Edges and Endpoints in 21-cm Observations from Resonant Photon Production
arXiv:2009.03899 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.011102
Abstract
We introduce a novel class of signatures---spectral edges and endpoints---in 21-cm measurements resulting from interactions between the standard and dark sectors. Within the context of a kinetically mixed dark photon, we demonstrate how resonant dark photon-to-photon conversions can imprint distinctive spectral features in the observed 21-cm brightness temperature, with implications for current, upcoming, and proposed experiments targeting the cosmic dawn and the dark ages. These signatures open up a qualitatively new way to look for physics beyond the Standard Model using 21-cm observations.
5+6 pages, 3+1 figures
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