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Jan 1992

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Physical Review Letters (ISSN 0031-9007), vol. 68, Jan. 13, 1992, p. 135-138.

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64

Earth Gravitation, Gravitational Fields, Mercury Isotopes, Nuclear Spin, Frequency Distribution, Magnetic Fields, Power Spectra, Precession

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The ratio of nuclear spin-precession frequencies of Hg-199 and Hg-201 atoms were measured for two orientations of magnetic field relative to the earth's gravitational field. It is found that the spin-dependent component of gravitational energy is less than 2.2 x 10 exp -21 eV, a substantial improvement over previous limits. The present result provides a test of the equivalence principle for nuclear spins, and sets limits on the magnitude of possible scalar-pseudoscalar interactions which would couple to the spins.

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