Searching for photon-sector Lorentz violation using gravitational-wave detectors

Kostelecký, V. Alan; Melissinos, Adrian C.; Mewes, Matthew

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.001

Title: Searching for photon-sector Lorentz violation using gravitational-wave detectors

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physics Letters B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.001· OSTI ID:1399638

Kostelecký, V. Alan; Melissinos, Adrian C.; Mewes, Matthew

Here, we study the prospects for using interferometers in gravitational-wave detectors as tools to search for photon-sector violations of Lorentz symmetry. Existing interferometers are shown to be exquisitely sensitive to tiny changes in the effective refractive index of light occurring at frequencies around and below the microhertz range, including at the harmonics of the frequencies of the Earth's sidereal rotation and annual revolution relevant for tests of Lorentz symmetry. We use preliminary data obtained by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in 2006-2007 to place constraints on coefficients for Lorentz violation in the photon sector exceeding current limits by about four orders of magnitude.

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Research Organization:: Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010120; FG02-91ER40685; PHY-1520570; PHY-0456239

OSTI ID:: 1399638

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1358567

Journal Information:: Physics Letters B, Journal Name: Physics Letters B Vol. 761 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0370-2693

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Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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