Searching for photon rest-mass with ion interferometry

ORAL

Abstract

We will discuss a proposed scheme to search for a non-zero photon rest mass. This scheme could be more than 100 times more sensitive than previous experiments. The experiment would use an ion interferometer to search for variations in Coulomb’s inverse-square law predicted by the Proca equation. Analytical and numerical computations will be presented.

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Authors

  • Dan Christensen

  • Brian Neyenhuis

  • Ross Spencer

  • Dallin Durfee

    • Brigham Young University