Quantum fields, dark matter and non-standard Wigner classes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-11-15 v1
Abstract
The Elko field of Ahluwalia and Grumiller is a quantum field for massive spin-1/2 particles. It has been suggested as a candidate for dark matter. We discuss our attempts to interpret the Elko field as a quantum field in the sense of Weinberg. Our work suggests that one should investigate quantum fields based on representations of the full Poincar\'e group which belong to one of the non-standard Wigner classes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0904.2063,
title = {Quantum fields, dark matter and non-standard Wigner classes},
author = {A. B. Gillard and B. M. S. Martin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.2063},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
6 pages. Submitted to proceedings of Dark2009, Christchurch, New Zealand, January 2009