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Photon-neutrino interaction in theta-exact covariant noncommutative field theory

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-08-12 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Photon-neutrino interactions arise quite naturally in noncommutative field theories. Such couplings are absent in ordinary field theory and imply experimental lower bounds on the energy scale Lambda_NC ~ 1/|theta|^2 of noncommutativity. Using non-perturbative methods and a Seiberg-Witten map based covariant approach to noncommutative gauge theory, we obtain theta-exact expressions for the interactions, thereby eliminating previous restrictions to low-energy phenomena. We discuss implications for plasmon decay, neutrino charge radii, big bang nucleosynthesis and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. Our results behave reasonably throughout all interaction energy scales, thus facilitating further phenomenological applications.

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@article{arxiv.1103.3383,
  title  = {Photon-neutrino interaction in theta-exact covariant noncommutative field theory},
  author = {R. Horvat and D. Kekez and P. Schupp and J. Trampetic and J. You},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.3383},
  year   = {2011}
}

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using revtex4, 10 pages, 2 eps figure, text slightly expanded,references added, some typos fixed