Pulsar Data and the Dispersion Relation for Light

John M. Rawls

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.5.487

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Pulsar Data and the Dispersion Relation for Light

John M. Rawls

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520

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Phys. Rev. D 5, 487 – Published 15 January, 1972

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.5.487

Abstract

Recent observations of pulsed $γ$ radiation from NP0532 provide a very accurate check on the dispersion relation obeyed by light. The data are sufficient to rule out the mechanism proposed by Pavlopoulos for breaking Lorentz invariance.

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[c18] T. G. Pavlopoulos, Phys. Rev. 159, 1106 (1967)

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