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Main Authors: Levine, Joseph, Godfrey, Benjamin, Tyson, J. Anthony, Tripathi, S. Mani, Polin, Daniel, Aminaei, Amin, Kolner, Brian H., Stucky, Paul
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.20444
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author Levine, Joseph
Godfrey, Benjamin
Tyson, J. Anthony
Tripathi, S. Mani
Polin, Daniel
Aminaei, Amin
Kolner, Brian H.
Stucky, Paul
author_facet Levine, Joseph
Godfrey, Benjamin
Tyson, J. Anthony
Tripathi, S. Mani
Polin, Daniel
Aminaei, Amin
Kolner, Brian H.
Stucky, Paul
contents We report new limits on the kinetic mixing strength of the dark photon spanning the mass range 0.21 -- 1.24 $μ$eV corresponding to a frequency span of 50 -- 300 MHz. The Dark E-Field Radio experiment is a wide-band search for dark photon dark matter. In this paper we detail changes in calibration and upgrades since our proof-of-concept pilot run. Our detector employs a wide bandwidth E-field antenna moved to multiple positions in a shielded room, a low noise amplifier, wideband ADC, followed by a $2^{24}$-point FFT. An optimal filter searches for signals with Q $\approx10^6$. In nine days of integration, this system is capable of detecting dark photon signals corresponding to $ε$ several orders of magnitude lower than previous limits. We find a 95% exclusion limit on $ε$ over this mass range between $6\times 10^{-15}$ and $6\times 10^{-13}$, tracking the complex resonant mode structure in the shielded room.
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spellingShingle New Limit on Dark Photon Kinetic Mixing in the 0.2-1.2 $\boldsymbolμ$eV Mass Range From the Dark E-Field Radio Experiment
Levine, Joseph
Godfrey, Benjamin
Tyson, J. Anthony
Tripathi, S. Mani
Polin, Daniel
Aminaei, Amin
Kolner, Brian H.
Stucky, Paul
High Energy Physics - Experiment
We report new limits on the kinetic mixing strength of the dark photon spanning the mass range 0.21 -- 1.24 $μ$eV corresponding to a frequency span of 50 -- 300 MHz. The Dark E-Field Radio experiment is a wide-band search for dark photon dark matter. In this paper we detail changes in calibration and upgrades since our proof-of-concept pilot run. Our detector employs a wide bandwidth E-field antenna moved to multiple positions in a shielded room, a low noise amplifier, wideband ADC, followed by a $2^{24}$-point FFT. An optimal filter searches for signals with Q $\approx10^6$. In nine days of integration, this system is capable of detecting dark photon signals corresponding to $ε$ several orders of magnitude lower than previous limits. We find a 95% exclusion limit on $ε$ over this mass range between $6\times 10^{-15}$ and $6\times 10^{-13}$, tracking the complex resonant mode structure in the shielded room.
title New Limit on Dark Photon Kinetic Mixing in the 0.2-1.2 $\boldsymbolμ$eV Mass Range From the Dark E-Field Radio Experiment
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.20444