New Limits on Coupling of Fundamental Constants to Gravity Using $^{87}$Sr Optical Lattice Clocks
Atomic Physics
2008-11-26 v3 General Physics
Abstract
The - clock transition frequency in neutral Sr has been measured relative to the Cs standard by three independent laboratories in Boulder, Paris, and Tokyo over the last three years. The agreement on the level makes the best agreed-upon optical atomic frequency. We combine periodic variations in the Sr clock frequency with Hg and H-maser data to test Local Position Invariance by obtaining the strongest limits to date on gravitational-coupling coefficients for the fine-structure constant , electron-proton mass ratio and light quark mass. Furthermore, after Hg, Yb and H, we add Sr as the fourth optical atomic clock species to enhance constraints on yearly drifts of and .
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@article{arxiv.0801.1874,
title = {New Limits on Coupling of Fundamental Constants to Gravity Using $^{87}$Sr Optical Lattice Clocks},
author = {S. Blatt and A. D. Ludlow and G. K. Campbell and J. W. Thomsen and T. Zelevinsky and M. M. Boyd and J. Ye and X. Baillard and M. Fouché and R. Le Targat and A. Brusch and P. Lemonde and M. Takamoto and F. -L. Hong and H. Katori and V. V. Flambaum},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.1874},
year = {2008}
}
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Published version. 4 pages, 4 figures