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CPT-Violating Gravitational Orbital Perturbations

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-11-07 v1

Abstract

A model for spontaneous symmetry breaking using a specific form of the bumblebee model is analyzed in the context of a Schwarzschild background metric. The resulting back reaction of the symmetry-breaking field on the metric is computed to second order. Consistency with conventional (pseudo)Riemannian geometry is demonstrated. This background field is coupled to fermions via a spin-dependent CPT-violating coupling term of a type commonly considered in the Standard-Model Extension. The perturbations of various orbital trajectories are discussed. Specifically, a spin-dependent orbital velocity is found as well as a spin-dependent precession rate.

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@article{arxiv.1911.02542,
  title  = {CPT-Violating Gravitational Orbital Perturbations},
  author = {Don Colladay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.02542},
  year   = {2019}
}

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4 pages, proceedings for CPT19

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