CONSTRAINTS ON BACKGROUND TORSION FROM BIREFRINGENCE OF CMB POLARIZATION

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作者
Das, Moumita [1 ]
Mohanty, Subhendra [1 ]
Prasanna, A. R. [2 ]
机构
[1] Phys Res Lab, Ahmadabad 380009, Gujarat, India
[2] LJ Inst Comp Applicat, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D | 2013年 / 22卷 / 03期
关键词
CMB polarization; birefringence; torsion; PROPAGATING TORSION; MASSLESS; FIELD;
D O I
10.1142/S0218271813500119
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We show that a nonminimal coupling of electromagnetism with background torsion can produce birefringence of the electromagnetic waves. This birefringence gives rise to a B-mode polarization of the CMB. From the bounds on CMB polarization from QUaD experiment, one can put limits on the background torsion xi T-1(i) = (2.78 +/- 4.85) x 10(-20) GeV-1.
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