A Search for Scalar Chameleons with ADMX

Journal Article · Mon Apr 26 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review Letters

OSTI ID:993856

Rybka, G; Hotz, M; Rosenberg, L J; Asztalos, S J; Carosi, G; Hagmann, C; Kinion, D; van Bibber, K; Hoskins, J; Martin, C; Sikivie, P; Tanner, D B; Bradley, R; Clarke, J

Scalar fields with a"chameleon" property, in which the effective particle mass is a function of its local environment, are common to many theories beyond the standard model and could be responsible for dark energy. If these fields couple weakly to the photon, they could be detectable through the afterglow effect of photon-chameleon-photon transitions. The ADMX experiment was used in the first chameleon search with a microwave cavity to set a new limit on scalar chameleon-photon coupling beta_gamma excluding values between 2x109 and 5x1014 for effective chameleon masses between 1.9510 and 1:9525 micro eV.

• Research Organization: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: Materials Sciences Division
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 993856
• Report Number(s): LBNL-4019E
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
AFTERGLOW
SCALAR FIELDS
SCALARS
STANDARD MODEL
Scalar fields
chameleon property
dark energy
photon-chameleon-photon transition
axion dark matter experiment (ADMX)