Probing Dark Energy with Atom Interferometry
arXiv:1408.1409 · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2015/03/042
Abstract
Theories of dark energy require a screening mechanism to explain why the associated scalar fields do not mediate observable long range fifth forces. The archetype of this is the chameleon field. Here we show that individual atoms are too small to screen the chameleon field inside a large high-vacuum chamber, and therefore can detect the field with high sensitivity. We derive new limits on the chameleon parameters from existing experiments, and show that most of the remaining chameleon parameter space is readily accessible using atom interferometry.
5 pages plus appendices, 4 figures v2. Error in Appendix C corrected, conclusions of the main text unchanged. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article published in JCAP. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available at doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2015/03/042
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