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| Events in Physics |
| Title: | Tests Of Lorentz And CPT Invariance With Atomic Spin Magnetometers (Colloquia) |
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| Start Date: | 03/07/2011 |
| Time: | 4:30 pm |
| Location: | 1 Le Conte Hall |
| Speaker: | Michael Romalis |
| Affiliation: | Professor of Atomic Physics, Princeton University |
| Contact Person: | Sarah Wittmer (510) 642-3034 |
| Details: | Spin-polarized atoms have been used for high sensitivity measurements of magnetic fields as well as other interactions that couple to particle spin. I will describe recent experimental progress in atomic magnetometers and present results of a new search for neutron spin interactions violating local Lorentz invariance. Because of close connection between CPT and Lorentz symmetry, our results also place the most stringent limit on CPT invariance for fermions. |