| Title | Lorentz violation from gamma-ray bursts |
| Authors | Zhang, Shu Ma, Bo-Qiang |
| Affiliation | Peking Univ, Sch Phys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, State Key Lab Nucl Phys & Technol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Collaborat Innovat Ctr Quantum Matter, Beijing, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Ctr High Energy Phys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Ctr Hist & Philosophy Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. |
| Keywords | Speed of light Lorentz invariance violation High energy photon Gamma-ray burst QUANTUM-GRAVITY TELESCOPE AFTERGLOW CONSTANT PHOTONS |
| Issue Date | 2015 |
| Publisher | astroparticle physics |
| Citation | ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS.2015,61,108-112. |
| Abstract | The constancy of light speed is a basic assumption in Einstein's special relativity, and consequently the Lorentz invariance is a fundamental symmetry of space-time in modern physics. However, it is speculated that the speed of light becomes energy-dependent due to the Lorentz invariance violation (LV) in various new physics theories. We analyse the data of the energetic photons from the gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, and find more events to support the energy dependence in the light speed with both linear and quadratic form corrections. We provide two scenarios to understand all the new-released Pass 8 data of bright GRBs by the Fermi-LAT Collaboration, with predictions from such scenarios being testable by future detected GRBs. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/147681 |
| ISSN | 0927-6505 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.04.008 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) EI |
| Appears in Collections: | 物理学院 哲学系（宗教学系） 核物理与核技术国家重点实验室 |
