Cosmic Microwave Background Constraints on Very Dark Photons

Anthony Fradette; Maxim Pospelov; Josef Pradler; Adam Ritz

doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.081

Cosmic Microwave Background Constraints on Very Dark Photons

Anthony Fradette, Maxim Pospelov, Josef Pradler, Adam Ritz

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

We analyze the effects of a massive dark photon with mV > 1 MeV on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). We calculate the freeze-in abundance and derive limits on the parameter space from energy injections in the CMB. We find that for dark vectors in the mass range 1 MeV < m_V 300 MeV, the model is already ruled out for effective electromagnetic coupling as low as 10^-34 - 10^-37.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	689-693
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Procedia
Volume	61
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.081
State	Published - 2015
Event	13th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2013 - , United States Duration: Sep 8 2013 → Sep 13 2013

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by NSERC, Canada, and research at the Perimeter Institute is supported in part by the Government of Canada through NSERC and by the Province of Ontario through MEDT. The work of AF is partially supported by the Province of Québec through FRQNT.

Keywords

Cosmic Microwave Background
Dark photons
Hidden sector

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