The Shape Dependence of Chameleon Gravity

The chameleon model is a modified gravity theory that introduces an additional scalar field that couples to matter through a conformal coupling. This `chameleon field' possesses a screening mechanism through a nonlinear self-interaction term which allows the field to affect cosmological observa...

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Main Author: Briddon, Chad
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/76774/