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Register a new userOn measurement of the isotropy of the speed of light
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Bogdan Wojtsekhowski
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2014
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Physics
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English
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B. Wojtsekhowski
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Three experimental concepts investigating possible anisotropy of the speed of light are presented. They are based on i) beam deflection in a 180 degree magnetic arc, ii) narrow resonance production in an electron-positron collider, and iii) the ratio of magnetic moments of an electron and a positron moving in opposite directions.
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