Test of constancy of speed of light with rotating cryogenic optical resonators -: art. no. 050101

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Antonini, P [1 ]
Okhapkin, M [1 ]
Göklü, E [1 ]
Schiller, S [1 ]
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[1] Univ Dusseldorf, Inst Expt Phys, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2005年 / 71卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.71.050101
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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A test of Lorentz invariance for electromagnetic waves was performed by comparing the resonance frequencies of two optical resonators as a function of orientation in space. In terms of the Robertson-Mansouri-Sexl theory, we obtain beta-delta-1/2=(+0.5 +/- 3 +/- 0.7)x10(-10), a tenfold improvement compared to the previous best results. We also set a first upper limit for a parameter of the standard model extension test theory, \((kappa) over tilde (e-))(ZZ)\< 2x10(-14).
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