Axion dark matter detection by superconducting resonant frequency conversion

Berlin, Asher; D’Agnolo, Raffaele Tito; Ellis, Sebastian R.; Nantista, Christopher; Neilson, Jeffrey; Schuster, Philip; Tantawi, Sami; Toro, Natalia; Zhou, Kevin

doi:10.1007/jhep07(2020)088

Axion dark matter detection by superconducting resonant frequency conversion

Journal Article · Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep07(2020)088· OSTI ID:1656591

Berlin, Asher ^[1]; D’Agnolo, Raffaele Tito ^[2]; ^[3]; Nantista, Christopher ^[3]; Neilson, Jeffrey ^[3]; Schuster, Philip ^[3]; Tantawi, Sami ^[3]; Toro, Natalia ^[3]; Zhou, Kevin ^[3]

New York Univ. (NYU), NY (United States). Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Inst. de Physique Theorique, CEA
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

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.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Swiss National Science Foundation; German Research Foundation (DFG)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1656591

Journal Information:: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 2020; ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer BerlinCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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