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arxiv 1009.6060 v1 pith:MW6PGRYB submitted 2010-09-30 physics.atom-ph hep-exnucl-ex

Testing isotropy of the universe using the Ramsey resonance technique on ultracold neutron spins

classification physics.atom-ph hep-exnucl-ex
keywords fieldfrequencyisotropyneutronneutronsperformedramseyresonance
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Physics at the Planck scale could be revealed by looking for tiny violations of fundamental symmetries in low energy experiments. In 2008, a sensitive test of the isotropy of the Universe using has been performed with stored ultracold neutrons (UCN), this is the first clock-comparison experiment performed with free neutrons. During several days we monitored the Larmor frequency of neutron spins in a weak magnetic field using the Ramsey resonance technique. An non-zero cosmic axial field, violating rotational symmetry, would induce a daily variation of the precession frequency. Our null result constitutes one of the most stringent tests of Lorentz invariance to date.

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