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L. P. Colatto

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Bumblebee field in a Topological Framework

A vector field coming from spontaneous Lorentz violation mechanism, namely Bumblebee model is analysed in a topological framework in a $(1+2)D$ Minkowski space-time. Taking a $(1+2)D$ nonlinear Bumblebee vector matter field dynamics where we include topological like Chern-Simons type terms, a vector version of a soliton state, or vortex was found. The Nielsen-Olesen procedure was used in order to derive a Lorentz-violation vector parameter which characterizes, via Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking mechanism, the non-trivial vacuum. We verify the stability of the model as much as the magnetic vortex, and noticed that the soliton modes with polarized direction generated can be associated with local anisotropy of vacuum energy. The vortex equations of motion and the asymptotic behaviour is presented. We have obtained that the effect of the Lorentz symmetry violation expressed by the a time-like Bumblebee vector field vacuum could be shown as kind of pulse at a fixed point $r_0$ in a limitless universe, or as a barrier at $r_0$ which can represent a boundary in the universe, if the Bumblebee vector field vacuum has space-like characteristic. We also analyse the spectrum via propagators where we note that the topological mass contributes as well to the dynamical mass poles. We obtain that the Chern-Simons type terms, in fact, indicates the "speed" of the field to saturate the asymptotic limit and that the vortex core can not be dimension zero.

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A chargeless complex vector matter field in supersymmetric scenario

In this paper we construct and study a formulation of a chargeless complex vector matter field in a supersymmetric framework. To this aim we combine two no-chiral scalar superfields in order to take the vector component field to build the chargeless complex vector superpartner where the respective field strength transforms as matter fields by a global $U(1)$ gauge symmetry. To the aim to deal with consistent terms without breaking the global $U(1)$ symmetry it imposes a choice to the complex combination revealing a kind of symmetry between the choices and eliminate the extra degrees of freedom consistently with the supersymmetry. As the usual case the mass supersymmetric sector contributes as a complement to dynamics of the model. We obtain the equations of motion of the Proca's type field, for the chiral spinor fields and for the scalar field on the mass-shell which show the same mass as expected. This work establishes the firsts steps to extend the analysis of charged massive vector field in a supersymmetric scenario.

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Mass Generation and Related Issues from Exotic Higher Dimensions

The main purpose of this work is to show that massless Dirac equation formulated for non-interacting Majorana-Weyl spinors in higher dimensions, particularly in D=1+9 and D=5+5, can lead to an interpretation of massive Majorana and Dirac spinors in D=1+3. By adopting suitable representations of the Dirac matrices in higher dimensions, we pursue the investigation of which higher dimensional space-times and which mass-shell relation concerning massless Dirac equations in higher dimensions may induce massive spinors in D=1+3. The mixing of the chiral fermions in higher dimensions may induce a mechanism such that four massive Majorana fermions may show up and, at an appropriate limit an almost zero and a huge mass show up with corresponding left-handed and right-handed eigenstates. This mechanism, in a peculiar way, could reassess the See-Saw scheme associated to neutrino with Majorana-type masses. Remarkably the masses of the particles are fixed by the dimension decoupling/reduction scheme based on the mass Lorentz invariant term, where one set of the decoupled dimensions are the "target" coordinates frame and the other set of coordinates is the composing block of the mass term in lower dimensions. This proposal should allow us to understand the generation of hierarchies, such as the fourth generation, for the fermionic masses in D=1+3, or in lower dimensions in general, starting from the constraints between the energy and the momentum in D=n+n. For the initial D=5+5 Majorana-Weyl spinors framework using the Weyl representation to the Dirac matrices we observe an intriguing decomposition of space-time that result in two very equivalent D=1+4 massive spinors which mass term, in D=1+3 included, is originated from the remained/decoupled component and that could induce a Brane-World mechanism.

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Magnetic Moment Generation from non-minimal couplings in a scenario with Lorentz-Symmetry Violation

This paper deals with situations that illustrate how the violation of Lorentz symmetry in the gauge sector may contribute to magnetic moment generation of massive neutral particles with spin-1/2 and spin-1. The procedure we adopt here is based on Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. We work out the non-relativistic regime that follows from the wave equation corresponding to a certain particle coupled to an external electromagnetic field and a background that accounts for the Lorentz symmetry violation, and we read thereby the magnetic dipole moment operator for the particle under consideration.We keep track of the parameters that govern the non-minimal electromagnetic coupling and the breaking of Lorentz symmetry in the expressions we get for the magnetic moments in the different cases we contemplate. Our claim is that the tiny magnetic dipole moment of truly elementary neutral particles might signal Lorentz symmetry violation.

