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Title: Novel constraints on fifth forces and ultralight dark sector with asteroidal data

Abstract

Here, we study for the first time the possibility of probing long-range fifth forces utilizing asteroid astrometric data, via the fifth force-induced orbital precession. We examine nine Near-Earth Object (NEO) asteroids whose orbital trajectories are accurately determined via optical and radar astrometry. Focusing on a Yukawa-type potential mediated by a new gauge field (dark photon) or a baryon-coupled scalar, we estimate the sensitivity reach for the fifth force coupling strength and mediator mass in the mass range m ≃ (10-21-10-15) eV, near the "fuzzy" dark matter region. Our estimated sensitivity is comparable to leading limits from equivalence principle tests, potentially exceeding these in a specific mass range. The fifth force-induced precession increases with the orbital semi-major axis in the small m limit, motivating the study of objects further away from the Sun. We also demonstrate that precession tests are particularly strong in probing long-range forces which approximately conserve the equivalence principle. We discuss future prospects for extending our study to more than a million asteroids, including NEOs, main-belt asteroids, Hildas, and Jupiter Trojans, as well as trans-Neptunian objects and exoplanets.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics (KICP)
  2. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  3. Univ. of Trento (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Trento (Italy). Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (INFN-TIFPA); Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge
  4. Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai (China); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1824313
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-21-298-AE-T; LCTP-21-17; arXiv:2107.04038
Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516; oai:inspirehep.net:1880918
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359; SC007859
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2023; Journal Issue: 04; Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Citation Formats

Tsai, Yu-Dai, Wu, Youjia, Vagnozzi, Sunny, and Visinelli, Luca. Novel constraints on fifth forces and ultralight dark sector with asteroidal data. United States: N. p., 2023. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2023/04/031.
Tsai, Yu-Dai, Wu, Youjia, Vagnozzi, Sunny, & Visinelli, Luca. Novel constraints on fifth forces and ultralight dark sector with asteroidal data. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2023/04/031
Tsai, Yu-Dai, Wu, Youjia, Vagnozzi, Sunny, and Visinelli, Luca. Wed . "Novel constraints on fifth forces and ultralight dark sector with asteroidal data". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2023/04/031. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1824313.
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author = {Tsai, Yu-Dai and Wu, Youjia and Vagnozzi, Sunny and Visinelli, Luca},
abstractNote = {Here, we study for the first time the possibility of probing long-range fifth forces utilizing asteroid astrometric data, via the fifth force-induced orbital precession. We examine nine Near-Earth Object (NEO) asteroids whose orbital trajectories are accurately determined via optical and radar astrometry. Focusing on a Yukawa-type potential mediated by a new gauge field (dark photon) or a baryon-coupled scalar, we estimate the sensitivity reach for the fifth force coupling strength and mediator mass in the mass range m ≃ (10-21-10-15) eV, near the "fuzzy" dark matter region. Our estimated sensitivity is comparable to leading limits from equivalence principle tests, potentially exceeding these in a specific mass range. The fifth force-induced precession increases with the orbital semi-major axis in the small m limit, motivating the study of objects further away from the Sun. We also demonstrate that precession tests are particularly strong in probing long-range forces which approximately conserve the equivalence principle. We discuss future prospects for extending our study to more than a million asteroids, including NEOs, main-belt asteroids, Hildas, and Jupiter Trojans, as well as trans-Neptunian objects and exoplanets.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2023/04/031},
journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
number = 04,
volume = 2023,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
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