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Searching for WISPy cold dark matter with a dish antenna

  • 1. Hamburg Univ. (Germany). Inst. fuer Experimentalphysik
  • 2. Durham Univ. (United Kingdom). Inst. for Particle Physics Phenomenology
  • 3. Heidelberg Univ. (Germany). Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik
  • 4. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  • 5. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn (Germany)
  • 6. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik, Muenchen (Germany)
  • 7. Muenchen Univ. (Germany). Arnold Sommerfeld Center

Description

The cold dark matter of the Universe may be comprised of very light and very weakly interacting particles, so-called WISPs. Two prominent examples are hidden photons and axion-like particles. In this note we propose a new technique to sensitively search for this type of dark matter with dish antennas. The technique is broadband and allows to explore a whole range of masses in a single measurement.

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Imprint Pagination
16 p.
ISSN
0418-9833
Report number
DESY--12-227

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Secondary number(s)
MPP--2012-158