Quadrupole anisotropy from photon quantum effects

Alexei V. Nesteruk, Roy Maartens

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Abstract

We consider quantum effects of an electromagnetic field in a radiation-dominated almost frw spacetime. The dominant non-local quantum correction to the photon distribution is a quadrupole moment, corresponding to an effective anisotropic pressure in the energy-momentum tensor.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)239-248
JournalGeneral Relativity and Gravitation
Volume28
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1996

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