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A nanonewton force facility to test Newton's law of gravity at micro‐ and submicrometer distances
Author(s) -
Nesterov Vladimir,
Buetefisch Sebastian,
Koenders Ludger
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.201300057
Subject(s) - physics , micrometer , fifth force , sensitivity (control systems) , newtonian fluid , scale (ratio) , classical mechanics , mechanics , geodesy , aerospace engineering , law , optics , cosmology , engineering , geology , astrophysics , quantum mechanics , electronic engineering , dark energy , political science
An experiment to test Newton's law of gravity at micro‐ and submicrometer distances using a nanonewton force facility at PTB and modern microtechnologies is proposed. It is anticipated that the proposed method can advance the search for non‐Newtonian gravity forces via an enhanced sensitivity of 10 3 to 10 4 in comparison to current experiments at the micrometer length scale.