English

Higher Dimensional Elko Theory

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-10-10 v4

Abstract

We show that the so called Elko equation can be derived from a 5-dimensional Dirac equation. We argue that this result can be relevant for dark matter and cosmological scenarios. We generalize our procedure to higher dimensions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1307.1429,
  title  = {Higher Dimensional Elko Theory},
  author = {J. A. Nieto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.1429},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

10 pages, Latex, revised version

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