The refractive index of the vacuum and the dark sector

2017/06/08 by Adrian C. Melissinos, Melissinos, Adrian C.
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1706.04455

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Abstract

We discuss a recent result about the refractive index of the vacuum and compare it with existing limits. We consider a possible connection with the dark sector.

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