Phenomenological aspects of Lee-Wick QED

IF 2.5 3区物理与天体物理 Q2 PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS

Nuclear Physics B Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2025.116799

Fayez Abu-Ajamieh , Pratik Chattopadhyay , Marco Frasca

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Abstract

We study some phenomenological aspects of Lee-Wick (LW) QED. In particular, we show that LW QED implies charge dequantization and a flavor-dependent LW scale. We study the implications of the Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC) in LW QED and calculate the modified electric force and potential and use the former to reformulate the WGC in LW QED. We also calculate the photon self-energy and the Uehling potential in LW QED. We show that bounds on milli-charged particles from matter neutrality experiments set stringent limits on the LW scale of fermions and of the photon.

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来源期刊

Nuclear Physics B 物理-物理：粒子与场物理

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

7.10%

发文量

302

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： Nuclear Physics B focuses on the domain of high energy physics, quantum field theory, statistical systems, and mathematical physics, and includes four main sections: high energy physics - phenomenology, high energy physics - theory, high energy physics - experiment, and quantum field theory, statistical systems, and mathematical physics. The emphasis is on original research papers (Frontiers Articles or Full Length Articles), but Review Articles are also welcome.