基于HAWC对100 TeV以上伽马射线观测的对洛伦兹不变性破缺的约束
高能天体物理现象
2020-03-31 v2
摘要
由于源的高能量与远距离，天体物理观测为检验洛伦兹不变性破缺（LIV）的可能特征提供了独特机会。超光速LIV使得高能光子能够发生衰变。高海拔水切伦科夫（HAWC）天文台是当前运行于10 TeV以上最灵敏的伽马射线仪器之一。HAWC发现了来自至少四个天体物理源的100 TeV光子发射证据。这些观测在最强限制情形下将LIV能量尺度排除至 eV，超过普朗克能量的1800倍，且较先前限制改善了1至2个数量级。
引用
@article{arxiv.1911.08070,
title = {Constraints on Lorentz invariance violation from HAWC observations of gamma rays above 100 TeV},
author = {HAWC Collaboration and A. Albert and R. Alfaro and C. Alvarez and J. R. Angeles Camacho and J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez and K. P. Arunbabu and D. Avila Rojas and H. A. Ayala Solares and V. Baghmanyan and E. Belmont-Moreno and S. Y. BenZvi and C. Brisbois and K. S. Caballero-Mora and T. Capistrán and A. Carramiñana and S. Casanova and U. Cotti and J. Cotzomi and S. Coutiño de León and E. De la Fuente and C. de León and B. L. Dingus and M. A. DuVernois and J. C. Díaz-Vélez and R. W. Ellsworth and K. Engel and C. Espinoza and H. Fleischhack and N. Fraija and A. Galván-Gámez and D. Garcia and J. A. García-González and F. Garfias and M. M. González and J. A. Goodman and J. P. Harding and S. Hernandez and B. Hona and D. Huang and F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla and P. Hüntemeyer and A. Iriarte and V. Joshi and A. Lara and W. H. Lee and H. León Vargas and J. T. Linnemann and A. L. Longinotti and G. Luis-Raya and J. Lundeen and R. López-Coto and K. Malone and S. S. Marinelli and I. Martinez-Castellanos and J. Martínez-Castro and H. Martínez-Huerta and J. A. Matthews and P. Miranda-Romagnoli and J. A. Morales-Soto and E. Moreno and A. Nayerhoda and L. Nellen and M. Newbold and M. U. Nisa and R. Noriega-Papaqui and N. Omodei and A. Peisker and E. G. Pérez-Pérez and C. D. Rho and C. Rivière and D. Rosa-González and M. Rosenberg and E. Ruiz-Velasco and H. Salazar and F. Salesa Greus and A. Sandoval and M. Schneider and H. Schoorlemmer and G. Sinnis and A. J. Smith and R. W. Springer and P. Surajbali and E. Tabachnick and M. Tanner and O. Tibolla and K. Tollefson and I. Torres and R. Torres-Escobedo and T. Weisgarber and G. Yodh and A. Zepeda and H. Zhou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.08070},
year = {2020}
}
备注
Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters