Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-07-20
Astropart.Phys. 22 (2004) 297-305
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, no figures, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.astropartphys.2004.07.
The discovery of X-ray afterglows of GRBs, and the identification of host galaxies of GRBs, confirm the cosmological origin of GRBs. However, the discovery of the delayed MeV-GeV photons in GRB940217 imposes serious challenges for the standard emission model of GRB. Although the delayed MeV-GeV photons might be explained by some radiation emission mechanisms, the mystery of detecting an 18 GeV photon still remains unsolved. We suggest that the detection of the 18-GeV photon $ \sim $4500 s after the keV/MeV burst in GRB 940217 provides a strong evidence for the existence of extra-dimensions and/or quantum gravity effects. The delay scale of the 18-GeV photon leads to an estimation of the fundamental energy scale, associated with the linear energy dependence of the speed of light, of the order of $2.1\times 10^{15}$ GeV, which is consistent with the results obtained by another independent analysis on the data of OSSE and BATSE.
Cheng Kwong Sang
Harko Tiberiu
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