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Exploring Lorentz Invariance Violation from Ultra-high-energy Gamma Rays Observed by LHAASO

Recently the LHAASO Collaboration published the detection of 12 ultra-high-energy gamma-ray sources above 100 TeV, with the highest energy photon reaching 1.4 PeV. The first detection of PeV gamma rays from astrophysical sources may provide a very sensitive probe of the effect of the Lorentz invariance violation (LIV), which results in decay of high-energy gamma rays in the superluminal scenario and hence a sharp cutoff of the energy spectrum. Two highest energy sources are studied in this work. No signature of the existence of LIV is found in their energy spectra, and the lower limits on the LIV energy scale are derived. Our results show that the first-order LIV energy scale should be higher than about 10^5 times the Planck scale M_{pl} and that the second-order LIV scale is >10^{-3}M_{pl}. Both limits improve by at least one order of magnitude the previous results.

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Zhen Cao F. Aharonian Q. An Axikegu L. X. Bai Y. X. Bai Y. W. Bao D. Bastieri X. J. Bi Y. J. Bi H. Cai J. T. Cai Zhe Cao J. Chang J. F. Chang B. M. Chen E. S. Chen J. Chen Liang Chen Long Chen M. J. Chen M. L. Chen Q. H. Chen S. H. Chen S. Z. Chen T. L. Chen X. L. Chen Y. Chen N. Cheng Y. D. Cheng S. W. Cui X. H. Cui Y. D. Cui B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli B. Z. Dai H. L. Dai Z. G. Dai Danzengluobu D. della Volpe X. J. Dong K. K. Duan J. H. Fan Y. Z. Fan Z. X. Fan J. Fang K. Fang C. F. Feng L. Feng S. H. Feng Y. L. Feng B. Gao C. D. Gao L. Q. Gao Q. Gao W. Gao M. M. Ge L. S. Geng G. H. Gong Q. B. Gou M. H. Gu F. L. Guo J. G. Guo X. L. Guo Y. Q. Guo Y. Y. Guo Y. A. Han H. H. He H. N. He J. C. He S. L. He X. B. He Y. He M. Heller Y. K. Hor C. Hou X. Hou H. B. Hu S. Hu S. C. Hu X. J. Hu D. H. Huang Q. L. Huang W. H. Huang X. T. Huang X. Y. Huang Z. C. Huang F. Ji X. L. Ji H. Y. Jia K. Jiang Z. J. Jiang C. Jin T. Ke D. Kuleshov K. Levochkin B. B. Li Cheng Li Cong Li F. Li H. B. Li H. C. Li H. Y. Li Jian Li Jie Li K. Li W. L. Li X. R. Li Xin Li Y. Li Y. Z. Li Zhe Li Zhuo Li E. W. Liang Y. F. Liang S. J. Lin B. Liu C. Liu D. Liu H. Liu H. D. Liu J. Liu J. L. Liu J. S. Liu J. Y. Liu M. Y. Liu R. Y. Liu S. M. Liu W. Liu Y. Liu Y. N. Liu Z. X. Liu W. J. Long R. Lu H. K. Lv B. Q. Ma L. L. Ma X. H. Ma J. R. Mao A. Masood Z. Min W. Mitthumsiri T. Montaruli Y. C. Nan B. Y. Pang P. Pattarakijwanich Z. Y. Pei M. Y. Qi Y. Q. Qi B. Q. Qiao J. J. Qin D. Ruffolo V. Rulev A. S'aiz L. Shao O. Shchegolev X. D. Sheng J. R. Shi H. C. Song Yu. V. Stenkin V. Stepanov Y. Su Q. N. Sun X. N. Sun Z. B. Sun P. H. T. Tam Z. B. Tang W. W. Tian B. D. Wang C. Wang H Wang H. G. Wang J. C. Wang J. S. Wang L. P. Wang L. Y. Wang R. N. Wang W. Wang X. G. Wang X. J. Wang X. Y. Wang Y. Wang Y. D. Wang Y. J. Wang Y. P. Wang Z. H. Wang Z. X. Wang Zhen Wang Zheng Wang D. M. Wei J. J. Wei Y. J. Wei T. Wen C. Y. Wu H. R. Wu S. Wu W. X. Wu X. F. Wu S. Q. Xi J. Xia J. J. Xia G. M. Xiang D. X. Xiao G. Xiao H. B. Xiao G. G. Xin Y. L. Xin Y. Xing D. L. Xu R. X. Xu L. Xue D. H. Yan J. Z. Yan C. W. Yang F. F. Yang J. Y. Yang L. L. Yang M. J. Yang R. Z. Yang S. B. Yang Y. H. Yao Z. G. Yao Y. M. Ye L. Q. Yin N. Yin X. H. You Z. Y. You Y. H. Yu Q. Yuan H. D. Zeng T. X. Zeng W. Zeng Z. K. Zeng M. Zha X. X. Zhai B. B. Zhang H. M. Zhang H. Y. Zhang J. L. Zhang J. W. Zhang L. X. Zhang Li Zhang Lu Zhang P. F. Zhang P. P. Zhang R. Zhang S. R. Zhang S. S. Zhang X. Zhang X. P. Zhang Y. F. Zhang Y. L. Zhang Yi Zhang Yong Zhang B. Zhao J. Zhao L. Zhao L. Z. Zhao S. P. Zhao F. Zheng Y. Zheng B. Zhou H. Zhou J. N. Zhou P. Zhou R. Zhou X. X. Zhou C. G. Zhu F. R. Zhu H. Zhu K. J. Zhu X. Zuo

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