Detecting a Fifth-Force Gauge Boson via Superconducting Josephson Junctions

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Main Authors: Cheng, Yu, Sheng, Jie, Yanagida, Tsutomu T.
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Published: 2024
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author Cheng, Yu
Sheng, Jie
Yanagida, Tsutomu T.
author_facet Cheng, Yu
Sheng, Jie
Yanagida, Tsutomu T.
contents A new fifth force between particles carrying $B-L$ charges is well-motivated by the intriguing $U(1)_{B-L}$ extension of the standard model. The gauge boson mediator, Féeton, also serves as a dark matter candidate. In this letter, we propose a novel experimental design to detect the quantum phase difference caused by this fifth force using a superconducting Josephson junction. We find that the experiment has the best sensitivity to the gauge coupling when the gauge boson is within the mass range of $0.01\,$eV to $10\,$eV, which is an interesting mass region for the Féeton dark matter. This opens up a new avenue for the measurement of new physics at small scale below millimeter.
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spellingShingle Detecting a Fifth-Force Gauge Boson via Superconducting Josephson Junctions
Cheng, Yu
Sheng, Jie
Yanagida, Tsutomu T.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Quantum Physics
A new fifth force between particles carrying $B-L$ charges is well-motivated by the intriguing $U(1)_{B-L}$ extension of the standard model. The gauge boson mediator, Féeton, also serves as a dark matter candidate. In this letter, we propose a novel experimental design to detect the quantum phase difference caused by this fifth force using a superconducting Josephson junction. We find that the experiment has the best sensitivity to the gauge coupling when the gauge boson is within the mass range of $0.01\,$eV to $10\,$eV, which is an interesting mass region for the Féeton dark matter. This opens up a new avenue for the measurement of new physics at small scale below millimeter.
title Detecting a Fifth-Force Gauge Boson via Superconducting Josephson Junctions
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14514