Lorentz violation at high energy: concepts, phenomena and astrophysical constraints

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dc.creatorJacobson, Ted
dc.creatorLiberati, Stefano
dc.creatorMattingly, David
dc.date2005-05-12
dc.date2005-06-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:27:29Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:27:29Z
dc.descriptionWe consider here the possibility of quantum gravity induced violation of Lorentz symmetry (LV). Even if suppressed by the inverse Planck mass such LV can be tested by current experiments and astrophysical observations. We review the effective field theory approach to describing LV, the issue of naturalness, and many phenomena characteristic of LV. We discuss some of the current observational bounds on LV, focusing mostly on those from high energy astrophysics in the QED sector at order E/M_Planck. In this context we present a number of new results which include the explicit computation of rates of the most relevant LV processes, the derivation of a new photon decay constraint, and modification of previous constraints taking proper account of the helicity dependence of the LV parameters implied by effective field theory.
dc.descriptionv.1 56 pages, 3 figures, Invited article for Annals of Physics; v.2: 60 pages, 3 figures. Typos fixed, references added, minor editing for clarity and accuracy; discussion of fermion pair emission added. To appear in January 2006 special issue of Annals of Physics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505267
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505267
dc.identifierAnnalsPhys.321:150-196,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.aop.2005.06.004
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/177162
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleLorentz violation at high energy: concepts, phenomena and astrophysical constraints
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