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Winslow, Lindley Pappas, Kaliroë Mabelle West Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics 2024-11-18T19:13:08Z 2024-11-18T19:13:08Z 2024-09 2024-10-24T16:13:26.949Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157593 ABRACADABRA-10cm has had great success as a lumped-element axion dark matter pathfinder experiment, with two published axion searches and an extensive background investigation. Now, using the electrodynamics of gravitational waves and a simple change of pickup structures, we are using the ABRACADABRA detector to search for high-frequency gravitational waves in the kHz to MHz range. These higher frequencies may indicate signs of in-spiraling primordial black holes, or other beyond the standard model phenomena. With careful calibration used to distinguish between the two signals, we introduce the first simultaneous search for both axions and gravitational waves using a lumped-element axion detector. In this thesis I will present on the high-frequency cryogenic ABRACADABRA-10cm detector, the background investigations of the detector and the design and first data from the ABRACADABRA-10cm high-frequency gravitational wave search. Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright retained by author(s) https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ The Search for High-Frequency Gravitational Waves with a Modified Axion Detector Thesis application/pdf Doctoral Doctor of Philosophy Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="fabda51e-7964-4f62-ad21-731dee66b749"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Title>The Search for High-Frequency Gravitational Waves with a Modified Axion Detector</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2024-09</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Pappas, Kaliroë Mabelle West</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/</License> <Abstract>ABRACADABRA-10cm has had great success as a lumped-element axion dark matter pathfinder experiment, with two published axion searches and an extensive background investigation. Now, using the electrodynamics of gravitational waves and a simple change of pickup structures, we are using the ABRACADABRA detector to search for high-frequency gravitational waves in the kHz to MHz range. These higher frequencies may indicate signs of in-spiraling primordial black holes, or other beyond the standard model phenomena. With careful calibration used to distinguish between the two signals, we introduce the first simultaneous search for both axions and gravitational waves using a lumped-element axion detector. In this thesis I will present on the high-frequency cryogenic ABRACADABRA-10cm detector, the background investigations of the detector and the design and first data from the ABRACADABRA-10cm high-frequency gravitational wave search.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>