LIMITS ON PARTICLES OF SMALL ELECTRIC CHARGE

被引:129
作者
DAVIDSON, S [1 ]
CAMPBELL, B [1 ]
BAILEY, D [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TORONTO,DEPT PHYS,TORONTO M5S 1A7,ONTARIO,CANADA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1991年 / 43卷 / 07期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.43.2314
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We consider experimental limits on particles of small (not necessarily rational) electric charge. Such particles are possible within the standard model, and may be a natural consequence of extensions of the standard model incorporating an extra U(1) gauge group associated with a "mirror universe" sector. For both these cases we examine the limits from low-energy quantum electro-dynamics corrections, direct accelerator searches, stellar astrophysics, constraints on big-bang nucleosynthesis, and relic cosmological densities. The combined results exclude significant regions of the charge-mass parameter plane.
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页码:2314 / 2321
页数:8
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