European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Apr 2022)

LIV effects on the quantum stochastic motion in an acoustic FRW-geometry

  • M. A. Anacleto,
  • C. H. G. Bessa,
  • F. A. Brito,
  • A. E. Mateus,
  • E. Passos,
  • J. R. L. Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10303-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 82, no. 4
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Abstract It is well known in the literature that vacuum fluctuations can induce a random motion of particles which is sometimes called quantum Brownian motion or quantum stochastic motion. In this paper, we consider Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV) in an acoustic spatially flat Friedman–Robertson–Walker (FRW) geometry. In particular, we are looking for the LIV effects in the stochastic motion of scalar and massive test particles. This motion is induced by a massless quantized scalar field on this geometry, which in turn is derived from an Abelian Higgs model with LIV. Deviations in the velocity dispersion of the particles proportional to the LIV parameter are found.