Combined Test of the Gravitational Inverse-Square Law at the Centimeter Range

Phys Rev Lett. 2021 May 28;126(21):211101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.211101.

Abstract

Experiments measuring the Newtonian gravitational constant G can offer uniquely sensitive probes of the test of the gravitational inverse-square law. An analysis of the non-Newtonian effect in two independent experiments measuring G is presented, which permits a test of the 1/r^{2} law at the centimeter range. This work establishes the strongest bound on the magnitude α of Yukawa-type deviations from Newtonian gravity in the range of 5-500 mm and improves the previous bounds by up to a factor of 7 at the length range of 60-100 mm.