用被困离子测试洛伦茨对称性的电子的迈克尔森-莫利模拟
T Pruttivarasin1, M Ramm2, S G Porsev3
11] Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA [2] Quantum Metrology Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Nature
|January 30, 2015
概括
研究人员使用量子实验测试了电子的洛伦茨对称性. 他们在验证电子分散关系的同变性方面取得了100倍的进步,推动了对新物理学的探索.
科学领域:
- 粒子物理学 粒子物理学
- 量子信息是一种量子信息.
- 原子物理 原子物理
背景情况:
- 洛伦兹对称是粒子物理学的标准模型的一个基本原理,它断言物理定律对所有观察者来说都是相同的.
- 实验测试,如迈克尔森-莫利和休斯-德雷弗实验,分别验证了光和物质的这种对称性.
- 精细的实验验证对于指导物理学的发展超越标准模型至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在电子中寻找违反洛伦茨对称的情况.
- 为了执行迈克尔森-莫利实验的电子模拟.
- 为了提高电子分散关系同otropy的测试的精度.
主要方法:
- 一个离子中结合的电子波包被分成两个不同空间方向的部分.
- 波包的部分在95毫秒的演化时间后重新组合,创建一个干扰信号.
- 一对离子在无脱凝状态的叠加中被用于减轻磁场噪声.
主要成果:
- 对能量变化设置了普朗克常数 (h) × 11毫赫兹的极限,验证了电子的分散关系与1018的1个部分的同otropy.
- 这比以前的实验结果改进了100倍.
- 同时还获得了对光速中的异构极限的改进.
结论:
- 该实验在测试电子的洛伦兹对称性方面取得了重大进展.
- 量子信息技术对未来寻找超越标准模型的物理学有希望.
- 结果探测了洛伦茨对称性在能量尺度上的违反,与电弱与普朗克能量的比率相当.
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