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arxiv: hep-ph/0510207 · v2 · submitted 2005-10-15 · ✦ hep-ph · gr-qc· hep-th

Reconsidering extra time-like dimensions

classification ✦ hep-ph gr-qchep-th
keywords dimensionsextratachyonictime-likemodesfermionsreconsiderbecause
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In this study we reconsider the phenomenological problems related to tachyonic modes in the context of extra time-like dimensions. First we reconsider a lower bound on the size of extra time-like dimensions. Next we discuss the issues of spontaneous decay of stable fermions through tachyonic decays and disappearance of fermions due to tachyonic contributions to their self-energies. We find that the tachyonic modes due to extra time-like dimensions are less problematic than the tachyonic modes in the usual 4-dimensional setting because the most troublesome Feynman diagrams are forbidden once the conservation of momentum in the extra time-like dimensions is imposed.

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