18–19 May 2026
Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Search for Hidden Photon Dark Matter Using Direct Excitation of Superconducting Qubits

18 May 2026, 16:30
5m
Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo

Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo

7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo

Speaker

KARIN WATANABE (The University of Tokyo)

Description

We present a search for hidden photon dark matter using superconducting qubits, based on the method proposed by our group (Moroi et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 211001 (2023)). Hidden photon dark matter induces an AC electric field through the kinetic mixing with ordinary photons. This electric field can excite a qubit on resonance. Assuming that fake excitations are uniformly distributed in the frequency domain, a narrow dark matter signal can be detected by sweeping the frequency of tunable qubits. To determine the excitation rate at each frequency, we repeatedly let the qubit idle for a fixed time and measure its state. In this poster, we show the latest results of hidden photon searches by this detection method

Author

KARIN WATANABE (The University of Tokyo)

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