# Constraints on quantum gravity and the photon mass from gamma ray bursts

@article{Bartlett2021ConstraintsOQ,
title={Constraints on quantum gravity and the photon mass from gamma ray bursts},
author={Deaglan J Bartlett and Harry Desmond and Pedro G. Ferreira and Jens Jasche},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={2021}
}
Lorentz Invariance Violation in Quantum Gravity (QG) models or a non-zero photon mass, mγ , would lead to an energy-dependent propagation speed for photons, such that photons of different energies from a distant source would arrive at different times, even if they were emitted simultaneously. By developing source-by-source, Monte Carlo-based forward models for such time delays from Gamma Ray Bursts, and marginalising over empirical noise models describing other contributions to the time delay…
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