Lorentz-violating gravitoelectromagnetism

Journal Article · Wed Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.82.065012· OSTI ID:21421194

Bailey, Quentin G ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 3700 Willow Creek Road, Prescott, Arizona 86301 (United States)

The well-known analogy between a special limit of general relativity and electromagnetism is explored in the context of the Lorentz-violating standard-model extension. An analogy is developed for the minimal standard-model extension that connects a limit of the CPT-even component of the electromagnetic sector to the gravitational sector. We show that components of the post-Newtonian metric can be directly obtained from solutions to the electromagnetic sector. The method is illustrated with specific examples including static and rotating sources. Some unconventional effects that arise for Lorentz-violating electrostatics and magnetostatics have an analog in Lorentz-violating post-Newtonian gravity. In particular, we show that even for static sources, gravitomagnetic fields arise in the presence of Lorentz violation.

• OSTI ID: 21421194
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 82, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.065012; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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ELECTROSTATICS
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GRAVITATION
LORENTZ INVARIANCE
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS
METRICS
STANDARD MODEL
FIELD THEORIES
GRAND UNIFIED THEORY
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
MAGNETISM
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
RELATIVITY THEORY
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS