Lorentz violation induced vacuum birefringence and its astrophysical consequences

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2011-04-22

arxiv.org/abs/1104.4438v2

Phys.Rev.D83:127702,2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

4 latex pages, 2 figures, short version for publication in PRD. For a detailed long version, please look at the first version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.83.127702

In the electromagnetism of loop quantum gravity, two helicities of a photon have different phase velocities and group velocities, termed as "vacuum birefringence". Two novel phenomenons, "peak doubling" and "de-polarization", are expected to appear for a linearly polarized light from astrophysical sources. We show that the criteria to observe these two phenomenons are the same. Further, from recently observed $\gamma$-ray polarization from Cygnus X-1, we obtain an upper limit $\sim 8.7\times10^{-12}$ for Lorentz-violating parameter $\chi$, which is the most firm constraint from well-known systems. We also suggest to analyze possible existence of "peak doubling" through Fermi LAT GRBs.

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