主讲人：刘佳 研究员（北京大学物理学院）

题目：Dark Photon Dark Matter Detection with Radio Telescopes

时间：2024年03月22日（周五）上午10：00

地点：理工楼1226

邀请人：刘占伟

报告摘要：

We propose using radio telescopes to explore the conversion of dark photons, a potential ultralight dark matter candidate, through both solar observations and the telescopes themselves. The local absorption of dark photon dark matter can induce harmonic oscillations of electrons inside radio telescopes, resulting in a monochromatic radio signal that receivers can detect. The FAST telescope has already achieved an upper limit on kinetic mixing of $10^{-12}$ for DPDM oscillation frequencies at $1-1.5$ GHz, which is stronger than the cosmic microwave background constraint. LOFAR and SKA1 telescopes can achieve extraordinary sensitivities for direct DPDM search from 10 MHz to 10 GHz. Additionally, due to the strong resonant conversion, the solar corona provides an ideal location for observing dark photon conversion. Using observational data, the LOFAR telescope can reach a kinetic mixing of $\epsilon \sim 10^{-13}$ in the frequency range of $30-80$ MHz, which exceeds the cosmic microwave background constraint.

个人简介：

刘佳，2020年入职北京大学物理学院任研究员，获国家高层次青年人才项目资助。本科毕业于清华大学，硕士毕业于北京大学，博士毕业于纽约大学，之后在德国美因茨大学和芝加哥大学做博士后研究。从事粒子物理理论研究，研究方向为高能物理唯象学和粒子天体物理等。