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Spacetime-varying couplings and Lorentz violation
Author(s) -
V. Alan Kostelecký,
Ralf Lehnert,
Malcolm J. Perry
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
physical review. d. particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/physical review. d. particles and fields
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-4918
pISSN - 0556-2821
DOI - 10.1103/physrevd.68.123511
Subject(s) - spacetime , physics , lorentz transformation , lorentz covariance , supergravity , theoretical physics , coupling constant , symmetry (geometry) , cosmology , classical mechanics , mathematical physics , constant (computer programming) , causality (physics) , quantum mechanics , supersymmetry , mathematics , geometry , computer science , programming language
Spacetime-varying coupling constants can be associated with violations oflocal Lorentz invariance and CPT symmetry. An analytical supergravity cosmologywith time-varying fine-structure constant provides an explicit example.Estimates are made for some experimental constraints.Comment: 4 page

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