New constraints on Lorentz invariance violation from the neutron electric dipole moment

I. Altarev; C. A. Baker; G. Ban; K. Bodek; M. Daum; M. Fertl; B. Franke; P. Fierlinger; P. Geltenbort; K. Green; M. G.D. Van Der Grinten; P. G. Harris; R. Henneck; M. Horras; P. Iaydjiev; S. N. Ivanov; N. Khomutov; K. Kirch; S. Kistryn; A. Knecht; A. Kozela; F. Kuchler; B. Lauss; T. Lefort; Y. Lemière; A. Mtchedlishvili; O. Naviliat-Cuncic; J. M. Pendlebury; G. Petzoldt; E. Pierre; F. M. Piegsa; G. Pignol; G. Quéméner; D. Rebreyend; S. Roccia; P. Schmidt-Wellenburg; N. Severijns; D. Shiers; K. F. Smith; J. Zejma; J. Zenner; G. Zsigmond

doi:10.1209/0295-5075/92/51001

New constraints on Lorentz invariance violation from the neutron electric dipole moment

I. Altarev, C. A. Baker, G. Ban, K. Bodek, M. Daum, M. Fertl, B. Franke, P. Fierlinger, P. Geltenbort, K. Green, M. G.D. Van Der Grinten, P. G. Harris, R. Henneck, M. Horras, P. Iaydjiev, S. N. Ivanov, N. Khomutov, K. Kirch, S. Kistryn, A. KnechtA. Kozela, F. Kuchler, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, Y. Lemière, A. Mtchedlishvili, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, J. M. Pendlebury, G. Petzoldt, E. Pierre, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, G. Quéméner, D. Rebreyend, S. Roccia, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, N. Severijns, D. Shiers, K. F. Smith, J. Zejma, J. Zenner, G. Zsigmond

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We propose an original test of Lorentz invariance in the interaction between a particle spin and an electromagnetic field and report on a first measurement using ultracold neutrons. We used a high-sensitivity neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) spectrometer and searched for a direction dependence of an nEDM signal leading to a modulation of its magnitude at periods of 12 and 24 hours. We constrain such a modulation to d₁₂ < 10×10^-25e cm and d₂₄ < 14×10^-25e cm at 95% C.L. The result translates into a limit on the energy scale for this type of Lorentz violation effect at the level of ϵ_LV > 10¹⁰ GeV.

Original language	English
Article number	51001
Journal	Europhysics Letters
Volume	92
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/92/51001
State	Published - 20 Dec 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Altarev, I., Baker, C. A., Ban, G., Bodek, K., Daum, M., Fertl, M., Franke, B., Fierlinger, P., Geltenbort, P., Green, K., Van Der Grinten, M. G. D., Harris, P. G., Henneck, R., Horras, M., Iaydjiev, P., Ivanov, S. N., Khomutov, N., Kirch, K., Kistryn, S., ... Zsigmond, G. (2010). New constraints on Lorentz invariance violation from the neutron electric dipole moment. Europhysics Letters, 92(5), Article 51001. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/92/51001

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