Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1999
Abstract
Explosive astrophysical events at high redshift can be used to place severe limits on the fractional variation in the speed of light with frequency (Δc/c), the photon mass (mγ), and the energy scale of quantum gravity (EQG). I find Δc/c<6.3×10-21 based on the simultaneous arrival of a flare in GRB 930229 with a rise time of 220±30μs for photons of 30 and 200 keV. The limit on mγ is 4.2×10-44g for GRB 980703 from radio to gamma ray observations. The limit on EQG is 8.3×1016GeV for GRB 930131 from 30 keV to 80 MeV photons. © 1999 The American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review Letters
First Page
4964
Last Page
4966
Recommended Citation
Schaefer, B. (1999). Severe limits on variations of the speed of light with frequency. Physical Review Letters, 82 (25), 4964-4966. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4964