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Bounds on the Effective Theory of Gravity in Models of Particle Physics and Cosmology

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Authors:
  1. Michael Atkins

    1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Sussex, UK
  • Derivation of the first ever experimental bound on the size of the Higgs boson's non-minimal coupling to gravity
  • Complete treatment of perturbative unitarity bounds in models of extra dimensions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Atkins
    Pages 1-14

  3. Unitarity of Gravity Coupled to Models of Particle Physics

    • Michael Atkins
    Pages 15-23

  4. Unitarity of Models with Extra Dimensions

    • Michael Atkins
    Pages 25-63

  5. Higgs Inflation

    • Michael Atkins
    Pages 65-78

  6. Bound on the Non-minimal Coupling of the Higgs Boson to Gravity

    • Michael Atkins
    Pages 79-84

  7. Conclusions

    • Michael Atkins
    Pages 85-89

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 91-100
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

    Michael Atkins

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bounds on the Effective Theory of Gravity in Models of Particle Physics and Cosmology

  • Authors: Michael Atkins

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06367-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06366-9Published: 28 May 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36061-4Published: 10 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06367-6Published: 13 May 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 100

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Cosmology

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