Test of the Isotropy of the Speed of Light Using a Continuously Rotating Optical Resonator

Herrmann, Sven; Senger, Alexander; Peters, Achim; Kovalchuk, Evgeny; Mueller, Holger

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.150401

Title: Test of the Isotropy of the Speed of Light Using a Continuously Rotating Optical Resonator

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We report on a test of Lorentz invariance performed by comparing the resonance frequencies of one stationary optical resonator and one continuously rotating on a precision air bearing turntable. Special attention is paid to the control of rotation induced systematic effects. Within the photon sector of the standard model extension, we obtain improved limits on combinations of 8 parameters at a level of a few parts in 10{sup -16}. For the previously least well known parameter we find {kappa}-tilde{sub e-}{sup ZZ}=(-1.9{+-}5.2)x10{sup -15}. Within the Robertson-Mansouri-Sexl test theory, our measurement restricts the isotropy violation parameter {beta}-{delta}-(1/2) to (-2.1{+-}1.9)x10{sup -10}, corresponding to an eightfold improvement with respect to previous nonrotating measurements.

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Herrmann, Sven; Senger, Alexander; Peters, Achim ^[1]; Kovalchuk, Evgeny ^[1]; Mueller, Holger ^[1]

Institut fuer Physik, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, 10117 Berlin (Germany)

Publication Date:: Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2005

OSTI Identifier:: 20696530

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 15; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.150401; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ACCURACY; ISOTROPY; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; PHOTONS; RESONANCE; RESONATORS; ROTATION; STANDARD MODEL; TIME MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY; VISIBLE RADIATION

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                    Herrmann, Sven, Senger, Alexander, Peters, Achim, Kovalchuk, Evgeny, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Mueller, Holger, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, and Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305. Test of the Isotropy of the Speed of Light Using a Continuously Rotating Optical Resonator.  United States: N. p., 2005. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.150401.

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                    Herrmann, Sven, Senger, Alexander, Peters, Achim, Kovalchuk, Evgeny, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Mueller, Holger, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, & Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305. Test of the Isotropy of the Speed of Light Using a Continuously Rotating Optical Resonator.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.150401

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                    Herrmann, Sven, Senger, Alexander, Peters, Achim, Kovalchuk, Evgeny, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Mueller, Holger, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, and Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305. 2005.  
        "Test of the Isotropy of the Speed of Light Using a Continuously Rotating Optical Resonator".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.150401.

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@article{osti_20696530,

  title        = {Test of the Isotropy of the Speed of Light Using a Continuously Rotating Optical Resonator},

  author       = {Herrmann, Sven and Senger, Alexander and Peters, Achim and Kovalchuk, Evgeny and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin and Mueller, Holger and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin and Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305},

  abstractNote = {We report on a test of Lorentz invariance performed by comparing the resonance frequencies of one stationary optical resonator and one continuously rotating on a precision air bearing turntable. Special attention is paid to the control of rotation induced systematic effects. Within the photon sector of the standard model extension, we obtain improved limits on combinations of 8 parameters at a level of a few parts in 10{sup -16}. For the previously least well known parameter we find {kappa}-tilde{sub e-}{sup ZZ}=(-1.9{+-}5.2)x10{sup -15}. Within the Robertson-Mansouri-Sexl test theory, our measurement restricts the isotropy violation parameter {beta}-{delta}-(1/2) to (-2.1{+-}1.9)x10{sup -10}, corresponding to an eightfold improvement with respect to previous nonrotating measurements.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.150401},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20696530},
  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  issn         = {0031-9007},

  number       = 15,

  volume       = 95,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2005},

  month        = {Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2005}

}

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