Abstract
If dark matter stems from the background of a very light gauge boson, this gauge boson could exert forces on test masses in gravitational wave detectors, resulting in displacements with a characteristic frequency set by the gauge boson mass. We outline a novel search strategy for such dark matter, assuming the dark photon is the gauge boson of or . We show that both ground-based and future space-based gravitational wave detectors have the capability to make a discovery in unexplored parameter regimes.
- Received 7 February 2018
- Revised 2 May 2018
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.061102
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