Hidden Photons from the Sun
Hidden Photons from the Sun
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DOI:
10.3204/desy-proc-2010-03/redondo_javier
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发表时间:
2010
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通讯作者:
J. Redondo
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作者:
Davide Cadamuro;J. Redondo
A brief account of the phenomenon of photon oscillations into sub-eV mass hidden photons is given and used to estimate the flux and properties of these hypothetical particles from the Sun. A new generation of dedicated helioscopes, the Solar Hidden Photon Search (SHIPS) in the Hamburg Observatory amongst them, will cover a vast region of parameter space. A Hidden Photon (HP) is the gauge boson of a local U(1) hidden symmetry. This kind of symmetries arise very frequently in many popular extensions of the Standard Model, especially in String Theory [1]. Known particles have no direct interaction with HPs (hence the name hidden) but couplings can still be generated through radiative corrections or gravity. In particular, HPs could be really not so hidden, because very massive particles with both electric and hidden charge can generate kinetic mixing with the standard photon [2],