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The technique is described of the search for dark photons with a multicathode counter. The aim of experiment is to search for diurnal variations of the effect from conversion of dark photons at the surface of the metallic cathode. The…
In this paper we describe the apparatus used in this experiment and the procedure of data treatment. We give the latest experimental results and discuss the possibility to observe diurnal variations of the count rates due to rotation of the…
The results of the experiment to search for hidden photons using a multi-cathode counter technique are presented. The new results of measurements using a counter filled with Ne + CH4 (10\%) are given. The analysis of the data obtained is…
A search for hidden-photon (HP) dark matter using a multi-cathode counter is reported. The technique based on counting of single electrons emitted from outer cathode of the proportional counter by hidden-photons was used. The apparatus and…
Dark matter could be made up of dark photons, massive but very light particles whose interactions with matter resemble those of usual photons but suppressed by a small mixing parameter. We analyze the main approaches to dark photon…
The possibility to observe the diurnal variations in the count rate of dark photons using the multicathode counters is investigated. We show that placing detectors at three different mines at different latitudes: Pyh\"asalmi in Finland,…
The dark rate of single-electrons emitted from a cathode of a multi-cathode counter may be interpreted as the effect from Hidden Photons (HPs) of Cold Dark Matter (CDM). As a tentative approach the measurements have been performed at…
We describe the experiment PHELEX (PHoton-ELectron EXperiment) on the search for dark photons of cold dark matter using a technique of multi-cathode counter developed by us for this task. We present the new data, the new upper limit for the…
In this paper, we report the results obtained in the PHoton ELectron EXperiment (PHELEX) during 208 days of measurements in the search for dark photons using a multi-cathode counter with an iron cathode. We observed a systematic excess of…
Dark photon is a massive vector particle which couples to the physical photon through the kinetic mixing term. Such particles, if exist, are produced in photon beams and, in particular, in laser radiation. Due to the oscillations between…
This paper explores the possibility of the existence of dark photons within the visible light range and provides evidence for their existence through a thought experiment. A new model of dark photons is established based on extensive…
We report on a new technique of a Multi-Cathode Counter (MCC) developed to search for hidden photon (HP) cold dark matter (CDM) with a mass from 5 to 10 eV. The method suggested in the assumption that hidden photons of the mass greater than…
Here we present measurements of the rates of emission of single electrons from the cathode of a proportional counter filled with a mixture of Ar + CH4 (10%) at 1 bar. We interpret the results as a possible photoelectric effect associated…
We give a pedagogical overview of dark photons. We describe the theory and their importance in particle physics research, and discuss searches using laboratory, astrophysical, and cosmological probes.
The identification of a solution to the dark matter problem has many arrows to its bow: if dark matter is a new elementary particle, both laboratory experiments and astrophysics can bring relevant and complementary pieces of information,…
A dark photon, one of the candidates of light dark matter, will be searched around 0.1 meV range by using a gyrotron. The use of a Transition Edge Sensor is the key of this experiment and the expected result is promising. This search will…
A prediction and observational evidence for the mass of a dark matter particle are presented..
We report on a new technique of a Multi-Cathode Counter (MCC) developed to search for hidden photon (HP) cold dark matter (CDM) with a mass from 5 to 500 eV. The method suggested in the assumption that hidden photons of the mass greater…
The dark photon is a new gauge boson that naturally arises in many beyond the Standard Model theoretical models, featuring interactions that resemble quantum electrodynamics. Due to this feature, it is often considered the portal between…
It has been proposed that an additional U(1) sector of hidden photons could account for the Dark Matter observed in the Universe. When passing through an interface of materials with different dielectric properties, hidden photons can give…