Cosmological evolution of light dark photon dark matter
Abstract
Light dark photons are subject to various plasma effects, such as Debye screening and resonant oscillations, which can lead to a more complex cosmological evolution than is experienced by conventional cold dark matter candidates. Maintaining a consistent history of dark photon dark matter requires ensuring that the superthermal abundance present in the early Universe (i) does not deviate significantly after the formation of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), and (ii) does not excessively leak into the Standard Model plasma after big band nucleosynthesis (BBN). We point out that the role of nonresonant absorption, which has previously been neglected in cosmological studies of this dark matter candidate, produces strong constraints on dark photon dark matter with mass as low as . Furthermore, we show that resonant conversion of dark photons after recombination can produce excessive heating of the intergalactic medium (IGM) which is capable of prematurely reionizing hydrogen and helium, leaving a distinct imprint on both the Ly- forest and the integrated optical depth of the CMB. Our constraints surpass existing cosmological bounds by more than 5 orders of magnitude across a wide range of dark photon masses.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Generalitat Valenciana; European Union’s Horizon 2020
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1606618
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1581421
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1911.05086; FERMILAB-PUB-19-565-T
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 063030
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; FPA2014-57816-P; FPA2017-85985-P; 690575; 674896
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. D.
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Volume: 101 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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McDermott, Samuel D., and Witte, Samuel J. Cosmological evolution of light dark photon dark matter. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.063030.
McDermott, Samuel D., & Witte, Samuel J. Cosmological evolution of light dark photon dark matter. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.063030
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"Cosmological evolution of light dark photon dark matter". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.063030.
@article{osti_1606618,
title = {Cosmological evolution of light dark photon dark matter},
author = {McDermott, Samuel D. and Witte, Samuel J.},
abstractNote = {Light dark photons are subject to various plasma effects, such as Debye screening and resonant oscillations, which can lead to a more complex cosmological evolution than is experienced by conventional cold dark matter candidates. Maintaining a consistent history of dark photon dark matter requires ensuring that the superthermal abundance present in the early Universe (i) does not deviate significantly after the formation of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), and (ii) does not excessively leak into the Standard Model plasma after big band nucleosynthesis (BBN). We point out that the role of nonresonant absorption, which has previously been neglected in cosmological studies of this dark matter candidate, produces strong constraints on dark photon dark matter with mass as low as 10-22 eV. Furthermore, we show that resonant conversion of dark photons after recombination can produce excessive heating of the intergalactic medium (IGM) which is capable of prematurely reionizing hydrogen and helium, leaving a distinct imprint on both the Ly-α forest and the integrated optical depth of the CMB. Our constraints surpass existing cosmological bounds by more than 5 orders of magnitude across a wide range of dark photon masses.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.101.063030},
journal = {Physical Review. D.},
number = 6,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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