Cryogenic resonant microwave cavity searches for hidden sector photons

Stephen Parker, John Hartnett, R.G. Povey, Michael Tobar

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Abstract

The hidden sector photon is a weakly interacting hypothetical particle with sub-eV mass that kinetically mixes with the photon. We describe a microwave frequency light shining through a wall experiment, where a cryogenic resonant microwave cavity is used to try and detect photons that have passed through an impenetrable barrier, a process only possible via mixing with hidden sector photons. For a hidden sector photon mass of 53 μeV, we limit the hidden photon kinetic mixing parameter χ
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5pp
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume88
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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