English

Constraining symmetron fields with atom interferometry

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2017-01-04 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We apply the new constraints from atom-interferometry searches for screening mechanisms to the symmetron model, finding that these experiments exclude a previously unexplored region of parameter space. We discuss the possibility of networks of domain walls forming in the vacuum chamber, and how this could be used to discriminate between models of screening.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1609.09275,
  title  = {Constraining symmetron fields with atom interferometry},
  author = {Clare Burrage and Andrew Kuribayashi-Coleman and James Stevenson and Ben Thrussell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.09275},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figures

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