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变精细结构常数下扩展的Bekenstein型模型的当前和未来约束

Current and future constraints on extended Bekenstein-type models for a varying fine-structure constant

C. S. Alves, A. C. O. Leite, C. J. A. P. Martins, T. A. Silva, S. A. Berge, B. S. A. Silva

摘要:

作为新物理学的最佳探测器,人们对无量纲基本耦合(如精细结构常数$α$)稳定性的天体物理学测试越来越感兴趣。ESTERO光谱仪的即将到来将很快使这些测试的精度和准确性显着提高,并扩大了可以严格约束的理论模型的范围。在这里,我们说明了这一点,通过研究建议的扩展的贝肯斯坦型模型的演变$α$,允许不同的耦合的标量场的暗物质和暗能量。我们使用当前的天体物理和当地的实验室数据(从测试与原子钟)的组合,以表明这些耦合被约束到百万分之一的水平,与约束被占主导地位的原子钟。我们还量化了预期的改进ESTERO和其他未来的光谱仪,并简要讨论了可能的观测策略,表明这些设施可以改善目前的限制超过一个数量级。

英文摘要:

There is a growing interest in astrophysical tests of the stability of dimensionless fundamental couplings, such as the fine-structure constant $α$, as an optimal probe of new physics. The imminent arrival of the ESPRESSO spectrograph will soon enable significant gains in the precision and accuracy of these tests and widen the range of theoretical models that can be tightly constrained. Here we illustrate this by studying proposed extensions of the Bekenstein-type models for the evolution of $α$ that allow different couplings of the scalar field to both dark matter and dark energy. We use a combination of current astrophysical and local laboratory data (from tests with atomic clocks) to show that these couplings are constrained to parts per million level, with the constraints being dominated by the atomic clocks. We also quantify the expected improvements from ESPRESSO and other future spectrographs, and briefly discuss possible observational strategies, showing that these facilities can improve current constraints by more than an order of magnitude.

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