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We discuss the discovery potential of the Dark-photons & Axion-Like particles Interferometer (DALI) in this letter. The apparatus, currently in a design and prototyping phase, will probe axion dark matter from the Teide Observatory, an…

Ultraprecise mechanical sensors offer an exciting avenue for testing new physics. While many of these sensors are tailored to detect inertial forces, magnetically levitated (Maglev) systems are particularly interesting, in that they are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-03-18 Gerard Higgins , Saarik Kalia , Zhen Liu

If dark matter stems from the background of a very light gauge boson, this gauge boson could exert forces on test masses in gravitational wave detectors, resulting in displacements with a characteristic frequency set by the gauge boson…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-08-15 Aaron Pierce , Keith Riles , Yue Zhao

We propose a magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) search for axion dark matter around 1 GHz. The experiment leverages the axion's derivative coupling to electrons, which induces an effective A.C. magnetic field on a sample of electron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-02 Elham Kashi , Muhammad Hani Zaheer , Ryan Petery , Swati Singh

We present a novel way of probing non-gravitational dark matter interactions: dark astronomy, which leverages the dark radiation emitted by dissipative dark sectors. If the mediator of the dark matter self interactions is a dark photon with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-11 Gonzalo Alonso-Álvarez , David Curtin

A class of dark photon dark matter models with ultralight masses would lead to oscillation of a test body through a coupling with baryons or $B-L$ charge. This periodical oscillation of an observer results in swing of a star's apparent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-14 Huai-Ke Guo , Yingqi Ma , Jing Shu , Xiao Xue , Qiang Yuan , Yue Zhao

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

We examine the resonant conversion of axion-like particle (ALP) or dark photon to the electromagnetic photon in the early Universe, which takes place due to the ALP-photon-dark photon oscillations in background dark photon gauge fields. It…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-10-28 Kiwoon Choi , Hyeonseok Seong , Seokhoon Yun

The nature of the dark matter of the Universe is yet unknown and most likely is connected with new physics. The search for its composition is under way through direct and indirect detection. Fundamental physical aspects such as energy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Ivone F. M. Albuquerque , Jodi Lamoureux , George F. Smoot

The axion is a hypothetical elementary particle and cold dark matter candidate. In this RF cavity experiment, halo axions entering a resonant cavity immersed in a static magnetic field convert into microwave photons, with the resulting…

The axion is a hypothetical elementary particle that could solve the long-standing strong CP problem in particle physics and the dark matter mystery in the cosmos. Due to the stimulation of the ambient photons, the axion dark matter decay…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-27 Ariel Arza , Quan Guo , Lei Wu , Qiaoli Yang , Xiaolong Yang , Qiang Yuan , Bin Zhu

Light (pseudo-)scalar fields are promising candidates to be the dark matter in the Universe. Under certain initial conditions in the early Universe and/or with certain types of self-interactions, they can form compact dark-matter objects…

Axions are a well-motivated dark matter candidate, with a host of experiments around the world searching for direct evidence of their existence. The ORGAN Experiment is a type of axion detector known as an axion haloscope, which takes the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-06-08 Ben T. McAllister , Aaron Quiskamp , Ciaran O'Hare , Paul Altin , Eugene Ivanov , Maxim Goryachev , Michael Tobar

The axion-like particles $a$ can be produced in the Sun via the process of $p + D \to {}^3{\rm He} +a$, with mass up to 5.5 MeV. The photons in the subsequent decay $a \to \gamma\gamma$ can deviate significantly from the Sun, or even from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-21 Yu-Cheng Qiu , Yongchao Zhang

Electromagnetic radiation with angular frequency equal to half the axion mass stimulates the decay of cold dark matter axions and produces an echo, i.e. faint electromagnetic radiation traveling in the opposite direction. We propose to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-02 Ariel Arza , Pierre Sikivie

Dwarf spheroidal galaxies have long been discussed as optimal targets for indirect dark matter searches. However, the majority of such studies have been conducted with gamma-ray instruments. In this review, we discuss the very recent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-06 Geoff Beck

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 investigate and compare the possibilities of observing decaying dark matter (DM) in $\gamma$-ray and radio telescopes. The special emphasise of the study is on a scalar heavy DM particle with mass in the trans-TeV range. DM decays,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-09-07 Avirup Ghosh , Arpan Kar , Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya