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The Pauli sum rules imply BSM physics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-02-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Some 67 years ago (1951) Wolfgang Pauli mooted the three sum rules: n(1)2Sngn=0;n(1)2Sngn  mn2=0;n(1)2Sngn  mn4=0. \sum_n (-1)^{2S_n} g_n = 0; \qquad \sum_n (-1)^{2S_n} g_n \; m_n^2 =0; \qquad \sum_n (-1)^{2S_n} g_n \; m_n^4=0. These three sum rules are intimately related to both the Lorentz invariance and the finiteness of the zero-point stress-energy tensor. Further afield, these three constraints are also intimately related to the existence of finite QFTs ultimately based on fermi--bose cancellations. (Supersymmetry is neither necessary nor sufficient for the existence of these finite QFTs; though softly but explicitly broken supersymmetry or mis-aligned supersymmetry can be used as a book-keeping device to keep the calculations manageable.) In the current article I shall instead take these three Pauli sum rules as given, assume their exact non-perturbative validity, contrast them with the observed standard model particle physics spectrum, and use them to extract as much model-independent information as possible regarding beyond standard model (BSM) physics.

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@article{arxiv.1808.04583,
  title  = {The Pauli sum rules imply BSM physics},
  author = {Matt Visser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.04583},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

V1: 9+1 pages. V2:10+1 pages; 10 references added; minor cosmetic changes; no significant physics changes

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