Probing a possible vacuum refractive index with γ-ray telescopes

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 674, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-86

  Ellis, John ^a   Mavromatos, N E ^b   Nanopoulos, D V ^c,d,e  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

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EID: 62849124509     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2009.02.030     Document Type: Article

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