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Lorentz invariance beyond the Planck scale

Lorentz symmetry violations might produce anomalies in the propagation of particles travelling through the Universe. The IceCube Collaboration performed the most precise search for such an effect with neutrinos, finding no sign of anomalous behaviour.

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Fig. 1: Anomalous photon propagation and anomalous neutrino oscillation.

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Gubitosi, G. Lorentz invariance beyond the Planck scale. Nat. Phys. 18, 1264–1265 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01806-6

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