Current short range tests of the gravitational inverse square law

Mar, 2003
19 pages
Published in:
  • Comptes Rendus Physique 4 (2003) 337-346
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Abstract:
Motivated in large part by the possibility of observing signatures of compact extra dimensions, experimental searches for deviations from Newtonian gravity at short distances have improved in sensitivity by many orders of magnitude in the past five years. We review the essential features of the experiments responsible for the current limits on new effects in the range from a few microns to a few centimeters, and discuss prospects for the near future.
Note:
  • 19 pages, 8 figures, minor corrections; to be published in Comptes Rendus Physique
  • gravitation: validity test
  • experimental methods: short-range
  • space-time: higher-dimensional
  • torsion
  • oscillator
  • force: Casimir
  • experimental equipment
  • experimental results