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Past electron-positron g-2 experiments yielded sharpest bound on CPT violation for point particles
In our past experiments on a single electron and positron we measured the
cyclotron and spin-cyclotron difference frequencies omega_c and omega_a and the
ratios a = omega_a/ omega_c at omega_c = 141 Ghz for e^- and e^+ and later,
only for e^-, also at 164 Ghz. Here, we do extract from these data, as had not
done before, a new and very different figure of merit for violation of CPT
symmetry, one similar to the widely recognized impressive limit |m_Kaon -
m_Antikaon|/m_Kaon < 10^-18 for the K-mesons composed of two quarks. That
expression may be seen as comparing experimental relativistic masses of
particle states before and after the C, P, T operations had transformed
particle into antiparticle. Such a similar figure of merit for a non-composite
and quite different lepton, found by us from our Delta a = a^- - a^+ data, was
even smaller, h_bar |omega_a^- - omega_a^+|/2m_0 c^2 = |Delta a| h_bar
omega_c/2m_0 c^2) < 3(12) 10^-22.Comment: Improved content, Editorially approved for publication in PRL, LATEX
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The Advanced LIGO Photon Calibrators
The two interferometers of the Laser Interferometry Gravitaional-wave
Observatory (LIGO) recently detected gravitational waves from the mergers of
binary black hole systems. Accurate calibration of the output of these
detectors was crucial for the observation of these events, and the extraction
of parameters of the sources. The principal tools used to calibrate the
responses of the second-generation (Advanced) LIGO detectors to gravitational
waves are systems based on radiation pressure and referred to as Photon
Calibrators. These systems, which were completely redesigned for Advanced LIGO,
include several significant upgrades that enable them to meet the calibration
requirements of second-generation gravitational wave detectors in the new era
of gravitational-wave astronomy. We report on the design, implementation, and
operation of these Advanced LIGO Photon Calibrators that are currently
providing fiducial displacements on the order of
m/ with accuracy and precision of better than 1 %.Comment: 14 pages, 19 figure
A constraint on antigravity of antimatter from precision spectroscopy of simple atoms
Consideration of antigravity for antiparticles is an attractive target for
various experimental projects. There are a number of theoretical arguments
against it but it is not quite clear what kind of experimental data and
theoretical suggestions are involved. In this paper we present straightforward
arguments against a possibility of antigravity based on a few simple
theoretical suggestions and some experimental data. The data are: astrophysical
data on rotation of the Solar System in respect to the center of our galaxy and
precision spectroscopy data on hydrogen and positronium. The theoretical
suggestions for the case of absence of the gravitational field are: equality of
electron and positron mass and equality of proton and positron charge. We also
assume that QED is correct at the level of accuracy where it is clearly
confirmed experimentally
CPT and Lorentz Tests in Penning Traps
A theoretical analysis is performed of Penning-trap experiments testing CPT
and Lorentz symmetry through measurements of anomalous magnetic moments and
charge-to-mass ratios. Possible CPT and Lorentz violations arising from
spontaneous symmetry breaking at a fundamental level are treated in the context
of a general extension of the SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) standard model and its
restriction to quantum electrodynamics. We describe signals that might appear
in principle, introduce suitable figures of merit, and estimate CPT and Lorentz
bounds attainable in present and future Penning-trap experiments. Experiments
measuring anomaly frequencies are found to provide the sharpest tests of CPT
symmetry. Bounds are attainable of approximately in the
electron-positron case and of for a suggested experiment with
protons and antiprotons. Searches for diurnal frequency variations in these
experiments could also limit certain types of Lorentz violation to the level of
in the electron-positron system and others at the level of
in the proton-antiproton system. In contrast, measurements comparing
cyclotron frequencies are sensitive within the present theoretical framework to
different kinds of Lorentz violation that preserve CPT. Constraints could be
obtained on one figure of merit in the electron-positron system at the level of
, on another in the proton-antiproton system at , and on a
third at using comparisons of ions with antiprotons.Comment: 31 pages, published in Physical Review
Signals for CPT and Lorentz Violation in Neutral-Meson Oscillations
Experimental signals for indirect CPT violation in the neutral-meson systems
are studied in the context of a general CPT- and Lorentz-violating
standard-model extension. In this explicit theory, some CPT observables depend
on the meson momentum and exhibit diurnal variations. The consequences for CPT
tests vary significantly with the specific experimental scenario. The wide
range of possible effects is illustrated for two types of CPT experiment
presently underway, one involving boosted uncorrelated kaons and the other
involving unboosted correlated kaon pairs.Comment: Accepted in Physical Review D, scheduled for December 1999 issu
Constraints on Lorentz violation from clock-comparison experiments
Constraints from clock-comparison experiments on violations of Lorentz and
CPT symmetry are investigated in the context of a general Lorentz-violating
extension of the standard model. The experimental signals are shown to depend
on the atomic and ionic species used as clocks. Certain experiments usually
regarded as establishing comparable bounds are in this context sensitive to
different types of Lorentz violation. Some considerations relevant to possible
future measurements are presented. All these experiments are potentially
sensitive to Lorentz-violating physics at the Planck scale.Comment: accepted for publication in Physical Review D; scheduled for issue of
December 1, 199
Testing CPT with Anomalous Magnetic Moments
A theoretical framework is introduced that describes possible CPT-violating
effects in the context of quantum electrodynamics. Experiments comparing the
anomalous magnetic moments of the electron and the positron can place tight
limits on CPT violation. The conventional figure of merit adopted in these
experiments, involving the difference between the corresponding factors, is
shown to provide a misleading measure of the precision of CPT limits. We
introduce an alternative figure of merit, comparable to one commonly used in
CPT tests with neutral mesons. To measure it, a straightforward extension of
current experimental procedures is proposed. With current technology, a CPT
bound better than about one part in is attainable.Comment: to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett., issue of 18 Aug. 199
The Advanced LIGO photon calibrators
The two interferometers of the Laser Interferometry Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) recently detected gravitational waves from the mergers of binary black hole systems. Accurate calibration of the output of these detectors was crucial for the observation of these events and the extraction of parameters of the sources. The principal tools used to calibrate the responses of the second-generation (Advanced) LIGO detectors to gravitational waves are systems based on radiation pressure and referred to as photon calibrators. These systems, which were completely redesigned for Advanced LIGO, include several significant upgrades that enable them to meet the calibration requirements of second-generation gravitational wave detectors in the new era of gravitational-wave astronomy. We report on the design, implementation, and operation of these Advanced LIGO photon calibrators that are currently providing fiducial displacements on the order of 10-18m/Hz with accuracy and precision of better than 1%
Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors
Data collected by the GEO 600 and LIGO interferometric gravitational wave detectors during their first observational science run were searched for continuous gravitational waves from the pulsar J1939+2134 at twice its rotation frequency. Two independent analysis methods were used and are demonstrated in this paper: a frequency domain method and a time domain method. Both achieve consistent null results, placing new upper limits on the strength of the pulsar's gravitational wave emission. A model emission mechanism is used to interpret the limits as a constraint on the pulsar's equatorial ellipticity
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