A simple method to test for energy-dependent dispersion in high energy lightcurves of astrophysical sources

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 850-860

  Barres De Almeida, Ulisses ^a   Daniel, M K ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma ray astronomy; Particle acceleration; Quantum gravity; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DISPERSIONS; GRAVITATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY; GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATIONS; LORENTZ INVARIANCE VIOLATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; QUANTUM GRAVITY;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 84860698150     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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