Test of CPT and Lorentz invariance from muonium spectroscopy
Abstract
Following a suggestion of Kostelecky et al. we have evaluated a test of CPT and Lorentz invariance from the microwave spectroscopy of muonium. Hamiltonian terms beyond the standard model violating CPT and Lorentz invariance would contribute frequency shifts and to and , the two transitions involving muon spin flip, which were precisely measured in ground state muonium in a strong magnetic field of 1.7 T. The shifts would be indicated by anti-correlated oscillations in and at the earth's sidereal frequency. No time dependence was found in or at the level of 20 Hz, limiting the size of some CPT and Lorentz violating parameters at the level of GeV, representing Planck scale sensitivity and an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity over previous limits for the muon.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0106103,
title = {Test of CPT and Lorentz invariance from muonium spectroscopy},
author = {V. W. Hughes and M. Grosse Perdekamp and D. Kawall and W. Liu and K. Jungmann and G. zu Putlitz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0106103},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures, uses REVTeX and epsf, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett