Probing Hidden Sector Photons through the Higgs Window

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dc.creatorAhlers, Markus
dc.creatorJaeckel, Joerg
dc.creatorRedondo, Javier
dc.creatorRingwald, Andreas
dc.date2008-07-25
dc.date2008-07-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:45:05Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:45:05Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate the possibility that a (light) hidden sector extra photon receives its mass via spontaneous symmetry breaking of a hidden sector Higgs boson, the so-called hidden-Higgs. The hidden-photon can mix with the ordinary photon via a gauge kinetic mixing term. The hidden-Higgs can couple to the Standard Model Higgs via a renormalizable quartic term - sometimes called the Higgs Portal. We discuss the implications of this light hidden-Higgs in the context of laser polarization and light-shining-through-the-wall experiments as well as cosmological, astrophysical, and non-Newtonian force measurements. For hidden-photons receiving their mass from a hidden-Higgs we find in the small mass regime significantly stronger bounds than the bounds on massive hidden sector photons alone.
dc.description17 pages, 6 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0807.4143
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0807.4143
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D78:075005,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.075005
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201769
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleProbing Hidden Sector Photons through the Higgs Window
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