Constraining long-range parity violation in gravitation using high resolution spectroscopy of chiral molecules

Pedro Bargueño and Ricardo Pérez de Tudela
Phys. Rev. D 78, 102004 – Published 13 November 2008

Abstract

New bounds on long-range parity violation in gravitation are reported from inconclusive searches of parity violating energy differences (PVED) in chiral molecules. In particular, it is found that Leitner-Okubo-Hari Dass’s α2 (or A2) parameter is constrained by current experimental searches of PVED between molecular enantiomers. The possibility of constraining other parameters which parametrize the strength of contact parity violation in gravity, as well as other long-range parity violating potentials will be briefly commented.

  • Received 19 September 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.102004

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Pedro Bargueño1,2,* and Ricardo Pérez de Tudela1

  • 1Instituto de Física Fundamental (CSIC), Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
  • 2Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain

  • *pbdr@imaff.cfmac.csic.es

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Vol. 78, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2008

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