Proposal for a New Michelson-Morley Experiment Using a Single Whispering Spherical Mode Resonator
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Title | Proposal for a New Michelson-Morley Experiment Using a Single Whispering Spherical Mode Resonator |
Author(s) | John G Hartnett |
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Published | 2002 |
Journal | ArXiv |
Abstract
A new Michelson-Morley experiment is proposed by measuring the beat frequency of two near degenerate modes with orthogonal propagation in a single spherical resonator. The unique properties of the experiment allow: 1. Substantial common mode rejection of some noise sources: 2. Simple calculation of the signal if Special Relativity is violated. We show that optimum filtering may be used to increase the signal to noise ratio, and to search for a preferred direction of the speed of light. Using this technique we show that a sensitivity limit of order 7.10^-19 is possible by integrating data over one month. We propose methods to veto systematic effects by correlating the output of more than one experiment.