Tests of new physics from precise measurements of the Casimir pressure between two gold-coated plates

R. S. Decca, D. López, E. Fischbach, G. L. Klimchitskaya, D. E. Krause, V. M. Mostepanenko

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Abstract

A micromechanical torsion oscillator has been used to strengthen the limits on new Yukawa forces by determining the Casimir pressure between two gold-coated plates. By significantly reducing the random errors and obtaining the electronic parameters of the gold coatings, we were able to conclusively exclude the predictions of large thermal effects below 1μm and strengthen the constraints on Yukawa corrections to Newtonian gravity in the interaction range from 29.5 nm to 86 nm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number077101
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume75
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 23 2007

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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