Testing Lorentz invariance with neutrinos from ultrahigh energy cosmic ray interactions

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 575-580

  Scully, Sean T ^a   Stecker, Floyd W ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Lorentz invariance; Neutrinos; Quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

CBR; COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION; COSMIC RAY INTERACTIONS; ENERGY NEUTRINOS; HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; LORENTZ INVARIANCE VIOLATION; NEUTRINO ENERGY; NEUTRINOS; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; QUANTUM GRAVITY; UHE NEUTRINOS; ULTRA HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES;

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMOLOGY; GRAVITATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 78650958101     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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