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Cosmological Signature of New Parity-Violating Interactions

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arxiv astro-ph/9812088 v2 pith:75BQFAN2 submitted 1998-12-04 astro-ph gr-qchep-phhep-th

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Does Nature yield any manifestations of parity violation other than those observed in weak interactions? A map of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization will provide a new signature of P violation. We give two examples of new P violating interactions, which may have something to do with Planck-scale physics, inflation, and/or quintessence, that would give rise to such a signature. Although these effects would most likely elude detection by MAP and the Planck Surveyor, they may be detectable with a future dedicated CMB polarization experiment.

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