Next Generation Search for Axion and ALP Dark Matter with the International Axion Observatory

Ruz, J.; Vogel, Julia K.; Armengaud, E.; Attié, D.; Basso, S.; Brun, P.; Bykovskiy, Nikolay; Carmona, J. M.; Castel, J.; Cebrián, S.; Civitani, M.; Cogollos, C.; Costa, Dolors; Dafní, T.; Derbin, A.; Descalle, Marie-Anne; Desch, K.; Döbrich, Babette; Dratchnev, I.; Dudarev, A.; Ferrer‐Ribas, E.; Galán, J.; Galanti, Giorgio; Gascón, D.; Gastaldo, L.; Garrido, L.; Germani, Cristiano; Ghisellini, G.; Giannotti, Maurizio; Giomataris, I.; Gninenko, S.; Голубев, Н.; Graciani, R.; Irastorza, I.G.; Jakovčić, K.; Kamiński, J.; Krčmar, M.; Krieger, C.; Lakić, B.; Lasserre, T.; Laurent, Pierre; Lomskaya, I.; Unzhakov, E.; Limousin, O.; Lindner, A.; Luzón, G.; Mescia, Federico; Miralda-Escudé, Jordi; Mirallas, H.; Muratova, V.; Navick, X. F.; Nones, C.; Notari, Alessio; Nozik, Alexander; Núñez, Agustín Riscos; Solórzano, A. Ortíz de; Pantuev, V.S.; Papaevangelou, T.; Pareschi, G.; Olloqui, E. Picatoste; Pivovaroff, M. J.; Perez, K.; Redondo, Javier; Ringwald, Andreas; Ruiz-Choliz, Elisa; Salvadó, Jordi; Schiffer, T.; Schmidt, Sebastian; Schneekloth, U.; Schott, M.; Silva, H.; Tagliaferri, G.; Tavecchio, F.; Kate, H. Ten; Tkackev, I.; Troitsky, S.; Védrine, P.; Weltman, Amanda

doi:10.1109/nssmic.2018.8824640

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“…This is shared also by LSW experiments exploiting optical cavities at the generation and regeneration side of the experiment and helioscopes searching for the magnetic conversion of axions into photons or vice versa. In table 3 we show the parameters of the magnetic field region of the next generation of axion experiments: the LSW experiment ALPS IIc [104,105], the haloscope MADMAX [106,107], and the helioscopes BabyIAXO and IAXO [108]. Unfortunately, the prospects to probe the CGMB exploiting these magnetic conversion facilities appear to be rather slim.…”

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Gravitational waves as a big bang thermometer

Ringwald

Schütte-Engel

Tamarit

2021

J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.

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There is a guaranteed background of stochastic gravitational waves produced in the thermal plasma in the early universe. Its energy density per logarithmic frequency interval scales with the maximum temperature Tmax which the primordial plasma attained at the beginning of the standard hot big bang era. It peaks in the microwave range, at around 80 GHz [106.75/g*s(Tmax)]1/3, where g*s(Tmax) is the effective number of entropy degrees of freedom in the primordial plasma at Tmax. We present a state-of-the-art prediction of this Cosmic Gravitational Microwave Background (CGMB) for general models, and carry out calculations for the case of the Standard Model (SM) as well as for several of its extensions. On the side of minimal extensions we consider the Neutrino Minimal SM (νMSM) and the SM-Axion-Seesaw-Higgs portal inflation model (SMASH), which provide a complete and consistent cosmological history including inflation. As an example of a non-minimal extension of the SM we consider the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). Furthermore, we discuss the current upper limits and the prospects to detect the CGMB in laboratory experiments and thus measure the maximum temperature and the effective number of degrees of freedom at the beginning of the hot big bang.

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Section: Jcap03(2021)054mentioning

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Gravitational waves as a big bang thermometer

Ringwald

Schütte-Engel

Tamarit

2021

J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.

