Strengthening constraints on Yukawa-type corrections to Newtonian gravity from measuring the Casimir force between a cylinder and a plate

doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.82.115005

Title: Strengthening constraints on Yukawa-type corrections to Newtonian gravity from measuring the Casimir force between a cylinder and a plate

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We discuss the possibility of obtaining stronger constraints on non-Newtonian gravity from measuring the gradient of the Casimir force between a cylinder and a plate. The exact analytical expression for the Yukawa-type force in a cylinder-plate configuration is obtained, as well as its asymptotic expansions. The gravitational force is compared with the Casimir force acting between a cylinder and a plate. Numerical computations for the prospective constraints on non-Newtonian gravity are performed for a recently proposed experiment using a microfabricated cylinder attached to a micromachined oscillator. Specifically, it is shown that this experiment is expected to obtain up to 70 times stronger constraints on the Yukawa-type force, compared with the best present day limits, over a wide interaction range from 12.5 to 630 nm.

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Klimchitskaya, G L; Romero, C ^[1]

Department of Physics, Federal University of Paraiba, C.P.5008, CEP 58059-900, Joao Pessoa, Pb (Brazil)

Publication Date:: 2010-12-01

OSTI Identifier:: 21513037

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 82; Journal Issue: 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.115005; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2821

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; CASIMIR EFFECT; CORRECTIONS; EXPANSION; GRAVITATION; INTERACTION RANGE; OSCILLATORS; YUKAWA POTENTIAL; DISTANCE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; NUCLEAR POTENTIAL; POTENTIALS

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                    Klimchitskaya, G L, and Romero, C. Strengthening constraints on Yukawa-type corrections to Newtonian gravity from measuring the Casimir force between a cylinder and a plate.  United States: N. p., 2010. 
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                    Klimchitskaya, G L, & Romero, C. Strengthening constraints on Yukawa-type corrections to Newtonian gravity from measuring the Casimir force between a cylinder and a plate.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.82.115005

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                    Klimchitskaya, G L, and Romero, C. Wed .  
        "Strengthening constraints on Yukawa-type corrections to Newtonian gravity from measuring the Casimir force between a cylinder and a plate".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.82.115005.

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@article{osti_21513037,

  title        = {Strengthening constraints on Yukawa-type corrections to Newtonian gravity from measuring the Casimir force between a cylinder and a plate},

  author       = {Klimchitskaya, G L and Romero, C},

  abstractNote = {We discuss the possibility of obtaining stronger constraints on non-Newtonian gravity from measuring the gradient of the Casimir force between a cylinder and a plate. The exact analytical expression for the Yukawa-type force in a cylinder-plate configuration is obtained, as well as its asymptotic expansions. The gravitational force is compared with the Casimir force acting between a cylinder and a plate. Numerical computations for the prospective constraints on non-Newtonian gravity are performed for a recently proposed experiment using a microfabricated cylinder attached to a micromachined oscillator. Specifically, it is shown that this experiment is expected to obtain up to 70 times stronger constraints on the Yukawa-type force, compared with the best present day limits, over a wide interaction range from 12.5 to 630 nm.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PHYSREVD.82.115005},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21513037},
  journal      = {Physical Review. D, Particles Fields},

  issn         = {0556-2821},

  number       = 11,

  volume       = 82,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2010},

  month        = {12}

}

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