The 2D Grossโ€“Neveu model for pseudovector fermions and tachyonic mass generation

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DOI10.1142/S0219887815500905zbMATH Open1327.81289arXiv1109.6170OpenAlexW2963705233MaRDI QIDQ3453263FDOQ3453263

V. K. Oikonomou

Publication date: 20 November 2015

Published in: International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recent observations in the OPERA experiment suggest that the neutrino could propagate with speed that is superluminal. Based on early theoretical work on tachyonic fermions we shall study a modification of the Gross-Neveu model in two dimensions. We shall see that the theory results to the dynamical generation of real and imaginary masses. These imaginary masses indicate the possibility that tachyonic solutions (or instabilities) could exist in the theory. The implications of a tachyonic neutrino coming from astrophysical sources are critically discussed. Moreover, we present a toy model that consists of an U(2,2) invariant Dirac Lagrangian. This theory can have tachyonic masses as solutions. A natural mass splitting between the solutions is a natural outcome of the formalism.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.6170





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