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Lorentz invariance violations in the interplay of quantum gravity with matter

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-07-15 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We explore the interplay of matter with quantum gravity with a preferred frame to highlight that the matter sector cannot be protected from the symmetry-breaking effects in the gravitational sector. Focusing on Abelian gauge fields, we show that quantum gravitational radiative corrections induce Lorentz-invariance-violating couplings for the Abelian gauge field. In particular, we discuss how such a mechanism could result in the possibility to translate observational constraints on Lorentz violation in the matter sector into strong constraints on the Lorentz-violating gravitational couplings.

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@article{arxiv.1911.10066,
  title  = {Lorentz invariance violations in the interplay of quantum gravity with matter},
  author = {Astrid Eichhorn and Alessia Platania and Marc Schiffer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.10066},
  year   = {2020}
}

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20 pages, 9 figures. v2: matches published version