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Neutrino interferometry for high-precision tests of Lorentz symmetry with IceCube
Nature physics, v 14(9), pp 961-966
2018
Abstract
Lorentz symmetry is a fundamental spacetime symmetry underlying both the standard model of particle physics and general relativity. This symmetry guarantees that physical phenomena are observed to be the same by all inertial observers. However, unified theories, such as string theory, allow for violation of this symmetry by inducing new spacetime structure at the quantum gravity scale. Thus, the discovery of Lorentz symmetry violation could be the first hint of these theories in nature. Here we report the results of the most precise test of spacetime symmetry in the neutrino sector to date. We use high-energy atmospheric neutrinos observed at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory to search for anomalous neutrino oscillations as signals of Lorentz violation. We find no evidence for such phenomena. This allows us to constrain the size of the dimension-four operator in the standard-model extension for Lorentz violation to the 10(-28) level and to set limits on higher-dimensional operators in this framework. These are among the most stringent limits on Lorentz violation set by any physical experiment.
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- Title
- Neutrino interferometry for high-precision tests of Lorentz symmetry with IceCube
- Creators
- Maryon Ahrens - Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)Christian Bohm - FysikumJonathan P. Dumm - Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)Chad Finley - Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)Samuel Flis - Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)Klas Hultqvist - Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)Christian Walck - Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)Marcel Zoll - Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)The IceCube CollaborationNaoko Kurahashi Neilson - Physics
- Publication Details
- Nature physics, v 14(9), pp 961-966
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000443584000030
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85049992763
- Other Identifier
- 991019167862104721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Physics, Multidisciplinary