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The original text which the link at the top simply duplicates minus the hyperlinks is at : https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/have-we-detected-dark-energy-cam

• carbocation 5y ago
  That's very helpful. Based on the paper, which seems to state that they have a 2σ significance level, this seems very preliminary (I am absolutely not a physicist!) > As an example, we examine whether the electron recoil excess recently reported by the XENON1T collaboration can be explained by chameleon-screened dark energy, and find that such a model is preferred over the background-only hypothesis at the 2.0σ level, in a large range of parameter space not excluded by stellar (or other) probes.
  • jug 5y ago
    Yes - the Phys.org article also states they need to replicate these results and the kind of projects that are underway that can assist with this sort of science.
  • raattgift 5y ago
    > That's very helpful. Thank you. > seems very preliminary Agreed. I made a further comment in reply to another commenter at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28566823 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28566823
    • carbocation 5y ago
      Your other reply feels like it could be packaged up a bit and published somewhere!