Dark photon constraints from CMB temperature anisotropiesShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, E-ISSN 1475-7516, Vol. 2024, no 11, article id 049Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The resonant conversion, within the inter-galactic medium, of regular photons into dark photons amplifies the anisotropy observed in the CMB, thereby imposing stringent constraints on the existence of light dark photons. In this study, we investigate the impact of light dark photons, with masses in the range 3 × 10-15 eV < mA ' < 3 × 10-12 eV on the power spectrum of temperature anisotropies within the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation utilizing the state-of-the-art large-volume FLAMINGO cosmological simulations. Our results show that using full Planck data, one can expect the existing constraints on the dark photon mixing parameter in this mass range to improve by an order of magnitude.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IOP Publishing , 2024. Vol. 2024, no 11, article id 049
Keywords [en]
CMBR theory, cosmological simulations, cosmology of theories beyond the SM
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-358280DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2024/11/049ISI: 001399867500016Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85213317995OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-358280DiVA, id: diva2:1925480
Note
QC 20250625
2025-01-082025-01-082025-06-25Bibliographically approved