Equivalence Principle and Bound Kinetic Energy

2013/08/13 by Michael Hohensee, Michael A. Hohensee, Holger Mueller +2 · 90 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Antimatter #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Electron #Equivalence (formal languages) #Equivalence principle (geometric) #Gravitation #Kinetic energy #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Physics #Range (aeronautics) #Statistical physics #Theoretical physics #Upper and lower bounds #Weak equivalence #gr-qc #hep-ph #nucl-th #physics.atom-ph #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.111.151102

published in Physical Review Letters 111(15), 151102 (American Physical Society)

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Abstract

We consider the role of the internal kinetic energy of bound systems of matter in tests of the Einstein equivalence principle. Using the gravitational sector of the standard model extension, we show that stringent limits on equivalence principle violations in antimatter can be indirectly obtained from tests using bound systems of normal matter. We estimate the bound kinetic energy of nucleons in a range of light atomic species using Green's function Monte Carlo calculations, and for heavier species using a Woods-Saxon model. We survey the sensitivities of existing and planned experimental tests of the equivalence principle, and report new constraints at the level of between a few parts in 10(6) and parts in 10(8) on violations of the equivalence principle for matter and antimatter.

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