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Lorentz violation at high energy [astro-ph/0505267]
- zurla 18y agoSubmitted on 12 May 2005 (v1), last revised 11 Jun 2005 (this version, v2)
- russell 18y agoFor those of you (like me) who had a WTF reaction and knew that that somewhere in your life you had a passing acquaintance with Lorentz symmetry, this is a pretty readable discussion of Lorentz violation: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/19076 http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/19076. IANAP, but here goes. Lorentz symmetry states that the laws of physics are the same for all observers in non-accelerating frames of reference. It is an axiom of special relativity. Finding that it can be/has been broken brings on all kinds of new physics and ways to test them. If you understand this, feel free to jump in with a real explanation. :-)
- Confusion 18y agoFrom the abstract: "We consider here the possibility of quantum gravity induced violation of Lorentz symmetry (LV)." The paper is such that they mights as well have considered the possibility of gremlin induced violation of LV: it purely theoretical speculation. Mathematical masturbation: look what fun results we can derive if we make this exotic assumption.