Session I3: Focus Session: Searches for Relativity Violations (Co-Sponsored by GPMFC)

8:00 AM–10:24 AM, Thursday, May 29, 2008
Keller Building - 104

Chair: Neil Russell, Northern Michigan University

Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.DAMOP.I3.1

Abstract: I3.00001 : Theory and Status of Lorentz Violation

8:00 AM–8:36 AM

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Author:

  Alan Kostelecky
    (Indiana University)

Einstein's theories of special and general relativity are a key component of our best existing description of nature at the fundamental level. However, tiny deviations from the laws of relativity could arise from a unified theory of quantum physics and gravity. The resulting experimental effects are described by a theory called the Standard-Model Extension. The SME predicts observable signals now being sought in a variety of experiments using high-sensitivity AMO techniques. In this talk, some basic ideas about relativity violations will be described and a status report on the experimental searches will be given.

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