2019 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2019

Detecting Lorentz invariance violations with a quantum cavity

5 Jun 2019, 14:30

15m

SCB 9242 (Simon Fraser University)

Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e)) Theoretical Physics / Physique théorique (DTP-DPT) W2-4 Fields and Strings II (DTP) | Champs et cordes II (DPT)

Speaker

Sanjeev Seahra

Description

We study a scalar field in a 1D quantum cavity governed by a non-Lorentz invariant action. We demonstrate that the energy levels depend on the velocity of the cavity's walls with respect to a preferred frame, which is a stark violation of the principle of relativity.