Constraining exotic interactions

TL;DR

This paper reviews the classification of exotic interactions beyond the standard model mediated by new bosons and summarizes recent experimental efforts to detect these interactions across various spatial scales.

Contribution

It provides a systematic classification of potential exotic interactions and reviews recent experimental searches spanning from sub-nanometer to astronomical distances.

Findings

Classification of possible exotic potentials

Summary of recent experimental constraints

Range of spatial scales explored in experiments

Abstract

Beyond-the-standard-model interactions mediated by an exchange of virtual "new" bosons result in a finite set of possible effective interaction potentials between standard-model particles such as electrons and nucleons. We discuss the classification of such potentials and briefly review recent experiments searching for such exotic interactions at spatial scales from sub-nanometers to tens of thousand kilometers.