Holographic Quantum-Foam Blurring Is Consistent with Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009A
Gamma-ray burst GRB221009A was of unprecedented brightness in the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>γ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-rays and X-rays through to...
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| description | Gamma-ray burst GRB221009A was of unprecedented brightness in the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>γ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-rays and X-rays through to the far ultraviolet, allowing for identification within a host galaxy at redshift <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>z</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0.151</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> by multiple space and ground-based optical/near-infrared telescopes and enabling a first association—via cosmic-ray air-shower events—with a photon of 251 TeV. That is in direct tension with a potentially observable phenomenon of quantum gravity (QG), where spacetime “foaminess” accumulates in wavefronts propagating cosmological distances, and at high-enough energy could render distant yet bright pointlike objects invisible, by effectively spreading their photons out over the whole sky. But this effect would not result in photon loss, so it remains distinct from any absorption by extragalactic background light. A simple multiwavelength average of foam-induced blurring is described, analogous to atmospheric seeing from the ground. When scaled within the fields of view for the <i>Fermi</i> and <i>Swift</i> instruments, it fits all <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>z</mi><mo>≤</mo><mn>5</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> GRB angular-resolution data of 10 MeV or any lesser peak energy and can still be consistent with the highest-energy localization of GRB221009A: a limiting bound of about 1 degree is in agreement with a holographic QG-favored formulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b147ced5824c466cb8005ec34b8407682023-12-22T14:10:23ZengMDPI AGGalaxies2075-44342023-11-0111611510.3390/galaxies11060115Holographic Quantum-Foam Blurring Is Consistent with Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009AEric Steinbring0National Research Council Canada, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, CanadaGamma-ray burst GRB221009A was of unprecedented brightness in the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>γ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-rays and X-rays through to the far ultraviolet, allowing for identification within a host galaxy at redshift <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>z</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0.151</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> by multiple space and ground-based optical/near-infrared telescopes and enabling a first association—via cosmic-ray air-shower events—with a photon of 251 TeV. That is in direct tension with a potentially observable phenomenon of quantum gravity (QG), where spacetime “foaminess” accumulates in wavefronts propagating cosmological distances, and at high-enough energy could render distant yet bright pointlike objects invisible, by effectively spreading their photons out over the whole sky. But this effect would not result in photon loss, so it remains distinct from any absorption by extragalactic background light. A simple multiwavelength average of foam-induced blurring is described, analogous to atmospheric seeing from the ground. When scaled within the fields of view for the <i>Fermi</i> and <i>Swift</i> instruments, it fits all <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>z</mi><mo>≤</mo><mn>5</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> GRB angular-resolution data of 10 MeV or any lesser peak energy and can still be consistent with the highest-energy localization of GRB221009A: a limiting bound of about 1 degree is in agreement with a holographic QG-favored formulation.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/11/6/115gravitationgamma raysbursts |
| spellingShingle | Eric Steinbring Holographic Quantum-Foam Blurring Is Consistent with Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009A Galaxies gravitation gamma rays bursts |
| title | Holographic Quantum-Foam Blurring Is Consistent with Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009A |
| title_full | Holographic Quantum-Foam Blurring Is Consistent with Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009A |
| title_fullStr | Holographic Quantum-Foam Blurring Is Consistent with Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009A |
| title_full_unstemmed | Holographic Quantum-Foam Blurring Is Consistent with Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009A |
| title_short | Holographic Quantum-Foam Blurring Is Consistent with Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009A |
| title_sort | holographic quantum foam blurring is consistent with observations of gamma ray burst grb221009a |
| topic | gravitation gamma rays bursts |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/11/6/115 |
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