Testing Gravity and Predictions Beyond the Standard Model at Short Distances: The Casimir Effect
Galina L. Klimchitskaya, Vladimir M. Mostepanenko
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40 pages, 5 figures
发表信息：
In: C. Pfeifer, C. Lämmerzahl (Eds.), Modified and Quantum Gravity - From theory to experimental searches on all scales, Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 1017 (Springer, Cham, 2023)
The Standard Model of elementary particles and their interactions does not include the gravitational interaction and faces problems in understanding of the dark matter, dark energy, strong CP violation etc. In continuing attempts to solve these problems, many predictions of new light elementary particles and hypothetical interactions beyond the Standard Model have been made. These predictions can be constrained by many means and, specifically, by measuring the Casimir force arising between two closely spaced bodies due to the zero-point and thermal fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. After a brief survey in the theory of the Casimir effect, the strongest constraints on the power-type and Yukawa-type corrections to Newtonian gravity, following from measuring the Casimir force at short distances, are considered. Next,the problems of dark matter, dark energy and their probable constituents are discussed. This is followed by an analysis of constraints on the dark matter particles, and, specifically, on axions and axionlike particles, obtained from the Casimir effect. The question of whether the Casimir effect can be used for constraining the spin-dependent interactions is also considered. Then the constraints on the dark energy particles, like chameleons and symmetrons, are examined. In all cases the subject of our treatment is not only measurements of the Casimir force but some other relevant table-top experiments as well. In conclusion, the prospects of the Casimir effect for constraining theoretical predictions beyond the Standard Model at short distances are summarized.
Prospects for Searching Thermal Effects, Non-Newtonian Gravity and Axion-Like Particles: Cannex Test of the Quantum Vacuum
考虑了量子真空的CANNEX（Casimir And Non-Newtonian force Experiment）检验，该检验旨在测量两平行平板间大间距的Casimir压力梯度，并对宇宙学中暗能量的变色龙模型进行了参数约束.的测量方案的修改建议，允许同时测量的Casimir压力和它的梯度在一个实验中。结果表明，通过几项改进，CANNEX测试将能够加强对Yukawa型相互作用参数的约束，在很宽的相互作用范围内可达一个数量级。核子和类轴子粒子之间的耦合常数的约束，这被认为是最可能的组成暗物质，也可以加强在一个区域的轴子质量从1到100 meV。
