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First Results from a Broadband Search for Dark Photon Dark Matter in the 44 to 52 µeV Range with a Coaxial Dish Antenna.
Knirck, Stefan; Hoshino, Gabe; Awida, Mohamed H; Cancelo, Gustavo I; Di Federico, Martin; Knepper, Benjamin; Lapuente, Alex; Littmann, Mira; Miller, David W; Mitchell, Donald V; Rodriguez, Derrick; Ruschman, Mark K; Sawtell, Matthew A; Stefanazzi, Leandro; Sonnenschein, Andrew; Teafoe, Gary W; Bowring, Daniel; Carosi, G; Chou, Aaron; Chang, Clarence L; Dona, Kristin; Khatiwada, Rakshya; Kurinsky, Noah A; Liu, Jesse; Pena, Cristián; Salemi, Chiara P; Wang, Christina W; Yu, Jialin.
Affiliation
  • Knirck S; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Hoshino G; Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Awida MH; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Cancelo GI; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Di Federico M; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Knepper B; Universidad Nacional del Sur, IIIE-CONICET, Bahía Blanca, Provincia de Buenos Aires B8000, Argentina.
  • Lapuente A; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Littmann M; Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Miller DW; Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Mitchell DV; Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Rodriguez D; Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Ruschman MK; Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Sawtell MA; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Stefanazzi L; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Sonnenschein A; Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Teafoe GW; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Bowring D; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Carosi G; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Chou A; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Chang CL; Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Dona K; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Khatiwada R; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Kurinsky NA; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
  • Liu J; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Pena C; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Salemi CP; Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA.
  • Wang CW; Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Yu J; Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Phys Rev Lett ; 132(13): 131004, 2024 Mar 29.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38613261
ABSTRACT
We present first results from a dark photon dark matter search in the mass range from 44 to 52 µeV (10.7-12.5 GHz) using a room-temperature dish antenna setup called GigaBREAD. Dark photon dark matter converts to ordinary photons on a cylindrical metallic emission surface with area 0.5 m^{2} and is focused by a novel parabolic reflector onto a horn antenna. Signals are read out with a low-noise receiver system. A first data taking run with 24 days of data does not show evidence for dark photon dark matter in this mass range, excluding dark photon photon mixing parameters χ≳10^{-12} in this range at 90% confidence level. This surpasses existing constraints by about 2 orders of magnitude and is the most stringent bound on dark photons in this range below 49 µeV.

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Phys Rev Lett Year: 2024 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Phys Rev Lett Year: 2024 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States