Constraints on Lorentz violation from gravitational Čerenkov radiation

Limits on gravitational Čerenkov radiation by cosmic rays are obtained and used to constrain coefficients for Lorentz violation in the gravity sector associated with operators of even mass dimensions, including orientation-dependent effects. We use existing data from cosmic-ray telescopes to obtain...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: V. Alan Kostelecký, Jay D. Tasson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315006619