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Searching for a dark matter coupling to the Standard Model with a Stueckelberg extension
We investigate a double extension to the Standard Model (SM). A first
extension introduces, via minimal coupling, a massive boson. This enlarged
SM is coupled to a dark matter sector through the Stueckelberg mechanism by a
boson. However, the boson does not interact directly with the SM
fermions. In our study, we found that the is a massless photon-like
particle in dark sector. Constraints on the mass for and corrections to
mass are obtained.Comment: Presented at IWARA 2011. "Fifth International Workshop on Astronomy
and Relativistic Astrophysics" Jo\~ao Pessoa, Brazil, October 9 to 12, 201
Massive "spin-2" theories in arbitrary dimensions
Here we show that in arbitrary dimensions there are two families of
second order Lagrangians describing massive "spin-2" particles via a
nonsymmetric rank-2 tensor. They differ from the usual Fierz-Pauli theory in
general. At zero mass one of the families is Weyl invariant. Such massless
theory has no particle content in and gives rise, via master action, to a
dual higher order (in derivatives) description of massive spin-2 particles in
where both the second and the fourth order terms are Weyl invariant,
contrary to the linearized New Massive Gravity. However, only the fourth order
term is invariant under arbitrary antisymmetric shifts. Consequently, the
antisymmetric part of the tensor propagates at large momentum as
instead of . So, the same kind of obstacle for the
renormalizability of the New Massive Gravity reappears in this nonsymmetric
higher order description of massive spin-2 particles.Comment: 11 pages, 0 figure
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