Search for axionlike dark matter through nuclear spin precession in electric and magnetic fields

Abel, C.; Ayres, N. J.; Ban, G.; Bison, G.; Bodek, K.; Bondar, V.; Daum, M.; Fairbairn, M.; Flambaum, Victor V.; Geltenbort, P.; Green, K.; Griffith, W. C.; Grinten, M. van der; Grujić, Zoran D.; Harris, P. G.; Hild, N.; Iaydjiev, P.; Ivanov, S. N.; Kasprzak, Malgorzata; Kermaidic, Y.; Kirch, K.; Koch, Hans-Christian; Komposch, S.; Koss, Peter A.; Kozela, A.; Krempel, J.; Lauss, B.; Lefort, T.; Lemière, Y.; Marsh, D. J. E.; Mohanmurthy, P.; Mtchedlishvili, A.; Musgrave, M.; Piegsa, F. M.; Pignol, G.; Rawlik, M.; Rebreyend, D.; Ries, D.; Roccia, S.; Rozpêdzik, D.; Schmidt-Wellenburg, P.; Severijns, N.; Shiers, D.; Stadnik, Y. V.; Weis, Antoine; Wursten, E.; Zejma, J.; Zsigmond, G.

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Search for axionlike dark matter through nuclear spin precession in electric and magnetic fields

Abel, C. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Ayres, N. J. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Ban, G. Normandie Univ, Caen, France
Bison, G. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Bodek, K. Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Bondar, V. Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Daum, M. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Fairbairn, M. King’s College London Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
Flambaum, Victor V. School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia - Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Geltenbort, P. Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
Green, K. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon, United Kingdom
Griffith, W. C. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Grinten, M. van der Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon, United Kingdom
Grujić, Zoran D. Physics Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Harris, P. G. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Hild, N. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Iaydjiev, P. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon, United Kingdom
Ivanov, S. N. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon, United Kingdom
Kasprzak, Malgorzata Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Kermaidic, Y. LPSC, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Kirch, K. ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics, Switzerland - Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Koch, Hans-Christian Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Komposch, S. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland - ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics, Switzerland
Koss, Peter A. Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Kozela, A. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
Krempel, J. ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics, Switzerland
Lauss, B. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Lefort, T. Normandie Univ, Caen, France
Lemière, Y. Normandie Univ, Caen, France
Marsh, D. J. E. King’s College London Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
Mohanmurthy, P. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland - ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics, Switzerland
Mtchedlishvili, A. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Musgrave, M. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Piegsa, F. M. Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland
Pignol, G. LPSC, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Rawlik, M. ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics, Switzerland
Rebreyend, D. LPSC, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Ries, D. Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland - Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland - ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics, Switzerland
Roccia, S. CSNSM, Université Paris Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris Saclay, Orsay-Campus, France
Rozpêdzik, D. Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Schmidt-Wellenburg, P. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Severijns, N. Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Shiers, D. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Stadnik, Y. V. School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia - Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Weis, Antoine Physics Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Wursten, E. Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Zejma, J. Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Zsigmond, G. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

14.11.2017

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Physical Review X. - 2017, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 041034

English We report on a search for ultralow-mass axionlike dark matter by analyzing the ratio of the spin-precession frequencies of stored ultracold neutrons and 199Hg atoms for an axion-induced oscillating electric dipole moment of the neutron and an axion-wind spin-precession effect. No signal consistent with dark matter is observed for the axion mass range 10−24≤ma≤10−17 eV. Our null result sets the first laboratory constraints on the coupling of axion dark matter to gluons, which improve on astrophysical limits by up to 3 orders of magnitude, and also improves on previous laboratory constraints on the axion coupling to nucleons by up to a factor of 40.

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Département de Physique

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DOI 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041034

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