Mass dimension one fermions / Dharam Ahluwalia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahluwalia, Dharam (Dharam Vir), 1952- author.

Series:

Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.

Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fermions.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Atomic mass.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 114 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

In 2005, Dharam Ahluwalia and Daniel Grumiller reported an unexpected theoretical discovery of mass dimension one fermions. These are an entirely new class of spin one half particles, and because of their mass dimensionality mismatch with the standard model fermions they are a first-principle dark matter candidate. Written by one of the physicists involved in the discovery, this is the first book to outline the discovery of mass dimension one fermions. Using a foundation of Lorentz algebra it provides a detailed construction of the eigenspinors of the charge conjugation operator (Elko) and their properties. The theory of dual spaces is then covered, before mass dimension one fermions are discussed in detail. With mass dimension one fermions having applications to cosmology and high energy physics, this book is essential for graduate students and researchers in quantum field theory, mathematical physics, and particle theory.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jun 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-66521-7

1-316-99711-1

1-316-14559-X