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Test of the isotropy of the speed of light using a continuously rotating optical resonator

Sven Herrmann
(
- Humboldt U., Berlin
)
,
Alexander Senger
(
- Humboldt U., Berlin
)
,
Evgeny Kovalchuk
(
- Humboldt U., Berlin and
- Haber Inst., Berlin
)
,
Holger Muller
(
- Haber Inst., Berlin and
- Stanford U., Phys. Dept.
)
,
Achim Peters
(
- Humboldt U., Berlin
)

Aug, 2005

4 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.Lett. 95 (2005) 150401

e-Print:

physics/0508097 [physics.class-ph]

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.150401

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Abstract:

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^{-16}

. For the previously least well known parameter we find

\tilde \kappa_{e-}^{ZZ} =(-1.9 \pm 5.2)\times 10^{-15}

. Within the Robertson-Mansouri-Sexl test theory, our measurement restricts the isotropy violation parameter

\beta -\delta -\frac 12

to

(-2.1\pm 1.9)\times 10^{-10}

, corresponding to an eightfold improvement with respect to previous non-rotating measurements.

Note:

4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett

06.30.Ft
12.60.-i
11.30.Cp
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Lorentz transformation
standard model
time measurement
light velocity measurement

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