TY - JOUR
T1 - Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO's and Virgo's third observing run
AU - Abbott, R.
AU - Abbott, T.D.
AU - Acernese, F.
AU - Ackley, K.
AU - Adams, C.
AU - Adhikari, N.
AU - Adhikari, R.X.
AU - Adya, V.B.
AU - Affeldt, C.
AU - Agarwal, D.
AU - Agathos, M.
AU - Agatsuma, K.
AU - Aggarwal, N.
AU - Aguiar, O.D.
AU - Aiello, L.
AU - Ain, A.
AU - Ajith, P.
AU - Akutsu, T.
AU - Albanesi, S.
AU - Allocca, A.
AU - Altin, P.A.
AU - Amato, A.
AU - Anand, C.
AU - Anand, S.
AU - Ananyeva, A.
AU - Anderson, S.B.
AU - Anderson, W.G.
AU - Ando, M.
AU - Andrade, T.
AU - Andres, N.
AU - Angelova, S.V.
AU - Ansoldi, S.
AU - Antelis, J.M.
AU - Antier, S.
AU - Appert, S.
AU - Arai, K.
AU - Arai, Y.
AU - Araki, S.
AU - Araya, A.
AU - Araya, M.C.
AU - Areeda, J.S.
AU - Arene, M.
AU - Aritomi, N.
AU - Arnaud, N.
AU - Aronson, S.M.
AU - Arun, K.G.
AU - Asada, H.
AU - Asali, Y.
AU - Ashton, G.
AU - KAGRA Collaboration
AU - LIGO Scientific Collaboration
AU - Virgo Collaboration
AU - Danilishin, Stefan
AU - Hild, Stefan
AU - Koekoek, Gideon
AU - Singha, Ayatri
AU - Spagnuolo, Viola
AU - Steinlechner, Jessica
AU - Steinlechner, Sebastian
AU - Utina, Andrei
AU - van den Brand, Johannes
PY - 2022/3/31
Y1 - 2022/3/31
N2 - We present a search for dark photon dark matter that could couple to gravitational-wave interferometers using data from Advanced LIGO and Virgo's third observing run. To perform this analysis, we use two methods, one based on cross-correlation of the strain channels in the two nearly aligned LIGO detectors, and one that looks for excess power in the strain channels of the LIGO and Virgo detectors. The excess power method optimizes the Fourier transform coherence time as a function of frequency, to account for the expected signal width due to Doppler modulations. We do not find any evidence of dark photon dark matter with a mass between m(A) similar to 10(-14)-10(-11) eV/c(2), which corresponds to frequencies between 10-2000 Hz, and therefore provide upper limits on the square of the minimum coupling of dark photons to baryons, i.e., U(1)(B) dark matter. For the cross-correlation method, the best median constraint on the squared coupling is similar to 1.31 x 10(-47) at m(A) similar to 4.2 x 10(-13) eV/c(2); for the other analysis, the best constraint is similar to 2.4 x 10(-47) at m(A) similar to 5.7 x 10(-13) eV/c(2). These limits improve upon those obtained in direct dark matter detection experiments by a factor of similar to 100 for m(A) similar to [2-4] x 10(-13) eV/c(2), and are, in absolute terms, the most stringent constraint so far in a large mass range m(A) similar to 2 x 10(-13) - 8 x 10(-12) eV/c(2).
AB - We present a search for dark photon dark matter that could couple to gravitational-wave interferometers using data from Advanced LIGO and Virgo's third observing run. To perform this analysis, we use two methods, one based on cross-correlation of the strain channels in the two nearly aligned LIGO detectors, and one that looks for excess power in the strain channels of the LIGO and Virgo detectors. The excess power method optimizes the Fourier transform coherence time as a function of frequency, to account for the expected signal width due to Doppler modulations. We do not find any evidence of dark photon dark matter with a mass between m(A) similar to 10(-14)-10(-11) eV/c(2), which corresponds to frequencies between 10-2000 Hz, and therefore provide upper limits on the square of the minimum coupling of dark photons to baryons, i.e., U(1)(B) dark matter. For the cross-correlation method, the best median constraint on the squared coupling is similar to 1.31 x 10(-47) at m(A) similar to 4.2 x 10(-13) eV/c(2); for the other analysis, the best constraint is similar to 2.4 x 10(-47) at m(A) similar to 5.7 x 10(-13) eV/c(2). These limits improve upon those obtained in direct dark matter detection experiments by a factor of similar to 100 for m(A) similar to [2-4] x 10(-13) eV/c(2), and are, in absolute terms, the most stringent constraint so far in a large mass range m(A) similar to 2 x 10(-13) - 8 x 10(-12) eV/c(2).
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.063030
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.063030
M3 - Article
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 105
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
IS - 6
M1 - 063030
ER -