Particles and forces from chameleon dark energy
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2012-12-03 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
Chameleon dark energy is a matter-coupled scalar field which hides its fifth forces locally by becoming massive. We estimate torsion pendulum constraints on the residual fifth forces due to models with gravitation-strength couplings. Experiments such as Eot-Wash are on the verge of ruling out "quantum-stable" chameleon models, in which quantum corrections to the chameleon field and mass remain small. We also consider photon-coupled chameleons, which can be tested by afterglow experiments such as CHASE.
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@article{arxiv.1211.7066,
title = {Particles and forces from chameleon dark energy},
author = {Amol Upadhye},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.7066},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures. Contributed to the 8th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, Chicago, July 18-22, 2012