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Strong Coupling Regime of Chameleon Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2009

D.F. Mota
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
D.J. Shaw
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
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Abstract

In chameleon theories where the field couples to matter much more strongly than gravity does, the fifth force between two bodies with thin-shell is independent of their coupling to the field. As a consequence present days bounds on these models can be exponentially relaxed.

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Research Article
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2009

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