Topics: Dark energy, Large-scale structure, N-body simulations
Online abstract: DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19660.x, arXiv:1108.4173, New Scientist
Early dark energy from zero-point quantum fluctuations
Date: 7. September 2011
Members involved: Michele Maggiore, Lukas Hollenstein, Maud Jaccard, Ermis Mitsou
Topics: Dark energy
Online abstract: arXiv:1104.3797, DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.09.010
Effective field theory calculation of conservative binary dynamics at third post-Newtonian order
Date: 9. August 2011
Members involved: Stefano Foffa
Topics: General relativity
Online abstract: arXiv:1104.1122
An analytic approach to baryon acoustic oscillations
Date: 7. July 2011
Members involved: Francesco Montanari, Ruth Durrer
Topics: Large-scale structure
Online abstract: arXiv:1105.1514
General conditions for scale-invariant perturbations in an expanding universe
Date: 6. July 2011
Members involved: Azadeh Moradinezhad
Topics: Early Universe, Primordial fluctuations
Online abstract: arXiv:1107.1241
Characterisation of the non-Gaussianity of radio and IR point-sources at CMB frequencies
Date: 1. July 2011
Members involved: Martin Kunz, Mona Frommert
Topics: Cosmic microwave background, Large-scale structure, Non-Gaussianity
Online abstract: arXiv:1107.2251
What galaxy surveys really measure
Date: 26. May 2011
Members involved: Ruth Durrer
Topics: Large-scale structure, Dark energy, Dark matter, General relativity
Online abstract: arXiv:1234.5678
Effects of biasing on the matter power spectrum at large scales.
Date: 5. May 2011
Members involved: Jose Beltrán Jiménez, Ruth Durrer
Topics: Large-scale structure
Online abstract: DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.83.103509, arXiv:1006.2343
Anisotropic stress and stability in modified gravity models
Date: 30. March 2011
Members involved: Martin Kunz
Topics: Dark energy, Modified gravity
Online abstract: arXiv:1012.3171
Can slow roll inflation induce relevant helical magnetic fields?
Date: 23. March 2011
Members involved: Ruth Durrer, Lukas Hollenstein, Rajeev Kumar Jain
Topics: Magnetic fields, Inflation
Online abstract: arXiv:1005.5322, DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2011/03/037
A large scale coherent magnetic field : interactions with the free streaming particles and limits
Date: 25. February 2011
Members involved: Ruth Durrer, Elisa Fenu, Marc Vonlanthen
Topics: Magnetic fields, Cosmic microwave background
Online abstract: arXiv:1102.5235
Gravitational radiation from radial infall of a particle into a Schwarzschild black hole: A numerical study of the spectra, quasinormal modes, and power-law tails
Date: 22. February 2011
Members involved: Ermis Mitsou
Topics: Gravitational waves
Online abstract: arXiv:1012.2028
Cosmological magnetic fields from inflation in extended electromagnetism.
Date: 19. January 2011
Members involved: Jose Beltrán Jiménez
Topics: Dark energy, Magnetic fields
Online abstract: DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.83.023514, arXiv:1010.3960
The local B-polarization of the CMB: a very sensitive probe of cosmic defects
Date: 10. January 2011
Members involved: Ruth Durrer, Elisa Fenu, Martin Kunz
Topics: Cosmic microwave background, Topological defects
Online abstract: arXiv:1003.0299
Dark energy, non-minimal couplings and the origin of cosmic magnetic fields.
Date: 27. December 2010
Members involved: Jose Beltrán Jiménez
Topics: Dark energy, Magnetic fields
Online abstract: DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2010/12/025, arXiv:1010.4513
Primordial features due to a step in the inflaton potential
Date: 11. October 2010
Members involved: Rajeev Kumar Jain
Topics: Inflation, Cosmic microwave background
Online abstract: arXiv:1005.2175, DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2010/10/008
Model-independent cosmological constraints from the CMB
Date: 12. August 2010
Members involved: Marc Vonlanthen, Ruth Durrer
Topics: Cosmic microwave background, Dark energy
Online abstract: arXiv:1003.0810
Flow in Cyclic Cosmology
Date: 5. July 2010
Members involved: Azadeh Moradinezhad
Topics: Early Universe, Primordial fluctuations
Online abstract: arXiv:1007.0753
Aspects of electrostatics in a weak gravitational field
Date: 13. November 2009
Members involved: Hamsa Padmanabhan
Topics: Theoretical physics
Online abstract: arXiv:0910.0926
A simple derivation of the electromagnetic field of an arbitrarily moving charge
Date: 23. October 2008
Members involved: Hamsa Padmanabhan
Topics: Theoretical physics
Online abstract: arXiv:0810.4246

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