Luca Maccione et al JCAP10(2007)013 doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2007/10/013
Luca Maccione1,2, Stefano Liberati1,2, Annalisa Celotti1,2 and John G Kirk3
Show affiliationsWe set constraints on O(E/M) Lorentz violation in QED in an effective field theory framework. A major consequence of such assumptions is the modification of the dispersion relations for electrons/positrons and photons, which in turn can affect the electromagnetic output of astrophysical objects. We compare the information provided by multiwavelength observations with a full and self-consistent computation of the broad-band spectrum of the Crab Nebula. We cast constraints of the order of 10−5 at 95% confidence level on the lepton Lorentz violation parameters.
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12.20.-m Quantum electrodynamics
95.30.Cq Elementary particle processes
Issue 10 (October 2007)
Received 20 July 2007, accepted for publication 30 September 2007
Published 19 October 2007
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