While the evidence for dark matter continues to grow, the nature of dark matter remains a mystery. A dark U(1)(D) gauge theory can have a small kinetic mixing with the visible photon which provides a portal to the dark sector. Magnetic monopoles of the dark U(1)(D) can obtain small magnetic couplings to our photon through this kinetic mixing. This coupling is only manifest below the mass of the dark photon; at these scales the monopoles are bound together by tubes of dark magnetic flux. These flux tubes can produce phase shifts in Aharonov-Bohm type experiments. We outline how this scenario might be realized, examine the existing constraints, and quantify the experimental sensitivity required to detect magnetic dipole dark matter in this novel way.
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St Petersburg State Univ, St Petersburg 199034, RussiaSt Petersburg State Univ, St Petersburg 199034, Russia
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