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To account for the dark matter content in our Universe, post-inflationary scenarios predict for the QCD axion a mass in the range $(10-10^3)\,\mu\mbox{eV}$. Searches with haloscope experiments in this mass range require the monitoring of…

I present the first constraints on QCD axion dark matter using measurements from the James Webb Space Telescope. By utilizing publicly available MIRI and NIRSpec blank-sky observations, originally collected for sky subtraction purposes, I…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-18 Elena Pinetti

Existence of dark matter indicates the presence of unknown fundamental laws of nature. Ultralight axion-like particles are well-motivated dark matter candidates, emerging naturally from theories of physics at ultrahigh energies. We report…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-01-11 Alexander V. Gramolin , Deniz Aybas , Dorian Johnson , Janos Adam , Alexander O. Sushkov

In the search for axion dark matter, the cavity-based haloscope offers the most sensitive approach to the theoretically interesting models in the microwave region. However, experimental searches have been limited to relatively low masses up…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-01-25 Sungjae Bae , SungWoo Youn , Junu Jeong

We present prospects of two experiments using the Tokyo Axion Helioscope. One is a search for solar axions. In the past measurements, axion mass from 0 to 0.27 eV and from 0.84 to 1.00 eV have been scanned and no positive evidence was seen.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-04 R. Ohta , M. Minowa , Y. Inoue , Y. Akimoto , T. Mizumoto , A. Yamamoto

We propose a novel method to detect axions which uniquely depends on the dimensionless axion-photon coupling $g_{\gamma}$, independent of the suppressive axion decay constant $f_a$. Using neutron star PSR B1919+21 data from the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-10 Jun-Chen Wang , Shunshun Cao , Jinchen Jiang , Yandong Liu , Qing-Hong Cao , Lijing Shao

Non-relativistic QCD axions or axion-like particles are among the most popular candidates for cold Dark Matter (DM) in the universe. We proposed to detect axion-like DM, using linearly polarized pulsar light as a probe. Because of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 Tao Liu , George Smoot , Yue Zhao

A preliminary result of the solar axion search experiment at the University of Tokyo is presented. We searched for axions which could be produced in the solar core by exploiting the axion helioscope. The helioscope consists of a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 Makoto Minowa , Shigetaka Moriyama , Yoshizumi Inoue , Toshio Namba , Yuko Takasu , Akira Yamamoto

The latest result from the ORGAN experiment, an axion haloscope is presented. This iteration of the experiment operated at millikelvin temperatures using a flux-driven Josephson parametric amplifier for reduced noise, along with various…

The axion emerges in extensions of the Standard Model that explain the absence of CP violation in the strong interactions. Simultaneously, it can provide naturally the cold dark matter in our universe. Several searches for axions and…

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 $\mu$eV. However, if the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 Béla Majorovits , Javier Redondo

The axion is a hypothetical particle proposed to solve the strong $CP$ problem, and also a candidate for dark matter. This non-relativistic particle in the galactic halo can be converted into a photon under a strong magnetic field and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-10-15 Soohyung Lee , Saebyeok Ahn , Jihoon Choi , Byeong Rok Ko , Yannis K. Semertzidis

We report on a holoscope axion search experiment near $19.6\ {\rm \mu eV}$ from the TASEH collaboration. The experiment is carried out via a frequency-tunable cavity detector with a volume $V = 0.234\ {\rm liter}$ in a magnetic field $B_0 =…

We have performed a high resolution search for galactic halo axions in cold flows using a microwave cavity detector. The analysis procedure and other details of this search are described. No axion signal was found in the mass range…

The mass of axion dark matter is only weakly bounded by cosmological observations, necessitating a variety of detection techniques over several orders of magnitude of mass ranges. Axions haloscopes based on resonant cavities have become the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-29 Ben T. McAllister , Maxim Goryachev , Jeremy Bourhill , Eugene N. Ivanov , Michael E. Tobar

Ultralight dark matter candidates, such as axions and dark photons, are leading dark matter candidates. They may couple feebly to photons, sourcing oscillating electromagnetic signals in the Earth's conducting cavity formed between the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-08 Ariel Arza , Yuanlin Gong , Jun Guo , Xiaofei Huang , Jing Shu , Hongliang Tian , Wenyu Wang , Kai Wei , Lei Wu , Mingming Xia , Jin Min Yang , Qiang Yuan , Yang Zhang , Yi Zhang , Bin Zhu

We present a brief overview of the ongoing searches for the axion particle via its coupling to photons. Both the classical QCD axions and more recently proposed Axion-Like-Particles are considered. Astrophysical bounds on the axion-photon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-09-27 G. Carosi , A. Friedland , M. Giannotti , M. J. Pivovaroff , J. Ruz , J. K. Vogel

We describe in detail the analysis procedure used to derive the first limits from the Haloscope at Yale Sensitive to Axion CDM (HAYSTAC), a microwave cavity search for cold dark matter (CDM) axions with masses above $20\ \mu\text{eV}$. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-25 B. M. Brubaker , L. Zhong , S. K. Lamoreaux , K. W. Lehnert , K. A. van Bibber