SpaceQ -- Direct Detection of Ultralight Dark Matter with Space Quantum Sensors

Tsai, Yu-Dai; Eby, Joshua; Safronova, M. S.

doi:10.48550/arxiv.2112.07674

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“…Future clock development will provide further orders of magnitude of improvement for these experiments. Deployment of high-precision clocks in space will also open the door to new applications, including precision tests of gravity and relativity [210], searches for a dark-matter halo bound to the Sun [211], and gravitational wave detection in wavelength ranges inaccessible on Earth [212,213].…”

Section: Atomic Nuclear and Molecular Clocks And Precision Spectroscopymentioning

confidence: 99%

Snowmass 2021: Quantum Sensors for HEP Science -- Interferometers, Mechanics, Traps, and Clocks

Carney¹,

Cecil²,

Ellis³

et al. 2022

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A wide range of quantum sensing technologies are rapidly being integrated into the experimental portfolio of the high energy physics community. Here we focus on sensing with atomic interferometers; mechanical devices read out with optical or microwave fields; precision spectroscopic methods with atomic, nuclear, and molecular systems; and trapped atoms and ions. We give a variety of detection targets relevant to particle physics for which these systems are uniquely poised to contribute. This includes experiments at the precision frontier like measurements of the electron dipole moment and electromagnetic fine structure constant and searches for fifth forces and modifications of Newton's law of gravity at micron-to-millimeter scales. It also includes experiments relevant to the cosmic frontier, especially searches for gravitional waves and a wide variety of dark matter candidates spanning heavy, WIMP-scale, light, and ultra-light mass ranges. We emphasize here the need for more developments both in sensor technology and integration into the broader particle physics community.

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Section: Atomic Nuclear and Molecular Clocks And Precision Spectroscopymentioning

confidence: 99%

Snowmass 2021: Quantum Sensors for HEP Science -- Interferometers, Mechanics, Traps, and Clocks

Carney¹,

Cecil²,

Ellis³

et al. 2022

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“…Such an oscillation signal would be detectable with atomic clocks for a large range of DM masses (m 10 −13 eV) and interaction strengths. Clock DM searches are naturally broadband, with mass range depending on the total measurement time and specifics of the clock operation protocols (see [122] for details). A multidisciplinary team is needed to continue to develop atomic clocks as a tool for dark matter searches.…”

Section: Atomic Clocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Report of the Topical Group on Wave Dark Matter for Snowmass 2021

Jaeckel¹,

Rybka²,

Winslow³

2022

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There is a strong possibility that the particles making up the dark matter in the Universe have a mass below 1 eV and in many important situations exhibit a wave-like behavior. Amongst the candidates the axion stands out as particularly well motivated but other possibilities such as axion-like particles, light scalars and light vectors, should be seriously investigated with both experiments and theory. Discovery of any of these dark matter particles would be revolutionary. The wave-like nature opens special opportunities to gain precise information on the particle properties a well as astrophysical information on dark matter shortly after a first detection. To achieve these goals requires continued strong support for the next generations of axion experiments to probe significant axion parameter space this decade and to realize the vision of a definitive axion search program in the next 20 years. This needs to be complemented by strong and flexible support for a broad range of smaller experiments, sensitive to the full variety of wave-like dark matter candidates. These have their own discovery potential but can also be the test bed for future larger scale searches. Strong technological support not only allows for the optimal realization of the current and near future experiments but new technologies such as quantum measurement and control can also provide the next evolutionary jump enabling a broader and deeper sensitivity. Finally, a theory effort ranging from fundamental model building over investigating phenomenological constraints to the conception of new experimental techniques is a cornerstone of the current rapid developments in the search for wave-like dark matter and should be strengthened to have a solid foundation for the future.

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“…[98,103,104,226]), driven in part by the broad and intrinsic scientific utility of such clocks (e.g., Refs. [35,93,94,96,227]), and in part by technology cross-over with mid-band GW detectors based on atomic interferometry [24-28, 31, 34] techniques that are envisaged to be deployed in space. On the other hand, in recent decades, clock improvements have been exponential with passing time (see, e.g., Ref.…”

Section: Clock Noisementioning

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Asteroids for $μ$Hz gravitational-wave detection

Fedderke,

Graham,

Rajendran

2021

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A major challenge for gravitational-wave (GW) detection in the µHz band is engineering a test mass (TM) with sufficiently low acceleration noise. We propose a GW detection concept using asteroids located in the inner Solar System as TMs. Our main purpose is to evaluate the acceleration noise of asteroids in the µHz band. We show that a wide variety of environmental perturbations are small enough to enable an appropriate class of ∼ 10 km-diameter asteroids to be employed as TMs. This would allow a sensitive GW detector in the band (few) × 10 −7 Hz fgw (few) × 10 −5 Hz, reaching strain hc ∼ 10 −19 around fgw ∼ 10 µHz, sufficient to detect a wide variety of sources. To exploit these asteroid TMs, human-engineered base stations could be deployed on multiple asteroids, each equipped with an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter/receiver to permit measurement of variations in the distance between them. We discuss a potential conceptual design with two base stations, each with a space-qualified optical atomic clock measuring the round-trip EM pulse travel time via laser ranging. Tradespace exists to optimize multiple aspects of this mission: for example, using a radio-ranging or interferometric link system instead of laser ranging. This motivates future dedicated technical design study. This mission concept holds exceptional promise for accessing this GW frequency band.

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SpaceQ -- Direct Detection of Ultralight Dark Matter with Space Quantum Sensors

Cited by 3 publications

References 83 publications

Snowmass 2021: Quantum Sensors for HEP Science -- Interferometers, Mechanics, Traps, and Clocks

Snowmass 2021: Quantum Sensors for HEP Science -- Interferometers, Mechanics, Traps, and Clocks

Report of the Topical Group on Wave Dark Matter for Snowmass 2021

Asteroids for $μ$Hz gravitational-wave detection

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