Sensitivity of Proposed Search for Axion-induced Magnetic Field using Optically Pumped Magnetometers

Chu, Pinghan; Duffy, Leanne Delma; Kim, Young Jin; Savukov, Igor Mykhaylovich

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072011

Sensitivity of Proposed Search for Axion-induced Magnetic Field using Optically Pumped Magnetometers

Journal Article · Tue Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072011· OSTI ID:1441350

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

We investigate the sensitivity of a search for the oscillating current induced by axion dark matter in an external magnetic field using optically pumped magnetometers. This experiment is based upon the LC circuit (circuit with inductor and capacitor) axion detection concept of Sikivie et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 131301 (2014)]. The modification of Maxwell’s equations caused by the axion-photon coupling results in a minute magnetic field oscillating at a frequency equal to the axion mass, in the presence of an external magnetic field. The axion-induced magnetic field could be searched for using a LC circuit amplifier with an optically pumped magnetometer, the most sensitive cryogen-free magnetic-field sensor, in a room-temperature experiment, avoiding the need for a complicated and expensive cryogenic system. Here, we discuss how an existing magnetic resonance imaging experiment can be modified to search for axions in a previously unexplored part of the parameter space. Our existing detection setup, optimized for magnetic resonance imagining, is already sensitive to an axion-photon coupling of 10^-7 GeV^-1 for an axion mass near 3 × 10^-10 eV, which is already limited by astrophysical processes and solar axion searches. We show that realistic modifications, and optimization of the experiment for axion detection, can probe the axion-photon coupling up to 4 orders of magnitude beyond the current best limit, for axion masses between 10^-1 and 10^-7 eV.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1441350

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1433457

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-20811

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 97; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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