https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02312-z
Regular Article
Temperature effects for 
scattering in very special relativity
1
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, 78060-900, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
2
Physics Department, Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, V8P 5C2, Victoria, BC, Canada
a
alesandroferreira@fisica.ufmt.br
Received:
14
July
2021
Accepted:
21
December
2021
Published online:
10
January
2022
The electron-positron scattering process is investigated in the context of very special relativity (VSR). This theory assumes that the true symmetry of nature is not the full Lorentz group, but some of its subgroups, such as the subgroups SIM(2) and HOM(2). In this context, the cross-section for electron-positron scattering at finite temperature is calculated. The effects of temperature are introduced using the Thermo Field Dynamics (TFD) formalism. Our result shows that the cross-section is changed due to both effects, the VSR contributions and temperature effects. An estimated value for the VSR parameter using experimental data available in the literature is discussed.
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