Published November 15, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Cosmological CPT violating effect on CMB polarization

  • 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

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

Optional Information

Notes
(c) 2008 The American Physical Society