Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology : PASCOS 99, Lake Tahoe, California, 10-16 December 1999 / editors, Kingman Cheung, John F. Gunion, Stephen Mrenna.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Cheung, Kingman.

Gunion, J. F. (John Francis), 1943-

Mrenna, Stephen.

Conference Name:

International Symposium on Particles, Strings, and Cosmology (7th : 1999 : Lake Tahoe, Calif.)

International Symposium on Particles, Strings, and Cosmology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology--Congresses.

Cosmology.

Particles (Nuclear physics)--Congresses.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Relativistic astrophysics--Congresses.

Relativistic astrophysics.

String models--Congresses.

String models.

Supersymmetry--Congresses.

Supersymmetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (588 p.)

Other Title:

Particles, strings, and cosmology

PASCOS 99

Proceedings of the seventh international symposium on particles, strings and cosmology

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The PASCOS (International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology) series brings together the leading experts and most active young researchers in the closely related fields of elementary particle physics, string theory and cosmology/astrophysics. These areas of research have become increasingly intertwined in recent years, each having direct impact on the others. In particular, there has been a dramatic expansion of ideas from particle theory and string theory that have vast impact on cosmology, especially our picture of the early universe and its evolution. Correspondingly, the prolife

Contents:

PREFACE; LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE; SUBTOPIC CONVENORS AND CONSULTANTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ON REALISTIC BRANE WORLDS FROM TYPE I STRINGS; 1 Introduction; 2 Brane World versus Kaluza-Klein; 3 String Model Building; 4 Realistic Type I Brane Models with Broken SUSY; References; GRAVITY IS NOISE; 1 Introduction; 2 A micro-review; 3 Wheeler-DeWitt=Schwinger-Dyson; 4 Truncation of the single string spectrum; 5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; LIMITS ON THE SIZE OF EXTRA-DIMENSIONS; 1 Introduction; 2 Hiding Extra-Dimensions; 3 Theoretical constraints; 4 Experimental constraints

4.1 The scenario4.2 Extra-dimensions along the world brane: KK excitations of gauge bosons; 4.3 Extra-dimensions transverse to the brane world: KK excitations of gravitons; 4.4 Dimension-Eight Operators and Limits on The String Scale; Acknowledgments; References; Some Reflections on Moduli, Their Stabilization and Cosmology; 1 Introduction; 2 Kahler Stabilization and The Racetrack Models; 3 Some Cosmological Questions; 4 Conclusions; References; NEW DIRECTIONS FOR NEW DIMENSIONS: FROM STRINGS TO NEUTRINOS TO AXIONS TO...; 1 Introduction: Lowering the fundamental scales of physics

2 Light neutrino masses without heavy mass scales: A higher-dimensional seesaw mechanism3 Extra dimensions and ""invisible"" axions; 4 Conclusions; References; KALUZA-KLEIN BLACK HOLES IN STRING THEORY; 1 Introduction; 2 Properties of Extreme Black Holes; 2.1 Basic Parameters; 2.2 Comparison with Supersymmetric Black Holes; 2.3 Quantization Rules; 3 The Microscopic Description; 4 Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; COSMOLOGY OF BRANE MODELS; 1 Introduction; 2 Cosmology without a stabilized radius; 3 Cosmology with radius stabilization

4 Radion kinematics and dynamics in the Randall-Sundrum model5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; ENTROPY BOUNDS, HOLOGRAPHY AND GENERALIZED SECOND LAW IN COSMOLOGY; 1 Introduction; 2 Entropy bounds; 3 Quantum and geometric entropies; 4 Generalized second law; 5 String cosmology; Acknowledgments; EXCISION OF 'REPULSON' SINGULARITIES: A SPACETIME RESULT AND ITS GAUGE THEORY ANALOGUE; 1 Introduction; 2 The pure N = 2 correspondence; 2.1 The setup; 2.2 Probe physics and spacetime singularity resolution; 2.3 The enhanςon phenomenon and Seiberg- Witten theory; Acknowledgments; References

THE COMPLEMENTARITY OF THE TEVATRON AND LHC FOR TESTING THE MSSM THROUGH SM-LIKE HIGGS BOSON SEARCHES1 Introduction; 2 Discovery Conditions for a SM-like Higgs boson; 3 MSSM Higgs Boson Phenomenology at the Tevatron and LHC; 3.1 The Minimal Mixing Model; 3.2 φbb suppression (large Ms); 3.3 SUSY breaking effects; 4 Comments and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; THE GENERAL SOFT SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING LAGRANGIAN AND THE ORIGINS OF CP VIOLATION; 1 Introduction; 2 Reexamination of CP physics allowing large soft phases; 3 Concluding remarks; References

PHENOMENOLOGICAL SURVEY OF A MINIMAL SUPERSTRING STANDARD MODEL

Notes:

"The 7th International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology (PASCOS 99) was hosted by the University of California at Davis Physics Department at Granlibakken, North Lake Tahoe from December 10 to December 16"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

981-279-243-0