Model Independent Constraints on Possible Modifications of Newtonian Gravity

1988
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 61 (1988) 1159-1162

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Abstract: (APS)
New model-independent constraints on possible modifications of Newtonian gravity over solar-system distance scales are presented and their implications discussed. The constraints arise from the analysis of various planetary astrometric data sets. The results of the model-independent analysis are then applied to set limits on a variation in the 1r2 behavior of gravity, on possible Yukawa-type interactions with ranges of the order of planetary distance scales, and on a deviation from Newtonian gravity of the type discussed by Milgrom.
  • GRAVITATION: CORRECTION
  • NEW INTERACTION
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS: INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTS