The universe as a superconductor: How to search for a photon mass

arXiv:2609.26888 · hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-22 · Read on arXiv

hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-09-22

Updated: 2026-09-22

Terminology

• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) — 2× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Fine-Tuning — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Generalization — 1× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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