Doubly-special relativity

Doubly-Special Relativity is a new theory of special relativity first postulated in a paper by Giovanni Amelino-Camelia. In this theory, he postulates that in addition to the speed of light, a characteristic energy scale based on the Planck scale should remain invariant under relativistic transformations.

One of the motivations for this work is the observation of high-energy cosmic rays that appear to violate the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit: the so-called GZK paradox.

External references

• Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, "Doubly-Special Relativity: First Results and Key Open Problems." Int. J. Mod. Phys. D11 (2002) 1643. Online copy at http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0210063
• Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, Doubly-Special Relativity.' http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0207049 -- a non-technical review