Effects of the Lorentz invariance violation in Coulomb interaction in nuclei and atoms

V. V. Flambaum, M. V. Romalis

Published 2016-10-26Version 1

Anisotropy in the speed of light (studied in the Michelson-Morley experiment ) generates anisotropy in the Coulomb interaction. This anisotropy manifests itself in the nuclear and atomic experiments. The experimental results for 21Ne are used to improve the limits on the tensor components characterising the asymmetry of the speed of light and the Coulomb interaction (violation of the Lorentz symmetry in the photon sector) by 7 orders of magnitude in comparison with previous experiments: the speed of light is isotropic to a part in 10E-28.