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Test of non-Newtonian gravitational force at micrometer range

2016/07/18 by Pengshun Luo, Luo, Pengshun, Jianbo Wang +13
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #gr-qc #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1607.05985

Presented at the Seventh Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Bloomington, Indiana, June 20-24, 2016

arxiv created 2016/07/18 · arxiv updated 2016/07/21

Abstract

We report an experimental test of non-Newtonian gravitational forces at mi- crometer range. To experimentally subtract off the Casimir force and the electrostatic force background, differential force measurements were performed by sensing the lateral force between a gold sphere and a density modulated source mass using a soft cantilever. The current sensitivity is limited by the patch electrostatic force, which is further improved by two dimensional (2D) force mapping. The preliminary result sets a model independent constraint on the Yukawa type force at this range.

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