Dark matter, Elko fields and Weinberg's quantum field theory formalism

DOI10.1016/S0034-4877(12)60021-4zbMATH Open1250.83063arXiv1012.5352MaRDI QIDQ441287FDOQ441287

Authors: Benjamin Martin, Adam Gillard 

Publication date: 21 August 2012

Published in: Reports on Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Elko quantum field was introduced by Ahluwalia and Grumiller, who proposed it as a candidate for dark matter. We study the Elko field in Weinberg's formalism for quantum field theory. We prove that if one takes the symmetry group to be the full Poincar'e group then the Elko field is not a quantum field in the sense of Weinberg. This confirms results of Ahluwalia, Lee and Schritt, who showed using a different approach that the Elko field does not transform covariantly under rotations and hence has a preferred axis.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.5352

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zbMATH Keywords

dark matterspace-time symmetriesElko fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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