@article{93a157ceebc14297bb6b8dc114e1ba57,
title = "Neutrino interferometry for high-precision tests of Lorentz symmetry with IceCube",
abstract = "Lorentz symmetry is a fundamental spacetime symmetry underlying both the standard model of particle physics and general relativity. This symmetry guarantees that physical phenomena are observed to be the same by all inertial observers. However, unified theories, such as string theory, allow for violation of this symmetry by inducing new spacetime structure at the quantum gravity scale. Thus, the discovery of Lorentz symmetry violation could be the first hint of these theories in nature. Here we report the results of the most precise test of spacetime symmetry in the neutrino sector to date. We use high-energy atmospheric neutrinos observed at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory to search for anomalous neutrino oscillations as signals of Lorentz violation. We find no evidence for such phenomena. This allows us to constrain the size of the dimension-four operator in the standard-model extension for Lorentz violation to the 1 0 - 28 level and to set limits on higher-dimensional operators in this framework. These are among the most stringent limits on Lorentz violation set by any physical experiment.",
author = "{The IceCube Collaboration} and Aartsen, {M. G.} and Hill, {G. C.} and A. Kyriacou and S. Robertson and A. Wallace and Whelan, {B. J.} and M. Ackermann and E. Bernardini and S. Blot and F. Bradascio and Bretz, {H. P.} and J. Brostean-Kaiser and A. Franckowiak and E. Jacobi and T. Karg and T. Kintscher and S. Kunwar and R. Nahnhauer and K. Satalecka and C. Spiering and J. Stachurska and A. Stasik and Strotjohann, {N. L.} and A. Terliuk and M. Usner and {van Santen}, J. and J. Adams and H. Bagherpour and Aguilar, {J. A.} and I. Ansseau and D. Heereman and K. Meagher and T. Meures and A. O{\textquoteright}Murchadha and E. Pinat and C. Raab and M. Ahlers and E. Bourbeau and Koskinen, {D. J.} and Larson, {M. J.} and M. Medici and M. Rameez and T. Stuttard and M. Ahrens and C. Bohm and Dumm, {J. P.} and C. Finley and S. Flis and T. Anderson and Cowen, {D. F.}",
note = "Funding Information: We acknowledge the support from the following agencies: USA—US National Science Foundation–Office of Polar Programs, US National Science Foundation–Physics Division, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Open Science Grid (OSG), Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), US Department of Energy–National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, Particle astrophysics research computing centre at the University of Maryland, Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research at Michigan State University and Astroparticle physics computational facility at Marquette University; Belgium—Funds for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS and FWO), FWO Odysseus and Big Science programmes, and Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Belspo); Germany—Bundesministerium f{\"u}r Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP), Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), and High Performance Computing cluster of the RWTH Aachen; Sweden—Swedish Research Council, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC), and Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; Australia—Australian Research Council; Canada—Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Calcul Qu{\'e}bec, Compute Ontario, Canada Foundation for Innovation, WestGrid and Compute Canada; Denmark—Villum Fonden, Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF); New Zealand—Marsden Fund; Japan—Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Institute for Global Prominent Research (IGPR) of Chiba University; Korea—National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); Switzerland—Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); UK—Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and The Royal Society. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, The Author(s).",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/s41567-018-0172-2",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "14",
pages = "961--966",
journal = "Nature Physics",
issn = "1745-2473",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "9",
}