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Constraints on Lorentz invariance violation from the extraordinary Mrk 421 flare of 2014 using a novel analysis method

Abe, S.
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Abhir, J.
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Abhishek, A.
altro
null, null
2024
  • journal article

Periodico
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
Abstract
The Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV), a proposed consequence of certain quantum gravity (QG) scenarios, could instigate an energy-dependent group velocity for ultra-relativistic particles. This energy dependence, although suppressed by the massive QG energy scale E_QG, expected to be on the level of the Planck energy 1.22 × 1019 GeV, is potentially detectable in astrophysical observations. In this scenario, the cosmological distances traversed by photons act as an amplifier for this effect. By leveraging the observation of a remarkable flare from the blazar Mrk 421, recorded at energies above 100 GeV by the MAGIC telescopes on the night of April 25 to 26, 2014, we look for time delays scaling linearly and quadratically with the photon energies. Using for the first time in LIV studies a binned-likelihood approach we set constraints on the QG energy scale. For the linear scenario, we set 95% lower limits E_QG>2.7×1017 GeV for the subluminal case and E_QG> 3.6 ×1017 GeV for the superluminal case. For the quadratic scenario, the 95% lower limits for the subluminal and superluminal cases are E_QG>2.6 ×1010 GeV and E_QG>2.5×1010 GeV, respectively.
DOI
10.1088/1475-7516/2024/07/044
WOS
WOS:001287351700001
Archivio
https://hdl.handle.net/11368/3099362
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85199431106
Diritti
closed access
license:copyright editore
license uri:iris.pri02
FVG url
https://arts.units.it/request-item?handle=11368/3099362
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