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We are investigating the possible origin of small-scale anomalies, like the annual stratospheric temperature anomalies. Unexpectedly within known physics, their observed planetary "dependency", does not match concurrent solar activity,…

Dark Matter (DM) is an elusive form of matter which has been postulated to explain astronomical observations through its gravitational effects on stars and galaxies, gravitational lensing of light around these, and through its imprint on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-06-07 James Bateman , Ian McHardy , Alexander Merle , Tim R. Morris , Hendrik Ulbricht

Dark photons can be the ultralight dark matter candidate, interacting with Standard Model particles via kinetic mixing. We propose to search for ultralight dark photon dark matter (DPDM) through the local absorption at different radio…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-12 Haipeng An , Shuailiang Ge , Wen-Qing Guo , Xiaoyuan Huang , Jia Liu , Zhiyao Lu

Direct detection is a powerful means of searching for particle physics evidence of dark matter (DM) heavier than about a GeV with $\mathcal O(kiloton)$ volume, low-threshold detectors. In many scenarios, some fraction of the DM may be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-11-08 Javier F. Acevedo , Joshua Berger , Peter B. Denton

Indirect searches for dark matter are based on detecting an anomalous flux of photons, neutrinos or cosmic-rays produced in annihilations or decays of dark matter candidates gravitationally accumulated in heavy cosmological objects, like…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-09 Carlos Pérez de los Heros

We propose new concepts for experiments in which intense high energy photon or muon beams are employed parasitically to detect scattering by cosmic heavy weakly interacting dark matter (DM) particles. We show that the scattering…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-04 A. Acar , M. Bashkanov , D. P. Watts

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

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…

A simple extension of the Standard Model consists of a scalar field that can potentially constitute the dark matter (DM). Significant attention has been devoted to probing light $\mathcal{O}(\lesssim 10~\rm{eV})$ scalar DM, with a multitude…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-09-23 Graciela B. Gelmini , Volodymyr Takhistov , Edoardo Vitagliano

Dark photon as an ultralight dark matter candidate can interact with the Standard Model particles via kinetic mixing. We propose to search for the ultralight dark photon dark matter using radio telescopes with solar observations. The dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-07 Haipeng An , Fa Peng Huang , Jia Liu , Wei Xue

The manifestation of the dark Universe begun with unexpected large scale astronomical observations. Here we are investigating the origin of small scale anomalies, like that of the annually observed temperature anomalies in the stratosphere.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-24 K. Zioutas , A. Argiriou , H. Fischer , S. Hofmann , M. Maroudas , A. Pappa , Y. K. Semertzidis

Typically, the interaction between dark matter and ordinary matter is assumed to be very small. Nevertheless, in this article, I show that the effective resonant absorption of dark photon dark matter in the atmosphere is definitely…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-03 Man Ho Chan

There is currently vast evidence for Dark Matter (DM) from astronomical observations. However, in spite of tremendous efforts by large experimental groups, there is no confirmed direct detection of the dark matter in our galaxy. Recent…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Juan Estrada

Dynamical dark matter (DDM) is an alternative framework for dark-matter physics in which the dark-matter candidate is an ensemble of constituent fields with differing masses, lifetimes, and cosmological abundances. In this framework, it is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-30 Keith R. Dienes , Jason Kumar , Brooks Thomas

Despite strong evidence for the existence of large amounts of dark matter (DM) in our Universe, there is no direct indication of its presence in our own solar system. All estimates of the local DM density rely on extrapolating results on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-23 Bradley J. Kavanagh , Timon Emken , Riccardo Catena

The next generation of ultralight dark matter (DM) direct detection experiments, which could confirm sub-eV bosons as the dominant source of DM, will feature multiple detectors operating at various terrestrial locations. As a result of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-05 Joshua W. Foster , Yonatan Kahn , Rachel Nguyen , Nicholas L. Rodd , Benjamin R. Safdi

Dark matter (DM) particles with mass in the sub-GeV range are an attractive alternative to heavier weakly-interacting massive particles, but direct detection of such light particles is challenging. If however DM-nucleus scattering leads to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-12 Matthew J. Dolan , Felix Kahlhoefer , Christopher McCabe

We present exoplanets as new targets to discover Dark Matter (DM). Throughout the Milky Way, DM can scatter, become captured, deposit annihilation energy, and increase the heat flow within exoplanets. We estimate upcoming infrared telescope…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-26 Rebecca K. Leane , Juri Smirnov

The traditional methods of estimating the Dark Matter (DM) mass scale crucially depend on the assumptions about the interaction mechanism between the DM and the Standard Model (SM) sectors, making it challenging to achieve precise mass…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-27 Bibhabasu De

Dark photons (DPs) produced in the early Universe are well-motivated dark matter (DM) candidates. We show that the recently proposed tunable plasma haloscopes are particularly advantageous for DP searches. While in-medium effects suppress…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-08-12 Graciela B. Gelmini , Alexander J. Millar , Volodymyr Takhistov , Edoardo Vitagliano
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