English

Lorentz Violation, Electrodynamics, and the Cosmic Microwave Background

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-11-09 v1

Abstract

Vacuum birefringence is a signature of Lorentz-symmetry violation. Here we report on a recent search for birefringence in the cosmic microwave background. Polarization data is used to place constraints on certain forms of Lorentz violation.

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@article{arxiv.0804.0269,
  title  = {Lorentz Violation, Electrodynamics, and the Cosmic Microwave Background},
  author = {Matthew Mewes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.0269},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Presented at 4th Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Bloomington, Indiana, 8-11 Aug 2007

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