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Tight bounds on the Maxwell-Carroll-Field-Jackiw parameters using fast radio bursts

Filipe S. Ribeiro1,*, Pedro D. S. Silva2,†, Rodolfo Casana1,3,‡, and Manoel M. Ferreira, Jr.1,3,§

  • *Contact author: filipe99ribeiro@hotmail.com, filipe.ribeiro@discente.ufma.br
  • †Contact author: pedro.dss@ufma.br, pdiego.10@hotmail.com
  • ‡Contact author: rodolfocasana@gmail.com, rodolfo.casana@ufma.br
  • §Contact author: manojr.ufma@gmail.com, manoel.messias@ufma.br
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Phys. Rev. D 114, 056014 – Published 11 September, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/9gjb-c2n6

Abstract

We investigate the arrival time and the Faraday rotation of extragalactic electromagnetic signals coming from fast radio bursts (FRBs) and propagating through chiral cosmic media within the framework of the Maxwell-Carroll-Field-Jackiw (MCFJ) electrodynamics. By treating the interstellar medium as a cold, ionized chiral plasma, we derive the time delay between two traveling signals and express it in terms of modified dispersion measures (DMs) containing chiral contributions. The Faraday rotation angle is written in terms of modified rotation measures (RMs). By combining the DMs and redshift data from a set of FRBs, we achieve constraints on the chiral parameter magnitude at the order of 10−26−10−24  GeV. The Faraday rotation formulae and RM measurements yield upper bounds as stringent as 10−43  GeV on the MCFJ parameters.

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Phys. Rev. D 114, 056014– Published 11 September, 2026
  • Received 27 February 2026
  • Accepted 10 August 2026
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