First Results from a Microwave Cavity Axion Search at 24 μeV

Brubaker, B. M.; Zhong, L.; Gurevich, Y. V.; Cahn, S. B.; Lamoreaux, S. K.; Simanovskaia, M.; Root, J. R.; Lewis, S. M.; Al Kenany, S.; Backes, K. M.; Urdinaran, I.; Rapidis, N. M.; Shokair, T. M.; van Bibber, K. A.; Palken, D. A.; Malnou, M.; Kindel, W. F.; Anil, M. A.; Lehnert, K. W.; Carosi, G.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.061302

Title: First Results from a Microwave Cavity Axion Search at $24 μ eV$

Journal Article · Thu Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.061302· OSTI ID:1458685

Brubaker, B. M. ^[1]; Zhong, L. ^[1]; Gurevich, Y. V. ^[1]; Cahn, S. B. ^[1]; Lamoreaux, S. K. ^[1]; Simanovskaia, M. ^[2]; Root, J. R. ^[2]; Lewis, S. M. ^[2]; Al Kenany, S. ^[2]; Backes, K. M. ^[2]; Urdinaran, I. ^[2]; Rapidis, N. M. ^[2]; Shokair, T. M. ^[2]; van Bibber, K. A. ^[2]; Palken, D. A. ^[3]; Malnou, M. ^[3]; Kindel, W. F. ^[3]; Anil, M. A. ^[3]; Lehnert, K. W. ^[3]; Carosi, G. ^[4]

Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics; National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States). JILA
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Physics Division

In this paper, we report on the first results from a new microwave cavity search for dark matter axions with masses above $20 μ eV$ . We exclude axion models with two-photon coupling $g_{a γ γ} ≳ 2 \times 10^{- 14} {GeV}^{- 1}$ over the range $23.55 < m_{a} < 24.0 μ eV$ . These results represent two important achievements. First, we have reached cosmologically relevant sensitivity an order of magnitude higher in mass than any existing limits. Second and finally, by incorporating a dilution refrigerator and Josephson parametric amplifier, we have demonstrated total noise approaching the standard quantum limit for the first time in an axion search.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); Heising-Simons Foundation (United States)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; PHY-1362305; PHY-1306729; 2014-181; 2014-182; 2014-183

OSTI ID:: 1458685

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1343348

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-737876; 888246; TRN: US1901506

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 118, Issue 6; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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