arXiv:1409.8384v3 [hep-th] 8 Feb 2015 KYUSHU-HET-143 Radiation of Supersymmetric Particles from Aharonov-Bohm R-string Yutaka Ookouchi1,2and Takahiro Yonemoto2 1Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan 2Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 810-8581, Japan Abstract We study radiation of supersymmetric particles from an Aharonov-Bohm string associated with a discrete R-symmetry.Radiation of the lightest supersymmetric particle, when com- bined with the observed dark matter density, imposes constraints on the string tension or the freeze-out temperature of the particle. We also calculate the amplitude for Aharonov-Bohm radiation of massive spin 3/2 particles.
1Introduction A discrete symmetry is a useful tool to construct a realistic model in particle physics (for example, see [1, 2] and references therein).In particular, R-symmetry is one of the impor- tant ingredients in supersymmetric model building, since the lightest supersymmetric particle stabilized by the symmetry offers a natural candidate for the dark matter. Recently, Banks and Seiberg gave a new argument on discrete symmetries from a viewpoint of a quantum theory of gravity [3].They extended the so-called “no global symmetries theorem” to include discrete symmetries.Accepting their arguments, one would be lead to an interesting avenue for string phenomenology:A discrete symmetry, if not broken in coupling to gravity, have to be gauged. Banks and Seiberg also showed the universal effective Lagrangian of a discrete gauge theory by means of the BF coupling. In the effective theory, in addition to a massive gauge field, there is a Kalb-Ramond 2-form field which naturally couples to a string-like object, so-called Aharonov-Bohm (AB) string. Also, there is a particle, called Aharonov-Bohm particle, coupling to the massive gauge field. This is the other ingredient of the discrete gauge theory. As in the well-know Aharonov-Bohm effect for a solenoid [4], AB strings and AB particles have quantum mechanical interactions. As was firstly pointed out in [5], a moving AB string radiates AB particles by the interaction. Explicit calculation of the AB radiation has been done quite recently [6, 7]. In [8], based on the remarkable progress of the AB radiation, one of the authors stud- ied cosmological constraints arising from the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the diffuseγ-ray background. Especially, in string theory such constraints are viable, and some of parameter spaces are excluded in some compactification scenarios.In this paper, based on the study, we would like to go a step further toward an application to supersymmetric (SUSY) model building. One of the striking features of the SUSY model building is the existence of stabi- lized supersymmetric particles. Throughout this paper, we simply assume that an AB string associated with R-symmetry1is formed at the early stage of the universe and that the lightest supersymmetric particle carries a charge of the corresponding discrete symmetry. The organization of this paper is as follows. In section 2, we briefly review the universal effective Lagrangian ofZpgauge theory, and show a relationship between AB strings/particles and the discrete gauge theory. Then, we summarize the results of calculations on the power of the AB radiation shown in [6, 7, 8]. In section 3, we impose a cosmological constraint arising from the observed dark matter density.Section 4 is devoted to conclusions and comments 1A cosmic string associated with R-symmetry has been studied in [9].Rich physical aspects such as instability of metastable vacua induced by the string and cosmological constraints coming from R-axion radiated by the string have been discussed. 1
on an application to string theories.In appendix A, we exhibit explicit calculations of AB radiation of massive spin 3/2 particles. In appendix B, we briefly summarize the loop number density for cosmic strings loosing the energy via particle and gravitational radiation. 2Review of Aharonov-Bohm radiation In this section, we first review the universal effective Lagrangian ofZpdiscrete gauge theory and discuss Aharonov-Bohm (AB) particles/strings associated with the symmetry along the lines of [3]. The effective Lagrangian is described by BF coupling (or St¨uckelberg coupling), p ∫ 4D B2∧dA ,(2.1) whereAis the massive gauge field one-form andB2is the Kalb-Ramond two-form field. The gauge transformation for each field is A→A+dλ,φ→φ+pλ, B2→B2+dΛ,V→V+pΛ,(2.2) where Λ is a one-form. The dual one-form gauge fieldVtransforms non-linearly, indicating the breaking of continuousU(1) symmetry. Also,φis the dual field of the Kalb-Ramond field B2. Following the arguments shown in [3], let us review an interaction between AB strings and AB particles inZpgauge theory. An AB particle is a particle-like object coupling electrically to the massive gauge fieldA. By exploiting a closed world-line or an infinite length of world- line (we denoteσ1), the AB particle can be written as a line operator, Oparticle∼exp ( i ∫ σ1 A ) ,(2.3) where we assumed the minimum charge2.On the other hand, an AB string is a string-like object coupling toB2electrically.In the same way, an operator of the AB string can be represented as a surface operator, Ostring∼exp ( i ∫ σ2 B2 ) ,(2.4) whereσ2is a closed surface or an infinitely large world-sheet. Note thatpAB strings annihi- late with the junction operatore−i∫ LV: Clearly, this junction operator is not invariant under 2Hereafter, we assume that AB particles and AB strings carry the minimum charges in the fundamental unit. 2
the gauge transformation (2.2). To compensate the non-invariance, one can add the world- sheet operator as exp[−i∫ LV+ip∫ CB2], where∂C=L.This imply thatpworld-sheets corresponding to AB strings annihilate at the boundary∂Cwith the junction operator, in- dicatingpperiodicity ofZptheory. To see the topological interaction between the AB string and the AB particle, let us put the AB string with the minimum charge in the space-time. The action becomes p ∫ 4D B2∧dA+ ∫ σ2 B2.(2.5) Consider the holonomy picked up by the AB particle circling around the AB string, hol(c)≡exp (∫ c A ) = exp (∫ S F ) = exp (2πi p ) ≡exp(iφ),(2.6) where∂S=c. We used the equation of motion forB2in the third equality. We refer to the total magnetic flux in the AB string asφ. Whenp >1, by means of the topological term in the Lagrangian, a non-trivial gauge potential is generated around the AB string, which gives rise to the Aharonov-Bohm effect. The interaction between the AB particle and the massive gauge field can be simply understood as∫ 4DA∧ ∗4J.3 Now we are ready to review the total power of radiated particles from Aharonov-Bohm strings studied initially in [8]. Basically, exploiting the analysis of [6, 7], one can evaluate the radiation power since in the present situation, radiated particles are massive but much lighter than the scale of the string tension. According to the results shown in [6, 7], the dominant radiation of massive particle comes from cusps (or kinks) on loops. Hence, we simple apply the formulae in [6, 7] for a cuspy loop to the current analysis. Also, as in the previous work [8], since we are interested in order estimation of cosmological constraints arising from the AB radiation, we will not carefully treat order one coefficients of the formulae. From the equation of motion for the Kalb-Ramond fieldB2, we obtain the gauge potential around the AB string, p ∂νAµ= ˜Jµν.(2.7) Here, we ignored the kinetic term which is irrelevant in our assumption of the string tension. In the wire-approximation, the dual of the string current is written as ˜Jµν=ǫµναβ ∫ dτ dσ( ˙XαX′β−˙XβX′α)δ(4)(x−X(σ, τ)).(2.8) σ, τare the world-sheet coordinates of the string. In momentum space, the solution of (2.7) is written as follows: Aµ= 1 pǫµναβ kν (kλkλ)Jαβ.(2.9) 3Here,∗4is the Hodge dual in four dimensional space-time. 3
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