2020/03/02 by G. L. Klimchitskaya, Piret Kuusk, P. Kuusk +1 · 29 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Axion #Casimir effect #Casimir pressure #Classical mechanics #Cosmology #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Coupling (piping) #Coupling constant #Dark matter #Fifth force #Gravitation #Materials science #Newtonian fluid #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Nucleon #Particle physics #Physics #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Range (aeronautics) #Yukawa potential #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.101.056013
published in Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 101(5) (American Physical Society) · 16 pages, 2 figures; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
arxiv created 2020/03/02 · openalex publication_date 2020/03/19 · arxiv updated 2020/06/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We obtain constraints on the Yukawa-type corrections to Newton's gravitational law and on the coupling constant of axionlike particles to nucleons following from the experiment on measuring the Casimir force between a Au-coated microsphere and a silicon carbide plate. For this purpose, both the Yukawa-type force and the force due to two-axion exchange between nucleons are calculated in the experimental configuration. In the interaction range of Yukawa force exceeding 1 nm and for axion masses above 17.8 eV, the obtained constraints are much stronger than those found previously from measuring the lateral Casimir force between sinusoidally corrugated surfaces. These results are compared with the results of other laboratory experiments on constraining non-Newtonian gravity and axionlike particles in the relevant interaction ranges.