Limits on Lorentz Violation from Synchrotron and Inverse Compton Sources

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17 March 2006

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-ph/0603138

Abstract

We derive new bounds on Lorentz violations in the electron sector from existing data on high-energy astrophysical sources. Synchrotron and inverse Compton data give precisely complementary constraints. The best bound on a specific combination of electron Lorentz-violating coefficients is at the 6 x 10^(-20) level, and independent bounds are available for all the Lorentz-violating c coefficients at the 2 x 10^(-14) level or better. This represents an improvement in some bounds by fourteen orders of magnitude.

Keywords

LORENTZ VIOLATING COEFFICIENTS
VIOLATING C COEFFICIENTS
SYNCHROTRON AND INVERSE
COMPTON SOURCES
INVERSE COMPTON
NEW BOUNDS

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Published version: Physical Review Letters, 96 (20), 201101.

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