scholarly journals Self-interacting mass-dimension one fields for any spin

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1550048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Yang Lee
Keyword(s):  
Dirac Equation ◽  
Dirac Operator ◽  
Momentum Space ◽  
Conjugation Operator ◽  
Massive Spin ◽  
Mass Dimension ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Klein Gordon ◽  
Expansion Coefficients ◽  
Dimension One

According to Ahluwalia and Grumiller, massive spin-half fields of mass-dimension one can be constructed using the eigenspinors of the charge-conjugation operator (Elko) as expansion coefficients. In this paper, we generalize their result by constructing quantum fields from higher-spin Elko. The kinematics of these fields are thoroughly investigated. Starting with the field operators, their propagators and Hamiltonians are derived. These fields satisfy the higher-spin generalization of the Klein–Gordon but not the Dirac equation. Independent of the spin, they are all of mass-dimension one and are thus endowed with renormalizable self-interactions. These fields violate Lorentz symmetry. The violation can be characterized by a non-Lorentz-covariant term that appears in the Elko spin-sums. This term provides a decomposition of the generalized higher-spin Dirac operator in the momentum space thus suggesting a possible connection between the mass-dimension one fields and the Lorentz-invariant fields.

scholarly journals Elko and mass dimension one field of spin one-half: Causality and Fermi statistics

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (14) ◽  
pp. 1430026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dharam Vir Ahluwalia ◽  
Alekha Chandra Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Gordon Equation ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Fermi Statistics ◽  
Mass Dimension ◽  
Klein Gordon ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Expansion Coefficients ◽  
Dimension One ◽  
Complex Valued ◽  
Klein Gordon Equation

We review how Elko arise as an extension of complex-valued four-component Majorana spinors. This is followed by a discussion that constrains certain elements of phase freedom. A proof is reviewed that unambiguously establishes that Elko, and for that matter the indicated Majorana spinors, cannot satisfy Dirac equation. They, however do, as they must, satisfy spinorial Klein–Gordon equation. We then introduce a quantum field with Elko as its expansion coefficients and show that it is causal, satisfies Fermi statistics, and then refer to the existing literature to remind that its mass dimension is one. We conclude by providing an up-to-date bibliography on the subject.

scholarly journals Symmetries and unitary interactions of mass dimension one fermionic dark matter

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (35) ◽  
pp. 1650187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Yang Lee
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Point Interaction ◽  
Optical Theorem ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Point Interactions ◽  
Mass Dimension ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Klein Gordon ◽  
Dimension One

The fermionic fields constructed from Elko have several unexpected properties. They satisfy the Klein–Gordon but not the Dirac equation and are of mass dimension one instead of three-half. Starting with the Klein–Gordon Lagrangian, we initiate a careful study of the symmetries and interactions of these fermions and their higher-spin generalizations. We find, although the fermions are of mass dimension one, the four-point fermionic self-interaction violates unitarity at high-energy so it cannot be a fundamental interaction of the theory. Using the optical theorem, we derive an explicit bound on energy for the fermion–scalar interaction. It follows that for the spin-half fermions, the demand of renormalizability and unitarity forbids four-point interactions and only allows for the Yukawa interaction. For fermions with spin [Formula: see text], they have no renormalizable or unitary interactions. Since the theory is described by a Klein–Gordon Lagrangian, the interaction generated by the local [Formula: see text] gauge symmetry which contains a four-point interaction, is excluded by the demand of renormalizability. In the context of the Standard Model, these properties make the spin-half fermions natural dark matter candidates. Finally, we discuss the recent developments on the introduction of new adjoint and spinor duals which may allow us to circumvent the unitarity constraints on the interactions.

scholarly journals ELKO SPINOR FIELDS: LAGRANGIANS FOR GRAVITY DERIVED FROM SUPERGRAVITY

2009 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 461-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROLDÃO DA ROCHA ◽  
J. M. HOFF DA SILVA
Keyword(s):  
Spinor Field ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Dirac Spinor ◽  
Weyl Spinor ◽  
Conjugation Operator ◽  
Spinor Fields ◽  
Mass Dimension ◽  
Majorana Spinor ◽  
Dimension One ◽  
Elko Spinor Fields

Dual-helicity eigenspinors of the charge conjugation operator (ELKO spinor fields) belong — together with Majorana spinor fields — to a wider class of spinor fields, the so-called flagpole spinor fields, corresponding to the class-(5), according to Lounesto spinor field classification based on the relations and values taken by their associated bilinear covariants. There exists only six such disjoint classes: the first three corresponding to Dirac spinor fields, and the other three respectively corresponding to flagpole, flag-dipole and Weyl spinor fields. Using the mapping from ELKO spinor fields to the three classes Dirac spinor fields, it is shown that the Einstein–Hilbert, the Einstein–Palatini, and the Holst actions can be derived from the Quadratic Spinor Lagrangian (QSL), as the prime Lagrangian for supergravity. The Holst action is related to the Ashtekar's quantum gravity formulation. To each one of these classes, there corresponds a unique kind of action for a covariant gravity theory. Furthermore we consider the necessary and sufficient conditions to map Dirac spinor fields (DSFs) to ELKO, in order to naturally extend the Standard Model to spinor fields possessing mass dimension one. As ELKO is a prime candidate to describe dark matter and can be obtained from the DSFs, via a mapping explicitly constructed that does not preserve spinor field classes, we prove that — in particular — the Einstein–Hilbert, Einstein–Palatini, and Holst actions can be derived from the QSL, as a fundamental Lagrangian for supergravity, via ELKO spinor fields. The geometric meaning of the mass dimension-transmuting operator — leading ELKO Lagrangian into the Dirac Lagrangian — is also pointed out, together with its relationship to the instanton Hopf fibration.

