Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2004-03-13
Phys.Rev.D70:075015,2004
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
8 Pages RevTex. New version with expanded introduction to flipped SU(5). Accepted for publication in PRD
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.70.075015
Cryptons are metastable bound states of fractionally-charged particles that arise generically in the hidden sectors of models derived from heterotic string. We study their properties and decay modes in a specific flipped SU(5) model with long-lived four-particle spin-zero bound states called {\it tetrons}. We show that the neutral tetrons are metastable, and exhibit the tenth-order non-renormalizable superpotential operators responsible for their dominant decays. By analogy with QCD, we expect charged tetrons to be somewhat heavier, and to decay relatively rapidly via lower-order interactions that we also exhibit. The expected masses and lifetimes of the neutral tetrons make them good candidates for cold dark matter (CDM), and a potential source of the ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) which have been observed, whereas the charged tetrons would have decayed in the early Universe.
Ellis John
Mayes Van E.
Nanopoulos Dimitri V.
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