Anomalous positron excess from Lorentz-violating QED

作者：Andrianov Alexander A^*; Espriu Domenec; Giacconi Paola; Soldati Roberto

来源：The Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009, 2009(9): 057.

DOI：10.1088/1126-6708/2009/09/057

• Beyond Standard Model
• Space-Time Symmetries
• QCD

We entertain the idea that a suitable background of cold (very low momentum) pseudoscalar particles or condensate, may trigger a background that effectively generates Lorentz-invariance violation. This aether-like background induces a Chern-Simons modification of QED. Physics is different in different frames and, in the rest frame of the pseudoscalar background, high momentum photons can decay into pairs. The threshold for such decay depends quadratically on the rest mass of the particles. This mechanism could explain in a natural way why antiprotons are absent in recent cosmic ray measurements. A similar signal could be used as a probe of pseudoscalar condensation in heavy ion collisions.

• 出版日期2009-9