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Unitarity in a Lorentz symmetry breaking model with higher-order operators

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-03-26 v2

Abstract

We analyze the unitarity of a modified QED with higher-order terms that violate Lorentz symmetry. We make an explicit calculation to verify unitarity at the one-loop level. As expected we find negative norm states that could in principle lead to a violation of unitarity. However, we show that these states become massive in Euclidean space and do not contribute to the discontinuity.

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@article{arxiv.1401.3752,
  title  = {Unitarity in a Lorentz symmetry breaking model with higher-order operators},
  author = {Markos Maniatis and Carlos M. Reyes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.3752},
  year   = {2014}
}

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4 pages,2 figures, published in Phys. Rev.D