Constraints on non-Newtonian gravity from the experiment on neutron quantum states in the earth's gravitational field

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/19/005

Constraints on non-Newtonian gravity from the experiment on neutron quantum states in the earth's gravitational field

Author

V V Nesvizhevsky ¹ and K V Protasov ²

Affiliations

¹ Institut Laue-Langevin, 6, rue Jules Horowitz BP 156, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
² Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, IN2P3-CNRS, UJFG, 53, Avenue des Martyrs, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France

E-mail

Nesvizh@ill.fr protasov@lpsc.in2p3.fr

Journal

Classical and Quantum Gravity Create an alert RSS this journal

Issue

Volume 21, Number 19

Citation

V V Nesvizhevsky and K V Protasov 2004 Class. Quantum Grav. 21 4557

doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/19/005

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Abstract

An upper limit to non-Newtonian attractive forces is obtained from the measurement of quantum states of neutrons in the earth's gravitational field. It is established in a completely new way and supports the existing constraints in the nanometre range.

PACS

04.80.Cc Experimental tests of gravitational theories

04.60.-m Quantum gravity

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