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| author | Yin, Peiran Li, Rui Yin, Chengjiang Xu, Xiangyu Bian, Xiang Xie, Han Duan, Chang-Kui Huang, Pu He, Jian-hua Du, Jiangfeng |
| author_facet | Yin, Peiran Li, Rui Yin, Chengjiang Xu, Xiangyu Bian, Xiang Xie, Han Duan, Chang-Kui Huang, Pu He, Jian-hua Du, Jiangfeng |
| contents | The nature of dark energy is one of the most outstanding problems in physical science, and various theories have been proposed. It is therefore essential to directly verify or rule out these theories experimentally. However, despite substantial efforts in astrophysical observations and laboratory experiments, previous tests have not yet acquired enough accuracy to provide decisive conclusions as to the validity of these theories. Here, using a diamagnetically levitated force sensor, we carry out a test on one of the most compelling explanations for dark energy to date, namely the Chameleon theory, an ultra-light scalar field with screening mechanisms, which couples to normal-matter fields and leaves a detectable fifth force. Our results extend previous results by nearly two orders of magnitude to the entire physical plausible parameter space of cosmologically viable chameleon models. We find no evidence for such a fifth force. Our results decisively rule out the basic chameleon model as a candidate for dark energy. Our work, thus, demonstrates the robustness of laboratory experiments in unveiling the nature of dark energy in the future. The methodology developed here can be further applied to study a broad range of fundamental physics. |
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| spellingShingle | Challenging theories of dark energy with levitated force sensor Yin, Peiran Li, Rui Yin, Chengjiang Xu, Xiangyu Bian, Xiang Xie, Han Duan, Chang-Kui Huang, Pu He, Jian-hua Du, Jiangfeng General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Instrumentation and Detectors The nature of dark energy is one of the most outstanding problems in physical science, and various theories have been proposed. It is therefore essential to directly verify or rule out these theories experimentally. However, despite substantial efforts in astrophysical observations and laboratory experiments, previous tests have not yet acquired enough accuracy to provide decisive conclusions as to the validity of these theories. Here, using a diamagnetically levitated force sensor, we carry out a test on one of the most compelling explanations for dark energy to date, namely the Chameleon theory, an ultra-light scalar field with screening mechanisms, which couples to normal-matter fields and leaves a detectable fifth force. Our results extend previous results by nearly two orders of magnitude to the entire physical plausible parameter space of cosmologically viable chameleon models. We find no evidence for such a fifth force. Our results decisively rule out the basic chameleon model as a candidate for dark energy. Our work, thus, demonstrates the robustness of laboratory experiments in unveiling the nature of dark energy in the future. The methodology developed here can be further applied to study a broad range of fundamental physics. |
| title | Challenging theories of dark energy with levitated force sensor |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Instrumentation and Detectors |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.09791 |