Search for Low-Mass Axion Dark Matter with ABRACADABRA-10 cm
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Salemi, Chiara P; Foster, Joshua W; Ouellet, Jonathan L; Gavin, Andrew; Pappas, Kaliroë MW; Cheng, Sabrina; Richardson, Kate A; Henning, Reyco; Kahn, Yonatan; Nguyen, Rachel; Rodd, Nicholas L; Safdi, Benjamin R; Winslow, Lindley; ... Show more Show less
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Two of the most pressing questions in physics are the microscopic nature of the dark matter that comprises 84% of the mass in the Universe and the absence of a neutron electric dipole moment. These questions would be resolved by the existence of a hypothetical particle known as the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) axion. In this work, we probe the hypothesis that axions constitute dark matter, using the ABRACADABRA-10 cm experiment in a broadband configuration, with world-leading sensitivity. We find no significant evidence for axions, and we present 95% upper limits on the axion-photon coupling down to the world-leading level g_{aγγ}<3.2×10^{-11} GeV^{-1}, representing one of the most sensitive searches for axions in the 0.41-8.27 neV mass range. Our work paves a direct path for future experiments capable of confirming or excluding the hypothesis that dark matter is a QCD axion in the mass range motivated by string theory and grand unified theories.
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2021Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society (APS)
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Salemi, Chiara P, Foster, Joshua W, Ouellet, Jonathan L, Gavin, Andrew, Pappas, Kaliroë MW et al. 2021. "Search for Low-Mass Axion Dark Matter with ABRACADABRA-10 cm." Physical Review Letters, 127 (8).
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