Inverse Compton testing of fundamental physics and the cosmic background radiation.
Abstract
The precise cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) measurements by COBE and other facilities can provide interesting possibilities for the experimental checking of some basic physical parameters. In this context the inverse Compton scattering of highly monochromatic and parallel electron beams on laser photons is proposed for testing special relativity and related basic principles. Of special interest can be the checking of the isotropy of the speed of light with respect the direction of the CMB dipole (a kind of Michelson-Morley experiment relative to the absolute rest coordinate system).
- Publication:
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Physica Scripta
- Pub Date:
- 1996
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0031-8949/53/5/001
- Bibcode:
- 1996PhyS...53..513G
- Keywords:
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- Cosmic Microwave Background: Compton Scattering;
- Relativity Theory: Tests