Bulgarian Journal of Physics

Bulgarian Journal of Physics

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Bulg. J. Phys. vol.29 no.1-2 (2002), pp. 01-08

Is Cosmological Birefringence due to Quantum Gravitational Effects or an Intrinsic Anisotropy of Space Time

C. Wolf
Department of Physics, Massachusetts State College of Liberal Arts North Adams, Massachusetts 01247 USA

Abstract. By considering the non-standard optics generated by a polymer-like structure of space-time in loop-quantum gravity we demonstrate that such a theory predicts signatures of cosmological birefringence and time delay effects in gamma ray bursts that differ from those predicted by a theory that admits to an intrinsic anisotropy of space-time.

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2-8 July 2023 The International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (IWNT) is annually organized since 1980 by the Nuclear Theory Laboratory (NTL) of the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the Workshop will be published.

Bulg. J. Phys. vol.29 no.1-2 (2002), pp. 01-08

Is Cosmological Birefringence due to Quantum Gravitational Effects or an Intrinsic Anisotropy of Space Time

Full-text: PDF

2-8 July 2023
The International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (IWNT) is annually organized since 1980 by the Nuclear Theory Laboratory (NTL) of the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the Workshop will be published.