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| author | Amaral, Dorian W. P. Fuchs, Tim M. Ulbricht, Hendrik Tunnell, Christopher D. |
| author_facet | Amaral, Dorian W. P. Fuchs, Tim M. Ulbricht, Hendrik Tunnell, Christopher D. |
| contents | We present MORRIS (Magnetic Oscillatory Resonator for Rare-Interaction Studies) and propose the first tabletop search for non-Newtonian gravity due to a Yukawa-like fifth force using a magnetically levitated particle. Our experiment comprises a levitated sub-millimeter magnet in a superconducting trap that is driven by a time-periodic source. Featuring short-, medium-, and long-term stages, MORRIS will admit increasing sensitivities to the force coupling strength $α$, optimally probing screening lengths of $λ\sim 1\,\mathrm{mm}$. Our short-term setup provides a proof-of-principle study, with our medium- and long-term stages respectively constraining $α\lesssim 10^{-4}$ and $α\lesssim 10^{-5}$, leading over existing bounds. Our projections are readily recastable to concrete models predicting the existence of fifth forces, and our statistical analysis is generally applicable to well-characterized sinusoidal driving forces. By leveraging ultralow dissipation and heavy test masses, MORRIS opens a new window onto tests of small-scale gravity and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. |
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| spellingShingle | Magnetic Levitation as a New Probe of Non-Newtonian Gravity Amaral, Dorian W. P. Fuchs, Tim M. Ulbricht, Hendrik Tunnell, Christopher D. High Energy Physics - Phenomenology General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Experiment Quantum Physics We present MORRIS (Magnetic Oscillatory Resonator for Rare-Interaction Studies) and propose the first tabletop search for non-Newtonian gravity due to a Yukawa-like fifth force using a magnetically levitated particle. Our experiment comprises a levitated sub-millimeter magnet in a superconducting trap that is driven by a time-periodic source. Featuring short-, medium-, and long-term stages, MORRIS will admit increasing sensitivities to the force coupling strength $α$, optimally probing screening lengths of $λ\sim 1\,\mathrm{mm}$. Our short-term setup provides a proof-of-principle study, with our medium- and long-term stages respectively constraining $α\lesssim 10^{-4}$ and $α\lesssim 10^{-5}$, leading over existing bounds. Our projections are readily recastable to concrete models predicting the existence of fifth forces, and our statistical analysis is generally applicable to well-characterized sinusoidal driving forces. By leveraging ultralow dissipation and heavy test masses, MORRIS opens a new window onto tests of small-scale gravity and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. |
| title | Magnetic Levitation as a New Probe of Non-Newtonian Gravity |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Experiment Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17385 |