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In this brief paper, we show that atom interferometer experiments such as MAGIS, AION or AEDGE have the potential to not only probe very light dark matter models, but they will also probe quantum gravity. We show that the linear coupling of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-04 Xavier Calmet , Nathaniel Sherrill

Cosmological mechanisms that yield ultralight dark matter are insensitive to the intrinsic parity of a bosonic dark matter candidate, but that same quantity plays a crucial role in a direct detection experiment. The modification of…

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The direct detection of annihilation products in cosmic rays offer an alternative way to search for dark matter particles candidates. Here we will see in particular that the study of the spectrum of antiproton and positrons offer good…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 P. Picozza , A. Morselli

Atom and matter interferometers are precise quantum sensing experiments that can probe differential forces along separated spacetime paths. Various atom and matter interferometer experiments have been proposed to study dark matter,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Yufeng Du , Clara Murgui , Kris Pardo , Yikun Wang , Kathryn M. Zurek

The particle nature of dark matter (DM) remains one of the most significant enigmas in modern cosmology. Axion-like particles (ALPs), as well-motivated candidates for cold dark matter, can undergo radiative decay into photon pairs, a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-08 Wen-Qing Guo

There are numerous recent and ongoing experiments employing a variety of atomic species to search for couplings of atomic spins to exotic fields. In order to meaningfully compare these experimental results, the coupling of the exotic field…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-08-06 D. F. Jackson Kimball

The way to create and to investigate a dense cold matter droplets in the laboratory is proposed. The reality of this approach are argued. Estimated possible statistic is large enough for detail study of the properties of such a matter.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-15 K. Mikhailov , A. Stavinskiy , G. Sharkov , V. Stolin

We demonstrate that nuclear magnetic resonance based searches for dark matter (DM) have intrinsic and powerful sensitivity to dark photons and the axion-photon coupling. The reason is conceptually straightforward. An instrument such as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-23 Carl Beadle , Sebastian A. R. Ellis , Jacob M. Leedom , Nicholas L. Rodd

Precision spectroscopy has long played a central role in testing the foundations of physics, from the early insights that led to the development of quantum mechanics to the validation of quantum electrodynamics and the determination of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-26 Cédric Delaunay , Jean-Philippe Karr , Yotam Soreq

Novel interactions beyond the four known fundamental forces in nature (electromagnetic, gravitational, strong and weak interactions), may arise due to "new physics" beyond the standard model, manifesting as a "fifth force". This review is…

Searching for physics beyond the standard model is crucial for understanding the mystery of the universe, such as the dark matter. We utilized a single spin in a diamond as a sensor to explore the spin-dependent interactions mediated by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-10 Xing Rong , Man Jiao , Maosen Guo , Diguang Wu , Jiangfeng Du

Assuming that cosmological dark matter consists of weakly interacting massive particles, we use the recent precise measurement of cosmological parameters to predict the guaranteed rates of production of such particles in association with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-09 Andreas Birkedal , Konstantin Matchev , Maxim Perelstein

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 nature of dark matter, the invisible substance making up over $80\%$ of the matter in the Universe, is one of the most fundamental mysteries of modern physics. Ultralight bosons such as axions, axion-like particles or dark photons could…

Various theories beyond the Standard Model predict new particles with masses in the sub-eV range with very weak couplings to ordinary matter. I present both measured and projected limits on the strengths of two possible interactions that…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-11-18 Chris Haddock

Standard Model extensions often predict low-mass and very weakly interacting particles, such as the axion. A number of small-scale experiments at the intensity/precision frontier are actively searching for these elusive particles,…

Laboratory searches for ultralight axion dark matter (DM) have traditionally assumed the terrestrial density of axions is equal to the average density of DM in the solar system. However, quadratic couplings to matter introduce a non-trivial…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-25 Xiaofei Huang , Xiaolin Ma , Zitong Xu , Itay M. Bloch , Kai Wei

Ultralight scalar dark matter may induce apparent oscillations of the muon mass, which may be directly probed via temporal shifts in the spectra of muonium and muonic atoms. Existing datasets and ongoing spectroscopy measurements with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-07-10 Yevgeny V. Stadnik

Atomic comagnetometers are used in searches for anomalous spin-dependent interactions. Magnetic field gradients are one of the major sources of systematic errors in such experiments. Here we describe a comagnetometer based on the nuclear…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-07-18 Teng Wu , John W. Blanchard , Derek F. Jackson Kimball , Min Jiang , Dmitry Budker

Exotic dark matter together with dark energy or cosmological constant seem to dominate in the Universe. An even higher density of such matter seems to be gravitationally trapped in our Galaxy. The nature of dark matter can be unveiled only,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-29 J. D. Vergados