Sub-millimeter Tests of the Gravitational Inverse Square Law
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Sub-mm tests of the gravitational inverse-square law are interesting from several quite different perspectives. This paper discusses work by the Eöt-Wash group performed since the publication of our initial result in February 2001. We find no evidence for short-range Yukawa interactions. Our results provide an upper limit of 200 μm on the size of the largest “extra” dimension, and for the unification scenario with 2 large extra dimensions, set an upper limit of 150 μm on the size of those dimensions.
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