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Dark energy chameleon force experiment rules out some dark energy possibilities

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The setup involved dropping ultra-cold atoms into a bowling-ball sized vacuum chamber containing a lump of aluminium. If a chameleon force existed, it should have a higher value in the empty space and be “hidden” close to the heavy lump of metal.

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Unfortunately, no mysterious forces were uncovered, but the experiment was able to squeeze down the possible values that a chameleon force could take into a small window

 

 

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