Probing Non-Newtonian gravity by photoassociation spectroscopy

[摘要] State of the art photoassociative measurements of bound state energies in the ground state Yb2molecule are used to establish limits on non-Newtonian gravity at Yukawa ranges of nanometers.

[发布机构] Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziadzka 5, Torun; 87-100, Poland^1;Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 100 Novaya Street, Skolkovo, Moscow Region; 143025, Russia^2;Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Maryland, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg; MD; 20899-8423, United States^3;Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto; 606-8502, Japan^4;CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; 102-0075, Japan^5;Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics RAS, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region; 142432, Russia^6

[关键词] Bound-state energies;Measurements of;Non-Newtonian gravity;Photoassociation spectroscopy;State of the art