Probing additional dimensions in the universe with neutron experiments
Abstract
We carry out a simple analysis of (n+3)-dimensional gravity in the context of recent work on 'large' supplementary dimensions and deduce a formula for the expected compactification radius for the n additional dimensions in the universe, as a function of the Planck and the electro-weak scales. We argue that the correspondingly modified gravitational force gives rise to effects that might be within the detection range of dedicated neutron experiments. A scattering analysis of the corresponding modified gravitational forces suggests that slow neutron scattering off atomic nuclei with null spin may provide an experimental test for these ideas.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0305029,
title = {Probing additional dimensions in the universe with neutron experiments},
author = {Alejandro Frank and Piet van Isacker and Joaquin Gomez-Camacho},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0305029},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
A revised version suggesting a specific neutron-scattering experiment. Physics Letters B, accepted for publication