Constraints on fifth forces and ultralight dark matter from OSIRIS-REx target asteroid Bennu
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: It is important to test the possible existence of fifth forces, as ultralight bosons that would mediate these are predicted to exist in several well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model. Recent work indicated asteroids as promising probes, but applications to real data are lacking so far. Here we use the OSIRIS-REx mission and ground-based tracking data for the asteroid Bennu to derive constraints on fifth forces. Our limits are strongest for mediator masses m ~ (10 −18 -10 −17 ) eV, where we currently achieve the tightest bounds. These can be translated to a wide class of models leading to Yukawa-type fifth forces, and we demonstrate how they apply to U (1) B dark photons and baryon-coupled scalars. Our results demonstrate the potential of asteroid tracking in probing well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model and ultralight bosons near the fuzzy dark matter range.
Source: Communications Physics
Institutions: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Irvine, University of Chicago, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, European Space Agency, University of Trento, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics And Applications, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,790
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, California Institute of Technology, Aspen Center for Physics, University of Washington, CERN, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Università degli Studi di Trento, Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Laboratory Directed Research and Development, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Awards: INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR THEORY, G222768804, G2595738051, G2676722403, INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR THEORY, G3209097197, G3648211085, G5560843983, G6279833791, G638484911, G6668720323, Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology at UC Irvine, Programs on Critical Problems in Physics, Astrophysics and Biophysics at the Aspen Center for Physics, G830101876, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
OpenAlex ID: W4402773241