Tests of Lorentz Invariance Violation with Gamma Rays to probe Quantum   Gravity

N. Otte (1); M. Errando (2); S. Griffiths (3); P. Kaaret (3); H.; Krawczynski (4); A. McCann (5); G. Sinnis (6); F. Stecker (7); I. Taboada; (1); V. Vasileiou (8); B. Zitzer (9) ((1) School of Physics & Center for; Relativistic Astrophysics; Georgia Institute of Technology; (2) Department of; Physics; Astronomy; Barnard College; Columbia University; (3) Department; of Physics; Astronomy; Van Allen Hall; University of Iowa; (4) Physics; Department; Washington University in St. Louis; (5) Kavli Institute for; Cosmological Physics; University of Chicago; (6) Physics Division; Los Alamos; National Laboratory; (7) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; University of; California at Los Angeles; (8) Laboratoire Univers et Particules de; Montpellier; Universit\'e Montpellier 2; (9) Argonne National Laboratory)

arXiv:1305.0264·astro-ph.HE·May 3, 2013·5 cites

Tests of Lorentz Invariance Violation with Gamma Rays to probe Quantum Gravity

N. Otte (1), M. Errando (2), S. Griffiths (3), P. Kaaret (3), H., Krawczynski (4), A. McCann (5), G. Sinnis (6), F. Stecker (7), I. Taboada, (1), V. Vasileiou (8), B. Zitzer (9) ((1) School of Physics & Center for, Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology

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TL;DR

This paper explores how gamma-ray observations from ground-based observatories can be used to test Lorentz invariance, potentially revealing effects of quantum gravity.

Contribution

It proposes a methodology for testing Lorentz invariance violations using gamma-ray data from current and upcoming observatories.

Findings

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Gamma-ray observations can constrain Lorentz invariance violation parameters.

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Future observatories will improve sensitivity to quantum gravity effects.

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The approach offers a new way to probe fundamental physics with astrophysical data.

Abstract

We discuss the prospects of doing tests of Lorentz invariance with gamma-rays observed with present and future ground based gamma-ray observatories.

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TopicsNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories · Black Holes and Theoretical Physics · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories