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Lightest Kaluza Klien Particles in the Field of Dark Matter

2014; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.2737856

1556-5068

Rakesh Sharma,

Atomic and Molecular Physics

The question as to how this universe came into being and as to how it has evolved to its present stage, is an old question. The answer to this question unfolds many secrets regarding fundamental particles and forces between them. The most important ingredient of this whole creation namely 'Dark Matter' was for the first time identified by Fritz Zwicky of California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1933. Theodor Kaluza proposed the concept that the universe is composed of more than four space-time dimensions. In his work electromagnetism is united with gravity. Various extra dimensions formulations have been proposed to solve a variety of problems. Recently, the idea of more than four space time dimensions is applied to the search for particle identity of dark matter (DM). Signature of dark matter can be revealed by analysis of very high energy electrons which are coming from outer space. We investigate recent advancement in the field of dark matter search with reference to very high energy electrons from outer space.