Lorentz invariant violation （LIV） test is important for studying modem physics. All the known astrophysical constraints either have a very small examinable parameter space or are only suitable for some special theor...Lorentz invariant violation （LIV） test is important for studying modem physics. All the known astrophysical constraints either have a very small examinable parameter space or are only suitable for some special theoretical models. Here, we suggest that it is possible to directly detect the time-delay of ultra-high-energy cosmic-rays （UHECRs）. We discuss some difficulties in our method, including the intergalactic magnetic fields. It seems that none of them are crucial, hence this method could give a larger examinable parameter space and a stronger constraint on LIV.展开更多
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文摘Lorentz invariant violation （LIV） test is important for studying modem physics. All the known astrophysical constraints either have a very small examinable parameter space or are only suitable for some special theoretical models. Here, we suggest that it is possible to directly detect the time-delay of ultra-high-energy cosmic-rays （UHECRs）. We discuss some difficulties in our method, including the intergalactic magnetic fields. It seems that none of them are crucial, hence this method could give a larger examinable parameter space and a stronger constraint on LIV.
