CONSTRAINTS ON THE PHOTON MASS WITH FAST RADIO BURSTS

	CONSTRAINTS ON THE PHOTON MASS WITH FAST RADIO BURSTS
	Wu, Xue-Feng1,2 ; Zhang, Song-Bo 1; Gao, He 3; Wei, Jun-Jie 1; Zou, Yuan-Chuan 4; Lei, Wei-Hua 4; Zhang, Bing 5; Dai, Zi-Gao 6; Meszaros, Peter 7,8,9
刊名	ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
	2016-05-01
卷号	822 期号:1
关键词	intergalactic medium plasmas radio continuum: general
英文摘要	Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are radio bursts characterized by millisecond durations, high Galactic latitude positions, and high dispersion measures. Very recently, the cosmological origin of FRB 150418 has been confirmed by Keane et al., and FRBs are now strong competitors as cosmological probes. The simple sharp feature of the FRB signal is ideal to probe some of the fundamental laws of physics. Here we show that by analyzing the delay time between different frequencies, the FRB data can place stringent upper limits on the rest mass of the photon. For FRB 150418 at z = 0.492, one can potentially reach m(gamma) <= 5.2 10(-47) g, which is 10(20) times smaller than the rest mass of electron and is about 10(3) times smaller than that obtained using other astrophysical sources with the same method.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
类目[WOS]	Astronomy & Astrophysics
研究领域[WOS]	Astronomy & Astrophysics
关键词[WOS]	EINSTEINS EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE ; EXTRAGALACTIC DISPERSION ; VELOCITY ; LIMITS ; LIGHT
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000375154100015
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://libir.pmo.ac.cn/handle/332002/16208]
专题	紫金山天文台_南极天文中心
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Purple Mt Observ, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 2.Nanjing Univ, Purple Mt Observ, Joint Ctr Particle Nucl Phys & Cosmol, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 3.Beijing Normal Univ, Dept Astron, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 4.Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Phys, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China 5.Univ Nevada, Dept Phys & Astron, Las Vegas, NV 89154 USA 6.Nanjing Univ, Sch Astron & Space Sci, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 7.Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, 525 Davey Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA 8.Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, 104 Davey Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA 9.Penn State Univ, Inst Gravitat & Cosmos, Ctr Particle & Gravitat Astrophys, 525 Davey Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wu, Xue-Feng,Zhang, Song-Bo,Gao, He,et al. CONSTRAINTS ON THE PHOTON MASS WITH FAST RADIO BURSTS[J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS,2016,822(1).
APA	Wu, Xue-Feng.,Zhang, Song-Bo.,Gao, He.,Wei, Jun-Jie.,Zou, Yuan-Chuan.,...&Meszaros, Peter.(2016).CONSTRAINTS ON THE PHOTON MASS WITH FAST RADIO BURSTS.ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS,822(1).
MLA	Wu, Xue-Feng,et al."CONSTRAINTS ON THE PHOTON MASS WITH FAST RADIO BURSTS".ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS 822.1(2016).