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Effects of a CPT-even and Lorentz-violating nonminimal coupling on the electron-positron scattering

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-12-27 v1

Abstract

We propose a new \emph{CPT}-even and Lorentz-violating nonminimal coupling between fermions and Abelian gauge fields involving the CPT-even tensor (KF)μναβ(K_{F})_{\mu\nu\alpha\beta} of the standard model extension. We thus investigate its effects on the cross section of the electron-positron scattering by analyzing the process e++eμ++μe^{+}+e^{-}\rightarrow\mu^{+}+\mu^{-}. Such a study was performed for the parity-odd and parity-even nonbirefringent components of the Lorentz-violating (KF)μναβ(K_{F})_{\mu\nu\alpha\beta} tensor. Finally, by using experimental data available in the literature, we have imposed upper bounds as tight as 1012(eV)110^{-12}(eV)^{-1} on the magnitude of the CPT-even and Lorentz-violating parameters while nonminimally coupled.

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@article{arxiv.1212.6230,
  title  = {Effects of a CPT-even and Lorentz-violating nonminimal coupling on the electron-positron scattering},
  author = {R. Casana and M. M. Ferreira and R. V. Maluf and F. E. P. dos Santos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.6230},
  year   = {2012}
}

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