Lorentz violation effects on astrophysical propagation of very high energy photons

Details Lorentz violation effects on astrophysical propagation of very high energy photons Lorentz violation effects on astrophysical propagation of very high energy photons

2010-07-14

arxiv.org/abs/1007.2269v4

Mod. Phys. Lett. A25:3251-3266, 2010

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

9 pages, 1 figure, final version for publication in MPLA as a review article

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217732310034572

Lorentz violation (LV) is predicted by some quantum gravity (QG) candidates, wherein the canonical energy-momentum dispersion relation, $E^2=p^2+m^2$, is modified. Consequently, new phenomenons beyond the standard model are predicted. Especially, the presence of LV highly affects the propagation of astrophysical photons with very high energies from distant galaxies. In this paper, we review the updating theoretical and experimental results on this topic. We classify the effects into three categories: (i) time lags between photons with different energies; (ii) a cutoff of photon flux above the threshold energy of photon decay, $\gamma \rightarrow e^++e^-$; (iii) new patterns in the spectra of multi-TeV photons and EeV photons, due to the absorption of background lights. As we can see, the details of LV effects on astrophysical photons depend heavily on the "phase space" of LV parameters. From observational aspects, nowadays available and upcoming instruments can study these phenomenons hopefully, and shed light onto LV issues and QG theories. The most recent progresses and constraints on the ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are also fully discussed.

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