Search for dark photon dark matter: Dark E field radio pilot experiment
Jan 7, 2021
11 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.D 104 (2021) 1, 012013
- Published: Jul 1, 2021
e-Print:
- 2101.02805 [physics.ins-det]
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.012013 (publication)
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Abstract: (APS)
We are building an experiment to search for dark matter in the form of dark photons in the nano- to milli-eV mass range. This experiment is the electromagnetic dual of magnetic detector dark radio experiments. It is also a frequency-time dual experiment in two ways: We search for a high-Q signal in wide-band data rather than tuning a high- resonator, and we measure electric rather than magnetic fields. In this paper we describe a pilot experiment using room temperature electronics which demonstrates feasibility and sets useful limits to the kinetic coupling over 50–300 MHz. With a factor of 2000 increase in real-time spectral coverage, and lower system noise temperature, it will soon be possible to search a wide range of masses at 100 times this sensitivity. We describe the planned experiment in two phases: Phase-I will implement a wide band, 5-million channel, real-time FFT processor over the 30–300 MHz range with a back-end time-domain optimal filter to search for the predicted line using low-noise amplifiers. We have completed spot frequency calibrations using a biconical dipole antenna in a shielded room that extrapolate to a limit of for the coupling from the dark field, per month of integration. Phase-II will extend the search to 20 GHz using cryogenic preamplifiers and new antennas.Note:
- 11 pages, 13 figures. Updated to published version. Corrected minor error in Fig 12 x-axis; results unchanged
- activity report
- dark matter: detector
- photon: hidden sector
- electric field
- calibration
- sensitivity
- electronics
- amplifier
- dipole
- noise
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