Violation of the equivalence principle in curvature based extended gravity at finite temperature

Abstract

We review the possible violation of the Equivalence Principle at finite temperature T in the framework of curvature based Extended Theories of Gravity. Specifically, we first show how it is possible to derive Equivalence Principle violation from Quantum Field Theory at non-vanishing T. Subsequently, we exhibit how this result can be precisely recovered by following an alternative path that envisages the employment of generalized Einstein equations with a temperature-dependent energy-momentum tensor. Finally, we adopt the latter formalism in the context of some Extended Gravity models to quantify the amount of Equivalence Principle violation. Specifically, Brans-Dicke Theory, Standard Model Extension and Conformal Gravity are considered in details.

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