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Causality and radiatively induced CPT violation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We consider quantum electrodynamics with an additional Lorentz- and CPT-violating axial-vector term in the fermionic sector and discuss the possibility that radiative corrections induce a Lorentz- and CPT-violating Chern-Simons-like term for the gauge field. From the requirement of causality and the assumed validity of perturbation theory, we conclude that the induced Chern-Simons-like term must be absent in the full quantum field theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0105037,
  title  = {Causality and radiatively induced CPT violation},
  author = {C. Adam and F. R. Klinkhamer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0105037},
  year   = {2009}
}

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LaTeX, 12 pages, 2 PS figures, v3: to appear in PLB