Searching for photon-sector Lorentz violation using gravitational-wave detectors [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. High Energy Physics Division, 2016.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy - Physical Description
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, United States. Department of Energy. High Energy Physics Division, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Here, we study the prospects for using interferometers in gravitational-wave detectors as tools to search for photon-sector violations of Lorentz symmetry. Existing interferometers are shown to be exquisitely sensitive to tiny changes in the effective refractive index of light occurring at frequencies around and below the microhertz range, including at the harmonics of the frequencies of the Earth's sidereal rotation and annual revolution relevant for tests of Lorentz symmetry. We use preliminary data obtained by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in 2006-2007 to place constraints on coefficients for Lorentz violation in the photon sector exceeding current limits by about four orders of magnitude.
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- E 1.99:1358567
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
08/04/2016.
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Physics Letters. Section B 761 C ISSN 0370-2693 AM
V. Alan Kostelecký; Adrian C. Melissinos; Matthew Mewes. - Funding Information
- SC0010120
FG02-91ER40685
PHY-1520570
PHY-0456239
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