Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2008-11-05
JHEP 0901:081,2009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Version to appear in JHEP
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2009/01/081
An extra Abelian gauge symmetry is motivated in many new physics models in both supersymmetric and nonsupersymmetric cases. Such a new gauge symmetry may interact with both the observable sector and the hidden sector. We systematically investigate the most general residual discrete symmetries in both sectors from a common Abelian gauge symmetry. Those discrete symmetries can ensure the stability of the proton and the dark matter candidate. A hidden sector dark matter candidate (lightest U-parity particle or LUP) interacts with the standard model fields through the gauge boson Z', which may selectively couple to quarks or leptons only. We make a comment on the implications of the discrete symmetry and the leptonically coupling dark matter candidate, which has been highlighted recently due to the possibility of the simultaneous explanation of the DAMA and the PAMELA results. We also show how to construct the most general U(1) charges for a given discrete symmetry, and discuss the relation between the U(1) gauge symmetry and R-parity.
Hur Tae-il
Lee Hye-Sung
Luhn Christoph
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