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A framework is presented for the factorization of high-energy hadronic processes in the presence of Lorentz and CPT violation. The comprehensive effective field theory describing Lorentz and CPT violation, the Standard-Model Extension, is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-19 Alan Kostelecky , Enrico Lunghi , Nathan Sherrill , A. R. Vieira

In this work, we use Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) introduced as a generic modification to particle dispersion relations to study some consequences of single photon emission, known as vacuum Cherenkov radiation, and photon decay…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-27 H. Martínez-Huerta , A. Pérez-Lorenzana

The problem of propagation of photons and massive vector mesons in the presence of Lorenz and CPT invariance violating medium is studied when the parity-odd medium is bounded by a hyperplane separating it from the vacuum. The solutions in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 A. A. Andrianov , S. S. Kolevatov , R. Soldati

The static limit of Lorentz-violating electrodynamics in vacuum and in media is investigated. Features of the general solutions include the need for unconventional boundary conditions and the mixing of electrostatic and magnetostatic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 Quentin G. Bailey , Alan Kostelecky

The Lorentz violation~(LV) effect of ultra-relativistic particles can be tested by gamma-ray burst~(GRB) neutrinos and photons. The IceCube Collaboration has observed plenty of ultra-high energy neutrinos, including four events of PeV scale…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-10-04 Yanqi Huang , Bo-Qiang Ma

We point out that equivalence principle violations, while not dynamically equivalent, produce the same kinematical effects as Lorentz invariance violations for particle processes in a constant gravitational potential. This allows us to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Halprin , H. B. Kim

Lorentz invariance violation~(LIV) can change the threshold behavior predicted by special relativity and cause threshold anomalies which affect the propagation of cosmic photons. In this work, we focus on the threshold anomaly effect on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-07 Hao Li , Bo-Qiang Ma

The arrival of TeV-energy photons from distant galaxies is expected to be affected by their QED interaction with intergalactic radiation fields through electron-positron pair production. In theories where high-energy photons violate Lorentz…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Malcolm Fairbairn , Albin Nilsson , John Ellis , Jim Hinton , Richard White

Some Quantum Gravity (QG) theories allow for a violation of Lorentz invariance (LIV), manifesting as a dependence of the velocity of light in vacuum on its energy. If such a dependence exists, then photons of different energies emitted…

The topic of Lorentz invariance violation is a fundamental question in physics that has taken on particular interest in theoretical explorations of quantum gravity scenarios. I discuss various gamma-ray observations that give limits on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-04-08 Floyd W. Stecker

Assuming the existence of a local vacuum rest frame (LVRF), and using suitable algebraic tranformations, the internal structure of ultra-high energy particles (UHEPs) is studied in the presence of Lorentz symmetry violation (LSV) at the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Luis Gonzalez-Mestres

Atomic clock comparisons provide some of the most precise tests of Lorentz and CPT symmetries in the laboratory. With data from multiple such experiments using different nuclei, it is possible to constrain new regions of the parameter space…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-18 Brett Altschul

In this work, the conversion of linear polarization of a laser beam to circular one through its forward scattering by a TeV order charged lepton beam in the presence of Lorentz violation correction is explored. We calculate the ratio of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-03-20 Seddigheh Tizchang , Rohoollah Mohammadi , She-Sheng Xue

Deviation from standard dispersion relations for electrons and photons in the form of an extra term proportional to an arbitrarily high power of momentum is studied. It is shown that observational constraints lead to a region in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-16 Vladimír Balek , Orchidea Maria Lecian

We study a modification of electromagnetism which violates Lorentz invariance at large distances. In this theory, electromagnetic waves are massive, but the static force between charged particles is Coulomb not Yukawa. At very short…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Gia Dvali , Michele Papucci , Matthew D. Schwartz

We examine the radiative corrections to an extension of the standard model containing a Lorentz-violating axial vector parameter. At second order in this parameter, the photon self-energy is known to contain terms that violate gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Altschul

The CPT-odd and Lorentz-violating Carroll-Field-Jackiw modification of electrodynamics is discussed and we study its effects on the energy spectrum of hydrogen, as well as in the generation of a momentum-dependent electric dipole moment for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-07-27 Y. M. P. Gomes , P. C. Malta

Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) introduced as a generic modification to particle dispersion relations can change the photon energy threshold of pair-production, which modifies the expected gamma-ray flux from astrophysical sources. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-11 Humberto Martínez-Huerta , Rodrigo G. Lang , Vitor de Souza

We analyze Doppler-effect experiments in terms of a general framework for violations of Lorentz symmetry: the Standard-Model Extension. These experiments are found to be sensitive to heretofore unprobed combinations of Lorentz-violation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Charles D. Lane

A general formalism is presented for violations of Lorentz and CPT symmetry in the neutrino sector. The effective hamiltonian for neutrino propagation in the presence of Lorentz and CPT violation is derived, and its properties are studied.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 Alan Kostelecky , Matthew Mewes