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Chameleon fields, wave function collapse and quantum gravity

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, , Citation A Zanzi 2015 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 626 012041 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/626/1/012041

1742-6596/626/1/012041

Abstract

Chameleon fields are quantum (usually scalar) fields, with a density-dependent mass. In a high-density environment, the mass of the chameleon is large. On the contrary, in a small-density environment (e.g. on cosmological distances), the chameleon is very light. A model where the collapse of the wave function is induced by chameleon fields is presented. During this analysis, a Chameleonic Equivalence Principle (CEP) will be formulated: in this model, quantum gravitation is equivalent to a conformal anomaly. Further research efforts are necessary to verify whether this proposal is compatible with phenomeno logical constraints.

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