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

authored by: 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.
Organisation(s): Institute of Quantum Optics
CRC 1227 Designed Quantum States of Matter (DQ-mat)
External Organisation(s): Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory
CERN
National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB)
University of Tokyo
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Type: Article
Journal: Physical Review Letters
Volume: 126
ISSN: 0031-9007
Publication date: 25.01.2021
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Physics and Astronomy(all)
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.041301 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{18e8bfc19e8240d78a5c5e0d2778e5d6,
title = "Constraints on the Coupling between Axionlike Dark Matter and Photons Using an Antiproton Superconducting Tuned Detection Circuit in a Cryogenic Penning Trap",
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.",
author = "Devlin, {Jack A.} and Borchert, {Matthias J.} and Stefan Erlewein and Markus Fleck and Harrington, {James A.} and Barbara Latacz and Jan Warncke and Elise Wursten and Bohman, {Matthew A.} and Mooser, {Andreas H.} and Christian Smorra and Markus Wiesinger and Christian Will and Klaus Blaum and Yasuyuki Matsuda and Christian Ospelkaus and Wolfgang Quint and Jochen Walz and Yasunori Yamazaki and Stefan Ulmer",
note = "Funding Information: We acknowledge technical support from the Antiproton Decelerator group, CERN{\textquoteright}s cryolab team, and all other CERN groups which provide support to antiproton decelerator experiments. We acknowledge financial support from the RIKEN Chief Scientist Program, RIKEN Pioneering Project Funding, the RIKEN JRA Program, the Max-Planck Society, the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, the DFG through SFB 1227 “DQ-mat,” the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreements No. 832848 and No. 852818) and the Max-Planck-RIKEN-PTB Center for Time, Constants and Fundamental Symmetries. ",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.041301",
language = "English",
volume = "126",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "4",
}