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Bose-Einstein Condensates as a Probe for Lorentz Violation

Don Colladay, Patrick McDonald

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0602071

Abstract

The effects of small Lorentz-violating terms on Bose-Einstein condensates are analyzed. We find that there are changes to the phase and shape of the ground-state wave function that vary with the orientation of the trap. In addition, spin-couplings can act as a source for spontaneous symmetry breaking in ferromagnetic condensates making them sensitive probes for fundamental symmetry violation.

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