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“…Next generation projects are under consideration. The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) helioscope 44 builds on CAST and the latest CERN magnet technologies, and its precursor BabyIAXO is in the approval stage at the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY) centre in Germany. The JURA project also emerges as a potential new long-term project dedicated to laboratory axion searches, combining the forefront optical technologies of the DESY ALPS II experiment 45 and the high-field magnets developed at CERN for the high-luminosity LHC and Future Circular Collider.…”

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The quest for new physics with the Physics Beyond Colliders programme

Jaeckel¹,

Lamont²,

Vallée³

2020

Nat. Phys.

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undamental particle physics finds itself currently in the interesting position of being absolutely certain that there must be physics beyond the current Standard Model (SM), describing elementary particles and the weak, electromagnetic and strong forces, while at the same time facing the challenge that it seems exceedingly hard to find 1. Convincing evidence from cosmology suggests that 95% of all the matter and energy in the Universe consists of dark matter (DM) and dark energy, which are not described within the SM, although the vast majority of experiments on Earth agree to astonishing precision with SM predictions. Two ways exist to reconcile beyond Standard Model (BSM) physics with a nonobservation in present experiments: new particles could be either very massive or very weakly interacting with the SM 2-4 .

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“…For instance a hypothetical cylindrical detector with L = 1 m and area A = 0.785 m 2 (corresponding to a radius of 0.5 m) can operate at f 4.3 × 10 7 Hz. It is interesting to notice that the idea behind these detectors is similar to the one underpinning various axion experiments, including telescopes such as CAST [269,270] (decommissioned) and IAXO [271] (planned) and 'light-shining-through-a-wall' experiments such as OSQAR [272,273] (decommissioned), ALPS [274,275] (decommissioned) and ALPS II [276,277] (under construction). Using data already collected in axion experiments such as OSQAR and CAST, it is possible to place bounds on the presence of a stochastic background of GWs at the frequency at which these detectors naturally operate [278], which is extremely high: f ∼ 10 15 Hz and f ∼ 10 18 Hz.…”

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Hunt for Light Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter with Ultra-High-Frequency Gravitational Waves

Franciolini¹,

Maharana²,

Muia³

2022

Preprint

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Light primordial black holes may comprise a dominant fraction of the dark matter in our Universe. This paper critically assesses whether planned and future gravitational wave detectors in the ultra-high-frequency band could constrain the fraction of dark matter composed of sub-solar primordial black holes. Adopting the state-of-the-art description of primordial black hole merger rates, we compare various signals with currently operating and planned detectors. As already noted in the literature, our findings confirm that detecting individual primordial black hole mergers with currently existing and operating proposals remains difficult. Current proposals involving gravitational wave to electromagnetic wave conversion in a static magnetic field and microwave cavities feature a technology gap with respect to the loudest gravitational wave signals from primordial black holes of various orders of magnitude. However, we point out that one recent proposal involving resonant LC circuits represents the best option in terms of individual merger detection prospects in the range (1 ÷ 100) MHz. In the same frequency range, we note that alternative setups involving resonant cavities, whose concept is currently under development, might represent a promising technology to detect individual merger events. We also show that a detection of the stochastic gravitational wave background produced by unresolved binaries is possible only if the theoretical sensitivity of the proposed Gaussian beam detector is achieved. Such a detector, whose feasibility is subject to various caveats, may be able to rule-out some scenarios for asteroidal mass primordial black hole dark matter. We conclude that pursuing dedicated studies and developments of gravitational wave detectors in the ultra-high-frequency band remains motivated and may lead to novel probes on the existence of light primordial black holes.

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Next Generation Search for Axion and ALP Dark Matter with the International Axion Observatory

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Gravitational waves as a big bang thermometer

Gravitational waves as a big bang thermometer

The quest for new physics with the Physics Beyond Colliders programme

Hunt for Light Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter with Ultra-High-Frequency Gravitational Waves

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