Coupling Right- and Left-Handed Photons Differently to Charged Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
2012-12-27 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We consider a modification of electrodynamics in which right- and left-circularly polarized photons are coupled to charged sources differently. Even though photon helicity is a Lorentz invariant quantity, such a modification breaks Lorentz symmetry, as well as locality. The modified theory includes novel magnetic forces between perpendicular currents. Existing data can be used to constrain the modification at approximately a 2 x 10^(-3) level.
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@article{arxiv.1212.5967,
title = {Coupling Right- and Left-Handed Photons Differently to Charged Matter},
author = {Brett Altschul},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5967},
year = {2012}
}
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12 pages