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Setting Limits on Supersymmetry Using Simplified Models
Published on: November 15, 2013
Eötvös bounds on couplings of fundamental parameters to gravity
1Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 16, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Abstract:
The possible dependence of fundamental couplings and mass ratios on the gravitational potential has been bounded by comparing atomic clock frequencies over Earth's elliptical orbit. Here we evaluate bounds on such a dependence from Eötvös-type experiments that test the weak equivalence principle, including previously neglected contributions from nuclear binding energy. We find that variations of fundamental parameters correlated with the gravitational potential are limited at 10(-8)-10(-9), an improvement of 2-3 orders of magnitude over atomic clock bounds.
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