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Model-Independent Constraints on Lorentz Invariance Violation via the Cosmographic Approach
Since Lorentz invariance plays an important role in modern physics, it is of
interest to test the possible Lorentz invariance violation (LIV). The time-lag
(the arrival time delay between light curves in different energy bands) of
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been extensively used to this end. However, to our
best knowledge, one or more particular cosmological models were assumed {\it a
priori} in (almost) all of the relevant works in the literature. So, this makes
the results on LIV in those works model-dependent and hence not so robust in
fact. In the present work, we try to avoid this problem by using a
model-independent approach. We calculate the time delay induced by LIV with the
cosmic expansion history given in terms of cosmography, without assuming any
particular cosmological model. Then, we constrain the possible LIV with the
observational data, and find weak hints for LIV.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, revtex4; v2: discussions added, Phys.
Lett. B in pres
A Maxwell-vector p-wave holographic superconductor in a particular background AdS black hole metric
We study the p-wave holographic superconductor for AdS black holes with
planar event horizon topology for a particular Lovelock gravity, in which the
action is characterized by a self-interacting scalar field nonminimally coupled
to the gravity theory which is labeled by an integer . As the Lovelock
theory of gravity is the most general metric theory of gravity based on the
fundamental assumptions of general relativity, it is a desirable theory to
describe the higher dimensional spacetime geometry. The present work is devoted
to studying the properties of the p-wave holographic superconductor by
including a Maxwell field which nonminimally couples to a complex vector field
in a higher dimensional background metric. In the probe limit, we find that the
critical temperature decreases with the increase of the index of the
background black hole metric, which shows that a larger makes it harder for
the condensation to form. We also observe that the index affects the
conductivity and the gap frequency of the holographic superconductors.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figure
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