Constraining symmetron fields with atom interferometry

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 the parameter space. We discuss the possibility of networks of domain walls forming in the vacuum chamber, and how...

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Main Authors: Burrage, Clare, Kuribayashi-Coleman, Andrew, Stevenson, James, Thrussell, Ben
Format: Article
Published: IOPScience 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42087/
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Summary: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 the 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.