Test of the Law of Gravitation at small Accelerations
H.Meyer (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal), E.Lohrmann, S.Schubert, (Universitaet Hamburg), W.Bartel, A.Glazov, B.Loehr, C.Niebuhr, E.Wuensch, (DESY), L.Joensson (University of Lund), G.Kempf (Hamburgische, Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt)
TL;DR
This paper reports an experimental test of Newton's Law of Gravitation at very small accelerations around 10^{-10} m/s^2, finding no deviations from the classical law.
Contribution
It provides the first precise experimental verification of Newtonian gravity at accelerations comparable to those where alternative theories like MOND predict deviations.
Findings
No deviations from Newton's Law at small accelerations
Supports the validity of Newtonian gravity down to 10^{-10} m/s^2
Constraints on alternative gravity theories like MOND
Abstract
Newton's Law of Gravitation has been tested at small values of the acceleration, down to a=10^{-10} m/s^2, the approximate value of MOND's constant a_0. No deviations were found.
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