Enhanced violation of the Lorentz invariance and Einstein's equivalence principle in nuclei and atoms

Abstract

Local Lorentz Invariance violating (LLIV) and Einstein equivalence principle violating (EEPV) effects in atomic experiments are discussed. The EEPV effects are strongly enhanced in the narrow 7.8 eV transition in 229Th nucleus. Nuclear LLIV momentum tensors describing anisotropy in the maximal attainable speed for massive particles (analog of Michelson-Morley experiment for light) are expressed in terms of the experimental values of nuclear quadrupole moments. Calculations for nuclei of experimental interest 133Cs, 85Rb, 87Rb, 201Hg, 131Xe and 21Ne have been performed. The results for 21Ne are used to improve the limits on the proton LLIV constants by 4 orders of magnitude.

Comments: Added: proposal to measure quadrupole moments of the neutron distribution using parity violation in molecules arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1511.04848