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A Model of Universe Anisotropization

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2009-11-06 v2

Abstract

The presence of a nonconformally invariant term in the photon sector of the Lorentz-violating extension of Standard Model of particle physics, the "Kosteleck\'{y} term" LK(kF)αβμνFαβF\mν\mathcal{L}_K \propto (k_F)_{\alpha \beta \mu \nu} F^{\alpha \beta} F^{\m \nu}, enables a superadiabatic amplification of magnetic vacuum fluctuations during de Sitter inflation. For a particular form of the external tensor kFk_F that parameterizing Lorentz violation, the generated field possesses a planar symmetry at large cosmological scales and can have today an intensity of order of nanogauss for a wide range of values of parameters defining inflation. This peculiar magnetic field could account for the presently-observed galactic magnetic fields and induces a small anisotropization of the universe at cosmological scales. The resulting Bianchi I model could explain the presumedly low-quadrupole power in the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation.

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@article{arxiv.0907.3703,
  title  = {A Model of Universe Anisotropization},
  author = {Leonardo Campanelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.3703},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figures, 5 tables, minor revisions, references added, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D

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