Sensitive Polarimetric Search for Relativity Violations in Gamma-Ray Bursts

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2006
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We show that the recent measurements of linear polarization in gamma rays from GRB 930131 and GRB 960924 constrain certain types of relativity violations in photons to less than parts in $10^{37}$, representing an improvement in sensitivity by a factor of 100 000.
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Kostelecký, V.A. & Mewes, M. (2006). Sensitive Polarimetric Search for Relativity Violations in Gamma-Ray Bursts. Physical Review Letters 97, 140401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.140401
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