PAU
Physics of the Accelerating Universe
PAU
Physics of the Accelerating Universe
A Consolider Ingenio 2010 Project
Publications
Most of the work has been published. A list of publications is the following:
2008
01. A Gravitational Wave Background from Reheating after Hybrid Inflation, by J.Garcia-Bellido, D.G.Figueroa and A.Sastre,
Phys. Rev. D77, 043517 (2008) [arXiv:0707.0839 [hep-ph]].
02. Lensing corrections to features in the angular two-point correlation function and power spectrum, by M. LoVerde, L. Hui and E.Gaztanaga,
Phys. Rev. D77, 023512 (2008) [arXiv:0708.0031 [astro-ph]].
03. Anisotropic Magnification Distortion of the 3D Galaxy Correlation: II. Fourier and Redshift Space, by L. Hui, E.Gaztanaga and M. LoVerde,
Phys. Rev. D77, 063526 (2008) [arXiv:0710.4191 [astro-ph]].
04. Constraining neutrino masses with the ISW-galaxy correlation function, by J.Lesgourgues, W.Valkenburg and E.Gaztanaga,
Phys. Rev. D77, 063505 (2008) [arXiv:0710.5525 [astro-ph]].
05. The onion universe: all sky light-cone simulations in shells, P.Folsaba, E.Gaztanaga, F.Castander and M.Manera,
MNRAS 391, 435 (2008) [arXiv:0711.1540 [astro-ph]].
06. Magnetic field production during preheating at the electroweak scale, by A.Diaz-Gil, J.Garcia-Bellido, M.Garcia Perez and A.Gonzalez-Arroyo,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 241301 (2008) [arXiv:0712.4263 [hep-ph]].
07. The scale dependence of mass assembly in galaxies, by A.Mateus, R. Jimenez and E.Gaztanaga,
Astrophys.J. 684, L61 (2008) [arXiv:0801.3282 [astro-ph]].
08. Confronting Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi models with Observational Cosmology, by J.Garcia-Bellido and T.Haugboelle,
JCAP 0804, 003 (2008) [arXiv:0802.1523 [astro-ph]].
09. Very Special (de Sitter) Relativity, by E.Alvarez and R.Vidal,
Phys. Rev. D77, 127702 (2008) [arXiv:0803.1949 [hep-th]].
10. Flavon Inflation, by S.Antusch, S.F.King, M.Malinsky, L.Velasco-Sevilla and I.Zabala,
Phys. Lett. B666, 176 (2008) [arXiv:0805.0325 [hep-ph]].
11. Primordial magnetic fields from preheating at the electroweak scale, by A.Diaz-Gil, J.Garcia-Bellido, M.Garcia Perez and A.Gonzalez-Arroyo,
JHEP 0807, 043 (2008) [arXiv:0805.4159 [hep-ph]].
12. Non-Gaussian halo bias and future galaxy surveys, by C.Carbone, L.Verde and S.Matarrese,
Astrophys.J. 684, L1 (2008) [arXiv:0806.1950 [astro-ph]].
13. Prospects in Constraining the Dark Energy Potential, by E.Fernandez-Martinez and L.Verde,
JCAP 0808, 023 (2008) [arXiv:0806.1871 [astro-ph]].
14. Improved cosmological parameter constraints from CMB and H(z) data, by D.G.Figueroa, L.Verde and R.Jimenez,
JCAP 0810, 038 (2008) [arXiv:0807.0039 [astro-ph]].
15. Ultraviolet behaviour of transverse gravity by E.Alvarez, A.F.Faedo and J.J.Lopez-Villarejo,
JHEP 0810, 023 (2008) [arXiv:0807.1293 [hep-th]].
16. Looking the void in the eyes - the kSZ effect in LTB models, by J.Garcia-Bellido and T.Haugboelle,
JCAP 0809, 016 (2008) [arXiv:0807.1326 [astro-ph]].
17. Phenomenology of Hybrid Scenarios of Neutrino Dark Energy by S.Antusch, S. Das and A.Dutta,
JCAP 0810, 016 (2008) [arXiv:0807.4930 [astro-ph]].
2009
01. About a (standard model) universe dominated by the right matter, G.Barenboim and O.Vives,
Phys. Rev. D 79, 033007 (2009) [arXiv:0806.4389 [hep-ph]].
02. Measuring Baryon Acoustic Oscillations Along the Line of Sight with Photometric Redshifts: The PAU Survey, by N.Benitez, E.Gaztanaga, R.Miquel, et al.,
Astrophys.J. 691, 241 (2009) [arXiv:0807.0535 [astro-ph]].
03. Clustering of luminous red galaxies - I. Large-scale redshift-space distortions, by Cabre A., Gaztanaga E.,
MNRAS 393, 1183 (2009) [arXiv:0807.2460 [astro-ph]].
