Novel foamy origin for singlet fermion masses
Abstract
We show how masses for singlet fermions can be generated by interactions with a D-particle model of space-time foam inspired by brane theory. It has been shown previously by one of the authors (N. E. M.) that such interactions may generate dynamically small masses for charged fermions via the recoils of D-particle defects interacting with photons. In this work we consider the direct interactions of D-particle with uncharged singlet fermions such as right-handed neutrinos. Quantum fluctuations of the lattice of D-particles have massless vector (spin-one) excitations that are analogues of phonons. These mediate forces with the singlet fermions, generating large dynamical masses that may be communicated to light neutrinos via the seesaw mechanism.
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- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
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- USDOE
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- 1399803
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- FG02-13ER42020; SC0010813; sc0010813
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- Physical Review D
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- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 96 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
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- American Physical Society
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- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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Ellis, John, Mavromatos, Nick E., and Nanopoulos, Dimitri V.. Novel foamy origin for singlet fermion masses. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.086012.
Ellis, John, Mavromatos, Nick E., & Nanopoulos, Dimitri V.. Novel foamy origin for singlet fermion masses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.086012
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"Novel foamy origin for singlet fermion masses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.086012.
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title = {Novel foamy origin for singlet fermion masses},
author = {Ellis, John and Mavromatos, Nick E. and Nanopoulos, Dimitri V.},
abstractNote = {We show how masses for singlet fermions can be generated by interactions with a D-particle model of space-time foam inspired by brane theory. It has been shown previously by one of the authors (N. E. M.) that such interactions may generate dynamically small masses for charged fermions via the recoils of D-particle defects interacting with photons. In this work we consider the direct interactions of D-particle with uncharged singlet fermions such as right-handed neutrinos. Quantum fluctuations of the lattice of D-particles have massless vector (spin-one) excitations that are analogues of phonons. These mediate forces with the singlet fermions, generating large dynamical masses that may be communicated to light neutrinos via the seesaw mechanism.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.96.086012},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 8,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {10}
}
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