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Laser frequency combs and ultracold neutrons to probe braneworlds through induced matter swapping between branes

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-02-22 v4 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory Atomic Physics

Abstract

This paper investigates a new experimental framework to test the braneworld hypothesis. Recent theoretical results have shown the possibility of matter exchange between branes under the influence of suitable magnetic vector potentials. It is shown that the required conditions might be achieved with present-day technology. The experiment uses a source of pulsed and coherent electromagnetic radiation and relies on the Hansch frequency comb technique well-known in ultrahigh-precision spectroscopy. A good matter candidate for testing the hypothesis is a polarized ultracold neutron gas for which the number of swapped neutrons is measured.

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@article{arxiv.0809.2060,
  title  = {Laser frequency combs and ultracold neutrons to probe braneworlds through induced matter swapping between branes},
  author = {Michael Sarrazin and Fabrice Petit},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.2060},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

14 pages, 4 figures. Published version. Published in Phys. Rev. D