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Reconsidering extra time-like dimensions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-01-07 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this study we reconsider the phenomenological problems related to tachyonic modes in the context of extra time-like dimensions. First we reconsider a lower bound on the size of extra time-like dimensions. Next we discuss the issues of spontaneous decay of stable fermions through tachyonic decays and disappearance of fermions due to tachyonic contributions to their self-energies. We find that the tachyonic modes due to extra time-like dimensions are less problematic than the tachyonic modes in the usual 4-dimensional setting because the most troublesome Feynman diagrams are forbidden once the conservation of momentum in the extra time-like dimensions is imposed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0510207,
  title  = {Reconsidering extra time-like dimensions},
  author = {Recai Erdem and Cem S. Un},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0510207},
  year   = {2009}
}

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