Constraints on the Coupling between Axionlike Dark Matter and Photons Using an Antiproton Superconducting Tuned Detection Circuit in a Cryogenic Penning Trap

verfasst von
Jack A. Devlin, Matthias J. Borchert, Stefan Erlewein, Markus Fleck, James A. Harrington, Barbara Latacz, Jan Warncke, Elise Wursten, Matthew A. Bohman, Andreas H. Mooser, Christian Smorra, Markus Wiesinger, Christian Will, Klaus Blaum, Yasuyuki Matsuda, Christian Ospelkaus, Wolfgang Quint, Jochen Walz, Yasunori Yamazaki, Stefan Ulmer
Abstract

We constrain the coupling between axionlike particles (ALPs) and photons, measured with the superconducting resonant detection circuit of a cryogenic Penning trap. By searching the noise spectrum of our fixed-frequency resonant circuit for peaks caused by dark matter ALPs converting into photons in the strong magnetic field of the Penning-trap magnet, we are able to constrain the coupling of ALPs with masses around 2.7906-2.7914 neV/c2 to gaγ<1×10-11 GeV-1. This is more than one order of magnitude lower than the best laboratory haloscope and approximately 5 times lower than the CERN axion solar telescope (CAST), setting limits in a mass and coupling range which is not constrained by astrophysical observations. Our approach can be extended to many other Penning-trap experiments and has the potential to provide broad limits in the low ALP mass range.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Quantenoptik
SFB 1227: Designte Quantenzustände der Materie (DQ-mat)
Externe Organisation(en)
Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory
CERN - Europäische Organisation für Kernforschung
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
University of Tokyo (UTokyo)
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Band
126
ISSN
0031-9007
Publikationsdatum
25.01.2021
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Physik und Astronomie (insg.)
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.041301 (Zugang: Offen)