Tuning the Mass of Chameleon Fields in Casimir Force Experiments
Quantum Physics
2014-11-20 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We have calculated the chameleon pressure between two parallel plates in the presence of an intervening medium that affects the mass of the chameleon field. As intuitively expected, the gas in the gap weakens the chameleon interaction mechanism with a screening effect that increases with the plate separation and with the density of the intervening medium. This phenomenon might open up new directions in the search of chameleon particles with future long range Casimir force experiments.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1003.1605,
title = {Tuning the Mass of Chameleon Fields in Casimir Force Experiments},
author = {Ph. Brax and C. van de Bruck and A. C. Davis and D. J. Shaw and D. Iannuzzi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.1605},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
submitted for publication on March 8, 2010