Tuesday, April 9, 2013

1304.2090 (R. V. Maluf et al.)

Matter-gravity scattering in the presence of spontaneous Lorentz
violation
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R. V. Maluf, Victor Santos, W. T. Cruz, C. A. S. Almeida
Considering quantum gravity within the framework of effective field theory, we investigated the consequences of spontaneous Lorentz violation for the gravitational potential. In particular, we focus our attention on the bumblebee models, in which the graviton couples to a vector B{\mu} that assumes a nonzero vacuum expectation value. The leading order corrections for the nonrelativistic potential are obtained from calculation of the scattering matrix of two scalar particles interacting gravitationally. These corrections imply a modification on the magnitude of the interaction and also add a Darwin-like term for Newton's potential.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.2090

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