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Phys. Rev. D 68, 123511 (2003) [5 pages]

Spacetime-varying couplings and Lorentz violation

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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

Received 2 December 2002; published 11 December 2003

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.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.123511
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.123511
PACS:
98.80.Cq, 11.30.Cp, 11.30.Er