Violation of Lorentz Invariance and neutral component of UHECR

S. L. Dubovsky; P. G. Tinyakov

doi:10.1016/s0927-6505(02)00114-7

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Violation of Lorentz Invariance and neutral component of UHECR

S. L. Dubovsky·P. G. Tinyakov

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The observed clustering of ultra-high energy cosmic rays suggests the existence of a neutral component. The models with violation of Lorentz invariance may explain this component by neutrons becoming stable above some threshold energy E_0. The protons, in turn, may become unstable above some energy E_1>E_0. We calculate the dependence of the threshold energies E_0 and E_1 on the parameters of the model and find E_1/E_0\gsim 1.5. We argue that the characteristic threshold behavior of charged and neutral components may be used as the specific signature of models with violation of Lorentz invariance. The existence of the neutron stability threshold E_0 can be investigated with already existing data.

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S. L. Dubovsky, P. G. Tinyakov. 2001-06-26. Violation of Lorentz Invariance and neutral component of UHECR. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0927-6505(02)00114-7

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