A Limit on Short-range Modifications to Gravity

2004/06/28 by P. J. S. Watson, Watson, P. J. S.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Planetary Science and Exploration #Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0406308

4 pages, 1 fig

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Abstract

There has been considerable interest in providing new limits on the short range behaviour of gravity, or, in general, anomalous short-range interactions. In this note we show that one use the interaction of ultra-cold neutrons to obtain a better limit below about 10 nm.

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