Cerenkov Radiation in a Lorentz-Violating and Birefringent Vacuum
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We calculate the emission spectrum for vacuum Cerenkov radiation in Lorentz-violating extensions of electrodynamics. We develop an approach that works equally well if the presence or the absence of birefringence. In addition to confirming earlier work, we present the first calculation of the Cerenkov spectrum in the presence of a birefringent photon kF term. 1 [email protected]
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