Lorentz Violation and Torsion

Abstract

In this proceedings, similarities between the structure of theories with Lorentz violation and theories with constant torsion in flat spacetime are exploited to place bounds on torsion components. An example is given showing the analysis leading to bounds on the axial-vector and mixed-symmetry components of torsion, based on a dual-maser experiment.Comment: 5 pp, talk given at 4th Meeting on Lorentz and CPT Violation, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 8-11 August 200