标题： 在微波腔中搜索里德伯原子的矢量暗物质 显示英文标题

标题： Search for vector dark matter in microwave cavities with Rydberg atoms

摘要： 我们提出了一种新的实验，用于搜索暗物质，该实验基于在微波腔内应用电场以及使用里德伯原子进行电测量。 我们表明，这种实验对于检测特定的暗物质候选者可能非常有用，即与光子场耦合的重矢量场，更常见地称为暗光子。 这种重矢量场是暗物质的良好候选者。 使用现实的实验参数，我们表明这种实验可以改进当前对暗光子与标准模型光子耦合常数的约束，在1~$\mu$eV到10~$\mu$eV的质量范围内，同时可以通过腔体大小调节最大灵敏度。 实验灵敏度的主要限制因素是施加场的幅度稳定性和原子对电场的测量不确定性。 显示英文摘要

摘要： We propose a novel experiment to search for dark matter, based on the application of an electric field inside a microwave cavity and electrometry using Rydberg atoms. We show that this kind of experiment could be extremely useful for detecting specific dark matter candidates, namely massive vector fields coupled to the photon field, more commonly known as dark photons. Such a massive vector field is a good candidate for dark matter. Using realistic experimental parameters we show that such an experiment could improve the current constraint on the coupling constant of the dark photons to Standard Model photons in the 1~$\mu$eV to 10~$\mu$eV mass range, with the possibility of tuning the maximum sensitivity via the cavity size. The main limiting factors on the sensitivity of the experiment are the amplitude stability of the applied field and the measurement uncertainty of the electric field by the atoms.