No contact terms for the magnetic field in Lorentz- and CPT-violating electrodynamics

In a Lorentz- and CPT-violating modification of electrodynamics, the fields of a moving charge are known to have unusual singularities. This raises the question of whether the singular behavior may include δ-function contact terms, similar to those that appear in the fields of idealized dipoles. How...

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Main Authors: Karl Schober, Brett Altschul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321316302036
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description In a Lorentz- and CPT-violating modification of electrodynamics, the fields of a moving charge are known to have unusual singularities. This raises the question of whether the singular behavior may include δ-function contact terms, similar to those that appear in the fields of idealized dipoles. However, by calculating the magnetic field of an infinite straight wire in this theory, we demonstrate that there are no such contact terms in the magnetic field of a moving point charge.
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spelling doaj.art-b0e88a6c6d974e388d3c483806b0f3a82022-12-21T18:22:15ZengElsevierNuclear Physics B0550-32131873-15622016-09-01910C45846810.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.07.020No contact terms for the magnetic field in Lorentz- and CPT-violating electrodynamicsKarl SchoberBrett AltschulIn a Lorentz- and CPT-violating modification of electrodynamics, the fields of a moving charge are known to have unusual singularities. This raises the question of whether the singular behavior may include δ-function contact terms, similar to those that appear in the fields of idealized dipoles. However, by calculating the magnetic field of an infinite straight wire in this theory, we demonstrate that there are no such contact terms in the magnetic field of a moving point charge.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321316302036
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No contact terms for the magnetic field in Lorentz- and CPT-violating electrodynamics
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title No contact terms for the magnetic field in Lorentz- and CPT-violating electrodynamics
title_full No contact terms for the magnetic field in Lorentz- and CPT-violating electrodynamics
title_fullStr No contact terms for the magnetic field in Lorentz- and CPT-violating electrodynamics
title_full_unstemmed No contact terms for the magnetic field in Lorentz- and CPT-violating electrodynamics
title_short No contact terms for the magnetic field in Lorentz- and CPT-violating electrodynamics
title_sort no contact terms for the magnetic field in lorentz and cpt violating electrodynamics
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