Width of photon decay in a magnetic field: Elementary semiclassical derivation and sensitivity to Lorentz violation

作者:Satunin Petr*
来源:Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2013, 87(10): 105015.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.105015

摘要

We present an elementary derivation of the width of photon decay in a weak magnetic field using the semiclassical method of worldline instantons. The calculation is generalized to a model of quantum electrodynamics with broken Lorentz symmetry. Implications for the search of deviations from Lorentz invariance in the cosmic ray experiments are discussed.

  • 出版日期2013-5-20