Bounds on the effective theory of gravity in models of particle physics and cosmology / Michael Atkins.

Bounds on the effective theory of gravity in models of particle physics and cosmology / Michael Atkins.

9783319063676 electronic book
3319063677 electronic book
9783319063669
3319063669

Cham : Springer, 2014.

English

1 online resource.

10.1007/978-3-319-06367-6 doi

QC178

530.12

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.

"Doctoral thesis accepted by University of Sussex, Brighton, UK."

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