Lorentz invariance violations in the interplay of quantum gravity with matter

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Abstract

We explore the interplay of matter with quantum gravity with a preferred frame to highlight that the matter sector cannot be protected from the symmetry-breaking effects in the gravitational sector. Focusing on Abelian gauge fields, we show that quantum gravitational radiative corrections induce Lorentz-invariance-violating couplings for the Abelian gauge field. In particular, we discuss how such a mechanism could result in the possibility to translate observational constraints on Lorentz violation in the matter sector into strong constraints on the Lorentz-violating gravitational couplings.

*This work is supported by the DFG under grant no. Ei-1037/1, and A. E. is also partially supported by a visiting fellowship at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. This research is also supported by the Danish National Research Foundation under grant DNRF:90. A. P. is supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and M. S. is supported by a scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. A. E. would like to acknowledge the contribution of the COST Action CA18108: QG-MM (Quantum Gravity phenomenology in the Multi-Messenger approach).

Authors

  • Marc Schiffer

    • Heidelberg University
  • Astrid Eichhorn

    • University of Southern Denmark and Heidelberg University
  • Alessia Platania

    • Heidelberg University