Torsion-balance tests of the weak equivalence principle
Abstract
We briefly summarize motivations for testing the weak equivalence principle and then review recent torsion-balance results that compare the differential accelerations of beryllium-aluminum and beryllium-titanium test-body pairs with precisions at the part in 1013 level. We discuss some implications of these results for the gravitational properties of antimatter and dark matter and speculate about the prospects for further improvements in experimental sensitivity.
- Publication:
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Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Pub Date:
- September 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0264-9381/29/18/184002
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1207.2442
- Bibcode:
- 2012CQGra..29r4002W
- Keywords:
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- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Experiment
- E-Print:
- 17 pages, 9 figures (in press Classical Quantum Gravity 2012)