04. Clustering of luminous red galaxies - II. Small-scale redshift-space distortions, by Cabre A., Gaztanaga E.
MNRAS 396, 1119 (2009) [arXiv:0807.2461 [astro-ph]].
05. Clustering of luminous red galaxies - III. Baryon acoustic peak in the three-point correlation, by Gaztanaga E., Cabre A., Castander F., Crocce M., Fosalba P.
MNRAS 399, 801 (2009) [arXiv:0807.2448 [astro-ph]].
06. Clustering of luminous red galaxies - IV. Baryon acoustic peak in the line-of-sight direction and a direct measurement of H(z), by Gaztanaga E., Cabre A., Hui L.
MNRAS 399, 1663 (2009) [arXiv:0807.3551 [astro-ph]].
07. First Cosmological Constraints on Dark Energy from the Radial Baryon Acoustic Scale Gaztanaga E., Miquel R., Sanchez E.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 091302 (2009) [arXiv:0808.1921 [astro-ph]].
08. The Void Abundance with Non-Gaussian Primordial Perturbations by M.Kamionkowski, L.Verde and R.Jimenez,
JCAP 0901, 010 (2009) [arXiv:0809.0506 [astro-ph]].
09. Statistical analysis of galaxy surveys - I. Robust error estimation for two-point clustering statistics Norberg P., Baugh C. M., Gaztanaga E., Croton D. J.
MNRAS 396, 19 (2009) [arXiv:0810.1885 [astro-ph]].
10. The radial BAO scale and Cosmic Shear, a new observable for Inhomogeneous Cosmologies, by J.Garcia-Bellido and T.Haugboelle,
JCAP 0909, 028 (2009) [arXiv:0810.4939 [astro-ph]].
11. Inflation might be caused by the right by the right-handed neutrino, by G.Barenboim, JHEP 0903, 102 (2009) [arXiv:0811.2998 [hep-ph]].
12. The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, by Abazajian K. N., Adelman-McCarthy J. K., Agueros M. A., et al.
Astrophys.J.Supp.182, 543 (2009) [arXiv:0812.0649 [astro-ph]].
13. Delayed Recombination and Standard Rulers by F.De Bernardis, R.Bean, S.Galli, A.Melchiorri, J.I.Silk and and L.Verde,
Phys. Rev. D 79, 043503 (2009) [arXiv:0812.3557 [astro-ph]].
14. Preheating in the Standard Model with the Higgs-Inflaton coupled to gravity, by J.Garcia-Bellido, D.G.Figueroa and J.Rubio,
Phys. Rev. D79, 063531 (2009) [arXiv:0812.4624 [hep-ph]].
15. Photo-z optimization for measurements of the BAO radial direction, by D.Roig, L.Verde, J.Miralda-Escude, R.Jimenez and C.Pena-Garay,
JCAP 0904, 008 (2009) [arXiv:0812.3414 [astro-ph]].
16. Optimal Filter Systems for Photometric Redshift Estimation, by Benitez N., Moles M., Aguerri J. A. L., et al.
Astrophys.J.Lett. 692, L5 (2009) [arXiv:0812.3568 [astro-ph]].
17. Gravitational lensing effects on the baryonic acoustic oscillation signature in the redshift space correlation function, by J. Yoo, and J. Miralda-Escude,
Phys. Rev. D82, 043527 (2010) [arXiv:0901.0708 [astro-ph.CO]].
18. Dark Coupling by M.D.Gavela, D.Hernandez, L.L.Honorez, O. Mena and S.Rigolin, JCAP 0907, 034 (2009) [arXiv:0901.1611 [astro-ph]].
19. A quantitative explanation of the observed population of Milky Way satellite galaxies, by S.E.Koposov, J.Yoo, H.W.Rix, D.H.Weinberg,A.V.Maccio and J. Miralda-Escude,
Astrophys.J. 696 (2009) 2179 [arXiv:0901.2116 [astro-ph.GA]].
20. Cosmological parameter constraints from SDSS luminous red galaxies: a new treatment of large-scale clustering, A.Sanchez, M.Crocce, A.Cabre, C.M.Baugh, E.Gaztanaga
MNRAS 400, 1643 (2009) [arXiv:0901.2570 [astro-ph]].
21. Long Range Casimir force induced by transverse electromagnetic modes by E.Alvarez, and F.D. Mazzitelli,
Phys. Rev. D79 (2009) 045019 [arXiv:0901.2641 [hep-th]].
22. Consistency among distance measurements: transparency, BAO scale and accelerated expansion by A.Avgoustidis, L.Verde and R.Jimenez,
JCAP 0906, 012 (2009)[arXiv:0902.2006].
23. Near-Infrared Galaxy Counts and Evolution from the Wide-Field ALHAMBRA Survey, by Cristobal-Hornillos D., Aguerri J. A. L., Moles M., et al.
