Planck-scale Lorentz violation constrained by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  MacCione, Luca ^a,b   Taylor, Andrew M ^c   Mattingly, David M ^f   Liberati, Stefano ^d,e  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Quantum gravity phenomenology; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350695980     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/04/022     Document Type: Article

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