Updated bounds on milli-charged particles
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Updated bounds on milli-charged particles
We update the bounds on fermions with electric charge e and mass m . For m . me we find 10−15 . < 1 is excluded by laboratory experiments, astrophysics and cosmology. For larger masses, the limits are less restrictive and depend on m . For milli-charged neutrinos, the limits are stronger, especially if the different flavors mix as suggested by current experimental evidence.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of High Energy Physics
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1029-8479
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/05/003