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Velocity of Light in Dark Matter with Charge

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-04 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We propose an interesting mechanism to reconcile the recent experiments of the Michelson-Morley type and slowdown of the velocity of light in dark matter with a fractional electric charge when the index of refraction of dark matter depends on the frequency of a photon. After deriving the formula for the velocity of light in a medium with the index of refraction n(ω)n(\omega) in a relativistic regime, it is shown that the local anisotropy of the light speed is proportional to the second order in n(ω)1n(\omega) - 1. This result implies that the experiments of the Michelson-Morley type do not give rise to a stringent constraint on the slowdown of the velocity of light in dark matter with electric charge.

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@article{arxiv.1204.1547,
  title  = {Velocity of Light in Dark Matter with Charge},
  author = {Ichiro Oda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.1547},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages