Material Information
- Title:
- Finsler Structures in the Photon Sector of the Standard Model Extension
- Physical Description:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Creator:
- McGinnis, Navin
- Publisher:
- New College of Florida
- Place of Publication:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Publication Date:
- 2014
Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree:
- Bachelor's ( B.A.)
- Degree Grantor:
- New College of Florida
- Degree Divisions:
- Natural Sciences
- Area of Concentration:
- Physics, Mathematics
Subjects
- Genre:
- bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt ) government publication (state, provincial, territorial, dependent) ( marcgt ) born-digital ( sobekcm ) Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Notes
- Abstract:
- The Standard Model (SM) of Particle Physics, as it stands today, is invariant
under the Lorentz and CPT symmetries. Although the SM has become an extremely
successful physical theory, it is believed to be incomplete. The Standard Model Extension
(SME), is a theory constructed to preserve desirable features of the conventional
SM and General Relativity while allowing violations of Lorentz and CPT symmetry. Recently, the Standard Model Extension (SME) has been found to be incompatible
with Riemannian geometry, but it is believed that the SME should fit within the
framework of Finsler geometry. We compute examples of Finsler-type structures in
the pure-photon sector of the SME. This allows us to develop an analogy between
Lorentz violating electrodynamics and Maxwell's equations in macroscopic media.
- Statement of Responsibility:
- by Navin McGinnis
- Thesis:
- Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2014
- General Note:
- RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- General Note:
- This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
- General Note:
- Faculty Sponsor: McDonald, Patrick; Colladay, Donald
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- New College of Florida
- Holding Location:
- New College of Florida
- Rights Management:
- Applicable rights reserved.
- Resource Identifier:
- Classification:
- S.T. 2014 M44
- System ID:
- AA00024774:00001
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