Vacuum Chamber with Aluminum Sphere (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Vacuum Chamber with Aluminum Sphere

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The vacuum chamber of the atom interferometer contains a one-inch diameter aluminum sphere. If chameleons exist, cesium atoms would fall toward the sphere with a slightly greater acceleration than their gravitational attraction would predict.

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Holger Muller photo.

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