https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04337-y
Regular Article
On massive photons in unmagnetized dusty plasmas
LHEP-MS, Faculty of Sciences, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Received:
25
May
2023
Accepted:
30
July
2023
Published online:
7
August
2023
Motivated by the growing interest in complex plasmas, we consider the electromagnetic waves propagation in dusty plasmas where the dispersive effect undergone by the propagating photon A in such a medium is investigated. In particular, by making contact with quantum field theory we determine the acquired tiny photon mass from the underlying Higgs-like electron density background field 
in terms of the involved parameters and known constants ![$$m_{A}\simeq \sqrt{n_{e}}10^{-75}\left[ kg \right] $$](/articles/epjplus/abs/2023/08/13360_2023_Article_4337/13360_2023_Article_4337_tex_eq2.png)
. Such a photonic mass could be relevant for theories dealing with dark matter and dark energy problems since it can be influenced by gravitational interactions while traveling inside the cosmic plasma media.
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