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Millimeter Range Forces in Superstring Theories with Weak-Scale Compactification

We show that theories, in which supersymmetry is broken via Scherk-Schwarz compactification at the weak scale, possess at least one scalar particle with Compton wavelength in the millimeter range which mediates a force with strength 1/3 of gravity. Such forces are going to be explored in upcoming ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Antoniadis, Ignatios, Dimopoulos, S., Dvali, G.R.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00808-0
http://cds.cern.ch/record/335217
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Sumario:We show that theories, in which supersymmetry is broken via Scherk-Schwarz compactification at the weak scale, possess at least one scalar particle with Compton wavelength in the millimeter range which mediates a force with strength 1/3 of gravity. Such forces are going to be explored in upcoming experiments using micro-electromechanical systems or cantilever technology. We also present a simple way of understanding some decoupling aspects of these theories by analogy with finite temperature field theory.