Spectral signatures of axionlike dark matter
Abstract
We derive spectral line shapes of the expected signal for a haloscope experiment searching for axionlike dark matter. The knowledge of these line shapes is needed to optimize an experimental design and data analysis procedure. We extend the previously known results for the axion-photon and axion-gluon couplings to the case of gradient (axion-fermion) coupling. A unique feature of the gradient interaction is its dependence not only on magnitudes but also on directions of velocities of galactic halo particles, which leads to the directional sensitivity of the corresponding haloscope. We also discuss the daily and annual modulations of the gradient signal caused by the Earth's rotational and orbital motions. In the case of detection, these periodic modulations will be an important confirmation that the signal is sourced by axionlike particles in the halo of our Galaxy.
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@article{arxiv.2107.11948,
title = {Spectral signatures of axionlike dark matter},
author = {Alexander V. Gramolin and Arne Wickenbrock and Deniz Aybas and Hendrik Bekker and Dmitry Budker and Gary P. Centers and Nataniel L. Figueroa and Derek F. Jackson Kimball and Alexander O. Sushkov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.11948},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Our Python code is available at https://github.com/gramolin/lineshape