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We propose the use of the Earth as a transducer for ultralight dark-matter detection. In particular we point out a novel signal of kinetically mixed dark-photon dark matter: a monochromatic oscillating magnetic field generated at the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-22 Michael A. Fedderke , Peter W. Graham , Derek F. Jackson Kimball , Saarik Kalia

Dark matter (DM) with masses of order an electronvolt or below can have a non-zero coupling to electromagnetism while being compatible with cosmological observations. In these models, the ambient DM behaves as a new classical source in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-23 Nikita Blinov , Christina Gao , Roni Harnik , Ryan Janish , Neil Sinclair

Hidden photons are dark matter candidates motivated by theories beyond the standard model of particle physics. They mix with conventional photons, and they can be detected through the very weak electromagnetic radiation they induce at the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-29 Pierre Brun , Laurent Chevalier , Christophe Flouzat

Hidden sector photons are a weakly interacting slim particle arising from an additional U(1) gauge symmetry predicted by many standard model extensions. We present and demonstrate a new experimental method using a single microwave cavity to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-28 Rhys G. Povey , John G. Hartnett , Michael E. Tobar

Dark photons have been considered potential candidates for dark matter. The dark photon dark matter (DPDM) has a mass and interacts with electromagnetic fields via kinetic mixing with a coupling constant of $\chi$. Thus, DPDMs are converted…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-01-29 S. Adachi , F. Fujinaka , S. Honda , Y. Muto , H. Nakata , Y. Sueno , T. Sumida , J. Suzuki , O. Tajima , H. Takeuchi

We search for the dark photon dark matter (DPDM) using a cryogenic millimeter-wave receiver. DPDM has a kinetic coupling with electromagnetic fields with a coupling constant of $\chi$, and is converted into ordinary photons at the surface…

Direct-detection searches for axions and hidden photons are playing an increasingly prominent role in the search for dark matter. In this work, we derive the properties of optimal electromagnetic searches for these candidates, subject to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-05-11 Saptarshi Chaudhuri , Kent D. Irwin , Peter W. Graham , Jeremy Mardon

Detection mechanisms for low mass bosonic dark matter candidates, such the axion or hidden photon, leverage potential interactions with electromagnetic fields, whereby the dark matter (of unknown mass) on rare occasion converts into a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-04-14 Akash V. Dixit , Srivatsan Chakram , Kevin He , Ankur Agrawal , Ravi K. Naik , David I. Schuster , Aaron Chou

The origin of non-baryonic Dark Matter remains elusive despite ongoing sensitive searches for heavy, thermally produced dark matter particles. Recently, it has been shown, that non-thermally produced vector bosons (sometimes called hidden…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-10-09 Le Hoang Nguyen , Andrei Lobanov , Dieter Horns

The dark photon, an new hypothetical light spin 1 field, constitutes a well-motivated dark matter candidate. It manifests as an oscillating electric field with a fixed direction, which can be observed in magnetometric records. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-27 G. Pignol , B. Clement , M. Guigue , D. Rebreyend , B. Voirin

We address the radio frequency (RF) cavity experiment for probing dark photons, which is a modification of the light-shining-through-thin-wall (LSthinW) setup with a relatively thin conducting barrier between cylindrical emitter and hollow…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-27 Dmitry Salnikov , Petr Satunin , Leysan Valeeva , D. V. Kirpichnikov

We demonstrate that nuclear magnetic resonance based searches for dark matter (DM) have intrinsic and powerful sensitivity to dark photons and the axion-photon coupling. The reason is conceptually straightforward. An instrument such as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-23 Carl Beadle , Sebastian A. R. Ellis , Jacob M. Leedom , Nicholas L. Rodd

In this study, we propose an investigation into dark photon dark matter (DPDM) within the infrared frequency band, utilizing highly sensitive infrared light detectors commonly integrated into space telescopes, such as the James Webb Space…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-11 Haipeng An , Shuailiang Ge , Jia Liu , Zhiyao Lu

Developing a dark matter detector with wide mass tunability is an immensely desirable property, yet it is challenging due to maintaining strong sensitivity. Resonant cavities for dark matter detection have traditionally employed mechanical…

The oscillating light axion field is known as wave dark matter. We propose an LC-resonance enhanced detection of the narrow band electric signals induced by the axion dark matter using a solenoid magnet facility. We provide full 3D…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-02 Junxi Duan , Yu Gao , Chang-Yin Ji , Sichun Sun , Yugui Yao , Yun-Long Zhang

The hidden sector photon is a weakly interacting hypothetical particle with sub-eV mass that kinetically mixes with the photon. We describe a microwave frequency light shining through a wall experiment where a cryogenic resonant microwave…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-10-21 Stephen R. Parker , John G. Hartnett , Rhys G. Povey , Michael E. Tobar

The kinetically mixed dark photon is a simple, testable dark matter candidate with strong theoretical motivation. Detecting the feeble electric field dark photon dark matter produces requires extremely sensitive detectors. Bulk acoustic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-13 Tanner Trickle

Dark matter in the form of particles from a hidden mirror sector has recently been proposed as an explanation for the DAMA annual modulation signal. Here one assumes that there exists a small mixing between photons and mirror photons. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Saibal Mitra

We present results from the FUNK experiment in the search for hidden-photon dark matter. Near the surface of a mirror, hidden photons may be converted into ordinary photons. These photons are emitted perpendicular to the surface and have an…

Dark photons have emerged as promising candidates for dark matter, and their search is a top priority in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. We report the first use of a tunable niobium superconducting radio-frequency cavity for…