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Matter-gravity scattering in the presence of spontaneous Lorentz violation

arXiv:1304.2090 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.88.025005

Abstract

Considering quantum gravity within the framework of effective field theory, we investigated the consequences of spontaneous Lorentz violation for the gravitational potential. In particular, we focus our attention on the bumblebee models, in which the graviton couples to a vector that assumes a nonzero vacuum expectation value. The leading order corrections for the nonrelativistic potential are obtained from calculation of the scattering matrix of two scalar particles interacting gravitationally. These corrections imply anisotropic properties associated with the bumblebee background and also add a Darwin-like term for Newton's potential.

19 pages, 2 figures, new references added, Eqs. (30) and (34) are corrected, and results and conclusions are improved. Version published in Phys. Rev. D

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