Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Dec 3;93(23):230801 2004 Nov 30.

Bound on Lorentz and CPT violating boost effects for the neutron

Canè F, Bear D, Phillips DF, Rosen MS, Smallwood CL, Stoner RE, Walsworth RL, Kostelecký VA.

Abstract

A search for an annual variation of a daily sidereal modulation of the frequency difference between colocated 129Xe and 3He Zeeman masers sets a stringent limit on boost-dependent Lorentz and CPT violation involving the neutron, consistent with no effect at the level of 150 nHz. In the framework of the general standard-model extension, the present result provides the first clean test for the fermion sector of the symmetry of spacetime under boost transformations at a level of 10(-27) GeV.

PMID: 15601138