The axion is an intriguing dark matter candidate emerging from the Peccei-Quinn solution to the strong CP problem. Current experimental searches for axion dark matter focus on the axion mass range below 40 $μ$eV. However, if the Peccei-Quinn symmetry is restored after inflation the observed dark matter density points to an axion mass around 100 $μ$eV. A new project based on axion-photon conversion at the transition between different dielectric media is presented. By using $\sim 80$ dielectric discs, the emitted power could be enhanced by a factor of $\sim 10^5$ over that from a single mirror (flat dish antenna). Within a 10 T magnetic field, this could be enough to detect $\sim 100 μ$eV axions with HEMT linear amplifiers. The design for an experiment is proposed. Results from noise, transmissivity and reflectivity measurements obtained in a prototype setup are presented. The expected sensitivity is shown.
Sensitivity of a closed dielectric haloscope to axion dark matter
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik(马克斯·普朗克物理研究所);Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY(德国电子同步辐射中心);RWTH Aachen University(亚琛工业大学);Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM(艾克斯-马赛大学,法国国家科学研究中心/欧洲核子研究组织粒子物理实验室);Universität Hamburg(汉堡大学);Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie(马克斯·普朗克射电天文研究所);Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab(巴黎萨克雷大学,法国国家科学研究中心/欧洲核子研究组织伊夫林-约瑟夫·沙尔实验室);Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen(蒂宾根大学);Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory(费米国家加速器实验室)
Impact of the superconductors properties on the measurement sensitivity of resonant-based axion detectors
轴子,理论上解决强CP问题的假设粒子,目前被认为是冷暗物质组分的强候选者。基于共振的轴子探测器的信号功率,称为haloscopes,与它们的品质因数$Q$成正比。在本文中,使用超导体的性能的Haloscope的影响进行了研究,通过评估可获得的$Q$。特别地,从测量的涡旋运动复电阻率和这些材料的屏蔽长度开始,在感兴趣的频率、磁场和温度范围内计算NbTi、Nb $_3$ Sn、YBa $_2$ Cu $_3$ O $_{7-δ}$和FeSe $_{0.5}$ Te $_{0.5}$的表面电阻$R_s$。从$R_s$的品质因数$Q$的圆柱形晕镜与铜圆锥形基地和cylindrical侧壁,与TM $_{010}$模式下工作,进行评估和使用不同的材料的性能进行比较。YBa $_2$ Cu $_3$ O $_{7-δ}$和FeSe $_{0.5}$ Te $_{0.5}$都显示出相对于整个Cu腔提高几乎一个数量级的测量灵敏度,而NbTi显示出仅适用于较低的频率(<10 GHz)。Nb $_3$ Sn可以在整个感兴趣的光谱中给出中间改进。