Spacetime-varying couplings and Lorentz violation

V. Alan Kostelecký, Ralf Lehnert, and Malcolm J. Perry
Phys. Rev. D 68, 123511 – Published 11 December 2003
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Abstract

Spacetime-varying coupling constants can be associated with violations of local Lorentz invariance and CPT symmetry. An analytical supergravity cosmology with a time-varying fine-structure constant provides an explicit example. Estimates are made for some experimental constraints.

  • Received 2 December 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.123511

©2003 American Physical Society

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V. Alan Kostelecký

  • Physics Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA

Ralf Lehnert

  • CENTRA, Área Departamental de Física, Universidade do Algarve, 8000-117 Faro, Portugal

Malcolm J. Perry

  • D.A.M.T.P., Cambridge University, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, England

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Vol. 68, Iss. 12 — 15 December 2003

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