Tests of the gravitational inverse-square law below the dark-energy length scale

Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Jan 12;98(2):021101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.021101. Epub 2007 Jan 8.

Abstract

We conducted three torsion-balance experiments to test the gravitational inverse-square law at separations between 9.53 mm and 55 microm, probing distances less than the dark-energy length scale lambda(d)=[4 -root](variant Planck's over 2pic/rho(d) approximately 85 microm. We find with 95% confidence that the inverse-square law holds (|alpha|<or=1) down to a length scale lambda=56 microm and that an extra dimension must have a size R<or=44 microm.