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Primordial torsion fields as an explanation of the anisotropy in electromagnetic propagation over cosmological distances

Antonio Dobado
(
- Madrid U.
)
,
Antonio Lopez Maroto
(
- Madrid, Autonoma U.
)

Jun, 1997

3 pages

Published in:

Mod.Phys.Lett.A 12 (1997) 3003-3007

e-Print:

astro-ph/9706044 [astro-ph]

DOI:

10.1142/S0217732397003125

Report number:

FT-UCM-4-97

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Abstract: (arXiv)

In this note we provide a simple explanation of the recent finding of anisotropy in electromagnetic (EM) propagation claimed by Nodland and Ralston (astro-ph/9704196). We consider, as a possible origin of such effect, the effective coupling between EM fields and some tiny background torsion field. The coupling is obtained after integrating out charged fermions, it is gauge invariant and does not require the introduction of any new physics.

coupling: torsion
radiation: electromagnetic
radiation: anisotropy
galaxy
fermion: charged particle
Feynman graph

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