A simple explanation of the PVLAS anomaly in spontaneously broken mirror models

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dc.creatorFoot, R.
dc.creatorKobakhidze, A.
dc.date2007-02-13
dc.date2007-04-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:59:04Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:59:04Z
dc.descriptionThe PVLAS anomaly can be explained if there exist millicharged particles of mass $\stackrel{<}{\sim} 0.1$ eV and electric charge $ε\sim 10^{-6} e$. We point out that such particles occur naturally in spontaneously broken mirror models. We argue that this interpretation of the PVLAS anomaly is not in conflict with astrophysical constraints due to the self interactions of the millicharged particles which lead them to be trapped within stars. This conclusion also holds for a generic paraphoton model.
dc.descriptionabout 5 pages, expanded discussion, version to be published in PLB
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0702125
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0702125
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B650:46-48,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.04.045
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/206436
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleA simple explanation of the PVLAS anomaly in spontaneously broken mirror models
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