Quadrupole anisotropy from photon quantum effects
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
We consider quantum effects of an electromagnetic field in a radiation-dominated almost FRW spacetime. The dominant non-local quantum correction to the photon distribution is a quadrupole moment, corresponding to an effective anisotropic pressure in the energy-momentum tensor.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9511044,
title = {Quadrupole anisotropy from photon quantum effects},
author = {Alexei V Nesteruk and Roy Maartens},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9511044},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages LaTeX, no figures; to appear in General Relativity and Gravitation