A closed clockwork theory: ℤ2 parity and more

Choudhury, Debajyoti ; Maharana, Suvam (2022) A closed clockwork theory: ℤ2 parity and more Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 (12). ISSN 1029-8479

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2022)071

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2022)071

Abstract

We develop a new class of clockwork theories with an augmented structure of the near-neighbour interactions along a one-dimensional closed chain. Such a topology leads to new and attractive features in addition to generating light states with hierarchical couplings via the usual clockwork mechanism. For one, there emerges a ℤ2 symmetry under the exchange of fields resulting in a physical spectrum consisting of states, respectively even and odd under the exchange parity with a two-fold degeneracy at each level. The lightest odd particle, being absolutely stable, could be envisaged as a potential dark matter candidate. The theory can also be obtained as a deconstruction of a five-dimensional theory embedded in a geometry generated by a linear dilaton theory on a S1/ℤ2 orbifold with three equidistant 3-branes. Analogous to the discrete picture, the ℤ2 symmetry in the bulk theory necessitates the existence of a KK spectrum of even and odd states, with doubly degenerate modes at each KK level when subject to certain boundary conditions.

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Keywords:Effective Field Theories;Extra Dimensions;Hierarchy Problem
ID Code:132805
Deposited On:22 Dec 2022 09:01
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