%0 Journal Article
%T Millimetre-Range Forces in Superstring Theories with Weak-Scale Compactification
%A I. Antoniadis
%A S. Dimopoulos
%A G. Dvali
%J Physics
%D 1997
%I arXiv
%R 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00808-0
%X 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 millimetre 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.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9710204v2