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Prospects for testing the inverse-square law and gravitomagnetism using quantum interference

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-12-25 v3 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We examine a simple tabletop experimental setup for probing the inverse-square law of gravity and detecting eventual deviations therefrom. The nature of the setup allows indeed to effectively reach for shorter distances compared to what is allowed by other methods. Furthermore, we show that the same setup could also in principle be used to probe the interaction between gravitomagnetism and the intrinsic angular spin of quantum particles. Moreover, we show that the setup allows to have a gravitationally induced harmonic oscillator, introducing thus the possibility of studying in a novel way the interaction between gravity and quantum particles.

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@article{arxiv.1910.13814,
  title  = {Prospects for testing the inverse-square law and gravitomagnetism using quantum interference},
  author = {Fayçal Hammad and Alexandre Landry and Kaleb Mathieu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.13814},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

44 pages, 1 figure. Matches the accepted version in Int.J.Mod.Phys.D

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