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The axion were proposed as a result to a solution to the Strong CP Problem in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and is now considered a leading candidate for dark matter. Direct axion dark matter detection experiments are challenging due to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-27 Kiara Chantel Ruffin , Gray Rybka

Axions are an elegant solution to the strong CP problem for particle physics and a promising dark matter candidate. They can convert into photons under a strong magnetic field, while magnetars with extreme magnetic fields are natural labs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-20 Zixuan Liu , Jiajun Zhang

Axions and axion-like particles are well-motivated dark matter candidates. We propose an experiment that uses single photon detection interferometry to search for axions and axion-like particles in the galactic halo. We show that photon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-23 Haocun Yu , Ohkyung Kwon , Hartmut Grote , Denis Martynov

We identify a new resonance, axion magnetic resonance (AMR), that can greatly enhance the conversion rate between axions and photons. A series of axion search experiments rely on converting them into photons inside a constant magnetic field…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-12 Hyeonseok Seong , Chen Sun , Seokhoon Yun

Dark matter is a major constituent of our universe and the axion is a prime candidate. In this article, it is shown that by exploiting the axion induced magnetization in a magnetic rod and the Faraday effect, axions in the mass range $500$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-06 A. T. M. Anishur Rahman

Axion dark matter can resonantly convert to photons in the magnetosphere of neutron stars, possibly giving rise to radio signals observable on Earth. This method for the indirect detection of axion dark matter has recently received…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-11 Alexander J. Millar , Sebastian Baum , Matthew Lawson , M. C. David Marsh

In dark matter axion searches, quantum uncertainty manifests as a fundamental noise source, limiting the measurement of the quadrature observables used for detection. We use vacuum squeezing to circumvent the quantum limit in a search for a…

We propose an experimental setup to search for Axion-like particles (ALPs) using two superconducting radio-frequency cavities. In this light-shining-through-wall setup the axion is sourced by two modes with large fields and nonzero $\vec…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-03-09 Christina Gao , Roni Harnik

We compute the fluxes of radio photons from conversion of axion-like particle dark matter in cosmic magnetic fields. We find that for axion-like particle masses around $10^{-6}\,$eV and effective coupling constants to photons…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Guenter Sigl

A brief review of particle physics motivations for axion existence is followed by a discussion of optical observables that can be used for axion detection. It is emphasised that the resonant photon - axion transition can occur in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 Ryszard Stroynowski , Ariel R. Zhitnitsky

The most sensitive haloscopes that search for axion dark matter through the two photon electromagnetic anomaly, convert axions into photons through the mixing of axions with a large DC magnetic field. In this work we apply Poynting theorem…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-12-02 Michael E Tobar , Ben T McAllister , Maxim Goryachev

We give a detailed study of axion-photon and photon-axion conversion amplitudes, which enter the analysis of ``light shining through a wall'' experiments. Several different calculational methods are employed and compared, and in all cases…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Stephen L. Adler , J. Gamboa , F. Mendez , J. Lopez-Sarrion

Current axion detection limits neglect the relevance of the relative velocity between the axion field and the detectors. However, this aspect can lead to a daily modulation of the detected axion signal. In this work, we calculate the…

Orbiting $\gamma$-detectors combined with the magnetic field of the Earth or the Sun can work parasitically as cosmic axion telescopes. The relatively short field lengths allow the axion-to-photon conversion to be coherent for $m_{axion}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 K. Zioutas , D. J. Thompson , E. A. Paschos

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

This Letter reports on the first results from the Taiwan Axion Search Experiment with Haloscope, a search for axions using a microwave cavity at frequencies between 4.70750 and 4.79815 GHz. Apart from the non-axion signals, no candidates…

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 the results of an axion dark matter search over an axion mass range of 9.39-9.51 ${\mu}$eV. A flux-driven Josephson parametric amplifier (JPA) was added to the cryogenic receiver chain. A system noise temperature of as low as 200…

Light dark matter candidates such as axions and dark photons generically couple to electromagnetism, yielding dark-matter-to-photon conversion as a key search strategy. In addition to resonant conversion in cavities and circuits, light dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-26 Stewart Koppell , Otavio D. A. R. Bittencourt , Dip Joti Paul , Junwu Huang , Masha Baryakhtar , Karl K. Berggren

We present a novel approach to investigating axions and axion-like particles (ALPs) by studying their potential conversion into X-rays within the Sun's atmospheric magnetic field. Utilizing high-sensitivity data from the Nuclear…