Abstract
The observation of pulsed photons up to \(\sim \)1 TeV provides a unique set of data to investigate fundamental physics. An application for which well timed emission at the highest energies is greatly valuable is testing for Lorentz invariance.
Einstein has put an end to this isolation; it is now well established that gravitation affects not only matter, but also light.
Prof. H. A. Lorentz, 1920
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Following Eq. 6.3 this means a worsening of 25 and 13% for the linear and quadratic limit, respectively.
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Carreto Fidalgo, D. (2019). Lorentz Invariance Violation: Limits from the Crab Pulsar. In: Revealing the Most Energetic Light from Pulsars and Their Nebulae. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24194-0_6
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