Naslov
Constraining theories of low-scale quantum gravity by nonobservation of the bulk vector boson signal from the Sun

Autori
Horvat, Raul ; Kekez, Dalibor ; Krečak, Zvonko ; Ljubičić, Ante

Izvornik
Physical Review D (1550-7998) 78 (2008), 12; 127101-127104

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Kaluza-Klein excitations ; large extra dimensions ; bulk gauge fields

Sažetak
In this experiment we aim to detect Kaluza-Klein (KK) excitations of the bulk gauge field, emitted in a bremsstrahlung process on solar plasma constituents, by looking at a process analogous to the photoelectric effect inside the HPGe detector. Using a generic feature of the underlying effective theory that the unknown four-dimensional gauge coupling is independent of the number of extra large dimensions _, we show that the expected number of events in the detector is insensitive to the true scale of quantum gravity for _ ¼ 2. With the entire data collection time of 202 days in the energy interval 1.7– 3.8 keV, the number of events detected was as low as 1:1 _ 106, compared to 2:7 _ 106 from the expected high multiplicity of the solar KK excitations for _ ¼ 2. Hence, our bound from the presumed existence of new forces associated with additional gauge bosons actually conforms with very stringent bounds set from various astrophysical considerations. Baring any modifications of the infrared part of the KK spectrum, this bound would therefore rule out the possibility of observing any signal at the LHC for _ ¼ 2.Although a dependence on the fundamental scale referring to (4+δ)-dimensional gravity turns on again for δ=3, the experimental sensitivity of the present setup proves insufficient to draw any constraint for δ>2.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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