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Doubly Special Relativity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-11-19 v1

Abstract

I give a short non-technical review of the results obtained in recent work on "Doubly Special Relativity", the relativistic theories in which the rotation/boost transformations between inertial observers are characterized by two observer-independent scales (the familiar velocity scale, cc, and a new observer-independent length/momentum scale, naturally identified with the Planck length/momentum). I emphasize the aspects relevant for the search of a solution to the cosmic-ray paradox.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0207049,
  title  = {Doubly Special Relativity},
  author = {Giovanni Amelino-Camelia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0207049},
  year   = {2010}
}

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Invited piece for the N&V section of Nature. 5 pages, LaTex