Spacetime-symmetry violations: motivations, phenomenology, and tests
arXiv:1404.3670 · doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2011.06.029
Abstract
An important open question in fundamental physics concerns the nature of spacetime at distance scales associated with the Planck length. The widespread belief that probing such distances necessitates Planck-energy particles has impeded phenomenological and experimental research in this context. However, it has been realized that various theoretical approaches to underlying physics can accommodate Planck-scale violations of spacetime symmetries. This talk surveys the motivations for spacetime-symmetry research, the SME test framework, and experimental efforts in this field.
10 pages, 1 figure
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