articlePhysical Review LettersMay 29, 2007GREEN OA

Unparticle Physics

Harvard University

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Abstract

I discuss some simple aspects of the low-energy physics of a nontrivial scale invariant sector of an effective field theory-physics that cannot be described in terms of particles. I argue that it is important to take seriously the possibility that the unparticle stuff described by such a theory might actually exist in our world. I suggest a scenario in which some details of the production of unparticle stuff can be calculated. I find that in the appropriate low-energy limit, unparticle stuff with scale dimension dU looks like a nonintegral number dU of invisible particles. Thus dramatic evidence for a nontrivial scale invariant sector could show up experimentally in missing energy distributions.

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Keywords
  • Unparticle physics
  • Physics
  • Particle physics
  • Scaling dimension
  • Scale invariance
  • Effective field theory
  • Dimension (graph theory)
  • Scale (ratio)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Affordable and clean energy
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