Journal of High Energy Physics (Dec 2020)

Global symmetries, hidden sectors and emergent (dark) vector interactions

  • P. Betzios,
  • E. Kiritsis,
  • V. Niarchos,
  • O. Papadoulaki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2020)053
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2020, no. 12
pp. 1 – 65

Abstract

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Abstract Hidden theories coupled to the SM may provide emergent (dark) vectors, that are composites/bound-states of the hidden fields. This is motivated by paradigms emerging from the AdS/CFT correspondence but it is a more general phenomenon. We explore the general setup and find that UV interactions among currents or charged fields give rise to emergent vectors in the IR. We study the general properties of such vectors and argue that they can be generically different from fundamental dark photons that have been studied so far.

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