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Prospects for electron spin-dependent short-range force experiments with rare earth iron garnet test masses

T. M. Leslie1,*, E. Weisman1, R. Khatiwada1,2, and J. C. Long1,†

  • 1Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA and IU Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA

  • *Present address: Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
  • †Corresponding author.
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Phys. Rev. D 89, 114022 – Published 24 June, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.114022

Abstract

A study of the possible interactions between fermions assuming only rotational invariance has revealed 15 forms for the potential involving the fermion spins. We review the experimental constraints on unobserved macroscopic, spin-dependent interactions between electrons in the range below 1 cm. An existing experiment, using 1 kHz mechanical oscillators as test masses, has been used to constrain mass-coupled forces in this range. With suitable modifications, including spin-polarized test masses, this experiment can be used to explore all 15 possible spin-dependent interactions between electrons in this range with unprecedented sensitivity. Samples of ferrimagnetic dysprosium iron garnet have been fabricated in the suitable test mass geometry and shown to have spin densities on the order of 1020ℏ/cm3 with very low intrinsic magnetism.

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Phys. Rev. D 89, 114022– Published 24 June, 2014
  • Received 26 January 2014

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