Data tables for Lorentz and violation

VA Kostelecký, N Russell - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
This work tabulates measured and derived values of coefficients for Lorentz and CPT
violation in the standard-model extension. Summary tables are extracted listing maximal …

The thorium-229 low-energy isomer and the nuclear clock

K Beeks, T Sikorsky, T Schumm, J Thielking… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The 229Th nucleus has an isomeric state at an energy of about 8 eV above the ground state,
several orders of magnitude lower than typical nuclear excitation energies. This has inspired …

Resolving the gravitational redshift across a millimetre-scale atomic sample

T Bothwell, CJ Kennedy, A Aeppli, D Kedar… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Einstein's theory of general relativity states that clocks at different gravitational potentials tick
at different rates relative to lab coordinates—an effect known as the gravitational redshift. As …

Realizing spin squeezing with Rydberg interactions in an optical clock

WJ Eckner, N Darkwah Oppong, A Cao, AW Young… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Neutral-atom arrays trapped in optical potentials are a powerful platform for studying
quantum physics, combining precise single-particle control and detection with a range of …

Frequency ratio measurements at 18-digit accuracy using an optical clock network

Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Atomic clocks are vital in a wide array of technologies and experiments, including tests of
fundamental physics. Clocks operating at optical frequencies have now demonstrated …

Improved limits on the coupling of ultralight bosonic dark matter to photons from optical atomic clock comparisons

M Filzinger, S Dörscher, R Lange, J Klose, M Steinel… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We present improved constraints on the coupling of ultralight bosonic dark matter to photons
based on long-term measurements of two optical frequency ratios. In these optical clock …

Demonstration of 4.8 × 10−17 stability at 1 s for two independent optical clocks

E Oelker, RB Hutson, CJ Kennedy, L Sonderhouse… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Optical atomic clocks require local oscillators with exceptional optical coherence owing to
the challenge of performing spectroscopy on their ultranarrow-linewidth clock transitions …

Direct comparison of two spin-squeezed optical clock ensembles at the 10−17 level

JM Robinson, M Miklos, YM Tso, CJ Kennedy… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Building scalable quantum systems that demonstrate performance enhancement based on
entanglement is a major goal in quantum computing and metrology. The main challenge …

Test of general relativity by a pair of transportable optical lattice clocks

M Takamoto, I Ushijima, N Ohmae, T Yahagi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
A clock at a higher altitude ticks faster than one at a lower altitude, in accordance with
Einstein's theory of general relativity. The outstanding stability and accuracy of optical …

Improved limits for violations of local position invariance from atomic clock comparisons

R Lange, N Huntemann, JM Rahm, C Sanner… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We compare two optical clocks based on the S 2 1/2 (F= 0)→ D 2 3/2 (F= 2) electric
quadrupole (E2) and the S 2 1/2 (F= 0)→ F 2 7/2 (F= 3) electric octupole (E3) transition of Yb …