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Muonium Spectroscopy as a Quantum Sensor for Ultralight Axion Dark Matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-11-19 v2

Abstract

High-intensity muon beams could enable a muonium-based search for ultralight axions through resonant quantum transitions between hyperfine states. Combining theoretical calculations with simulation results, we demonstrate that such a muonium-based experimental approach -exemplified by one of the facilities under development in Huizhou- could improve constraints on the axion-muon coupling by up to two orders of magnitude compared with existing limits from the muon g-2 measurement, over the axion mass range of 101510^{-15} eV to 101210^{-12} eV. These results establish muonium spectroscopy as a powerful probe of physics beyond the Standard Model.

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@article{arxiv.2509.20862,
  title  = {Muonium Spectroscopy as a Quantum Sensor for Ultralight Axion Dark Matter},
  author = {Feng Fang and Kim Siang Khaw and Ce Zhang and Qiaoli Yang and Liangwen Chen and Jie Yang and Lei Yang and Zhiyu Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.20862},
  year   = {2025}
}

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