Astrophys. J. 696, 1554 (2009) [arXiv:0902.2403 [astro-ph.CO]].
24. SUGRA Hybrid inflation with shift Symmetry, by S.Antusch, K.Dutta and P.M.Moska ,
Phys.Lett.B677 (2009) 221 [arXiv:0902.2934].
25. The weight of vacuum fluctuations, by E.Masso,
Phys. Lett. B679, 433 (2009) [arXiv:0902.4318].
26. Public, K-Selected, Optical-to-Near-Infrared Catalog of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (ECDFS) from the Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC), by Taylor E. N., Franx M., van Dokkum P. G., et al.
Astrophys.J.Suppl. 183, 295 (2009) [arXiv:0903.3051 [astro-ph.CO]]
27. Observational constraints on transverse gravity by E.Alvarez, A.F.Faedo and J.J.Villarejo,
JCAP 0907, 002 (2009) [arXiv:0904.3298 [hep-th]].
28. Chaotic inflation in supergravity with Heisenberg Symmetry, by S.Antusch, M.Bastero-Gil, K.Dutta, S.F.King and P.M.Moska ,
Phys. Lett. B679 (2009) 428 [arXiv:0905.0905 [astro-ph.CO]].
29. Non-Gaussianity and the CMB Bispectrum: confusion between primordial and Lensing-Rees Sciama contribution by A.Mangilli and L.Verde,
Phys.Rev.D80 (2009) 123007 [arXiv:0906.2317].
30. Eternity and the cosmological constant, by E.Alvarez and R.Vidal,
JHEP 0910, 045 (2009) [arXiv:0907.2375 [hep-th]].
31. Gravitational waves from self-ordering scalar fields, by E.Fenu, D.G.Figueroa, R.Durrer and J.Garcia-Bellido,
JCAP 0910, 005 (2009) [arXiv:0908.0425 [astro-ph.CO]].
32. MINOS and CPT-violating neutrinos, by G.Barenboim and J.Lykken,
Phys. Rev. D 80, 113008 (2009) [arXiv:0908.2993 [hep-ph]]
33. Detectability of the effect of Inflationary non-Gaussianity on halo bias by L.Verde and S. Matarrese ,
Astrophys.J. 706 (2009) L91 [arXiv:0909.3224].
2010
01. Simulating the Universe with MICE: The abundance of massive clusters, by M.Crocce, P.Fosalba, F.J.Castander and E.Gaztanaga,
MNRAS 403, 1353 (2010) [arXiv:0907.0019 [astro-ph.CO]].
02. Lyman alpha emission form cosmic structure: I.Fluorescence J.A.Kollmeier, Z.Zheng, R.Dave, A.Gould, N.Katz, J.Miralda-Escude and D.H.Weinberg,
Astrophys.J. 708 (2010) 1048 [arXiv:0907.0704 [astro-ph.CO]].
03. Robust Neutrino Constraints by combining low redshift observations with CMB, by B.A.Reid, L.Verde, R.Jimenez and O.Mena,
JCAP 1001, 003 (2010) [arXiv:0910.0008].
04. The dark side of curvature, by G.Barenboim, E.Martinez-Fernandez, O. Mena and L.Verde,
JCAP 1003, 008 (2010) [arXiv:0910.0252 [astro-ph]].
05. Radiative Transfer Modeling of Lyman Alpha Emitters: I. Statistics of Spectra and Luminosity, by Z. Zheng, R. Cen, H. Trac and J. Miralda-Escude,
Astrophys.J. 716, 574 (2010) [arXiv:0910.2712 [astro-ph.CO]].
06. Cosmological data analysis of f(R) gravity models, by Z.Girones, A.Marchetti, O. Mena, C.Pena-Garay and N.Rius,
accepted in JCAP (2010) [arXiv:0912.5474 [astro-ph]].
07. Non-Gaussianity from Self-Ordering Scalar Fields, by D.G. Figueroa, R.R.Caldwell and M.Kamionkowski,
Phys. Rev. D81, 123504 (2010) [arXiv:1003.0672 [astro-ph.CO]].
08. Radiative Transfer Modeling of Lyman Alpha Emitters. II. New Effects in Galaxy Clustering, by Z. Zheng, R. Cen, H. Trac and J. Miralda-Escude,
Astrophys.J. 726, 38 (2010) [arXiv:1003.4990 [astro-ph.CO]].
09. Large scale structure simulations of inhomogeneous LTB void models, by D.Alonso, J.Garcia-Bellido, T.Haugboelle, J.Vicente,
Phys. Rev. D82, 123530 (2010) [arXiv:1010.3453 [astro-ph.CO]]
10. The local B-polarization of the CMB: a very sensitive probe of cosmic defects, by
J.Garcia-Bellido, R.Durrer, E.Fenu, D.G.Figueroa and M.Kunz,
Phys. Lett. B695, 26 (2011) [arXiv:1003.0299 [astro-ph.CO]].
