Constraints on Violations of Lorentz Symmetry from Gravity Probe B

Authors

James M. Overduin, Towson University
Ryan D. Everett, Towson University
Quentin G. Bailey, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow

Submitting Campus

Prescott

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication/Presentation Date

3-2014

Abstract/Description

We use the final results from Gravity Probe B to set new upper limits on the gravitational sector of the Standard-Model Extension, including for the first time the coefficient associated with the time-time component of the new field responsible for inducing local Lorentz violation in the theory.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814566438_0047

Publisher

World Scientific

Sponsorship/Conference/Institution

6th Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry

Location

Bloomington, IN

Number of Pages

4

Additional Information

Publication ISBN: 9789814566421.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Overduin, J. M., Everett, R. D., & Bailey, Q. G. (2014). Constraints on Violations of Lorentz Symmetry from Gravity Probe B. , (). https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814566438_0047