Constraints on non-minimally coupled curved space electrodynamics from astrophysical observations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/14/304zbMATH Open1038.83014arXivgr-qc/0306021OpenAlexW2152006804MaRDI QIDQ4457664FDOQ4457664

Subhendra Mohanty, Aragam R. Prasanna

Publication date: 25 March 2004

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study interactions of electro-magnetic fields with the curvature tensor of the form $$. Such coupling terms though are invariant under general coordinate transformation and CPT, however violate the Einstein equivalence principle. These couplings do not cause any energy dependent dispersion of photons but they exhibit birefringence. We put constraints on the coupling constant $lambda$ using results from solar system radar ranging experiments and millisecond-pulsar observations. We find that the most stringent constraint comes from pulsar observations and is given by $lambda<10^{11}c{m}^2$ obtained from the timing of binary pulsar PSR B1534+12.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0306021

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemann curvatureEinstein equivalence principlebinary pulsar

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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