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Test of the law of gravitation at small accelerations

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Newton’s Law of Gravitation has been tested at small values a of the acceleration, down to a ≈ 10−10 ms−2, the approximate value of MOND’s constant a 0. Within experimental errors no deviations from Newton’s Law were found. A comparison with six versions of the MOND interpolation function is given. Under the assumptions made in this paper one of the versions can be excluded.

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  1. Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstraße 20, 42119, Wuppertal, Germany

    H. Meyer

  2. Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany

    E. Lohrmann & S. Schubert

  3. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestraße 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany

    W. Bartel, A. Glazov, B. Löhr, C. Niebuhr & E. Wünsch

  4. Physics Department, University of Lund, Soelvegatan 14, 22362, Lund, Sweden

    L. Jönsson

  5. Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt (HSVA), Bramfelder Straße 164, 22305, Hamburg, Germany

    G. Kempf

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Meyer, H., Lohrmann, E., Schubert, S. et al. Test of the law of gravitation at small accelerations. Gen Relativ Gravit 44, 2537–2545 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-012-1411-y

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