Dark photon search with a gyrotron and a transition edge sensor

Abstract

A dark photon, one of the candidates of light dark matter, will be searched around 0.1 meV range by using a gyrotron. The use of a Transition Edge Sensor is the key of this experiment and the expected result is promising. This search will pave a way to future axion search using similar instruments.

Comments: accepted by the 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves