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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…

We point out that power measurements of single quasiparticle devices open a new avenue to detect dark matter (DM). The threshold of these devices is set by the Cooper pair binding energy, and is therefore so low that they can detect DM as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-03-26 Anirban Das , Noah Kurinsky , Rebecca K. Leane

Dark matter is a vital component of the current best model of our universe, $\Lambda$CDM. There are leading candidates for what the dark matter could be (e.g. weakly-interacting massive particles, or axions), but no compelling observational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-06 David M. Jacobs , Glenn D. Starkman , Bryan W. Lynn

Decaying dark matter (DDM) can be tested via different astrophysical and cosmological probes. In particular, particles in the $\sim$ 9.5 - 30 eV mass range that decay into monochromatic photons, would contribute to the extragalactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-11 Sarah Libanore , Ely D. Kovetz

It has been suggested that the density of dark matter (DM) halo can be highly enhanced around supermassive black holes at the centers of massive galaxies. If real, these DM \emph{spikes} would offer new opportunities to probe the properties…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-09 Stephan A. Meighen-Berger , P. S. Bhupal Dev , Matheus Hostert

Dark photon is one of the promising candidates of light dark matter and could be detected by using its interaction with standard model particles via kinetic mixings. Here, we propose a feasible approach to detect the dark photons by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-03 Suirong He , De He , Yufen Li , Li Gao , Xianing Feng , Hao Zheng , L. F. Wei

We discuss two complementary strategies to search for light dark matter (LDM) exploiting the positron beam possibly available in the future at Jefferson Laboratory. LDM is a new compelling hypothesis that identifies dark matter with new…

We report on the results of the search for dark photons with mass around 1.5$\,\rm eV/c^2$ using a multilayer dielectric haloscope equipped with an affordable and commercially available photosensor. The multilayer stack, which enables the…

We present a novel approach to detect millicharged dark matter (mDM) by using a high-sensitivity magnetometer coupled with the resonant and broadband readout circuits. In the external magnetic field, the interaction between mDM and the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-15 Yuanlin Gong , Hongliang Tian , Lei Wu , Bin Zhu

We propose a simplified model to study the possible new heavy diphoton resonance from cascade decay of a heavier particle at colliders, which may be related to the dark matter or other new physics beyond the standard model.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-27 Fa Peng Huang , Chong Sheng Li , Ze Long Liu , Yan Wang

Dark matter candidates arising in models of particle physics incorporating weak scale supersymmetry may produce detectable signals through their annihilation into neutrinos, photons, or positrons. A large number of relevant experiments are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-09 Jonathan L. Feng , Konstantin T. Matchev , Frank Wilczek

We consider indirect detection signals of atomic dark matter, with a massive dark photon which mixes kinetically with hypercharge. In significant regions of parameter space, dark matter remains at least partially ionized today, and dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-04-29 Lauren Pearce , Kalliopi Petraki , Alexander Kusenko

The nature of dark matter is still mysterious despite various astronomical evidence. As a possible candidate, self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) can potentially resolve some issues appearing in cold dark matter paradigm. Here we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-03 Mu-Chun Chen , Yong Tang

The purely gravitational evidence supporting the need for dark matter (DM) particles is compelling and based on Galactic to cosmological scale observations. Thus far, the promising weakly interacting massive particles scenarios have eluded…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-16 M. Deliyergiyev , A. Del Popolo , Morgan Le Delliou

White dwarfs, the most abundant stellar remnants, provide a promising means of probing dark matter (DM) interactions, complimentary to terrestrial searches. The scattering of dark matter from stellar constituents leads to gravitational…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-01 Nicole F. Bell , Giorgio Busoni , Maura E. Ramirez-Quezada , Sandra Robles , Michael Virgato

Next-generation ultra-high-energy (UHE) neutrino telescopes, presently under planning, will have the potential to probe the decay of heavy dark matter (DM) into UHE neutrinos, with energies in excess of $10^7$~GeV. Yet, this potential may…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-13 Damiano F. G. Fiorillo , Victor Valera , Mauricio Bustamante , Walter Winter

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…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-01-08 A. Kopylov , I. Orekhov , V. Petukhov

Dark matter particles populating our galactic halo could be directly detected by measuring their scattering off target nuclei or electrons in a suitable detector. As this interaction is expected to occur with very low probability and would…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-06-14 Susana Cebrián

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

Here we briefly review possible indirect effects of dark matter (DM) of the Universe. It includes effects in cosmic rays (CR): first of all, the positron excess at $\sim$ 500 GeV and possible electron-positron excess at 1-1.5 TeV. We tell…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-12-12 K. M. Belotsky , E. A. Esipova , A. Kh. Kamaletdinov , E. S. Shlepkina , M. L. Solovyov