Experimental Constraint on an Exotic Spin- and Velocity-Dependent Interaction in the Sub-meV Range of Axion Mass with a Spin-Exchange Relaxation-Free Magnetometer

Kim, Young Jin; Chu, Ping -Han; Savukov, Igor Mykhaylovich

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.091802

Title: Experimental Constraint on an Exotic Spin- and Velocity-Dependent Interaction in the Sub-meV Range of Axion Mass with a Spin-Exchange Relaxation-Free Magnetometer

Journal Article · Fri Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.091802· OSTI ID:1471361

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

Here, we conducted a search for an exotic spin- and velocity-dependent interaction for polarized electrons with an experimental approach based on a high-sensitivity spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) magnetometer, which serves as both a source of polarized electrons and a magnetic-field sensor. The experiment aims to sensitively detect magnetic-fieldlike effects from the exotic interaction between the polarized electrons in a SERF vapor cell and unpolarized nucleons of a closely located solid-state mass. We report experimental results on the interaction with 82 h of data averaging, which sets an experimental limit on the coupling strength around 10^–19 for the axion mass m_a ≲ 10^–3 eV, within the important axion window.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; 20180129ER

OSTI ID:: 1471361

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1467934

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-22161; PRLTAO

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 9; ISSN 0031-9007

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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