Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run
We present a search for dark photon dark matter that could couple to gravitational-wave interferometers using data from Advanced LIGO and Virgo’s third observing run. To perform this analysis, we use two methods, one based on cross-correlation of the strain channels in the two nearly aligned LIGO de...
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| description | We present a search for dark photon dark matter that could couple to gravitational-wave interferometers using data from Advanced LIGO and Virgo’s third observing run. To perform this analysis, we use two methods, one based on cross-correlation of the strain channels in the two nearly aligned LIGO detectors, and one that looks for excess power in the strain channels of the LIGO and Virgo detectors. The excess power method optimizes the Fourier transform coherence time as a function of frequency, to account for the expected signal width due to Doppler modulations. We do not find any evidence of dark photon dark matter with a mass between
m
A
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10
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11
eV
/
c
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, which corresponds to frequencies between 10–2000 Hz, and therefore provide upper limits on the square of the minimum coupling of dark photons to baryons, i.e.,
U
(
1
)
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dark matter. For the cross-correlation method, the best median constraint on the squared coupling is
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1548622024-09-21T04:37:37Z Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run Sudhir, Vivishek We present a search for dark photon dark matter that could couple to gravitational-wave interferometers using data from Advanced LIGO and Virgo’s third observing run. To perform this analysis, we use two methods, one based on cross-correlation of the strain channels in the two nearly aligned LIGO detectors, and one that looks for excess power in the strain channels of the LIGO and Virgo detectors. The excess power method optimizes the Fourier transform coherence time as a function of frequency, to account for the expected signal width due to Doppler modulations. We do not find any evidence of dark photon dark matter with a mass between m A ∼ 10 − 14 – 10 − 11 eV / c 2 , which corresponds to frequencies between 10–2000 Hz, and therefore provide upper limits on the square of the minimum coupling of dark photons to baryons, i.e., U ( 1 ) B dark matter. For the cross-correlation method, the best median constraint on the squared coupling is ∼ 1.31 × 10 − 47 at m A ∼ 4.2 × 10 − 13 eV / c 2 ; for the other analysis, the best constraint is ∼ 2.4 × 10 − 47 at m A ∼ 5.7 × 10 − 13 eV / c 2 . These limits improve upon those obtained in direct dark matter detection experiments by a factor of ∼ 100 for m A ∼ [ 2 – 4 ] × 10 − 13 eV / c 2 , and are, in absolute terms, the most stringent constraint so far in a large mass range m A ∼ 2 × 10 − 13 – 8 × 10 − 12 eV / c 2 . 2024-05-08T16:16:44Z 2024-05-08T16:16:44Z 2022-03-31 2024-05-08T16:09:18Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2470-0010 2470-0029 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/154862 Sudhir, Vivishek. 2022. "Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run." Physical Review D, 105 (6). en 10.1103/physrevd.105.063030 Physical Review D Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society American Physical Society |
| spellingShingle | Sudhir, Vivishek Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run |
| title | Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run |
| title_full | Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run |
| title_fullStr | Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run |
| title_full_unstemmed | Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run |
| title_short | Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run |
| title_sort | constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from ligo s and virgo s third observing run |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/154862 |
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