Zeeman effect-earth field

Abstract. Following a suggestion of Kostelecky et al. we have evaluated a test of CPT and Lorentz invariance from the microwave spectrosopy of muonium. Precise measurements have been reported for the transition frequencies U12 and 1/34 for ground state muonium in a magnetic field H of 1.7 T, both of which involve principally muon spin flip. These frequencies depend on both the hyperfine interaction and Zeeman effect. Hamiltonian terms beyond the standard model which violate CPT and Lorentz invariance would contribute shifts <5 12 and <5 34. The nonstandard theory indicates that P12 and 34 should oscillate with the earth s sidereal frequency and that 5v 2 and <5 34 would be anticorrelated. We find no time dependence in m2 — vza at the level of 20 Hz, which is used to set an upper limit on the size of CPT and Lorentz violating parameters. 

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