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New Test of the Gravitational $1/r^2$ Law at Separations down to 52 $\mu$m

Authors :
Lee, J. G.
Adelberger, E. G.
Cook, T. S.
Fleischer, S. M.
Heckel, B. R.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

We tested the gravitational $1/r^2$ law using a stationary torsion-balance detector and a rotating attractor containing test bodies with both 18-fold and 120-fold azimuthal symmetries that simultaneously tests the $1/r^2$ law at two different length scales. We took data at detector-attractor separations between $52~\mu$m and 3.0 mm. Newtonian gravity gave an excellent fit to our data, limiting with 95\% confidence any gravitational-strength Yukawa interactions to ranges $< 38.6~\mu$m.<br />Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2002.11761
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.101101