Limits to differences in active and passive charges

2007/03/15 by C. Laemmerzahl, A. Macias, H. Mueller
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.atom-ph #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.75.052104

published as Phys.Rev.A75:052104,2007 · 6 pages Revtex. To appear in Phys. Rev. A

arxiv created 2007/03/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We explore consequences of a hypothetical difference between active charges, which generate electric fields, and passive charges, which respond to them. A confrontation to experiments using atoms, molecules, or macroscopic matter yields limits on their fractional difference at levels down to 10^-21, which at the same time corresponds to an experimental confirmation of Newtons third law.

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