Towards Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter on Nilmanifolds
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-07-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Spectral Theory
Abstract
We present a first study of the field spectrum on a class of negatively-curved compact spaces: nilmanifolds or twisted tori. This is a case where analytical results can be obtained, allowing to check numerical methods. We focus on the Kaluza-Klein expansion of a scalar field. The results are then applied to a toy model where a natural Dark Matter candidate arises as a stable massive state of the bulk scalar.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1603.02289,
title = {Towards Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter on Nilmanifolds},
author = {David Andriot and Giacomo Cacciapaglia and Aldo Deandrea and Nicolas Deutschmann and Dimitrios Tsimpis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.02289},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
32 pages, 8 figures; v2: few additions, published version