We propose using the storage ring electric dipole moment (EDM) method to search for the axion dark matter induced EDM oscillation in nucleons. The method uses a combination of B and E fields to produce a resonance between the g − 2 spin precession frequency and the background axion field oscillation to greatly enhance sensitivity to it. An axion frequency range from 10 −9 Hz to 100 MHz can, in principle, be scanned with high sensitivity, corresponding to an f a range of 10 13 GeV ≤ f a ≤ 10 30 GeV, the breakdown scale of the global symmetry generating the axion or axionlike particles.

Static electric dipole moments of nondegenerate systems probe mass scales for physics beyond the Standard Model well beyond those reached directly at high energy colliders. Discrimination between different physics models, however, requires complementary searches in atomic-molecular-and-optical, nuclear and particle physics. In this report, we discuss the current status and prospects in the near future for a compelling suite of such experiments, along with developments needed in the encompassing theoretical framework.

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A hypothetical pseudo-scalar particle axion, which is an immediate result of the Peccei-Quinn solution to the strong CP problem, may couple to gluons and lead to an oscillating electric dipole moment (EDM) of fundamental particles. This paper proposes a novel method of probing the axioninduced oscillating EDM in storage rings, using a radiofrequency (RF) Wien Filter. The Wien Filter at the frequency of the sidebands of the axion and g − 2 frequency, faxion ± fg−2, generates a spin resonance in the presence of an oscillating EDM, as confirmed both by an analytical estimation of the spin equations and independently by simulation. A brief systematic study also shows that this method is unlikely to be limited by Wien Filter misalignment issues.