Speaker
Michael Udemba
(University of Manchester)
Description
Non-linear scalar-tensor theories of modified gravity have been considered as candidates for dark matter and dark energy. Often, they possess screening mechanisms which allow them to evade detection from local experiments. Much is understood of their classical behaviour, but their quantum nature is relatively unexplored. We discuss a Green's function method for obtaining the leading order quantum corrections to the classical symmetron field in the vicinity of a spherically symmetric extended source.
Author
Michael Udemba
(University of Manchester)
Co-author
Peter Millington
(University of Manchester)
