A limit on the variation of the speed of light arising from quantum gravity effects

A. A. Abdo; B. L. Dingus; L. R. Cominsky; A. Brez; J. M. Casandjian; E. Bissaldi; S. Ciprini; J. T. Bonnell; J. M. Conrad; J. Michael Burgess; S. Cutini; P. N. Bhat; J. Chiang; A. W. Borgland; A. De Angelis; D. Bastieri; K. Bechtol; M. Ackermann; R. A. Cameron; C. C. Cheung; R. Bellazzini; E. Bonamente; B. Berenji; Katsuaki Asano; V. Connaughton; T. H. Burnett; J. Bregeon; L. Baldini; C. D. Dermer; E. Charles; P. A. Caraveo; V. Chaplin; Matthew G. Baring; M. Axelsson; P. Bruel; E. D. Bloom; J. Cohen-Tanugi; Ö. Çelik; S. W. Digel; W. B. Atwood; R. Claus; M. Ajello; G. A. Caliandro; A. Bouvier; M. Brigida; G. Barbiellini; C. Cecchi; J. Ballet; M. S. Briggs

doi:10.1038/nature08574

A limit on the variation of the speed of light arising from quantum gravity effects

A. A. Abdo(Isparta University of Applied Sciences), B. L. Dingus(Los Alamos National Laboratory), L. R. Cominsky(Sonoma State University), A. Brez(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa), J. M. Casandjian(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), E. Bissaldi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari), S. Ciprini(Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), J. T. Bonnell(Goddard Space Flight Center), J. M. Conrad(Stockholm University), J. Michael Burgess(University of Alabama in Huntsville), S. Cutini(University of Perugia), P. N. Bhat(University of Alabama in Huntsville), J. Chiang(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), A. W. Borgland(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), A. De Angelis(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste), D. Bastieri(University of Padua), K. Bechtol(University of Wisconsin System), M. Ackermann(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY), R. A. Cameron(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), C. C. Cheung(United States Naval Research Laboratory), R. Bellazzini(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa), E. Bonamente(University of Perugia), B. Berenji(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Katsuaki Asano(Tokyo Institute of Technology), V. Connaughton(University of Alabama in Huntsville), T. H. Burnett(University of Washington), J. Bregeon(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), L. Baldini(University of Pisa), C. D. Dermer(United States Naval Research Laboratory), E. Charles(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), P. A. Caraveo(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano), V. Chaplin(University of Alabama in Huntsville), Matthew G. Baring(Rice University), M. Axelsson(Stockholm University), P. Bruel(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), E. D. Bloom(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), J. Cohen-Tanugi(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Ö. Çelik(Goddard Space Flight Center), S. W. Digel(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), W. B. Atwood(University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Claus(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), M. Ajello(Azienda Ospedaliera Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino), G. A. Caliandro(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), A. Bouvier(University of California, Santa Cruz), M. Brigida(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari), G. Barbiellini(University of Trieste), C. Cecchi(University of Perugia), J. Ballet(Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives), M. S. Briggs(Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian)

Nature

October 28, 2009

10.1038/nature08574

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