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Spontaneous Lorentz symmetry violation and topological defects for the Chern-Simons matter vector field

The study of topological defects occurring in vector and tensor fields is an intriguing subject and little explored in the literature. In this article, we analyze the topological defects arising from the spontaneous violation of Lorentz symmetry for a vector matter field with Chern-Simons term in a Minkowski spacetime in $(1+2)D$. As a consequence, the resulting nonlinear equations include a topological mass via the Chern-Simons term, which leads to a vector version of a soliton state. We show that the topological defects arising from the vector field can be categorized as either vortices, with topology $S^{1}\times\mathbb{R}$, or domain-walls, with topology $S^{0} \times\mathbb{R}^2$. The vortex solutions were analyzed using a procedure similar to the Nielsen-Olesen one, though extended to the vector case to account for a spontaneous violation of Lorentz symmetry. We also analyze the influence of the topological mass and verify the stability of the model as well as the magnetic vortex in $(1+2)D$. We show that domain-wall solutions also emerge as an effect of the violation of the Lorentz symmetry expressed by the vacuum of the vector field. We obtain general equations for this new class of domain walls involving the Lorentz violation parameter and the topological mass. By means of the energy-momentum tensor, we verify the instability of the formation of these domain walls in $(1+2)D$.

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Noncommutative geometry induced by spin effects

In this paper we study the nonlocal effects of noncommutative spacetime on simple physical systems. Our main point is the assumption that the noncommutative effects are consequences of a background field which generates a local spin structure. So, we reformulate some simple electrostatic models in the presence of a spin-deformation contribution to the geometry of the motion, and we obtain an interesting correlation amongst the deformed area vector, the 3D noncommutative effects and the usual spin vector given in quantum mechanics framework. Remarkably we can observe that a spin-orbit coupling term comes to light on the spatial sector of a potential wrote in terms of noncommutative coordinates what indicates that bound states are particular cases in this procedure. Concerning to confined or bounded particles in this noncommutative domain we verify that the kinetic energy is modified by a deformation factor. Finally, we discuss about perspectives.

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Remarks on some vacuum solutions of scalar-tensor cosmological models

We present a class of exact vacuum solutions corresponding to de Sitter and warm inflation models in the framework of scalar-tensor cosmologies. We show that in both cases the field equations reduce to planar dynamical systems with constraints. Then, we carry out a qualitative analysis of the models by examining the phase diagrams of the solutions near the equilibrium points.

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Charged Tensor Matter Fields and Lorentz Symmetry Violation via Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

We consider a model with a charged vector field along with a Cremmer-Scherk-Kalb-Ramond (CSKR) matter field coupled to a U(1) gauge potential. We obtain a natural Lorentz symmetry violation due to the local U(1) spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism triggered by the imaginary part of the vector matter. The choice of the unitary gauge leads to the decoupling of the gauge-KR sector from the Higgs-KR sector. The excitation spectrum is carefully analyzed and the physical modes are identified. We propose an identification of the neutral massive spin-1 Higgs-like field with the massive Z' boson of the so-called mirror matter models.

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Remarks on Charged Vortices in the Maxwell-Chern-Simons Model

We study vortex-like configuration in Maxwell-Chern-Simons Electrodynamics. Attention is paid to the similarity it shares with the Nielsen-Olesen solutions at large distances. A magnetic symmetry between a point-like and an azimuthal-like current in this framework is also pointed out. Furthermore, we address the issue of a neutral and spinless particle interacting with a charged vortex, and obtain that the Aharonov-Casher-type phase depends upon mass and distance parameters.

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Remarks on the Causality, Unitarity and Supersymmetric Extension of the Lorentz and CPT-Violating Maxwell-Chern-Simons Model

The gauge-invariant Chern-Simons-type Lorentz- and CPT-breaking term is here re-assessed and issues like causality, unitarity, spontaneous gauge-symmetry breaking are investigated. Moreover, we obtain a minimal extension of such a system to a supersymmetric environment. We comment on resulting peculiar self-couplings for the gauge sector, as well as on background contribution for gaugino masses.

