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Patterns of Lorentz symmetry breaking in QED by CPT-odd interaction. / Andrianov, A. A.; Soldati, R.

In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, Vol. 435, No. 3-4, 10.09.1998, p. 449-452.

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Andrianov, AA & Soldati, R 1998, 'Patterns of Lorentz symmetry breaking in QED by CPT-odd interaction', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 435, no. 3-4, pp. 449-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00823-5

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Andrianov, A. A., & Soldati, R. (1998). Patterns of Lorentz symmetry breaking in QED by CPT-odd interaction. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 435(3-4), 449-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00823-5

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Andrianov AA, Soldati R. Patterns of Lorentz symmetry breaking in QED by CPT-odd interaction. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1998 Sep 10;435(3-4):449-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00823-5

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Andrianov, A. A. ; Soldati, R. / Patterns of Lorentz symmetry breaking in QED by CPT-odd interaction. In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1998 ; Vol. 435, No. 3-4. pp. 449-452.

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abstract = "A tiny Lorentz symmetry breaking can be mediated in Electrodynamics by means of the Chern-Simons (CS) interaction polarized along a constant CS vector. Its presence makes the vacuum optically active that has been recently estimated from astrophysical data. We examine two possibilities for the CS vector to be time-like or space-like, under the assumption that it originates from v.e.v. of some pseudoscalar matter. It is shown that: a) a time-like CS vector makes the vacuum unstable under pairs creation of tachyonic photon modes with the finite vacuum decay rate, i.e. it is unlikely realized at macroscopic time scales; b) on the contrary, the space-like CS vector does not yield any tachyonic modes and, moreover, if its dynamical counterpart is substantially described by a scale invariant interaction, then the QED radiation effects induce the dynamical breaking of Lorentz symmetry, i.e. the occurrence of space-like CS vector appears to be rather natural.",
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