Probing Lorentz Invariance Violation with Absorption of Astrophysical γ-Rays by Solar Photons
We compute in detail the absorption optical depth for astrophysical γ -ray photons interacting with solar photons to produce electron–positron pairs. This effect is greatest for γ -ray sources at small angular distances from the Sun, reaching optical depths as high as τ _γ _γ ∼ 10 ^−2 . We also calc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2024-01-01
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| Series: | The Astrophysical Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad3212 |