Tests of the gravitational inverse-square law below the dark-energy length scale.
By D. Kapner, T. Cook, E. Adelberger, J. Gundlach, B. Heckel, C. Hoyle, H. Swanson. Physical Review Letters, 2006
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We conducted three torsion-balance experiments to test the gravitational inverse-square law at separations between 9.53 mm and 55 microm, probing distances less than the dark-energy length scale lambda(d)=[4 -root](variant Planck's over 2pic/rho(d) approximately 85 microm. We find with 95% confidence that the inverse-square law holds (|alpha|<or=1) down to a length scale lambda=56 microm and that an extra dimension must have a size R<or=44 microm.
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