New tests of Lorentz invariance following from observations of the highest energy cosmic γ-rays

By Floyd W. Stecker, S. Glashow. 2001

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We use the recent reanalysis of multi-TeV -ray observations of Mrk 501 to constrain the Lorentz invariance breaking parameter involving the maximum electron velocity. Our limit is two orders of magnitude better than that obtained from the maximum observed cosmic ray electron energy.

Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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In Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

1. J. Biteau
2. David A. Williams
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8. Floyd W. Stecker

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• New limits on the density of the extragalactic background light in the optical to the far-infrared from the spectra of all known TeV blazars (2007, background): “On the other hand, Stecker & Glashow (2001) argue that the same Mkn 501 spectrum data can be used to place severe constraints on the Lorentz-invariance breaking parameter.”
• Intergalactic Photon Spectra from the Far-IR to the UV Lyman Limit for 0 < z < 6 and the Optical Depth of the Universe to High-Energy Gamma Rays (2005, methodology): “Implications for Fundamental Physics Stecker & Glashow (2001) used observations of the Mkn 501 spectrum to place constraints on violations of Lorentz invariance.”
• THE EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT, THE HUBBLE CONSTANT, AND ANOMALIES: CONCLUSIONS FROM 20 YEARS OF TeV GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATIONS (2015, methodology): “We investigate in this section the compatibility of the 86 spectra in the gamma-ray cosmology sample with a quantumgravity induced effect such as proposed by Kifune (1999), Aloisio et al. (2000), Protheroe & Meyer (2000), Ellis et al. (2001), Amelino-Camelia & Piran (2001), Stecker & Glashow (2001).”
• Lower bound on the propagation speed of gravity from gravitational Cherenkov radiation (2001, background): “Similar limits have been placed on Lorentz violating effects in which different standard model particles have different maximum propagation velocities, by considering ordinary Cherenkov radiation [29, 30 ].”
• Generalized Uncertainty Principle: Approaches and Applications (2014, methodology): “[195] F.”