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Supersymmetric Extension of the Lorentz and CPT-Violating Maxwell-Chern-Simons Model

Focusing on gauge degrees of freedom specified by a 1+3 dimensions model hosting a Maxwell term plus a Lorentz and CPT non-invariant Chern-Simons-like contribution, we obtain a minimal extension of such a system to a supersymmetric environment. We comment on resulting peculiar self-couplings for the gauge sector, as well as on background contribution for gaugino masses. Furthermore, a non-polynomial generalization is presented.

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Scalar and Spinor Particles in the Spacetime of a Domain Wall in String Theory

We consider scalar and spinor particles in the spacetime of a domain wall in the context of low energy effective string theories, such as the generalized scalar-tensor gravity theories. This class of theories allows for an arbitrary coupling of the wall and the (gravitational) scalar field. First, we derive the metric of a wall in the weak-field approximation and we show that it depends on the wall's surface energy density and on two post-Newtonian parameters. Then, we solve the Klein-Gordon and the Dirac equations in this spacetime. We obtain the spectrum of energy eigenvalues and the current density in the scalar and spinor cases, respectively. We show that these quantities, except in the case of the energy spectrum for a massless spinor particle, depend on the parameters that characterize the scalar-tensor domain wall.

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On the Weak-Field Approximation in Generalized Scalar-Tensor Gravities

In the paper published in Phys. Lett. A245} (1998) 31, Barros and Romero demonstrated that, in the weak-field approximation, solutions to the Brans-Dicke equations are related to the solutions of General Relativity for the same matter distributions. In the present work, we enphasize this result and we extend it to for generalized scalar-tensor theories in which the parameter $ω$ is no longer a constant but an arbitrary function of the (gravitational) scalar field.

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On Finite Matrix Bi-Dimensional Formulation of $D=4n+2$ Classical Field Models

We introduce a basis for a bi-dimensional finite matrix calculus and a bi-dimensional finite matrix action principle. As an application, we analyze scalar and spinorial fields in $D=4n+2$ in this approach. We verify that to establish a bi-dimensional matrix action principle we have to define a Dirac-algebra-modified Lebniz rule. From the bi-dimensional equations of motion, we obtain a matrix holomorphic feature for massless matrix scalar and spinorial fields.

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The Central Charge in 3D Simple Superalgebra

A matter self-interacting model with N=1-supersymmetry in 3D is discussed in connection with the appearance of a central charge in the algebra of the supersymmetry generators. The result is extended to include gauge fields with a Chern-Simons term. The main result is that, for a simple supersymmetry, only the matter sector contributes to the central charge in contrast to what occurs in the N=2 case.

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Superpropagators for explicitly broken 3D-supersymmetric theories

A systematic algorithm to derive superpropagators in the case of either explicitly or spontaneously broken supersymmetric three-dimensional theories is presented. We discuss how the explicit breaking terms that are introduced at tree-level induce 1-loop radiative corrections to the effective action. We also point out that the renormalisation effects and the breaking-inducing-breaking mechanism become more immediate whenever we adopt the shifted superpropagators discussed in this letter.

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Matrix-Spacetimes and a 2D Lorentz-Covariant Calculus in Any Even Dimension

A manifestly Lorentz-covariant calculus based on two matrix-coordinates and their associated derivatives is introduced. It allows formulating relativistic field theories in any even-dimensional spacetime. The construction extends a single-coordinate matrix formalism based on coupling spacetime coordinates with the corresponding Gamma-matrices. A 2D matrix-calculus can be introduced for each one of the structures, adjoint, complex and transposed acting on Gamma-matrices. The adjoint structure works for spacetimes with (n,n) signature only. The complex structure requires an even number of timelike directions. The transposed structure is always defined. A further structure which can be referred as "spacetime-splitting" is based on a fractal property of the Gamma-matrices. It is present in spacetimes with dimension D=4n+2. The conformal invariance in the matrix-approach is analyzed. A complex conjugation is present for the complex structure, therefore in euclidean spaces, or spacetimes with (2,2), (2,4) signature and so on. As a byproduct it is here introduced an index which labels the classes of inequivalent Gamma-structures under conjugation performed by real and orthogonal matrices. At least two timelike directions are necessary to get more than one classes of equivalence. Furthermore an algorithm is presented for iteratively computing D-dimensional Gamma-matrices from the p and q dimensional ones where D=p+q+2. Possible applications of the 2D-matrix calculus concern the investigation of higher-dimensional field theories with techniques borrowed from 2D-physics.

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