R^n gravity and the chameleon

Abstract

The Solar System bounds on R^n gravity are often ignored in the literature by invoking the chameleon mechanism. We show that in order for the latter to work, the exponent n must be ridicolously close to unity and, therefore, these theories are severely constrained.

5 pages, latex, 1 figure, to appear in Phys. Rev. D

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