WISP Dark Matter eXperiment and Prospects for Broadband Dark Matter Searches in the 1\,μeV--10\,meV Mass Range

Dieter Horns (1) , Axel Lindner (2) , Andrei Lobanov (3 , 1) Andreas Ringwald (2) ((1) Institut f\"ur Experimentalphysik , Universit\"at Hamburg , Germany , (2) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron , Hamburg

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(3) Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur Radioastronomie Bonn Germany)

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Light cold dark matter consisting of weakly interacting slim (or sub-eV) particles (WISPs) has been in the focus of a large number of studies made over the past two decades. The QCD axion and axion-like particles with masses in the $0.1\,\mu$eV--$100\,$meV are strong candidates for the dark matter particle, together with hidden photons with masses below $\lesssim 100\,$meV. This motivates several new initiatives in the field, including the WISP Dark Matter eXperiment (WISPDMX) and novel conceptual approaches for broad-band WISP searches using radiometry measurements in large volume chambers. First results and future prospects for these experiments are discussed in this contribution.

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WISP Dark Matter eXperiment and Prospects for Broadband Dark Matter Searches in the 1\,μeV--10\,meV Mass Range

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