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Limits on New Lorentz-violating Bosons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-09-26 v2 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We obtain novel constraints on new scalar fields interacting with Standard Model fermions through Lorentz-violating couplings, bridging searches for scalar particles and Lorentz-symmetry tests. These constraints arise from torsion-balance experiments, magnetometer searches, and an excessive energy loss in Red Giant stars. Torsion-balance experiments impose stringent constraints, benefitting from large macroscopic sources including the Sun and Earth. Magnetometer-based searches, which detect pseudo-magnetic fields through spin precession, offer additional limiting power to low-mass scalar fields. Meanwhile, observations of Red Giant stars place strong limits on additional energy loss mechanisms, extending these constraints to higher scalar mass ranges and a wider range of Lorentz-violating couplings. Combining data from laboratory experiments and astrophysical observations, this approach strengthens constraints on Lorentz-violating interactions and paves the way for future investigations into physics beyond the Standard Model.

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@article{arxiv.2502.05263,
  title  = {Limits on New Lorentz-violating Bosons},
  author = {P. Carenza and J. Jaeckel and G. Lucente and T. K. Poddar and N. Sherrill and M. Spannowsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.05263},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

35 pages, 3 figures: matches journal version

R2 v1 2026-06-28T21:36:47.210Z