Journal article

### Potential Sensitivity of Gamma-Ray Burster Observations to Wave Dispersion in Vacuo

Abstract:

The recent confirmation that at least some gamma-ray bursters (GRBs) are indeed at cosmological distances raises the possibility that observations of these could provide interesting constraints on the fundamental laws of physics. Here we demonstrate that the fine-scale time structure and hard spectra of GRB emissions are very sensitive to the possible dispersion of electromagnetic waves in vacuo with velocity differences $\delta v \sim E/E_{\QG}$, as suggested in some approaches to quantum gr...

Publication status:
Published

Publisher copy:
10.1038/31647

### Authors

Amelino-Camelia, G More by this author
Mavromatos, NE More by this author
Nanopoulos, DV More by this author
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
Oxford, MPLS, Physics, Theoretical Physics
Journal:
Nature
Volume:
393
Issue:
6687
Pages:
763-765
Publication date:
1997-12-07
DOI:
ISSN:
0028-0836
URN:
uuid:fa3d7a93-1af1-4014-a88f-7b85b43bd3a4
Source identifiers:
180112
Local pid:
pubs:180112
Language:
English
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