LHAASO discovery of highest-energy photons towards new physics
Abstract
Ultrahigh-energy (UHE) photons up to 1.4 peta-electronvolts have been observed by new cosmic-ray telescope in China [1] - a hint that Lorentz invariance might break down at the Planck-scale level [2].
- Publication:
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Science Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- November 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scib.2021.07.030
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2109.07794
- Bibcode:
- 2021SciBu..66.2254L
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
- E-Print:
- 3 pages, 1 figure, final version for publication