Lunar radio emission from dark photon dark matter
Abstract
The dielectric surface of the Moon provides an efficient interface for the conversion of dark matter dark photons into radio waves. This work explores a novel detection strategy that aims to capture this radio emission using standard radio telescope antennas. Detailed sensitivity projections are presented that demonstrate the power of this technique. It is found that both current and future radio observatories, including large arrays such as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), as well as large single dishes like the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) and the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), can explore a substantial and previously inaccessible parameter space for these dark matter candidates.
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BibTeX
@misc{arza2026lunar,
title = {{Lunar radio emission from dark photon dark matter}},
author = {Ariel Arza},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.07066},
eprint = {2610.07066},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.07066},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Lunar radio emission from dark photon dark matter
AU - Ariel Arza
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/05
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.07066
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.07066
AB - The dielectric surface of the Moon provides an efficient interface for the conversion of dark matter dark photons into radio waves. This work explores a novel detection strategy that aims to capture this radio emission using standard radio telescope antennas. Detailed sensitivity projections are presented that demonstrate the power of this technique. It is found that both current and future radio observatories, including large arrays such as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), as well as large single dishes like the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) and the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), can explore a substantial and previously inaccessible parameter space for these dark matter candidates.
ER -