scholarly journals Massive spin-one-half one-particle states for the mass-dimension-one fermions

2019 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 11002 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Hoff da Silva ◽  
R. J. Bueno Rogerio
Keyword(s):  
Massive Spin ◽  
Mass Dimension ◽  
Dimension One

scholarly journals The Dirac Sea, T and C Symmetry Breaking, and the Spinor Vacuum of the Universe

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Vadim Monakhov
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Momentum Space ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Conjugation Operator ◽  
Dirac Sea ◽  
Canonical Anticommutation Relations ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Dirac Conjugation

We have developed a quantum field theory of spinors based on the algebra of canonical anticommutation relations (CAR algebra) of Grassmann densities in the momentum space. We have proven the existence of two spinor vacua. Operators C and T transform the normal vacuum into an alternative one, which leads to the breaking of the C and T symmetries. The CPT is the real structure operator; it preserves the normal vacuum. We have proven that, in the theory of the Dirac Sea, the formula for the charge conjugation operator must contain an additional generalized Dirac conjugation operator.

scholarly journals Kerr-Newman stress-tensor from minimal coupling

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Zhi Chung ◽  
Yu-tin Huang ◽  
Jung-Wook Kim
Keyword(s):  
Form Factor ◽  
Stress Tensor ◽  
Energy Tensor ◽  
Stress Energy Tensor ◽  
Minimal Coupling ◽  
Massive Spin ◽  
Stress Energy ◽  
Newman Black Hole ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
The One

Abstract In this paper, we demonstrate that at leading order in post Minkowskian (PM) expansion, the stress-energy tensor of Kerr-Newman black hole can be recovered to all orders in spin from three sets of minimal coupling: the electric and gravitational minimal coupling for higher-spin particles, and the “minimal coupling” for massive spin-2 decay. These couplings are uniquely defined from kinematic consideration alone. This is shown by extracting the classical piece of the one-loop stress-energy tensor form factor, which we provide a basis that is valid to all orders in spin. The 1 PM stress tensor, and the metric in the harmonic gauge, is then recovered from the classical spin limit of the form factor.

scholarly journals LOW REGULARITY WELL-POSEDNESS OF THE DIRAC–KLEIN–GORDON EQUATIONS IN ONE SPACE DIMENSION

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 181-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIGMUND SELBERG ◽  
ACHENEF TESFAHUN
Keyword(s):  
Dirac Operator ◽  
Space Dimension ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Well Posedness ◽  
Low Regularity ◽  
Klein Gordon ◽  
One Space Dimension

We extend recent results of Machihara and Pecher on low regularity well-posedness of the Dirac–Klein–Gordon (DKG) system in one dimension. Our proof, like that of Pecher, relies on the null structure of DKG, recently completed by D'Ancona, Foschi and Selberg, but we show that in 1d the argument can be simplified by modifying the choice of projections for the Dirac operator. We also show that the result is best possible up to endpoint cases, if one iterates in Bourgain–Klainerman–Machedon spaces.

Cosmology with mass dimension one fields: recent developments

2020 ◽  
Vol 229 (11) ◽  
pp. 2079-2116
Author(s):  
S. H. Pereira ◽  
R. de C. Lima ◽  
M. E. S. Alves ◽  
T. M. Guimarães ◽  
J. F. Jesus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Dimension ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Dimension One

scholarly journals Exotic fermionic fields and minimal length

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Hoff da Silva ◽  
D. Beghetto ◽  
R. T. Cavalcanti ◽  
R. da Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Dirac Equation ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Dirac Operator ◽  
Uncertainty Principle ◽  
Generalized Uncertainty Principle ◽  
Minimal Length ◽  
Dynamical Equations ◽  
Spacetime Manifold ◽  
Fermionic Fields

Abstract We investigate the effective Dirac equation, corrected by merging two scenarios that are expected to emerge towards the quantum gravity scale. Namely, the existence of a minimal length, implemented by the generalized uncertainty principle, and exotic spinors, associated with any non-trivial topology equipping the spacetime manifold. We show that the free fermionic dynamical equations, within the context of a minimal length, just allow for trivial solutions, a feature that is not shared by dynamical equations for exotic spinors. In fact, in this coalescing setup, the exoticity is shown to prevent the Dirac operator to be injective, allowing the existence of non-trivial solutions.

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