articleAnnual Review of Nuclear and Particle ScienceOct 22, 2010BRONZE OA

The Low-Energy Frontier of Particle Physics

JJJoerg JaeckelARAndreas Ringwald

Durham University · Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

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Abstract

Most embeddings of the Standard Model into a more unified theory, in particular those based on supergravity or superstrings, predict the existence of a hidden sector of particles that have only very weak interactions with visible-sector Standard Model particles. Some of these exotic particle candidates [for instance, axions, axion-like particles, and hidden U(1) gauge bosons] may be very light, with masses in the subelectronvolt range, and may have very weak interactions with photons. Correspondingly, these very weakly interacting subelectronvolt particles (WISPs) may lead to observable effects in experiments (as well as in astrophysical and cosmological observations) searching for light shining through a…

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  • Physics
  • Hidden sector
  • Axion
  • Particle physics
  • Physics beyond the Standard Model
  • Gauge boson
  • Standard Model (mathematical formulation)
  • Supergravity
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