Entanglement-enhanced test proposal for local Lorentz-symmetry violation via spinor atoms

Abstract

Invariance under Lorentz transformations is fundamental to both the standard model and general relativity. Testing Lorentz-symmetry violation (LSV) via atomic systems attracts extensive interests in theory and experiment. Some recent proposals for testing LSV present that the effects of violation can be described as a local interaction. Further, the test precision of LSV can be enhanced via quantum entanglement and its quantum Fisher information (QFI) implicates that the test precision can asymptotically reach the Heisenberg limit. In general, the limited resolution of collective observables prevents the detection of large QFI. Here, we propose a multimode many-body quantum interferometry for testing the LSV parameter $\kappa$ via an ensemble of spinor atoms. By employing an $N$-atom multimode GHZ state, the test precision can attain the Heisenberg limit $\Delta \kappa \propto 1/(F^{2}N)$ with the spin length $F$ and the atomic number $N$. We find an actual observable (or practical measurement process) to achieve the ultimate precision and study the LSV test via an experimentally accessible three-mode interferometry with Bose condensed spin-1 atoms for example. By selecting suitable input states and unitary recombination operation, the LSV parameter $\kappa$ can be extracted via population measurement. Especially, the measurement precision of the LSV parameter $\kappa$ can beat the standard quantum limit and even approach the Heisenberg limit via spin mixing dynamics or driving through quantum phase transitions. Our proposed scheme may open up a feasible way for a drastic improvement of the LSV tests with atomic systems and provide an alternative application of multi-particle entangled states.

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