Testing for Lorentz Violation: Constraints on Standard-Model Extension Parameters via Lunar Laser Ranging
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-11-26 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
We present constraints on violations of Lorentz Invariance based on Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) data. LLR measures the Earth-Moon separation by timing the round-trip travel of light between the two bodies, and is currently accurate to a few centimeters (parts in of the total distance). By analyzing archival LLR data under the Standard-Model Extension (SME) framework, we derived six observational constraints on dimensionless SME parameters that describe potential Lorentz-violation. We found no evidence for Lorentz violation at the to level in these parameters.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.0702,
title = {Testing for Lorentz Violation: Constraints on Standard-Model Extension Parameters via Lunar Laser Ranging},
author = {James B. R. Battat and John F. Chandler and Christopher W. Stubbs},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.0702},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
10 pages, 3 figures, Submitted to Phys. Rev. Letters