Cosmological CPT violating effect on CMB polarization
Creators
- 1. Joint Center for Particle, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology, Nanjing University-Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing 210093 (China)
- 2. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China)
- 3. Fakultaet fuer Physik, Universitaet Bielefeld, D-33615 Bielefeld (Germany)
- 4. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 918-4, Beijing 100049 (China)
Description
A dark energy scalar (or a function of the Ricci scalar) coupled with the derivative to the matter fields will violate the CPT symmetry during the expansion of the Universe. This type of cosmological CPT violation helps to generate the baryon number asymmetry and gives rise to the rotation of the photon polarization which can be measured in the astrophysical and cosmological observations, especially the experiments of the cosmic microwave background radiation. In this paper, we derive the rotation angle in a fully general relativistic way and present the rotation formulas used for the cosmic microwave background data analysis. Our formulas include the corrections from the spatial fluctuations of the scalar field. We also estimate the magnitude of these corrections in a class of dynamical dark energy models for quintessential baryo/leptogenesis.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.103516;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0810.0403v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 78
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 103516-103516.9
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41002220
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ASTROPHYSICS; ASYMMETRY; BARYON NUMBER; CORRECTIONS; CPT THEOREM; DATA ANALYSIS; FLUCTUATIONS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; RELICT RADIATION; ROTATION; SCALAR FIELDS; SYMMETRY; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATTER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOTION; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS; VARIATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2008 The American Physical Society