Hidden-sector photon and axion searches using photonic band gap structures

Seviour, Rebecca, Bailey, Ian, Woollett, Nathan and Williams, Peter (2014) Hidden-sector photon and axion searches using photonic band gap structures. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 41 (3). 035005. ISSN 0954-3899

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Abstract

Many proposed extensions of the standard model of particle physics predict the existence of weakly interacting sub-eV particles (WISPs) such as hidden-sector photons and axions, which are also of interest as dark matter candidates. In this paper we propose a novel experimental approach in which microwave photonic lattice structures form part of a 'light shining through the wall'-type experiment to search for WISPs. We demonstrate the potential to match and exceed the sensitivities of conventional experiments operating in the microwave regime.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Schools:	School of Applied Sciences
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Depositing User:	Cherry Edmunds
Date Deposited:	21 May 2014 13:32
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2016 07:58
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/20333

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