Constraints on Theoretical Predictions Beyond the Standard Model from the Casimir Effect and Some Other Tabletop Physics

TL;DR

This paper reviews how tabletop experiments, especially those involving the Casimir effect, constrain hypothetical interactions beyond the Standard Model, including various potentials and exotic particles related to quantum vacuum and cosmology.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of current experimental constraints on beyond-Standard-Model interactions derived from tabletop physics experiments.

Findings

Current constraints on hypothetical interactions from Casimir effect data

Limits on exotic particles related to dark energy and cosmological constant

Analysis of various potential types beyond the Standard Model

Abstract

We review the hypothetical interactions predicted beyond the Standard Model which could be constrained by using the results of tabletop laboratory experiments. These interactions are described by the power-type potentials with different powers, Yukawa potential, other spin-independent potentials, and by the spin-dependent potentials of different kinds. In all these cases the current constraints on respective hypothetical interactions are considered which follow from the Casimir effect and some other tabletop physics. The exotic particles and constraints on them are discussed in the context of problems of the quantum vacuum, dark energy, and the cosmological constant.