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PP 022031

Search for dark photon cold dark matter in the mass range 74-110 μeV/c2 with a cryogenic millimeter-wave receiver

Shumpei Kotaka (1), Shunsuke Adachi (2), Ryo Fujinaka (1), Shunsuke Honda (3), Hironobu Nakata (1), Yudai Seino (1), Yoshinori Sueno (1), Toshi Sumida (1), Junya Suzuki (1), Osamu Tajima (1), Soichiro Takeichi (1)
(1) Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan (2) Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan (3) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
We search for the dark photon cold dark matter (DP-CDM) using a cryogenic millimeter-wave receiver. DP-CDM weakly couples to electromagnetic fields with a coupling constant of χ, and is converted into ordinary photons at the surface of a metal plate. We search for signal of this conversion in the frequency range 18--26.5GHz, which corresponds to the mass range 74--110μeV/c2. We found no signal, allowing us to set an upper bound of χ<(0.3--2.0)×10−10 at 95% confidence level. This is the most stringent constraint to date, and tighter than that set by cosmological observations.

 
Aceptado para publicación en Physical Review Letters | Enviado el 2022-05-10 | Proyecto P/308605