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Three Questions on Lorentz Violation

Popular Physics 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory General Physics

Abstract

We review the basics of the two most widely used approaches to Lorentz violation - the Stardard Model Extension and Noncommutative Field Theory - and discuss in some detail the example of the modified spectrum of the synchrotron radiation. Motivated by touching upon such a fundamental issue as Lorentz symmetry, we ask three questions: What is behind the search for Lorentz violation? Is String Theory a physical theory? Is there an alternative to Supersymmetry?

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@article{arxiv.physics/0612171,
  title  = {Three Questions on Lorentz Violation},
  author = {Alfredo Iorio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0612171},
  year   = {2008}
}

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16 pages; invited luecture at DICE2006 - Piombino, Italy - September 2006