TY - JOUR
T1 - The feasibility of testing the inverse square law of gravitational at Newtonian strength and at mass separations of 1 μm
AU - Speake, Clive
AU - Hammond, Giles
AU - Trenkel-Siebold, Christian
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - We examine the feasibility of searching for violations of the inverse square law of gravitation with Newtonian strength and at particle separations of 1 mum. We discuss systematic uncertainties, such as spurious forces due to the Casimir force, and various sources of random uncertainty, including those due to patch fields and detector noise. Our analysis suggests that a cryogenic, drag-free space environment is necessary to make the experiment feasible, as thermal and vibrational noise could potentially be reduced to the required level in such an environment.
AB - We examine the feasibility of searching for violations of the inverse square law of gravitation with Newtonian strength and at particle separations of 1 mum. We discuss systematic uncertainties, such as spurious forces due to the Casimir force, and various sources of random uncertainty, including those due to patch fields and detector noise. Our analysis suggests that a cryogenic, drag-free space environment is necessary to make the experiment feasible, as thermal and vibrational noise could potentially be reduced to the required level in such an environment.
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U2 - 10.1023/B:GERG.0000010727.43478.ff
DO - 10.1023/B:GERG.0000010727.43478.ff
M3 - Article
VL - 36
SP - 503
EP - 521
JO - General Relativity and Gravitation
JF - General Relativity and Gravitation
IS - 3
ER -