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Light axion-like particles occur in many theories of beyond-Standard-Model physics, and may make up some or all of the universe's dark matter. One of the ways they can couple to the Standard Model is through the electromagnetic $F_{\mu\nu}…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-04-14 Robert Lasenby

We propose a magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) search for axion dark matter around 1 GHz. The experiment leverages the axion's derivative coupling to electrons, which induces an effective A.C. magnetic field on a sample of electron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-02 Elham Kashi , Muhammad Hani Zaheer , Ryan Petery , Swati Singh

One of the major challenges of modern physics is to decipher the nature of dark matter. Astrophysical observations provide ample evidence for the existence of an invisible and dominant mass component in the observable universe, from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-04 Laura Baudis

Axions are well motivated particles that could make up most or all of the dark matter if they have masses below 100 $\mu$eV. Microwave cavity techniques comprised of closed resonant structures immersed in solenoid magnets are sensitive to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-02-24 Gray Rybka , Andrew Wagner , Aryeh Brill , Kunal Patel , Robert Percival , Katleiah Ramos

Axions solve the Strong CP Problem and are a cold dark matter candidate. The combined constraints from accelerator searches, stellar evolution limits and cosmology suggest that the axion mass is in the range $3 \cdot 10^{-3} > m_a >…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Pierre Sikivie

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

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are hypothetical particles that serve as promising candidates for cold dark matter. Portals like inelastic axion scattering and axion propagated force have been employed to search for the upper limit of the ALPs'…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-24 Dongyi Yang , Chenxi Sun , Jianwei Zhang

The axion, which has yet to be discovered, is a promising candidate for dark matter that emerges from Peccei-Quinn theory. This article presents the search for axion dark matter with the "Student Project for an Axion Cavity Experiment"…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-29 M. A. Akgümüs , N. Salama , J. Egge , E. Garutti , M. Maroudas , L. H. Nguyen , D. Leppla-Weber

Current techniques cannot detect axion dark matter over much of its parameter space, particularly in the theoretically well-motivated region where the axion decay constant f_a lies near the GUT and Planck scales. We suggest a novel…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-10-03 Peter W. Graham , Surjeet Rajendran

The axion is a light pseudoscalar particle which suppresses CP-violating effects in strong interactions and also happens to be an excellent dark matter candidate. Axions constituting the dark matter halo of our galaxy may be detected by…

The axion has emerged as the most attractive solution to two fundamental questions in modern physics related to the charge-parity invariance in strong interactions and the invisible matter component of our universe. Over the past decade,…

We propose to search for axion dark matter via the oscillating electric dipole moments that axions induce in atoms and molecules. These moments are produced through the intrinsic oscillating electric dipole moments of nucleons and through…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-11-16 Benjamin M. Roberts , Yevgeny V. Stadnik , Victor V. Flambaum , Vladimir A. Dzuba

Axion as one of the promising dark matter candidates can be detected through narrow radio lines emitted from the magnetic white dwarf stars. Due to the existence of the strong magnetic field, the axion may resonantly convert into the radio…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-06-23 Jin-Wei Wang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Run-Min Yao , Peng-Fei Yin

We propose using the storage ring EDM method to search for the axion dark matter induced EDM oscillation in nucleons. The method uses a combination of B and E-fields to produce a resonance between the $g-2$ spin precession frequency and the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-04-17 Seung Pyo Chang , Selcuk Haciomeroglu , On Kim , Soohyung Lee , Seongtae Park , Yannis K. Semertzidis

Ultralight bosonic dark matter has come under increasing scrutiny as a dark matter candidate that has the potential to resolve puzzles in astronomical observation. We demonstrate that high-precision measurements of time variation in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-08 Joshua Berger , Amit Bhoonah

We present a proposal to search for QCD axions with mass in the 200 $\mu$eV range, assuming that they make a dominant component of dark matter. Due to the axion-electron spin coupling, their effect is equivalent to the application of an…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-03-24 R. Barbieri , C. Braggio , G. Carugno , C. S. Gallo , A. Lombardi , A. Ortolan , R. Pengo , G. Ruoso , C. C. Speake

Ultralight axion-like particles are well-motivated relics that might compose the cosmological dark matter and source anomalous time-dependent magnetic fields. We report on terrestrial bounds from the Noble And Alkali Spin Detectors for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-26 Itay M. Bloch , Roy Shaham , Yonit Hochberg , Eric Kuflik , Tomer Volansky , Or Katz

The axion is an hypothetical beyond the Standard Model particle. Its experimental search is an ongoing effort, and an expanding number of techniques keep on narrowing its parameters space. Leveraging the interaction between dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-12-08 Nicolò Crescini

We report the first search results for axion dark matter using an 18\,T high-temperature superconducting magnet haloscope. The scan frequency ranges from 4.7789 to 4.8094\,GHz. No significant signal consistent with the Galactic halo dark…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-06-20 Youngjae Lee , Byeongsu Yang , Hojin Yoon , Moohyun Ahn , Heejun Park , Byeonghun Min , DongLak Kim , Jonghee Yoo