Hint on new physics from the $W$-boson mass excess$-$axion-like
  particle, dark photon or Chameleon dark energy
  The $W$-boson mass ($m_{W}=80.4335 \pm 0.0094 \mathrm{GeV}$) measured by the
CDF collaboration is in excess of the standard model (SM) prediction at a
confidence level of $7\sigma$, which is strongly in favor of the presence of
new particles or fields. In the literature, various new particles and/or fields
have been introduced to explain the astrophysical and experimental data and
their presence in principle may also enhance the $W$-boson mass. Here we
examine the models of axion-like particle (ALP), dark photon as well as
Chameleon dark energy to see whether one of them can provide a solution of the
$W$-boson mass excess. We find that the ALP interpretation is marginally
consistent with the astrophysical constraints except for a mass of $\sim 1$
GeV. For the dark photon, the constraint on the $\xi$ parameter has been
significantly narrowed down but no other astrophysical bounds are found
available to further check this possibility. The possibility of attributing
$W-$boson mass anomaly to the Chameleon dark energy has been ruled out by other
experiments.
