Abstract
An experiment has been performed to demonstrate a new source-independent null test of the inverse square law of gravitation. A single-axis superconducting gravity gradiometer was rotated into three orthogonal orientations to measure the Laplacian of the gravitational potential produced by a 1600-kg lead pendulum at an average distance of 2.3 m. The result is that if one assumes a potential of the form , the value of is + 0.024±0.036 at m.
- Received 16 August 1982
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.1745
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