Potential Sensitivity of Gamma-Ray Burster Observations to Wave Dispersion in Vacuo
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Potential Sensitivity of Gamma-Ray Burster Observations to Wave Dispersion in Vacuo G. Amelino-Camelia, John Ellis, N.E. Mavromatos, D.V. Nanopoulos and Subir Sarkar a Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, UK b Institut de Physique, Université de Neuchâtel, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland c Theory Division, CERN, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland, d Academy of Athens, Chair of Theoretical Physics, Division of Natural Sciences, 28 Panepistimiou Ave., Athens GR-10679, Greece, Center for Theoretical Physics, Dept. of Physics, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA and Astroparticle Physics Group, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), The Mitchell Campus, Woodlands, TX 77381, USA
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