Constraints on Relativity Violations from Gamma-Ray Bursts

2013/01/23 by V. Alan Kostelecký, Alan Kostelecky, Matthew Mewes · 9 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #CPT symmetry #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Four-force #General relativity #Geometry #Lorentz covariance #Lorentz transformation #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Photon #Physics #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Quantum #Quantum gravity #Quantum mechanics #String theory #Symmetry (geometry) #Test theories of special relativity #Tests of special relativity #Theoretical physics #Theory of relativity #astro-ph.HE #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.110.201601

published as Phys.Rev.Lett.110:201601,2013 · 10 pages

arxiv created 2013/01/23 · openalex publication_date 2013/05/14 · arxiv updated 2013/05/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Tiny violations of the Lorentz symmetry of relativity and the associated discrete CPT symmetry could emerge in a consistent theory of quantum gravity such as string theory. Recent evidence for linear polarization in gamma-ray bursts improves existing sensitivities to Lorentz and CPT violation involving photons by factors ranging from ten to a million.

Citations

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• Constraints on Lorentz Invariance Violation using integral/IBIS observations of GRB041219A
• On the relative motion of the Earth and the luminiferous ether
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• CPTviolation and the standard model
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• Fermions with Lorentz-violating operators of arbitrary dimension
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• External sources in a minimal and nonminimal CPT-odd Lorentz violating Maxwell electrodynamics
• Lorentz and CPT tests with clock-comparison experiments
• XIPE: the X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer
• Gauge field theories with Lorentz-violating operators of arbitrary dimension
• Zero-point energy [wikipedia]

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