Lorentz symmetry breaking at very high energies may lead to photon dispersion relations of the form $\omega^2=k^2+\xi_n k^2(k/M_{\rm Pl})^n$ with new terms suppressed by a power $n$ of the Planck mass $M_{\rm Pl}$. We show that first and second order terms of size $\left|\xi_1\right|\gtrsim10^{-14}$ and $\xi_2\lesssim-10^{-6}$, respectively, would lead to a photon component in cosmic rays above $10^{19}\,$eV that should already have been detected. This suggests that LI breaking suppressed up to second order in the Planck scale are unlikely to be phenomenologically viable for photons
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2008 | |
Titolo: | Lorentz Violation in the Photon Sector and Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays | |
Autori: | M. Galaverni; G. Sigl | |
Rivista: | PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | |
Abstract: | Lorentz symmetry breaking at very high energies may lead to photon dispersion relations of the form $\omega^2=k^2+\xi_n k^2(k/M_{\rm Pl})^n$ with new terms suppressed by a power $n$ of the Planck mass $M_{\rm Pl}$. We show that first and second order terms of size $\left|\xi_1\right|\gtrsim10^{-14}$ and $\xi_2\lesssim-10^{-6}$, respectively, would lead to a photon component in cosmic rays above $10^{19}\,$eV that should already have been detected. This suggests that LI breaking suppressed up to second order in the Planck scale are unlikely to be phenomenologically viable for photons | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11392/534160 | |
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