학술논문

Approaches to photon absorption in a Lorentz invariance violation scenario
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Subject
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Language
Abstract
We examine the Universe's transparency to gamma rays within a Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV) framework, focusing on photon subluminal quadratic corrections driven by a high-energy scale. Based on an explicit calculation, we provide a new expression for the cross section that overcomes the limitations of previous approaches and refines existing constraints for the LIV scale, while we introduce a new approximation that may be useful in LIV scenarios beyond effective field theory. These improvements appear essential for setting constraints on LIV effects with future observations at ultra-high energies, where previous approximations may fall short.
Comment: 11 pages, 10 figures