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Effects of the Lorentz invariance violation in Coulomb interaction in nuclei and atoms

Michael RomalisVictor V. FlambaumVictor V. Flambaum

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PhysicsPhysics::General PhysicsPhotonNuclear Theory010308 nuclear & particles physicsAtomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)Lorentz transformationIsotropyGeneral Physics and AstronomyFOS: Physical sciencesLorentz covariance01 natural sciencesPhysics - Atomic PhysicsNuclear Theory (nucl-th)symbols.namesakeHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)Orders of magnitude (time)Quantum electrodynamics0103 physical sciencesCoulombsymbolsSpeed of light010306 general physicsAnisotropy

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Anisotropy in the speed of light that has been constrained by Michelson-Morley-type experiments also generates anisotropy in the Coulomb interactions. This anisotropy can manifest itself as an energy anisotropy in nuclear and atomic experiments. Here the experimental limits on Lorentz violation in 21Ne are used to improve the limits on the Lorentz symmetry in the photon sector, namely the anisotropy of the speed of light and the Coulomb interactions, by 7 orders of magnitude in comparison with previous experiments: the speed of light is isotropic to a part in E-28.

10.1103/physrevlett.118.142501http://arxiv.org/abs/1610.08188