LHAASO discovery of highest-energy photons towards new physics

Abstract

Ultrahigh-energy photons up to 1.4 peta-electronvolts have been observed by new cosmic-ray telescope in China -- a hint that Lorentz invariance might break down at the Planck-scale level.

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