Precision tests with a new class of dedicated ether-drift experiments

Details Precision tests with a new class of dedicated ether-drift experiments Precision tests with a new class of dedicated ether-drift experiments

2008-04-07

arxiv.org/abs/0804.0979v1

Eur.Phys.J.C55:469-475,2008

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. Journ. C

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0612-8

In principle, by accepting the idea of a non-zero vacuum energy, the physical vacuum of present particle physics might represent a preferred reference frame. By treating this quantum vacuum as a relativistic medium, the non-zero energy-momentum flow expected in a moving frame should effectively behave as a small thermal gradient and could, in principle, induce a measurable anisotropy of the speed of light in a loosely bound system as a gas. We explore the phenomenological implications of this scenario by considering a new class of dedicated ether-drift experiments where arbitrary gaseous media fill the resonating optical cavities. Our predictions cover most experimental set up and should motivate precise experimental tests of these fundamental issues.

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