Proceedings of the Fourth Meering on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Bloomington, USA, 8-11 August 2007

Download or read book Proceedings of the Fourth Meering on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Bloomington, USA, 8-11 August 2007 written by V. Alan Kosteleck? and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2008 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of the Fourth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, held at Indiana University in Bloomington on August 8-11, 2007. The Meeting focused on experimental tests of these fundamental symmetries and on important theoretical issues, including scenarios for possible relativity violations.Experimental subjects covered include: astrophysical observations, clock-comparison measurements, cosmological birefringence, electromagnetic resonant cavities, gravitational tests, matter interferometry, muon behavior, neutrino oscillations, oscillations and decays of neutral mesons, particle-antiparticle comparisons, post-Newtonian gravity, space-based missions, spectroscopy of hydrogen and antihydrogen, and spin-polarized matter. Theoretical topics covered include: physical effects at the level of the Standard Model, General Relativity, and beyond; the possible origins and mechanisms for Lorentz and CPT violations; and associated issues in field theory, particle physics, gravity, and string theory. Contributors consist of the leading experts in this very active research field.