Stability of the aether

Journal Article · Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.82.081501· OSTI ID:21432995

Donnelly, William; Jacobson, Ted ^[1]

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1. Center for Fundamental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, Maryland, 20742-4111 (United States)

The requirements for stability of a Lorentz violating theory are analyzed. In particular we conclude that Einstein-aether theory can be stable when its modes have any phase velocity, rather than only the speed of light as was argued in a recent paper.

• OSTI ID: 21432995
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 82, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.081501; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
LORENTZ INVARIANCE
PHASE VELOCITY
STABILITY
EQUATIONS
FIELD EQUATIONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
RADIATIONS
VELOCITY