FRB 121102 casts new light on the photon mass

FRB 121102 casts new light on the photon mass

The photon mass, mγ, can in principle be constrained using measurements of the dispersion measures (DMs) of fast radio bursts (FRBs), once the FRB redshifts are known. The DM of the repeating FRB 121102 is known to

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics letters. B 2017-05, Vol.768 (C), p.326-329
Hauptverfasser: Bonetti, Luca, Ellis, John, Mavromatos, Nikolaos E., Sakharov, Alexander S., Sarkisyan-Grinbaum, Edward K., Spallicci, Alessandro D.A.M.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The photon mass, mγ, can in principle be constrained using measurements of the dispersion measures (DMs) of fast radio bursts (FRBs), once the FRB redshifts are known. The DM of the repeating FRB 121102 is known to
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.03.014