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Restrictions on the Hypothetical Long Range Interactions From the Casimir-type Null Experiment With Three Test Bodies

Year: 1994

Type: article

Abstract: A realistic null experiment is suggested in which the Casimir force between a plane plate and a spherical lens is compensated by the force of gravitational attraction. This configuration is shown to be very sensitive to the existence of additional hypothetical forces of Yukawa-type or power laws. From the suggested null experiment the restrictions on the Yukawa constant α can be strengthened by a factor up to 1000 in a wide range 10−8 m < λ < 10−4 m and by a factor of 10 for λ from several centimeters to several meters. For power law interactions the strengthening of restrictions by a factor of 20 is possible for the force decreasing as r−5.

Source: Modern Physics Letters A

DOI: 10.1142/s0217732394002513

Authors: M. BORDAG, V. M. MOSTEPANENKO, I. YU. SOKOLOV

Institutions: Leipzig University, St. Petersburg State Technological Institute

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1990678839

FWCI: 0.244

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