Search for Axionlike Dark Matter with a Liquid-State Nuclear Spin Comagnetometer

被引：100

作者：

Wu, Teng ^{[1
]}

Blanchard, John W. ^{[1
]}

Centers, Gary P. ^{[1
]}

Figueroa, Nataniel L. ^{[1
]}

Garcon, Antoine ^{[1
]}

Graham, Peter W. ^{[2
]}

Kimball, Derek F. Jackson ^{[3
]}

Rajendran, Surjeet ^{[4
]}

Stadnik, Yevgeny V. ^{[1
]}

Sushkov, Alexander O. ^{[5
]}

Wickenbrock, Arne ^{[1
]}

Budker, Dmitry ^{[1
,4
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Helmholtz Inst Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany

[2] Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford Inst Theoret Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[3] Calif State Univ East Bay, Dept Phys, Hayward, CA 94542 USA

[4] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[5] Boston Univ, Dept Phys, 590 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[6] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Nucl Sci Div, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2019年 / 122卷 / 19期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会; 欧洲研究理事会;

关键词：

CP CONSERVATION; PARAHYDROGEN;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.191302

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We report the results of a search for axionlike dark matter using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. This search is part of the multifaceted Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment program. In order to distinguish axionlike dark matter from magnetic fields, we employ a comagnetometry scheme measuring ultralow-field NMR signals involving two different nuclei (C-13 and H-1) in a liquid-state sample of acetonitrile-2-C-13 ((CH3)-C-13 CN). No axionlike dark matter signal was detected above the background. This result constrains the parameter space describing the coupling of the gradient of the axionlike dark matter field to nucleons to be g(aNN) < 6 x 10(-5) GeV-1 (95% confidence level) for particle masses ranging from 10(-22) eV to 1.3 x 10(-17) eV, improving over previous laboratory limits for masses below 10(-21) eV. The result also constrains the coupling of nuclear spins to the gradient of the square of the axionlike dark matter field, improving over astrophysical limits by orders of magnitude over the entire range of particle masses probed.

引用

页数：6

共 62 条

[1] A COSMOLOGICAL BOUND ON THE INVISIBLE AXION [J].

ABBOTT, LF ;

SIKIVIE, P .

PHYSICS LETTERS B, 1983, 120 (1-3) :133-136

[2] Search for Axionlike Dark Matter through Nuclear Spin Precession in Electric and Magnetic Fields [J].

Abel, C. ;

Ayres, N. J. ;

Ban, G. ;

Bison, G. ;

Bodek, K. ;

Bondar, V. ;

Daum, M. ;

Fairbairn, M. ;

Flambaum, V. V. ;

Geltenbort, P. ;

Green, K. ;

Griffith, W. C. ;

van der Grinten, M. ;

Grujic, Z. D. ;

Harris, P. G. ;

Hild, N. ;

Iaydjiev, P. ;

Ivanov, S. N. ;

Kasprzak, M. ;

Kermaidic, Y. ;

Kirch, K. ;

Koch, H. -C. ;

Komposch, S. ;

Koss, P. A. ;

Kozela, A. ;

Krempel, J. ;

Lauss, B. ;

Lefort, T. ;

Lemiere, Y. ;

Marsh, D. J. E. ;

Mohanmurthy, P. ;

Mtchedlishvili, A. ;

Musgrave, M. ;

Piegsa, F. M. ;

Pignol, G. ;

Rawlik, M. ;

Rebreyend, D. ;

Ries, D. ;

Roccia, S. ;

Rozpedzik, D. ;

Schmidt-Wellenburg, P. ;

Severijns, N. ;

Shiers, D. ;

Stadnik, Y. V. ;

Weis, A. ;

Wursten, E. ;

Zejma, J. ;

Zsigmond, G. .

PHYSICAL REVIEW X, 2017, 7 (04)

[3] On methods for correcting for the look-elsewhere effect in searches for new physics [J].

Algeri, S. ;

van Dyk, D. A. ;

Conrad, J. ;

Anderson, B. .

JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 2016, 11

[4]

[Anonymous], ARXIV171108999

[5]

[Anonymous], ARXIV190204644

[6] String axiverse [J].

Arvanitaki, Asimina ;

Dimopoulos, Savas ;

Dubovsky, Sergei ;

Kaloper, Nemanja ;

March-Russell, John .

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2010, 81 (12)

[7] Large-scale microwave cavity search for dark-matter axions -: art. no. 092003 [J].

Asztalos, S ;

Daw, E ;

Peng, H ;

Rosenberg, LJ ;

Hagmann, C ;

Kinion, D ;

Stoeffl, W ;

van Bibber, K ;

Sikivie, P ;

Sullivan, NS ;

Tanner, DB ;

Nezrick, F ;

Turner, MS ;

Moltz, DM ;

Powell, J ;

André, MO ;

Clarke, J ;

Mück, M ;

Bradley, RF .

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2001, 64 (09)

[8] SQUID-Based Microwave Cavity Search for Dark-Matter Axions [J].

Asztalos, S. J. ;

Carosi, G. ;

Hagmann, C. ;

Kinion, D. ;

van Bibber, K. ;

Hotz, M. ;

Rosenberg, L. J. ;

Rybka, G. ;

Hoskins, J. ;

Hwang, J. ;

Sikivie, P. ;

Tanner, D. B. ;

Bradley, R. ;

Clarke, J. .

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2010, 104 (04)

[9] Improved experimental limit on the electric dipole moment of the neutron [J].

Baker, C. A. ;

Doyle, D. D. ;

Geltenbort, P. ;

Green, K. ;

van der Grinten, M. G. D. ;

Harris, P. G. ;

Iaydjiev, P. ;

Ivanov, S. N. ;

May, D. J. R. ;

Pendlebury, J. M. ;

Richardson, J. D. ;

Shiers, D. ;

Smith, K. F. .

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2006, 97 (13)

[10] History of dark matter [J].

Bertone, Gianfranco ;

Hooper, Dan .

REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS, 2018, 90 (04)

← 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 →