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Extremely weak new forces could lead to apparent violations of theEquivalence Principle. The MICROSCOPE experiment implies that the relativestrength of a new long-range force, compared with gravity, is constrained to$|\bar\alpha_g|<3.2\ 10^{-11},2.3\ 10^{-13},2.2\ 10^{-13},6.7\ 10^{-13}$ and$1.5\ 10^{-12}$ at $2\sigma$, for a coupling to $B,\ L,\ B-L,\ B+L$ or $3B+L$;or, for a coupling to isospin, $|\alpha_g|<8.4\ 10^{-12}$. This is a gain insensitivity $\simeq 3$ for a coupling to $B$, to $\approx$ 15 in the othercases, including $B-L$ as suggested by grand unification.  This requires paying attention to the definition of $\bar\alpha_g$. A forcecoupled to $L$ (or $B-L$) would act effectively on protons (or neutrons) only,its relative intensity being reduced from $\alpha_g$ to about$\bar\alpha_g=\alpha_g/4$ for an average nucleon. It is thus convenient to viewsuch forces as acting on $\bar Q =B,\ 2L,\ 2(B-L),2(B+L)/3$ or $2(3B+L)/7$,leading to $\bar\alpha_g=\alpha_g\times(1,1/4,1/4,9/4$ or $49/4$). Thesensitivity for a coupling to $L$ or $B-L$ is better than for $B$ by two ordersof magnitude (as $\Delta (2L/A_r)\simeq 144\ \Delta (B/A_r)$ for Ti-Pt); andabout 3 or 7 times better than for $B+L$ or $3B+L$.  A coupling to $(\epsilon_BB+\epsilon_{Q_{el}}Q_{el})e$ should verify$|\epsilon_B|<5\ 10^{-24}$; similarly $|\epsilon_L|$ or $|\epsilon_{B-L}|<.9\10^{-24}$, $|\epsilon_{B+L}|<.5\ 10^{-24},|\epsilon_{3B+L}|<.32\ 10^{-24}$ and$|\epsilon_{B-2L}|<2.6\ 10^{-24}$, implying a new interaction weaker thanelectromagnetism by more than $10^{46}$ to $10^{48}$. The resulting hierarchybetween couplings, typically by $>10^{24}$, may be related within supersymmetrywith a large hierarchy in energy scales by $>10^{12}$. This points to a$\sqrt\xi\approx 10^{16}$ GeV scale, associated with a huge vacuum energydensity that may be responsible for the inflation of the early Universe.

MICROSCOPE limits on the strength of a new force, with comparisons to gravity and electromagnetism