First Search for Dark Photon Dark Matter with a madmax Prototype

Physical Review Letters, vol. 134, pp. 151004

Abstract

We report the first result from a dark photon dark matter search in the mass range from 78.62 to 83.95 μeV/c^{2} with a dielectric haloscope prototype for madmax (Magnetized Disc and Mirror Axion eXperiment). Putative dark photons would convert to detectable photons within a stack consisting of three sapphire disks and a mirror. The emitted power of this system is received by an antenna and successively digitized using a low-noise receiver. No significant signal attributable to dark photons has been observed above the expected background. Assuming unpolarized dark photon dark matter with a local density of ρ_{χ}=0.3 GeV cm^{3} we exclude a dark photon to photon mixing parameter χ>2.7×10^{-12} over the full mass range and χ>1.1×10^{-13} at a mass of 80.57 μeV/c^{2} with a 95% confidence level. This is the first physics result from a madmax prototype and exceeds previous constraints on χ in this mass range by up to almost three orders of magnitude.

Authors 41

1. J. Egge corresponding

   Universität Hamburg

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   Universität Hamburg

2. D. Leppla-Weber

   Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

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   Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

3. S. Knirck

   Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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   Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

4. B. Ary dos Santos Garcia Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

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   RWTH Aachen University

5. D. Bergermann Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

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   RWTH Aachen University

6. A. Caldwell

   Max Planck Institute for Physics

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   Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

7. C. Diaconu

   Aix-Marseille Université · Centre de physique des particules de Marseille · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

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   Aix Marseille Univ

   Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille

   IN2P3

8. Johannes Diehl

   Max Planck Institute for Physics

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   Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

9. Gia Dvali

   Max Planck Institute for Physics

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   Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

10. M. Ekmedžić

    Universität Hamburg

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    Universität Hamburg

11. E. Garutti

    Universität Hamburg

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    Universität Hamburg

12. S. Heyminck

    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

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    Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie

13. Fabrice Hubaut

    Aix-Marseille Université · Centre de physique des particules de Marseille · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

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    Aix Marseille Univ

    Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille

    IN2P3

14. A. Ivanov

    Max Planck Institute for Physics

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    Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

15. Josef Jochum

    University of Tübingen

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    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

16. Pierre Karst

    Aix-Marseille Université · Centre de physique des particules de Marseille · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

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    Aix Marseille Univ

    Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille

    IN2P3

17. M. Kramer

    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

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    Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie

18. Dagmar Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo

    Max Planck Institute for Physics

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    Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

19. C. Lee

    Max Planck Institute for Physics

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    Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

20. A. Lindner

    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

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    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

21. Béla Majorovits

    Max Planck Institute for Physics

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    Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

22. S. Martens

    Universität Hamburg

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    Universität Hamburg

23. A. Martini

    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

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    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

24. Akira Miyazaki

    Université Paris-Saclay · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules · Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie

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    IJCLab

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    Université Paris-Saclay

25. E. Öz Aachen

    RWTH Aachen University

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    RWTH Aachen University

26. P. Pralavorio

    Aix-Marseille Université · Centre de physique des particules de Marseille · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

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    Aix Marseille Univ

    Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille

    IN2P3

27. G. Raffelt

    Max Planck Institute for Physics

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    Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

28. Andreas Ringwald

    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

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    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

29. Javier Redondo

    Universidad de Zaragoza

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    Universidad Zaragoza

30. S. Roset

    Aix-Marseille Université · Centre de physique des particules de Marseille · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

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    Aix Marseille Univ

    Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille

    IN2P3

31. J. Schaffran

    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

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    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

32. Alexander SCHMIDT Aachen

    RWTH Aachen University

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    RWTH Aachen University

33. F. Steffen

    Max Planck Institute for Physics

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    Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

34. Christian Strandhagen

    University of Tübingen

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    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

35. I. Usherov

    University of Tübingen

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    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

36. Hua Wang Aachen

    RWTH Aachen University

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    RWTH Aachen University

37. G. Wieching

    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

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    Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie

38. Gustavo I. Cancelo

    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

39. Martın Di Federico

    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

40. Gabe Hoshino

    University of Chicago

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    University of Chicago

41. Leandro Stefanazzi

    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory