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CPT-symmetry studies with antihydrogen

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Various approaches to physics beyond the Standard Model can lead to small violations of CPT invariance. Since CPT symmetry can be measured with ultra-high precision, CPT tests offer an interesting phenomenological avenue to search for underlying physics. We discuss this reasoning in more detail, comment on the connection between CPT and Lorentz invariance, and review how CPT breaking would affect the (anti)hydrogen spectrum.

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Lehnert, R. CPT-symmetry studies with antihydrogen. Hyperfine Interact 209, 29–33 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-011-0534-y

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