Classical-physics applications for Finsler $b$ space
ORAL
Abstract
The Standard-Model Extension (SME) is a general effective field theory for Lorentz and CPT violation incorporating both the Standard Model and General Relativity. The SME provides a framework for experimental searches for Lorentz-violating effects and for the investigation of new physics. The classical propagation of certain Lorentz-violating fermions is known to be governed by geodesics of a four-dimensional pseudo-Finsler $b$ space parametrized by a prescribed background covector field. This talk discusses some aspects of the relation between Finsler geometries and the SME, emphasizing the identification of systems in classical physics that are governed by the three-dimensional version of Finsler $b$ space and the construction of geodesics for some sample background covectors.
*This work was supported in part by Indiana University's STARS program, by the National Science Foundation under the REU program, and by the Indiana University Center for Spacetime Symmetries under an IUCRG grant.
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