Kalb-Ramond field interactions in a braneworld scenario

Journal Article · Thu Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.066013· OSTI ID:20713595

Chatterjee, Ayan; Majumdar, Parthasarathi ^[1]

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1. Theory Group, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700064 (India)

Electromagnetic and (linearized) gravitational interactions of the Kalb-Ramond (KR) field, derived from an underlying ten-dimensional heterotic string in the zero slope limit, are studied in a five-dimensional background Randall-Sundrum I spacetime with standard model fields confined to the visible brane having negative tension. The warp factor responsible for generating the gauge hierarchy in the Higgs sector is seen to appear inverted in the KR field couplings, when reduced to four dimensions. This leads to dramatically enhanced rotation, far beyond observational bounds, of the polarization plane of electromagnetic and gravitational waves, when scattered by a homogeneous KR background. Possible reasons for the conflict between theory and observation are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 20713595
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 72; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
GRAVITATION
GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
HIGGS BOSONS
HIGGS MODEL
POLARIZATION
ROTATION
SPACE-TIME
STANDARD MODEL
SUPERSTRING MODELS