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Quantum Modified Null Trajectories in Schwarzschild Spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The photon vacuum polarization effect in curved spacetime leads to birefringence, i.e. the photon velocity becomes greater than (or less than) the speed of light depending on its polarization. We investigate this phenomenon in a Schwarzschild curved spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0605147,
  title  = {Quantum Modified Null Trajectories in Schwarzschild Spacetime},
  author = {Avtar Singh Sehra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0605147},
  year   = {2007}
}

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superluminal quantum modified photon propagation