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First Results from ABRACADABRA-10 cm: A Search for Sub- $\mu$ eV Axion Dark Matter

Jonathan L. Ouellet
(
- MIT, LNS
)
,
Chiara P. Salemi
(
- MIT, LNS
)
,
Joshua W. Foster
(
- Michigan U., MCTP
)
,
Reyco Henning
(
- North Carolina U. and
- TUNL, Durham
)
,
Zachary Bogorad
(
- MIT, LNS
)

Oct 29, 2018

7 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.Lett. 122 (2019) 12, 121802

Published: Mar 30, 2019

e-Print:

1810.12257 [hep-ex]

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.121802

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The axion is a promising dark matter candidate, which was originally proposed to solve the strong-CP problem in particle physics. To date, the available parameter space for axion and axionlike particle dark matter is relatively unexplored, particularly at masses ma≲1 μeV. ABRACADABRA is a new experimental program to search for axion dark matter over a broad range of masses, 10-12≲ma≲10-6 eV. ABRACADABRA-10 cm is a small-scale prototype for a future detector that could be sensitive to the QCD axion. In this Letter, we present the first results from a 1 month search for axions with ABRACADABRA-10 cm. We find no evidence for axionlike cosmic dark matter and set 95% C.L. upper limits on the axion-photon coupling between gaγγ<1.4×10-10 and gaγγ<3.3×10-9 GeV-1 over the mass range 3.1×10-10–8.3×10-9 eV. These results are competitive with the most stringent astrophysical constraints in this mass range.

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7 pages, 3 Figures. Submitted to PRL

Elementary Particles and Fields
new physics: search for
new particle
axion: dark matter
axion: mass
coupling: (axion 2photon)
coupling constant: upper limit
quantum chromodynamics: axion
strong interaction: CP
axion-like particles

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