Abstract
An optical ring cavity is used to place the first laboratory constraints on parity-odd nonrenormalizable Lorentz violation. Variations in resonant frequencies are limited to parts in 1015. Absolute sensitivity to Lorentz-violating operators of mass dimension 6 is improved by a factor of a million over existing parity-even microwave-cavity bounds. Sensitivity to dimension-8 violations is improved by 14 orders of magnitude.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 111101 |
Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 Dec 26 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)