Laboratory bounds on electron Lorentz violation

Brett Altschul
Phys. Rev. D 82, 016002 – Published 9 July 2010

Abstract

Violations of Lorentz boost symmetry in the electron and photon sectors can be constrained by studying several different high-energy phenomenon. Although they may not lead to the strongest bounds numerically, measurements made in terrestrial laboratories produce the most reliable results. Laboratory bounds can be based on observations of synchrotron radiation, as well as the observed absences of vacuum Čerenkov radiation (e±e±+γ) and photon decay (γe++e). Using measurements of synchrotron energy losses at LEP and the survival of TeV photons, we place new bounds on the three electron Lorentz-violation coefficients c(TJ), at the 3×1013 to 6×1015 levels.

  • Received 17 May 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.016002

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Brett Altschul*

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA

  • *baltschu@physics.sc.edu

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Vol. 82, Iss. 1 — 1 July 2010

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