1998/01/01 by Claus Lämmerzahl · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/15/1/003
Classical and Quantum Gravity 15, 13 (1998)
openalex publication_date 1998/01/01 · arxiv created 1998/05/05 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
A new test theory for describing tests of fundamental principles of special and general relativity is presented. Using a generalized Pauli equation which may be based on a generalized Dirac equation, possible violations of local Lorentz invariance and local position invariance on the quantum level are described. On the quantum level there are more possibilities to violate these principles than on the classical level. The corresponding terms can be tested by Hughes-Drever-type experiments or by atom interferometry. It is proposed that an atom interferometric test of local position invariance will give a three orders of magnitude improvement over existing estimates.