Cosmological Constraints on Lorentz Violation in Electrodynamics

V. Alan Kostelecký and Matthew Mewes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251304 – Published 29 November 2001
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Abstract

Infrared, optical, and ultraviolet spectropolarimetry of cosmological sources is used to constrain the pure electromagnetic sector of a general Lorentz-violating standard-model extension. The coefficients for Lorentz violation are bounded to less than 3×1032.

  • Received 23 July 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.251304

©2001 American Physical Society

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V. Alan Kostelecký and Matthew Mewes

  • Physics Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405

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Vol. 87, Iss. 25 — 17 December 2001

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