Constraints on the Coupling between Axionlike Dark Matter and Photons Using an Antiproton Superconducting Tuned Detection Circuit in a Cryogenic Penning Trap

Jack A. Devlin; Matthias J. Borchert; Stefan Erlewein; Markus Fleck; James A. Harrington; Barbara Latacz; Jan Warncke; Elise Wursten; Matthew A. Bohman; Andreas H. Mooser; Christian Smorra; Markus Wiesinger; Christian Will; Klaus Blaum; Yasuyuki Matsuda; Christian Ospelkaus; Wolfgang Quint; Jochen Walz; Yasunori Yamazaki; Stefan Ulmer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.041301

Constraints on the Coupling between Axionlike Dark Matter and Photons Using an Antiproton Superconducting Tuned Detection Circuit in a Cryogenic Penning Trap

Jack A. Devlin^*
, Matthias J. Borchert
, Stefan Erlewein
, Markus Fleck
, James A. Harrington
, Barbara Latacz
, Jan Warncke
, Elise Wursten
, Matthew A. Bohman
, Andreas H. Mooser
, Christian Smorra
, Markus Wiesinger
, Christian Will
, Klaus Blaum
, Yasuyuki Matsuda
, Christian Ospelkaus
, Wolfgang Quint
, Jochen Walz
, Yasunori Yamazaki
, Stefan Ulmer

^*Corresponding author for this work

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We constrain the coupling between axionlike particles (ALPs) and photons, measured with the superconducting resonant detection circuit of a cryogenic Penning trap. By searching the noise spectrum of our fixed-frequency resonant circuit for peaks caused by dark matter ALPs converting into photons in the strong magnetic field of the Penning-trap magnet, we are able to constrain the coupling of ALPs with masses around 2.7906-2.7914 neV/c2 to gaγ<1×10-11 GeV-1. This is more than one order of magnitude lower than the best laboratory haloscope and approximately 5 times lower than the CERN axion solar telescope (CAST), setting limits in a mass and coupling range which is not constrained by astrophysical observations. Our approach can be extended to many other Penning-trap experiments and has the potential to provide broad limits in the low ALP mass range.

Original language	English
Article number	041301
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	126
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.041301
Publication status	Published - 25 Jan 2021

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Devlin, J. A., Borchert, M. J., Erlewein, S., Fleck, M., Harrington, J. A., Latacz, B., Warncke, J., Wursten, E., Bohman, M. A., Mooser, A. H., Smorra, C., Wiesinger, M., Will, C., Blaum, K., Matsuda, Y., Ospelkaus, C., Quint, W., Walz, J., Yamazaki, Y., & Ulmer, S. (2021). Constraints on the Coupling between Axionlike Dark Matter and Photons Using an Antiproton Superconducting Tuned Detection Circuit in a Cryogenic Penning Trap. Physical Review Letters, 126(4), Article 041301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.041301

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Constraints on the Coupling between Axionlike Dark Matter and Photons Using an Antiproton Superconducting Tuned Detection Circuit in a Cryogenic Penning Trap. / Devlin, Jack A.; Borchert, Matthias J.; Erlewein, Stefan et al.
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Constraints on the Coupling between Axionlike Dark Matter and Photons Using an Antiproton Superconducting Tuned Detection Circuit in a Cryogenic Penning Trap

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