Week 11’s summaries look at neutrino cosmology, dark matter direct detection and the infamous DAMA signal, and novel production mechanisms for hot heavy dark matter.
Top arXiv papers from Week 10, 2020
With a week of delay, due to my recent travels to Norway, my Week 10 arXiv summaries are out! This week’s papers are all more or less related to dark matter, covering the particle physics, gravitational waves, and cosmology side of the story. Enjoy, and note that Week 11’s summaries are out too!
Springer Thesis Award!
On Tuesday I found out that my PhD thesis has been awarded a “Springer Thesis Award”! This comes with a small amount of money and, most importantly, means that my thesis will be re-published as a book and e-book as part of the Springer Theses series. This series brings together a selection of the very best PhD theses from a strictly limited number of high-ranking university research departments in the physical sciences and engineering.
Top arXiv papers from Week 9, 2020
In this week’s summaries I look at vector-tensor Horndeski gravity (the lesser known sibling of scalar-tensor Horndeski gravity), the (im)possibility of solving the Hubble tension with late-time transitions in the dark energy, and a reconstruction of the time-dependent interaction between cold dark matter and vacuum energy. Note the possibility that next week’s entry might be cancelled or in the best case delayed (see my away note).
Away note 2
Top arXiv papers from Week 8, 2020
The common denominator between the 3 papers I selected this week is that they all are, to some extent, provocative, although related to completely different topics (respectively the Hubble tension, possible hints for dark matter in low-threshold direct detection experiments, and the possible need to move beyond archaic units in cosmology). I won’t say anything more to not spoil the fun, so enjoy reading!
Book review out!
This post is meant to advertise both my book review which just appeared in Nature Astronomy, as well as the book I reviewed. Two months ago Nature Astronomy asked me to write a book review on The Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook, a new popular science book by Luke A. Barnes and Geraint F. Lewis to be published by Cambridge University Press (one of the oldest and most prestigious publishing houses in the world) in March.
Top arXiv papers from Week 7, 2020
Top arXiv papers from Week 6, 2020
Away note 1
Just a quick note to inform regular readers that this week’s entry of my “Top arXiv papers of the week” will be slightly delayed due to my being away for the rest of the week (weekend inclusive). It will most likely be published on Monday or Tuesday. The week 7 entry should instead be published as usual next Friday or Saturday.