Testing kappa-Poincare with neutral kaons

Citation
G. Amelino-camelia et F. Buccella, Testing kappa-Poincare with neutral kaons, MOD PHY L A, 15(34), 2000, pp. 2119-2127
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
02177323 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
34
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2119 - 2127
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-7323(20001110)15:34<2119:TKWNK>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
In recent work on experimental tests of quantum-gravity-motivated phenomeno logical models, a significant role has been played by the so-called "kappa" deformations of Poincare symmetries. Sensitivity to values of the relevant deformation length lambda as small as 5 x 10(-33) m has been achieved in r ecent analyses comparing the structure of kappa -Poincare symmetries with d ata on the gamma rays we detect from distant astrophysical sources. We inve stigate violations of CPT symmetry which may be associated with kappa -Poin care in the physics of the neutral-kaon system. A simple estimate indicates that experiments on the neutral kaons may actually be more lambda -sensiti ve than the corresponding astrophysical experiments, and may already allow to probe values of lambda of order the Planck length.