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利用原子跃迁探测轴子暗物质

Axion Dark Matter Detection using Atomic Transitions

P. Sikivie

摘要:

暗物质轴子可能会引起原子状态之间的跃迁,这些原子状态的能量差异等于轴子质量。这样的能量差可以方便地使用塞曼效应来调节。建议通过将千克大小的样品冷却到毫开尔文温度来寻找暗物质轴子,并使用激光技术计数轴子诱导的跃迁。这似乎是一个合适的方法来探测$10^{-4}$ eV质量范围内的轴子暗物质。

英文摘要:

Dark matter axions may cause transitions between atomic states that differ in energy by an amount equal to the axion mass. Such energy differences are conveniently tuned using the Zeeman effect. It is proposed to search for dark matter axions by cooling a kilogram-sized sample to milliKelvin temperatures and count axion induced transitions using laser techniques. This appears an appropriate approach to axion dark matter detection in the $10^{-4}$ eV mass range.

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