Axion dark matter detection by superconducting resonant frequency conversion

Journal of High Energy Physics

Asher Berlin¹  Raffaele Tito D’Agnolo²  Natalia Toro³  Sebastian A. R. Ellis³  Jeffrey Neilson³  Kevin Zhou³  Christopher Nantista³  Philip Schuster³  Sami Tantawi³ 

[1] Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, 10003, New York, NY, USA;Institut de Physique Théorique, Université Paris Saclay, CEA, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France;SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, 94025, Menlo Park, CA, USA;

关键词: Beyond Standard Model;    Dark matter;    Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay (experiments);   

DOI  :  10.1007/JHEP07(2020)088

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

We propose an approach to search for axion dark matter with a specially designed superconducting radio frequency cavity, targeting axions with masses ma ≲ 10−6 eV. Our approach exploits axion-induced transitions between nearly degenerate resonant modes of frequency ∼ GHz. A scan over axion mass is achieved by varying the frequency splitting between the two modes. Compared to traditional approaches, this allows for parametrically enhanced signal power for axions lighter than a GHz. The projected sensitivity covers unexplored parameter space for QCD axion dark matter for 10−8 eV ≲ ma ≲ 10−6 eV and axion-like particle dark matter as light as ma∼ 10−14 eV.

【 授权许可】

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