Cosmic ray and neutrino tests of special relativity

@article{Coleman1997CosmicRA,
  title={Cosmic ray and neutrino tests of special relativity},
  author={Sidney Richard Coleman and Sheldon Lee Glashow},
  journal={Physics Letters B},
  year={1997},
  volume={405},
  pages={249-252}
}
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