Obtaining the equation of motion for a fermionic particle in a generalized Lorentz-violating system framework

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Published 28 January 2008 Europhysics Letters Association
, , Citation A. E. Bernardini and R. da Rocha 2008 EPL 81 40010 DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/81/40010

0295-5075/81/4/40010

Abstract

Using a generalized procedure for obtaining the dispersion relation and the equation of motion for a propagating fermionic particle, we examine previous claims for a preferred axis at nμ(≡(1, 0, 0, 1)), n2=0 embedded in the framework of very special relativity (VSR). We show that, in a relatively high energy scale, the corresponding equation of motion is reduced to a conserving lepton number chiral equation previously predicted in the literature. Otherwise, in a relatively low energy scale, the equation is reduced to the usual Dirac equation for a free propagating fermionic particle. It is accomplished by the suggestive analysis of some special cases where a nonlinear modification of the action of the Lorentz group is generated by the addition of a modified conformal transformation which, meanwhile, preserves the structure of the ordinary Lorentz algebra in a very peculiar way. Some feasible experiments, for which Lorentz-violating effects here pointed out may be detectable, are suggested.

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10.1209/0295-5075/81/40010