Search for an Ultralight Scalar Dark Matter Candidate with the AURIGA Detector

被引：52

作者：

Branca, Antonio ^{[1
]}

Bonaldi, Michele ^{[2
,3
]}

Cerdonio, Massimo ^{[1
]}

Conti, Livia ^{[1
]}

Falferi, Paolo ^{[3
,4
]}

Marin, Francesco ^{[5
,6
,7
]}

Mezzena, Renato ^{[3
,8
]}

Ortolan, Antonello ^{[9
]}

Prodi, Giovanni A. ^{[3
,8
]}

Taffarello, Luca ^{[1
]}

Vedovato, Gabriele ^{[1
]}

Vinante, Andrea ^{[4
]}

Vitale, Stefano ^{[3
,8
]}

Zendri, Jean-Pierre ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] INFN, Sez Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padua, Italy

[2] Inst Mat Elect & Magnetism, Nanosci Trento FBK Div, I-38123 Trento, Italy

[3] Univ Trento, Dipartimento Fis, TIFPA INFN, Via Sommarive 14, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy

[4] CNR Fdn Bruno Kessler, Ist Foton & Nanotecnol, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy

[5] Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy

[6] INFN, Sez Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy

[7] LENS, Via Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy

[8] Univ Trento, Dipartimento Fis, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy

[9] INFN, Lab Nazl Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2017年 / 118卷 / 02期

关键词：

String theory - Atomic physics;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.021302

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

A search for a new scalar field, called moduli, has been performed using the cryogenic resonant-mass AURIGA detector. Predicted by string theory, moduli may provide a significant contribution to the dark matter (DM) component of our Universe. If this is the case, the interaction of ordinary matter with the local DM moduli, forming the Galaxy halo, will cause an oscillation of solid bodies with a frequency corresponding to the mass of moduli. In the sensitive band of AURIGA, some 100 Hz at around 1 kHz, the expected signal, with Q = Delta f/f similar to 10(6), is a narrow peak, Delta f similar to 1 mHz. Here the detector strain sensitivity is h(s) similar to 2 x 10(-21) Hz(-1/2), within a factor of 2. These numbers translate to upper limits at 95% C.L. on the moduli coupling to ordinary matter (d(e) + d(me)) less than or similar to 10(-5) around masses m(phi) similar to 3.6 x 10(-12) eV, for the standard DM halo model with rho(DM) = 0.3 GeV/cm(3).

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