• DocumentCode
    1988729
  • Title

    Rotating microwave cryogenic sapphire oscillators for tests of Lorentz Invariance

  • Author

    Parker, Stephen ; Stanwix, Paul ; Tobar, Michael ; Nagel, Moritz ; Hartnett, John ; Ivanov, Eugene ; Peters, Achim

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    1167
  • Lastpage
    1168
  • Abstract
    Lorentz Invariance is a fundamental component of General Relativity and the Standard Model of Particle Physics. We describe the details of our latest Michelson-Morley experiment that tests Lorentz Invariance by searching for an orientation dependent change in the speed of light.
  • Keywords
    Lorentz invariance; Michelson interferometers; light velocity; microwave photonics; oscillators; sapphire; Al2O3; Lorentz invariance; Michelson-Morley experiment; general relativity; rotating microwave cryogenic sapphire oscillators; speed of light; standard model of particle physics; Australia; Cryogenics; Educational institutions; Lorentz covariance; Oscillators; Temperature; Thermal stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193887
  • Filename
    6193887
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1988729