TEST OF THE GRAVITATIONAL INVERSE-SQUARE LAW AT 0.4-M TO 1.4-M MASS SEPARATIONS

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作者
GOODKIND, JM
CZIPOTT, PV
MILLS, AP
MURAKAMI, M
PLATZMAN, PM
YOUNG, CW
ZUCKERMAN, DM
机构
[1] SQM TECHNOL,LA JOLLA,CA 92038
[2] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
[3] GEOG SURVEY INST,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1993年 / 47卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.47.1290
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Using a superconducting gravimeter, we have measured the force on a spherical shell of Nb due to the presence of a spherical mass M that is periodically moved up and down on an elevator underneath the gravimeter. Over a distance range from 0.4 to 1.4 m Newton's inverse square law is verified to a precision of +/- 1 %. At a 95% confidence level, our data restrict the coupling constant a of a non-Newtonian Yukawa potential to be \alpha\ < 0.012G for Yukawa ranges from 0.2 to 2.0 m.
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页码:1290 / 1297
页数:8
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