TY - BOOK ID - 66237912 TI - The physics of the dark photon : a primer AU - Fabbrichesi, Marco AU - Lanfranchi, Gaia AU - Gabrielli, Emidio PY - 2021 SN - 3030625192 3030625184 PB - Cham, Switzerland : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Elementary particles (Physics). KW - Quantum field theory. KW - Cosmology. KW - Mathematical physics. KW - Nuclear physics. KW - Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. KW - Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. KW - Particle and Nuclear Physics. KW - Atomic nuclei KW - Atoms, Nuclei of KW - Nucleus of the atom KW - Physics KW - Physical mathematics KW - Astronomy KW - Deism KW - Metaphysics KW - Relativistic quantum field theory KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Quantum theory KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Elementary particles (Physics) KW - High energy physics KW - Nuclear particles KW - Nucleons KW - Nuclear physics KW - Mathematics KW - Photons. KW - Dark matter (Astronomy) KW - Bosons. KW - Bose-Einstein particles KW - Particles (Nuclear physics) KW - Interacting boson-fermion models KW - Interacting boson models KW - Nonluminous matter (Astronomy) KW - Unobserved matter (Astronomy) KW - Unseen matter (Astronomy) KW - Interstellar matter KW - Light quantum KW - Light KW - Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:66237912 AB - This book is about the dark photon which is a new gauge boson whose existence has been conjectured. Due to its interaction with the ordinary, visible photon, such a particle can be experimentally detected via specific signatures. In this book, the authors review the physics of the dark photon from the theoretical and experimental point of view. They discuss the difference between the massive and the massless case, highlighting how the two phenomena arise from the same vector portal between the dark and the visible sector. A review of the cosmological and astrophysical observations is provided, together with the connection to dark matter physics. Then, a perspective on current and future experimental limits on the parameters of the massless and massive dark photon is given, as well as the related bounds on milli-charged fermions. The book is intended for graduate students and young researchers who are embarking on dark photon research, and offers them a clear and up-to-date introduction to the subject. ER -