@inproceedings{ccc7bd48a6f84863922b5c0b4a5c3309,
title = "Numerical forecasts for lab experiments constraining modified gravity: The chameleon model",
abstract = "Current acceleration of the cosmic expansion leads to coincidence as well as fine-tuning issues in the framework of general relativity. Dynamical scalar fields have been introduced in response of these problems, some of them invoking screening mechanisms for passing local tests of gravity. Recent lab experiments based on atom interferometry in a vacuum chamber have been proposed for testing modified gravity models. So far only analytical computations have been used to provide forecasts. We derive numerical solutions for chameleon models that take into account the effect of the vacuum chamber wall and its environment. With this realistic profile of the chameleon field in the chamber, we refine the forecasts that were derived analytically. We finally highlight specific effects due to the vacuum chamber that are potentially interesting for future experiments.",
keywords = "Dark energy, Lab experiment, Modified gravity",
author = "Sandrine Schl{\"o}gel and S{\'e}bastien Clesse and Andr{\'e} F{\"u}zfa",
note = "Funding Information: We warmly thank Holger M{\"u}ller for the discussion during the MG meeting and the following conversation where Justin Khoury, Benjamin Elder and Philipp Haslinger took part. We also warmly thank Clare Burrage and Christophe Ringeval for useful comments and discussion. S.S. is supported by the FNRS-FRIA, S.C. is partially supported by the Return Grant program of the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO) and A. F. is partially supported by the ARC convention No. 11/15-040. Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2018 by the Editors.All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; 14th Marcel Grossman Meeting On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories ; Conference date: 12-07-2015 Through 18-07-2015",
year = "2018",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1142/9789813226609_0095",
language = "English",
series = "The Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting",
publisher = "World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd",
pages = "1259--1264",
editor = "Massimo Bianchi and Jantzen, {Robert T} and Remo Ruffini and Remo Ruffini",
booktitle = "14th Marcel Grossman Meeting On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories, Proceedings",
}