Testing CPT Symmetry with CMB Measurements

dc.creatorXia, Jun-Qing
dc.creatorLi, Hong
dc.creatorWang, Xiulian
dc.creatorZhang, Xinmin
dc.date2007-10-17
dc.date2008-02-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:16:02Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:16:02Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper we study the possibility of testing \emph{CPT} symmetry with Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) measurements. Working with an effective lagrangian of the photon with \emph{CPT} violation ${\cal L} \sim p_μA_ν\tilde F^{μν}$ which causes the polarization vectors of the propagating CMB photons rotated, we determine the rotation angle $Δα$ using the BOOMERanG 2003 and the WMAP3 angular power spectra. In this analysis we have included the newly released $TC$ and $GC$ ($l<450$) information of WMAP3 and found $Δα=-6.2\pm3.8$ deg at $1σ$ confidence level. This result increases slightly the significance for the \emph{CPT} violation obtained in our previous paper (Feng \emph{et al.}, 2006) $Δα=-6.0 \pm 4.0$ deg (1$σ$). Furthermore we examine the constraint on the rotation angle with the simulated Planck data. Our results show that the Planck will be sensitive to $Δα$ at the level of 0.057 deg and able to test the \emph{CPT} symmetry with a higher precision.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, Accepted for publication on A&A
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3325
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3325
dc.identifierAstron.Astrophys.483:715-718,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809410
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/173370
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleTesting CPT Symmetry with CMB Measurements
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