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arxiv: hep-th/0106134 · v3 · submitted 2001-06-15 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc· hep-ex· hep-ph

Higher Dimensional Operators or Large Extra Dimensions?

classification ✦ hep-th gr-qchep-exhep-ph
keywords dimensionslargeextrahigherdetectingdimensionaleffectsexperiments
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We deform gravity with higher curvature terms in four dimensions and argue that the non-relativistic limit is of the same form as the non-relativistic limit of the theories with large extra dimensions. Therefore the experiments that perform sub-millimeter tests of inverse-square law cannot distinguish the effects of large extra dimensions from the effects of higher dimensional operators. In other words instead of detecting the presence of sub-millimeter dimensions; the experiments could be detecting the existence of massive modes of gravity with large masses ($\ge 10^{-3}$ eV)

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