Significance of Composition-Dependent Effects in Fifth-Force Searches
Autor: | Megan H. McDuffie, Michael J. Mueterthies, Ephraim Fischbach, Carol Scarlett, J. T. Gruenwald, Dennis E. Krause |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Physics
Fifth force General Physics and Astronomy FOS: Physical sciences Mechanics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) Composition (combinatorics) Eötvös experiment 01 natural sciences General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 010305 fluids & plasmas Acceleration High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) 0103 physical sciences 010306 general physics |
Popis: | Indications of a possible composition-dependent fifth force, based on a reanalysis of the E\"{o}tv\"{o}s experiment, have not been supported by a number of modern experiments. Here, we argue that searching for a composition-dependent fifth force necessarily requires data from experiments in which the acceleration differences of three or more independent pairs of test samples of varying composition are determined. We suggest that a new round of fifth-force experiments is called for, in each of which three or more different pairs of samples are compared. Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, minor changes and corrections to match published version |
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