Low-frequency radio telescopes sensitivity to light dark matter

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Hauptverfasser: Zatini, Ruben, Calore, Francesca, Serpico, Pasquale Dario
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author Zatini, Ruben
Calore, Francesca
Serpico, Pasquale Dario
author_facet Zatini, Ruben
Calore, Francesca
Serpico, Pasquale Dario
contents Ground-based radio telescopes are routinely used to search for light dark matter (DM) candidates such as axion-like particles or dark photons. These instruments face however inherent limitations to push the searches to masses below $10^{-7}$ eV, due to the effect of the Earth's ionosphere. The extant and planned space- or Moon-based radio telescopes motivate this study: We systematically investigate their sensitivity to resonant conversion of light DM into radio signals from three solar system targets: the Sun, the Earth, and Jupiter. The perspectives are especially encouraging for dark photon searches using the Sun as a target, and for axion-like particles conversion in Jupiter's magnetosphere.
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spellingShingle Low-frequency radio telescopes sensitivity to light dark matter
Zatini, Ruben
Calore, Francesca
Serpico, Pasquale Dario
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Ground-based radio telescopes are routinely used to search for light dark matter (DM) candidates such as axion-like particles or dark photons. These instruments face however inherent limitations to push the searches to masses below $10^{-7}$ eV, due to the effect of the Earth's ionosphere. The extant and planned space- or Moon-based radio telescopes motivate this study: We systematically investigate their sensitivity to resonant conversion of light DM into radio signals from three solar system targets: the Sun, the Earth, and Jupiter. The perspectives are especially encouraging for dark photon searches using the Sun as a target, and for axion-like particles conversion in Jupiter's magnetosphere.
title Low-frequency radio telescopes sensitivity to light dark matter
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14845