Constraints on dark photon dark matter from Lyman-$α$ forest simulations and an ultra-high signal-to-noise quasar spectrum
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| author | Trost, Andrea Bolton, James S. Caputo, Andrea Liu, Hongwan Cristiani, Stefano Viel, Matteo |
| author_facet | Trost, Andrea Bolton, James S. Caputo, Andrea Liu, Hongwan Cristiani, Stefano Viel, Matteo |
| contents | The ultralight dark photon is a well-motivated, hypothetical dark matter candidate. In a dilute plasma, they can resonantly convert into photons, and heat up the intergalactic medium between galaxies. In this work, we explore the dark photon dark matter parameter space by comparing synthetic Lyman-$α$ forest data from cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to observational data from VLT/UVES of the quasar HE0940-1050 ($z_{\rm em}=3.09$). We use a novel flux normalization technique that targets under-dense gas, reshaping the flux probability distribution. Not only do we place robust constraints on the kinetic mixing parameter of dark photon dark matter, but notably our findings suggest that this model can still reconcile simulated and observed Doppler parameter distributions of $z\sim0$ Lyman-$α$ lines, as seen by HST/COS. This work opens new pathways for the use of the Lyman-$α$ forest to explore new physics, and can be extended to other scenarios such as primordial black hole evaporation, dark matter decay, and annihilation. |
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| spellingShingle | Constraints on dark photon dark matter from Lyman-$α$ forest simulations and an ultra-high signal-to-noise quasar spectrum Trost, Andrea Bolton, James S. Caputo, Andrea Liu, Hongwan Cristiani, Stefano Viel, Matteo Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology The ultralight dark photon is a well-motivated, hypothetical dark matter candidate. In a dilute plasma, they can resonantly convert into photons, and heat up the intergalactic medium between galaxies. In this work, we explore the dark photon dark matter parameter space by comparing synthetic Lyman-$α$ forest data from cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to observational data from VLT/UVES of the quasar HE0940-1050 ($z_{\rm em}=3.09$). We use a novel flux normalization technique that targets under-dense gas, reshaping the flux probability distribution. Not only do we place robust constraints on the kinetic mixing parameter of dark photon dark matter, but notably our findings suggest that this model can still reconcile simulated and observed Doppler parameter distributions of $z\sim0$ Lyman-$α$ lines, as seen by HST/COS. This work opens new pathways for the use of the Lyman-$α$ forest to explore new physics, and can be extended to other scenarios such as primordial black hole evaporation, dark matter decay, and annihilation. |
| title | Constraints on dark photon dark matter from Lyman-$α$ forest simulations and an ultra-high signal-to-noise quasar spectrum |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.02858 |