Search for ultralight axion dark matter in a side-band analysis of a ${}^{199}$Hg free-spin precession signal

Abel, C.; Ayres, N. J.; Ban, G.; Bison, G.; Bodek, K.; Bondar, V.; Chanel, E.; Crawford, C. B.; Daum, M.; Dechenaux, B.; Emmenegger, S.; Flaux, P.; Griffith, W. C.; Harris, P. G.; Kermaidic, Y.; Kirch, K.; Komposch, S.; Koss, P. A.; Krempel, J.; Lauss, B.; Lefort, T.; MohanMurthy, Prajwal; Naviliat Cuncic, Oscar; Pais, D.; Piegsa, F. M.; Pignol, Guillaume; Rawlik, M.; Ries, D.; Roccia, Stephanie; Rozpedzik, D.; Schmidt-Wellenburg, Philipp; Severijns, N.; Stadnik, Y. V.; Thorne, J. A.; Weis, A.; Wursten, E.; Zejma, Jacek; Zsigmond, Geza

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.15.2.058

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Search for ultralight axion dark matter in a side-band analysis of a ${}^{199}$Hg free-spin precession signal

C. Abel, N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, E. Chanel, C. B. Crawford, M. Daum, B. Dechenaux, S. Emmenegger, P. Flaux, W. C. Griffith, P. G. Harris, Y. Kermaidic, K. Kirch, S. Komposch, P. A. Koss, J. Krempel, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, Prajwal MohanMurthy, Oscar Naviliat Cuncic, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, Guillaume Pignol, M. Rawlik, D. Ries, Stephanie Roccia, D. Rozpedzik, Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg, N. Severijns, Y. V. Stadnik, J. A. Thorne, A. Weis, E. Wursten, Jacek Zejma, Geza Zsigmond

SciPost Phys. 15, 058 (2023) · published 9 August 2023

doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.15.2.058
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Abstract

Ultra-low-mass axions are a viable dark matter candidate and may form a coherently oscillating classical field. Nuclear spins in experiments on Earth might couple to this oscillating axion dark-matter field, when propagating on Earth's trajectory through our Galaxy. This spin coupling resembles an oscillating pseudo-magnetic field which modulates the spin precession of nuclear spins. Here we report on the null result of a demonstration experiment searching for a frequency modulation of the free spin-precession signal of \magHg in a 1 $\mu$T magnetic field. Our search covers the axion mass range $10^{-16}$ eV $\lesssim m_a \lesssim 10^{-13}$ eV and achieves a peak sensitivity to the axion-nucleon coupling of $g_{aNN} \approx 3.5 \times 10^{-6}$ GeV$^{-1}$.

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AU  - Crawford, C. B.
AU  - Daum, M.
AU  - Dechenaux, B.
AU  - Emmenegger, S.
AU  - Flaux, P.
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AU  - Harris, P. G.
AU  - Kermaidic, Y.
AU  - Kirch, K.
AU  - Komposch, S.
AU  - Koss, P. A.
AU  - Krempel, J.
AU  - Lauss, B.
AU  - Lefort, T.
AU  - MohanMurthy, Prajwal
AU  - Naviliat Cuncic, Oscar
AU  - Pais, D.
AU  - Piegsa, F. M.
AU  - Pignol, Guillaume
AU  - Rawlik, M.
AU  - Ries, D.
AU  - Roccia, Stephanie
AU  - Rozpedzik, D.
AU  - Schmidt-Wellenburg, Philipp
AU  - Severijns, N.
AU  - Stadnik, Y. V.
AU  - Thorne, J. A.
AU  - Weis, A.
AU  - Wursten, E.
AU  - Zejma, Jacek
AU  - Zsigmond, Geza
AB  - Ultra-low-mass axions are a viable dark matter candidate and may form a coherently oscillating classical field. Nuclear spins in experiments on Earth might couple to this oscillating axion dark-matter field, when propagating on Earth's trajectory through our Galaxy. This spin coupling resembles an oscillating pseudo-magnetic field which modulates the spin precession of nuclear spins. Here we report on the null result of a demonstration experiment searching for a frequency modulation of the free spin-precession signal of \magHg in a 1 $\mu$T magnetic field. Our search covers the axion mass range $10^{-16}$ eV $\lesssim m_a \lesssim 10^{-13}$ eV and achieves a peak sensitivity to the axion-nucleon coupling of $g_{aNN} \approx 3.5 \times 10^{-6}$ GeV$^{-1}$.
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	author={C. Abel and N. J. Ayres and G. Ban and G. Bison and K. Bodek and V. Bondar and E. Chanel and C. B. Crawford and M. Daum and B. Dechenaux and S. Emmenegger and P. Flaux and W. C. Griffith and P. G. Harris and Y. Kermaidic and K. Kirch and S. Komposch and P. A. Koss and J. Krempel and B. Lauss and T. Lefort and Prajwal MohanMurthy and Oscar Naviliat Cuncic and D. Pais and F. M. Piegsa and Guillaume Pignol and M. Rawlik and D. Ries and Stephanie Roccia and D. Rozpedzik and Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg and N. Severijns and Y. V. Stadnik and J. A. Thorne and A. Weis and E. Wursten and Jacek Zejma and Geza Zsigmond},
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¹ C. Abel,
¹ ² N. J. Ayres,
³ G. Ban,
⁴ G. Bison,
⁵ K. Bodek,
² ⁴ ⁶ V. Bondar,
⁷ E. Chanel,
⁸ C. B. Crawford,
⁴ M. Daum,
³ B. Dechenaux,
⁴ S. Emmenegger,
³ P. Flaux,
¹ W. C. Griffith,
¹ P. G. Harris,
⁹ Y. Kermaidic,
² ⁴ K. Kirch,
² ⁴ S. Komposch,
⁶ P. A. Koss,
² J. Krempel,
⁴ B. Lauss,
³ T. Lefort,
² ⁴ Prajwal MohanMurthy,
³ Oscar Naviliat Cuncic,
² ⁴ D. Pais,
⁷ F. M. Piegsa,
⁹ Guillaume Pignol,
² M. Rawlik,
¹⁰ D. Ries,
⁹ Stephanie Roccia,
⁵ D. Rozpedzik,
⁴ Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg,
⁶ N. Severijns,
¹¹ Y. V. Stadnik,
¹ ⁷ J. A. Thorne,
¹² A. Weis,
⁶ E. Wursten,
⁵ Jacek Zejma,
⁴ Geza Zsigmond

Funders for the research work leading to this publication

Australian Research Council [ARC]
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) (through Organization: Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen / Research Foundation - Flanders [FWO])
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung / Swiss National Science Foundation [SNF]