11. Tracing The Sound Horizon Scale With Photometric Redshift Surveys, by E.Sanchez, A. Carnero, J.Garcia-Bellido et al.,
MNRAS (2011) [arXiv:1006.3226 [astro-ph.CO]].
12. Gravitino dark matter in the constrained next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model with neutralino next-to-lightest superpartner, G.Barenboim and G.Panotopoulos, JHEP1009, 011 (2010) [arXiv:1004.4525 [hep-ph]].
13. Gravity triggered neutrino condensates, G. Barenboim,
PRD82, 093014 (2010) [arXiv:1009.2504 [hep-ph]].
14. Cosmological Parameters Degeneracies and Non-Gaussian Halo Bias, C.Carbone, O.Mena and L.Verde, JCAP1007, 020 (2010), [arXiv:1003.0456 [astro-ph.CO]].
15. Dark Coupling and Gauge Invariance, M.B. Gavela, L.Lopez-Honorez, O.Mena and S.Rigolin,
JCAP1011, 044 (2010),[arXiv:1005.0295 [astro-ph.CO]].
16. Induced Gravity and the Attractor Dynamics of Dark Energy/Dark Matter, J.L.Cervantes-Cota, R.de Putter and E.V.Linder,
JCAP 1012, 019 (2010),[arXiv:1010.2237 [astro-ph.CO]].
17. Gauge Non-Singlet Inflation in SUSY GUTs, S. Antusch et al,
JHEP1008, 100 (2010),[arXiv:1003.3233 [hep-ph]].
18. Sneutrino Hybrid Inflation, S.Antusch et al,
JCAP1010, 006 (2010), [arXiv:1007.0708 [hep-ph]].
19 Gravitational Waves from Abelian Gauge Fields and Cosmic Strings at Preheating, J.F.Dufaux, D.G.Figueroa and J.Garcia-Bellido,
PRD82, 083518 (2010), [arXiv:1006.0217 [astro-ph.CO]].
20 Impact of general reionization scenarios on extraction of inflationary parameters, S. Pandolfi et al,
accepted for publication in PRD, arXiv:1009.5433 [astro-ph.CO]
21 Higher-order coupled quintessence, L.Lopez-Honorez, O.Mena and G.Panotopoulos, accepted for publication in PRD, arXiv:1009.5263 [astro-ph.CO].
22 Coupled dark matter-dark energy in light of near Universe observations, L.L.Honorez, B.A.Reid, O.Mena, L.Verde and R.Jimenez,
JCAP 1009, 029 (2010),[arXiv:1006.0877 [astro-ph.CO]].
23 Future CMB cosmological constraints in a dark coupled universe, M.Martinelli, L.Lopez Honorez, A.Melchiorri and O.Mena,
PRD 81, 103534 (2010),[arXiv:1004.2410 [astro-ph.CO]].
24 Harrison-Z'eldovich primordial spectrum is consistent with observations,
S.Pandolfi et al,
PRD81, 123509 (2010), [arXiv:1003.4763 [astro-ph.CO]].
25 The inert doublet model of dark matter revisited, L.Lopez Honorez and C.E.Yaguna,
JHEP1009, 046 (2010), [arXiv:1003.3125 [hep-ph]].
26 High Energy Neutrinos from Novae in Symbiotic Binaries: The Case of V407 Cygni, S.Razzaque, P.Jean and O.Mena,
PRD82 (2010), arXiv:1008.5193.
Theory of Dark Energy
One of the PAU objectives is to investigate dark energy from the theoretical point of view. Some of the objectives are:
•Attempt to solve the Polyakov instability of de Sitter space (the instability of vacuum)
•Study of the gravitational properties of Lamb shift energies,
•To study the general conditions to obtain models of coupled dark matter and dark energy free from early time instabilities.
•To analyze radial BAO detection and the influence of gravitational lensing effects.
•To develop a Fisher matrix based approach to be able to forecast, given a PAU survey design, PAU capabilities in constraining cosmological parameters (including standard and non-standard dark energy parameters and other parameters), alone or in combination with other data sets. Calibrate Fisher approach on Monte-Carlos.
•To put together a toolbox of tested algorithms for data analysis, to be ready to be applied to the data.
•To study scale invariant gravitational theories.
•To study cosmological parameter degeneracies in the case of non-gaussian halo biases.
•To study the general conditions to measure fundamental properties of neutrinos from galaxy surveys.
•To derive cosmological implications from the analysis of the largest luminous red galaxy sample being measured by BOSS.
•To model Lyman-alpha emitters needed to derive cosmological data in the redshift range 2-4.












