Constraints on fifth forces and ultralight dark matter from OSIRIS-REx target asteroid Bennu

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Main Authors: Tsai, Yu-Dai, Farnocchia, Davide, Micheli, Marco, Vagnozzi, Sunny, Visinelli, Luca
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Published: 2023
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author Tsai, Yu-Dai
Farnocchia, Davide
Micheli, Marco
Vagnozzi, Sunny
Visinelli, Luca
author_facet Tsai, Yu-Dai
Farnocchia, Davide
Micheli, Marco
Vagnozzi, Sunny
Visinelli, Luca
contents Using the OSIRIS-REx mission and ground-based tracking data for the asteroid Bennu, we derive new constraints on fifth forces and ultralight dark matter. The bounds we obtain are strongest for mediator masses $m \sim 10^{-18} - 10^{-17}\,{\rm eV}$, where we currently achieve the tightest bounds. Our limits can be translated to a wide class of models leading to Yukawa-type fifth forces, and we demonstrate how they apply to $U(1)_B$ dark photons and baryon-coupled scalars. Our results demonstrate the potential of asteroid tracking in probing well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model and ultralight dark matter satisfying the fuzzy dark matter constraints.
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spellingShingle Constraints on fifth forces and ultralight dark matter from OSIRIS-REx target asteroid Bennu
Tsai, Yu-Dai
Farnocchia, Davide
Micheli, Marco
Vagnozzi, Sunny
Visinelli, Luca
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
Using the OSIRIS-REx mission and ground-based tracking data for the asteroid Bennu, we derive new constraints on fifth forces and ultralight dark matter. The bounds we obtain are strongest for mediator masses $m \sim 10^{-18} - 10^{-17}\,{\rm eV}$, where we currently achieve the tightest bounds. Our limits can be translated to a wide class of models leading to Yukawa-type fifth forces, and we demonstrate how they apply to $U(1)_B$ dark photons and baryon-coupled scalars. Our results demonstrate the potential of asteroid tracking in probing well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model and ultralight dark matter satisfying the fuzzy dark matter constraints.
title Constraints on fifth forces and ultralight dark matter from OSIRIS-REx target asteroid Bennu
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.13106