[Interview] Can Dark Matter Be Explained by Dark Photons

October 19th, 2023
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Dark matter is one of the most exciting mysteries in Astronomy. We can see its effects but we don't know what exactly it is. One of the proposed solutions is dark photons. What are they and what do we need to find them? Finding the answers with Nicholas Hunt-Smith.

👉 Global QCD analysis and dark photons:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP09(2023)096

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  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:52 What is a dark photon
  • 06:35 Importance of naming
  • 08:00 What properties should it have
  • 14:59 How dark matter fits into the standard model
  • 20:20 How we could find dark photons
  • 24:38 What's next
  • 40:07 Current obsessions
  • 42:34 More interviews

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