[Interview] Can Dark Matter Be Explained by Dark Photons

Dark matter is one of the most exciting mysteries in Astronomy. We can see its effects but we don't know what exactly it is. One of the proposed solutions is dark photons. What are they and what do we need to find them? Finding the answers with Nicholas Hunt-Smith. 👉 Global QCD analysis and dark photons: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP09(2023)096 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:52 What is a dark photon 06:35 Importance of naming 08:00 What properties should it have 14:59 How dark matter fits into the standard model 20:20 How we could find dark photons 24:38 What's next 40:07 Current obsessions 42:34 More interviews More interviews: 👉 Axions with Dr Keir Rogers https://youtu.be/SruXU-Owz_M 👉 Axions with Dr Amruth Alfred https://youtu.be/M7IO6FkHRhE 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/g_eaYxt5DuE 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)