Constraints on relativity violations from gamma-ray bursts

Phys Rev Lett. 2013 May 17;110(20):201601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.201601. Epub 2013 May 14.

Abstract

Tiny violations of the Lorentz symmetry of relativity and the associated discrete CPT symmetry could emerge in a consistent theory of quantum gravity such as string theory. Recent evidence for linear polarization in gamma-ray bursts improves existing sensitivities to Lorentz and CPT violation involving photons by factors ranging from ten to a million.