Rotating optical cavity experiment testing Lorentz invariance at the 10-17 level
By Sven Herrmann, A. Senger, K. Möhle, M. Nagel, Evgeny Kovalchuk, A. Peters. 2009
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We present an improved laboratory test of Lorentz invariance in electrodynamics by testing the isotropy of the speed of light. Our measurement compares the resonance frequencies of two orthogonal optical resonators that are implemented in a single block of fused silica and are rotated continuously on a precision air bearing turntable. An analysis of data recorded over the course of one year sets a limit on an anisotropy of the speed of light of $\ensuremath{\Delta}c/c\ensuremath{\sim}1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}17}$. This constitutes the most accurate laboratory test of the isotropy of $c$ to date and allows to constrain parameters of a Lorentz violating extension of the standard model of particle physics down to a level of ${10}^{\ensuremath{-}17}$.
Subfields: Applied Mathematics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
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- Search for New Physics with Atoms and Molecules (2017, methodology): “Recent experiments with rotating optical and microwave resonators establish some of the most stringent constraints on LV in the photon sector (Chen et al., 2016a; Eisele et al., 2009; Herrmann et al., 2009; Hohensee et al., 2010; Müller et al., 2007; Nagel et al., 2015).”