Can Dark Matter Be Explained by Dark Photons

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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