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Limits on new long range nuclear spin-dependent forces set with a K-3He co-magnetometer

Atomic Physics 2010-01-11 v2

Abstract

A magnetometer using spin-polarized K and 3^3He atoms occupying the same volume is used to search for anomalous nuclear spin-dependent forces generated by a separate 3^3He spin source. We measure changes in the 3^3He spin precession frequency with a resolution of 18 pHz and constrain anomalous spin forces between neutrons to be less than 2×1082 \times 10^{-8} of their magnetic or less than 2×1032\times 10^{-3} of their gravitational interactions on a length scale of 50 cm. We present new limits on neutron coupling to light pseudoscalar and vector particles, including torsion, and constraints on recently proposed models involving unparticles and spontaneous breaking of Lorentz symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.0809.4700,
  title  = {Limits on new long range nuclear spin-dependent forces set with a K-3He co-magnetometer},
  author = {G. Vasilakis and J. M. Brown and T. W. Kornack and M. V. Romalis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4700},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, latest version as appeared in PRL

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