Axion interferometry

DeRocco, William; Hook, Anson

doi:10.1103/physrevd.98.035021

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“…[30][31][32][33]. Recent studies [34][35][36] suggested to test this effect with laser interferometry. It should be noted that these works were considering a constant phase shift experienced by photons.…”

Section: Theoretical Calculation Of the Expected Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Constraining the photon coupling of ultra-light dark-matter axion-like particles by polarization variations of parsec-scale jets in active galaxies

Ivanov

Kovalev

Lister

et al. 2019

J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.

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Ultra-light dark matter may consist of axion-like particles with masses below 10 −19 eV. Two-photon interactions of these particles affect the polarization of radiation propagating through the dark matter. Coherent oscillations of the Bose condensate of the particles induce periodic changes in the plane of polarisation of emission passing through the condensate. We estimate this effect and analyze MOJAVE VLBA polarization observations of bright downstream features in the parsec-scale jets of active galaxies. Through the nonobservation of periodic polarization changes, we are able to constrain the photon coupling of the ultra-light dark-matter axion-like particles at the level of 10 −12 GeV −1 for masses between ∼ 5 × 10 −23 eV and ∼ 1.2 × 10 −21 eV.

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Section: Theoretical Calculation Of the Expected Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Constraining the photon coupling of ultra-light dark-matter axion-like particles by polarization variations of parsec-scale jets in active galaxies

Ivanov

Kovalev

Lister

et al. 2019

J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.

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“…We estimated the potential sensitivity of detectors to the axion-photon coupling in a broad mass range 10 −16 eV m 10 −9 eV with the experimental parameters of existing gravitational wave detector projects, such as DECIGO, CE and aLIGO. As a result, we found that their sensitivities can reach beyond the current limit of CAST [5] with a wide axion mass range and can be competitive with other experimental proposals which were recently suggested [25][26][27]. Remarkably, our new scheme for axion-like dark matter search can be performed with a minor modification of the gravitational wave detector and coexist with its observation run for gravitational waves.…”

Section: Sensitivity To the Axion-photon Couplingmentioning

confidence: 62%

Axion Dark Matter Search with Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors

et al. 2019

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Axion dark matter differentiates the phase velocities of the circular-polarized photons. In this Letter, a scheme to measure the phase difference by using a linear optical cavity is proposed. If the scheme is applied to the Fabry-Pérot arm of Advanced LIGO-like (Cosmic-Explorer-like) gravitational wave detector, the potential sensitivity to the axion-photon coupling constant, gaγ, reaches gaγ 8 × 10 −13 GeV −1 (4 × 10 −14 GeV −1 ) at the axion mass m 3 × 10 −13 eV (2 × 10 −15 eV) and remains at around this sensitivity for 3 orders of magnitude in mass. Furthermore, its sensitivity has a sharp peak reaching gaγ 10 −14 GeV −1 (8×10 −17 GeV −1 ) at m = 1.563×10 −10 eV (1.563 × 10 −11 eV). This sensitivity can be achieved without loosing any sensitivity to gravitational waves.

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“…The dashed lines are projected limits from ALPS-II [12], IAXO [13] and ABRACADABRA broadband configuration with 5 T and 1 m 3 [14]. The expected limits from Axion Interferometry proposal with intra-cavity power of 1 MW [2], the expected integrated limits from ADBC experiment with intra-cavity power of 1 MW [3], and the expected sensitivity of Advanced LIGO with a scheme proposed in Ref. [5] are also shown with dashed lines for comparison.…”

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“…The proposal in Ref. [2] uses linear cavities with quarter-wave plates inside to preserve the polarization of light. The proposal in Ref.…”

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DANCE: Dark matter Axion search with riNg Cavity Experiment

Michimura

Oshima

Watanabe

et al. 2020

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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We have proposed a new approach to search for axion dark matter with an optical ring cavity [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 161301 (2018)]. The coupling of photons to axions or axion-like particles makes a modulated difference in the phase velocity between left-and righthanded photons. Our method is to measure this phase velocity difference with a ring cavity, by measuring the resonant frequency difference between two circular polarizations. Our estimation shows that the sensitivity to axion-photon coupling constant gaγ for axion mass m 10 −10 eV can be improved by several orders of magnitude compared with the current best limits. In this paper, we present the principles of the Dark matter Axion search with riNg Cavity Experiment (DANCE) and the status of the prototype experiment, DANCE Act-1.

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Axion interferometry

Cited by 105 publications

References 29 publications

Constraining the photon coupling of ultra-light dark-matter axion-like particles by polarization variations of parsec-scale jets in active galaxies

Constraining the photon coupling of ultra-light dark-matter axion-like particles by polarization variations of parsec-scale jets in active galaxies

Axion Dark Matter Search with Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors

DANCE: Dark matter Axion search with riNg Cavity Experiment

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