Gravitational birefringence and an exotic formula for redshifts

Christian Duval, Johanna Pasquet, Thomas Schücker, and André Tilquin
Phys. Rev. D 97, 123508 – Published 8 June 2018
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Abstract

We compute the birefringence of light in curved Robertson-Walker spacetimes and propose an exotic formula for redshift based on the internal structure of the spinning photon. We then use the Hubble diagram of supernovae to test this formula.

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  • Received 26 February 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.123508

© 2018 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

  1. Research Areas
Cosmological parametersCosmology
Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

Authors & Affiliations

Christian Duval1,*, Johanna Pasquet2,†, Thomas Schücker1,‡, and André Tilquin2,§

  • 1Aix-Marseille University, Université de Toulon, CNRS, CPT, Marseille, France
  • 2Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, CPPM, Marseille, France

  • *christian.duval@cpt.univ-mrs.fr
  • †pasquet@cppm.in2p3.fr
  • ‡thomas.schucker@gmail.com
  • §tilquin@cppm.in2p3.fr

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Vol. 97, Iss. 12 — 15 June 2018

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