Submillimeter test of the gravitational inverse-square law: A search for "large" extra dimensions

被引：454

作者：

Hoyle, CD ^{[1
]}

Schmidt, U ^{[1
]}

Heckel, BR ^{[1
]}

Adelberger, EG ^{[1
]}

Gundlach, JH ^{[1
]}

Kapner, DJ ^{[1
]}

Swanson, HE ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Washington, Dept Phys, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2001年 / 86卷 / 08期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1418

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Motivated by higher-dimensional theories that predict new effects, we tested thr gravitational 1/r(2) law at separations ranging down to 218 mum using a 10-fold symmetric torsion pendulum and a rotating 10-fold symmetric attractor. We improved previous short-range constraints by up to a factor of 1000 and find no deviations from Newtonian physics.

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页码：1418 / 1421

页数：4

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