Searches for New Particles Including Dark Matter with Atomic, Molecular and Optical Systems

TL;DR

This paper reviews how atomic, molecular, and optical systems can be utilized to search for new particles, especially spinless bosons, highlighting their potential to detect effects across various scales.

Contribution

It provides an overview of methods using atomic, molecular, and optical systems to search for new particles, emphasizing the case of spinless bosons.

Findings

Atomic systems can detect effects of new particles at sub-atomic scales.

Molecular and optical systems extend search capabilities to larger scales.

The focus on spinless bosons illustrates specific detection strategies.

Abstract

New particles can manifest their effects in many settings, ranging from effects on sub-atomic to galactic length scales. The nature of these effects depends on the specific particles and their non-gravitational interactions. In this chapter, we give a brief overview of how atomic, molecular and optical systems can be used to search for new particles. To illustrate the basic principles behind these methods, we focus on the simplest class of particles, namely new spinless bosons.