Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2006-08-22
Phys.Lett.B666:66-70,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
6 pages, 4 figures; v2 contains an extended discussion of some technical issues and an update on the experimental situation
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physletb.2008.03.076
Many models of physics beyond the Standard Model predict minicharged particles to which current and near future low-energy experiments are highly sensitive. Such minicharges arise generically from kinetic-mixing in theories containing at least two U(1) gauge factors. Here, we point out that the required multiple U(1) factors, the size of kinetic-mixing, and suitable matter representations to allow for a detection in the near future occur naturally in the context of string theory embeddings of the Standard Model. A detection of minicharged particles in a low energy experiment would likely be a signal of an underlying string theory and may provide a means of testing it.
Abel Steven A.
Jaeckel Joerg
Khoze Valentin V.
Ringwald Andreas
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