Limits on Lorentz Violation from Synchrotron and Inverse Compton Sources

Journal Article · Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.201101· OSTI ID:20777244

Altschul, B ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (United States)

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 6x10{sup -20} level, and independent bounds are available for all the Lorentz-violating c coefficients at the 2x10{sup -14} level or better. This represents an improvement in some bounds by 14 orders of magnitude.

• OSTI ID: 20777244
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 96; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COMPTON EFFECT
COSMIC RAY SOURCES
ELECTRONS
LORENTZ INVARIANCE
SYMMETRY
SYNCHROTRONS
VIOLATIONS