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Title: Acoustic Tests of Lorentz Symmetry Using Quartz Oscillators

Abstract

Here we propose and demonstrate a test of Lorentz symmetry based on new, compact, and reliable quartz oscillator technology. Violations of Lorentz invariance in the matter and photon sector of the standard model extension generate anisotropies in particles’ inertial masses and the elastic constants of solids, giving rise to measurable anisotropies in the resonance frequencies of acoustic modes in solids. A first realization of such a “phonon-sector” test of Lorentz symmetry using room-temperature stress-compensated-cut crystals yields 120 h of data at a frequency resolution of 2.4 × 10-15 and a limit of $$\bar{c}$$ $$n\atop{Q}$$ = (- 1.8 ± 2.2) × 10-14 GeV on the most weakly constrained neutron-sector c coefficient of the standard model extension. Future experiments with cryogenic oscillators promise significant improvements in accuracy, opening up the potential for improved limits on Lorentz violation in the neutron, proton, electron, and photon sector.

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; Australian Research Council (ARC); David and Lucile Packard Foundation
OSTI Identifier:
1239433
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1417960
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-733821
Journal ID: ISSN 2160-3308; PRXHAE; 011018
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; CE110001013; DP130100205
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. X
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review. X Journal Volume: 6 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2160-3308
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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Lo, Anthony, Haslinger, Philipp, Mizrachi, Eli, Anderegg, Loïc, Müller, Holger, Hohensee, Michael, Goryachev, Maxim, and Tobar, Michael E. Acoustic Tests of Lorentz Symmetry Using Quartz Oscillators. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.6.011018.
Lo, Anthony, Haslinger, Philipp, Mizrachi, Eli, Anderegg, Loïc, Müller, Holger, Hohensee, Michael, Goryachev, Maxim, & Tobar, Michael E. Acoustic Tests of Lorentz Symmetry Using Quartz Oscillators. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.011018
Lo, Anthony, Haslinger, Philipp, Mizrachi, Eli, Anderegg, Loïc, Müller, Holger, Hohensee, Michael, Goryachev, Maxim, and Tobar, Michael E. Wed . "Acoustic Tests of Lorentz Symmetry Using Quartz Oscillators". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.011018.
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author = {Lo, Anthony and Haslinger, Philipp and Mizrachi, Eli and Anderegg, Loïc and Müller, Holger and Hohensee, Michael and Goryachev, Maxim and Tobar, Michael E.},
abstractNote = {Here we propose and demonstrate a test of Lorentz symmetry based on new, compact, and reliable quartz oscillator technology. Violations of Lorentz invariance in the matter and photon sector of the standard model extension generate anisotropies in particles’ inertial masses and the elastic constants of solids, giving rise to measurable anisotropies in the resonance frequencies of acoustic modes in solids. A first realization of such a “phonon-sector” test of Lorentz symmetry using room-temperature stress-compensated-cut crystals yields 120 h of data at a frequency resolution of 2.4 × 10-15 and a limit of $\bar{c}$ $n\atop{Q}$ = (- 1.8 ± 2.2) × 10-14 GeV on the most weakly constrained neutron-sector c coefficient of the standard model extension. Future experiments with cryogenic oscillators promise significant improvements in accuracy, opening up the potential for improved limits on Lorentz violation in the neutron, proton, electron, and photon sector.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevX.6.011018},
journal = {Physical Review. X},
number = 1,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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