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The standard model and general relativity are local Lorentz invariants. However it is possible that at Planck scale there may be a breakdown of Lorentz symmetry. Models with Lorentz violation are constructed using Standard Model Extension…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 A. F. Santos , Faqir C. Khanna

We present new constraints on Lorentz symmetry (LS) violations with lunar laser ranging (LLR). Those constraints are derived in the standard-model extension (SME) framework aiming at parameterizing any LS deviations in all sectors of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-06 Adrien Bourgoin , Aurélien Hees , Christophe Le Poncin-Lafitte , Sébastien Bouquillon , Gérard Francou , Marie-Christine Angonin

Lorentz invariance belongs to the fundamental symmetries of nature. It is basic for the successful Standard Model of Particle Physics. Nevertheless, within the last decades, Lorentz invariance has been repeatedly questioned. In fact, there…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-01 Yuri N. Obukhov , Friedrich W. Hehl

Physics beyond the Fermi scale could show up through deviations of the gauge couplings predicted by the electroweak Yang-Mills sector. This possibility is explored in the context of the International Linear Collider (ILC) through the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-16 J. I. Aranda , F. Ramirez-Zavaleta , D. A. Rosete , F. J. Tlachino , J. J. Toscano , E. S. Tututi

Lorentz symmetry is a cornerstone of both the General relativity and Standard Model and its experimental verification deepens our understanding of nature. This paper focuses on the investigation of Lorentz violations with the context of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-19 Cheng-Gang Qin , Yu-Jie Tan , Xiao-Yu Lu , Tong Liu , Yan-Rui Yang , Qin Li , Cheng-Gang Shao

Lorentz invariance is one of the basic ingredients of quantum field theories and violations of it are stringently constrained experimentally. Therefore, the possibility of Lorentz violation (LV) is usually realized at very high energy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-17 Andreas Crivellin , Fiona Kirk , Marco Schreck

Tiny violation of Lorentz invariance has been the subject of theoretic study and experimental test for a long time. We use the Standard-Model Extension (SME) framework to investigate the effect of the minimal Lorentz violation on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-17 Rui Xu , Junjie Zhao , Lijing Shao

The role of the gravitational sector in the Lorentz- and CPT-violating Standard-Model Extension (SME) is studied. A framework is developed for addressing this topic in the context of Riemann-Cartan spacetimes, which include as limiting…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-07-09 Alan Kostelecky

Observations of energy-dependent photon time delays from distant flaring sources provide significant constraints on Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV). Such effects originate from modified vacuum dispersion relations, causing differences in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-06 Merce Guerrero , Anna Campoy-Ordaz , Robertus Potting , Markus Gaug

The well-known analogy between a special limit of General Relativity and electromagnetism is explored in the context of the Lorentz-violating Standard-Model Extension (SME). An analogy is developed for the minimal SME that connects a limit…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-02-07 Quentin G. Bailey

A general field-theoretic framework for the analysis of CPT and Lorentz violation is provided by the Standard-Model Extension (SME). This work discusses a number of SME-based proposals for tests of CPT and Lorentz symmetry, including…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-12-10 Jay D. Tasson

Under the standard model extension (SME) framework, Lorentz invariance is tested in five binary pulsars: PSR J0737-3039, PSR B1534+12, PSR J1756-2251, PSR B1913+16 and PSR B2127+11C. By analyzing the advance of periastron, we obtain the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-03-05 Yi Xie

When the Standard-Model Extension (SME) is applied in curved spacetime, the Lorentz-violation coefficients must depend on spacetime position. This work describes some of the consequences of this spacetime variation. We focus on effects that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-03 Charles D. Lane

Lorentz Violation (LV) is posited as a possible relic effect of quantum gravity at low energy scales. The Standard-Model Extension provides an effective field-theoretic framework for examining possible deviations attributed to LV. With…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-12 Yiming Dong , Ziming Wang , Lijing Shao

This work reviews our current understanding of Cherenkov-type processes in vacuum that may occur due to a possible violation of Lorentz invariance. The description of Lorentz violation is based on the Standard Model Extension (SME). To get…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-25 Marco Schreck

An overview of the theoretical framework of the Standard Model Extension (SME) that allows for a parametrization of Lorentz and CPT violating effects using effective field theory will be presented. A review of current bounds on these…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-11 Don Colladay

Lorentz violation is a candidate quantum-gravity signal, and the Standard-Model Extension (SME) is a widely used parametrization of such a violation. In the gravitational SME sector, there is an elusive coefficient for which no effects have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-03 Yuri Bonder

One of the most difficult questions in present-day physics concerns a fundamental theory of space, time, and matter that incorporates a consistent quantum description of gravity. There are various theoretical approaches to such a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-28 Ralf Lehnert

Modifications to the classic time-delay effect and Doppler shift in General Relativity (GR) are studied in the context of the Lorentz-violating Standard-Model Extension (SME). We derive the leading Lorentz-violating corrections to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-29 Quentin G. Bailey

A search for neutrino oscillations induced by Lorentz violation has been performed using 4,438 live-days of Super-Kamiokande atmospheric neutrino data. The Lorentz violation is included in addition to standard three-flavor oscillations…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-18 Kamiokande Collaboration , K. Abe , Y. Haga , Y. Hayato , M. Ikeda , K. Iyogi , J. Kameda , Y. Kishimoto , M. Miura , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , Y. Nakano , S. Nakayama , H. Sekiya , M. Shiozawa , Y. Suzuki , A. Takeda , H. Tanaka , T. Tomura , K. Ueno , R. A. Wendell , T. Yokozawa , T. Irvine , T. Kajita , I. Kametani , K. Kaneyuki , K. P. Lee , T. McLachlan , Y. Nishimura , E. Richard , K. Okumura , L. Labarga , P. Fernandez , J. Gustafson , E. Kearns , J. L. Raaf , S. Berkman , H. A. Tanaka , S. Tobayama , J. L. Stone , L. R. Sulak , M. Goldhaber , G. Carminati , W. R. Kropp , S. Mine , P. Weatherly , A. Renshaw , M. B. Smy , H. W. Sobel , V. Takhistov , K. S. Ganezer , B. L. Hartfiel , J. Hill , W. E. Keig , N. Hong , J. Y. Kim , I. T. Lim , T. Akiri , A. Himmel , K. Scholberg , C. W. Walter , T. Wongjirad , T. Ishizuka , S. Tasaka , J. S. Jang , J. G. Learned , S. Matsuno , S. N. Smith , T. Hasegawa , T. Ishida , T. Ishii , T. Kobayashi , T. Nakadaira , K. Nakamura , Y. Oyama , K. Sakashita , T. Sekiguchi , T. Tsukamoto , A. T. Suzuki , Y. Takeuchi , C. Bronner , S. Hirota , K. Huang , K. Ieki , T. Kikawa , A. Minamino , A. Murakami , T. Nakaya , K. Suzuki , S. Takahashi , K. Tateishi , Y. Fukuda , K. Choi , Y. Itow , G. Mitsuka , P. Mijakowski , J. Hignight , J. Imber , C. K. Jung , C. Yanagisawa , H. Ishino , A. Kibayashi , Y. Koshio , T. Mori , M. Sakuda , R. Yamaguchi , T. Yano , Y. Kuno , R. Tacik , S. B. Kim , H. Okazawa , Y. Choi , K. Nishijima , M. Koshiba , Y. Suda , Y. Totsuka , M. Yokoyama , K. Martens , Ll. Marti , M. R. Vagins , J. F. Martin , P. de Perio , A. Konaka , M. J. Wilking , S. Chen , Y. Zhang , K. Connolly , R. J. Wilkes