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Some Aspects of String Cosmology and the LHC

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2012-10-12 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

I discuss some (unconventional) aspects of String Cosmology of relevance to supersymmetric dark matter searches at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. In particular, I analyse the role of time-dependent dilaton fields in relaxing some of the stringent constraints that characterise minimal supersymmetric models in standard cosmology. I also study briefly CPT-violating aspects of brane Universe models with space-time brane defects at early epochs and their potential relevance to the observed Baryon Asymmetry.

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@article{arxiv.1210.0211,
  title  = {Some Aspects of String Cosmology and the LHC},
  author = {Nick E. Mavromatos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.0211},
  year   = {2012}
}

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12 pages pdflatex, uses special macros.Plenary talk at the 1st International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics 2012, Kolymbari (Crete, Greece), June 10-16 2012, to appear in the Proc. EPJ WEB of Conferences, updated references