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In an article “Lorentz violation in high-energy ions” by S. Devasia published in this Journal [EPJ C 69, 343 (2010)], our recent Doppler shift experiments on fast ion beams are reanalyzed. Contrary to our analysis, Devasia concludes that our results provide an “indication of Lorentz violation”. We argue that this conclusion is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of our experimental scheme and reiterate that our results are in excellent agreement with Special Relativity.
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Saathoff, G., Reinhardt, S., Holzwarth, R. et al. Comment on: “Lorentz violation in high-energy ions” by Santosh Devasia. Eur. Phys. J. C 71, 1596 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1596-3
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