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Cosmological CPT violating effect on CMB polarization

Astrophysics 2010-04-21 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A dark energy scalar (or a function of the Ricci scalar) coupled with the derivative to the matter fields will violate the CPTCPT symmetry during the expansion of the Universe. This type of cosmological CPTCPT violation helps to generate the baryon number asymmetry and gives rise to the rotation of the photon polarization which can be measured in the astrophysical and cosmological observations, especially the experiments of the cosmic microwave background radiation. In this paper, we derive the rotation angle in a fully general relativistic way and present the rotation formulas used for the cosmic microwave background data analysis. Our formulas include the corrections from the spatial fluctuations of the scalar field. We also estimate the magnitude of these corrections in a class of dynamical dark energy models for quintessential baryo/leptogenesis.

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@article{arxiv.0810.0403,
  title  = {Cosmological CPT violating effect on CMB polarization},
  author = {Mingzhe Li and Xinmin Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.0403},
  year   = {2010}
}

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12 pages

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