https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20147802001
Equation and test of possible delay time of Newton force
Wigner Research Center for Physics, H-1525 Budapest 114., P.O.Box 49, Hungary
a e-mail: diosi.lajos@wigner.mta.hu
Published online: 25 September 2014
Recently, a simple heuristic modification of the Newton potential with a nonzero delay-time τG has been proposed. Our modification is largely suppressed for purely gravitational interactions, it becomes relevant under non-gravitational accelerations of the sources. We illustrate how the choice τG ~ 1 ms may already influence the 5th digit of G determined by Cavendish experiments. Re-evaluation of old Cavendish experiments and implementing slightly modified new ones may confirm the proposal or, at least, put a stronger upper limit on τG.
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