Everything you always wanted to know about the cosmological constant problem (but were afraid to ask)

J Martin - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2012 - Elsevier
This article aims at discussing the cosmological constant problem at a pedagogical but fully
technical level. We review how the vacuum energy can be regularized in flat and curved …

Particle physics at the european spallation source

H Abele, A Alekou, A Algora, K Andersen, S Baeßler… - Physics reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Presently under construction in Lund, Sweden, the European Spallation Source (ESS) will
be the world's brightest neutron source. As such, it has the potential for a particle physics …

Modified gravity and cosmology

EN Saridakis, R Lazkoz, V Salzano, PV Moniz… - 2021 - Springer
The dawn of the twenty-first century came with very positive prospects for gravity, cosmology,
and astrophysics. Technological progress made it possible for cosmology to enter to its …

Quantum wave packet revivals

RW Robinett - Physics reports, 2004 - Elsevier
The numerical prediction, theoretical analysis, and experimental verification of the
phenomenon of wave packet revivals in quantum systems has flourished over the last …

The Casimir effect: recent controversies and progress

KA Milton - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
The phenomena implied by the existence of quantum vacuum fluctuations, grouped under
the title of the Casimir effect, are reviewed, with emphasis on new results discovered in the …

Noncommutative gravitational quantum well

O Bertolami, JG Rosa, CML De Aragao… - Physical Review D …, 2005 - APS
We study noncommutative geometry at the quantum mechanics level by means of a model
where noncommutativity of both configuration and momentum spaces is considered. We …

The neutron. Its properties and basic interactions

H Abele - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2008 - Elsevier
This article deals with the interplay between the properties of the neutron and its basic
interactions. Many of the neutron's properties underlie a simple quark model, and we …

The effects of minimal length and maximal momentum on the transition rate of ultra cold neutrons in gravitational field

P Pedram, K Nozari, SH Taheri - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 - Springer
The existence of a minimum observable length and/or a maximum observable momentum is
in agreement with various candidates of quantum gravity such as string theory, loop …

Tests of fundamental quantum mechanics and dark interactions with low-energy neutrons

S Sponar, RIP Sedmik, M Pitschmann, H Abele… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Among the known particles, the neutron is special because it provides experimental access
to all of the four fundamental forces and a wide range of hypothetical interactions. Despite …

The infinite well and Dirac delta function potentials as pedagogical, mathematical and physical models in quantum mechanics

M Belloni, RW Robinett - Physics Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
The infinite square well and the attractive Dirac delta function potentials are arguably two of
the most widely used models of one-dimensional bound-state systems in quantum …