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| Author(s): |
Brax, Philippe
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Fichet, Sylvain
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Pignol, Guillaume
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PHYSICAL REVIEW D; v. 97, n. 11, p. 17-pg., 2018-06-20. |
| Abstract | |
Dark sectors lying beyond the Standard Model and containing sub-GeV particles which are bilinearly coupled to nucleons would induce quantum forces of the Casimir-Polder type in ordinary matter. Such new forces can be tested by a variety of experiments over many orders of magnitude. We provide a generic interpretation of these experimental searches and apply it to a sample of forces from dark scalars behaving as 1/r(3), 1/r(5), 1/r(7) at short range. The landscape of constraints on such quantum forces differs from the one of modified gravity with Yukawa interactions and features, in particular, strong short-distance bounds from molecular spectroscopy and neutron scattering. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/21477-2 - Particle physics at the TeV scale and beyond: models and interpretations |
| Grantee: | Sylvain Pierre Joseph Fichet |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |