Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 2001
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Proceedings of the 27th International Cosmic Ray Conference. 07-15 August, 2001. Hamburg, Germany. Under the auspices of the Int
Physics
Scientific paper
Lorentz symmetry violation (LSV) at Planck scale can be tested through ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR). We discuss deformed Lorentz symmetry (DLS) and energy non-conservation (ENC) patterns where the effective LSV parameter varies like the square of the momentum scale (e.g. quadratically de-formed relativistic kinematics, QDRK). In such patterns, a ≈ 106 LSV at Planck scale would be enough to produce observable effects on the properties of cosmic rays at the ≈ 1020 eV scale: absence of GZK cutoff, stability of unstable particles, lower interaction rates, kinematical failure of any parton model and of standard formulae for Lorentz contraction and time dilation... Its phenomeno-logical implications are compatible with existing data. Precise signatures are discussed in several patterns. If the effective LSV or ENC parameter is taken to vary linearly with the momentum scale (e.g. linearly deformed relativistic kinematics, LDRK), contradictions seem to arise with UHECR data. Conse-quences are important for UHECR and high-energy gamma-ray exper iments, as well as for high-energy cosmic rays and gravitational waves.
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