The ALPS Light Shining Through a Wall Experiment - WISP Search in the Laboratory
Klaus Ehret

TL;DR
The paper discusses the ALPS Light Shining Through a Wall experiment at DESY, which searches for weakly interacting sub-eV particles like axion-like particles and hidden photons, providing new laboratory constraints through advanced optical techniques.
Contribution
It presents the latest status, upgrades, and potential of the ALPS experiment in searching for WISP particles using resonant optical cavities.
Findings
Most stringent laboratory constraints on WISP production to date
Successful implementation of resonant laser power build-up in the experiment
Enhanced sensitivity for detecting axion-like particles and hidden photons
Abstract
In the last years it has been realized, that extensions of the Standard Model may manifest itself also at meV energy scales. The low energy frontier is a rich complement to the conventional high-energy particle physics landscape. The search for these new particles initiated experimental activities around the world. "Light shining through a wall" (LSW) experiments search for Weakly Interacting Sub-eV Particles (WISP). Potential WISP candidates are axion-like particles or hidden sector photons. The ALPS (Any Light Particle Search) experiment located at DESY in Hamburg exploits resonant laser power build-up in a large-scale optical cavity to boost the available power for the WISP production. After some upgrades the experiment provides now the most stringent laboratory constraints on WISP production. The concept, challenges and status of LSW experiments as well as their future potential are…
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Taxonomy
TopicsDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Particle Detector Development and Performance
