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

C. Abel; N. J. Ayres; G. Ban; G. Bison; K. Bodek; V. Bondar; M. Daum; M. Fairbairn; V. V. Flambaum; P. Geltenbort; K. Green; W. C. Griffith; M. Van Der Grinten; Z. D. Grujić; P. G. Harris; N. Hild; P. Iaydjiev; S. N. Ivanov; M. Kasprzak; Y. Kermaidic; K. Kirch; H. C. Koch; S. Komposch; P. A. Koss; A. Kozela; J. Krempel; B. Lauss; T. Lefort; Y. Lemiére; D. J. E. Marsh; P. Mohanmurthy; A. Mtchedlishvili; M. Musgrave; F. M. Piegsa; G. Pignol; M. Rawlik; D. Rebreyend; D. Ries; S. Roccia; D. Rozpȩdzik; P. Schmidt-Wellenburg; N. Severijns; D. Shiers; Y. V. Stadnik; A. Weis; E. Wursten; J. Zejma; G. Zsigmond

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041034

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

C. Abel, N. J. Ayres^*, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, M. Daum, M. Fairbairn, V. V. Flambaum, P. Geltenbort, K. Green, W. C. Griffith, M. Van Der Grinten, Z. D. Grujić, P. G. Harris, N. Hild, P. Iaydjiev, S. N. Ivanov, M. Kasprzak, Y. KermaidicK. Kirch, H. C. Koch, S. Komposch, P. A. Koss, A. Kozela, J. Krempel, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, Y. Lemiére, D. J. E. Marsh, P. Mohanmurthy, A. Mtchedlishvili, M. Musgrave, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, M. Rawlik, D. Rebreyend, D. Ries, S. Roccia, D. Rozpȩdzik, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, N. Severijns, D. Shiers, Y. V. Stadnik, A. Weis, E. Wursten, J. Zejma, G. Zsigmond

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We report on a search for ultralow-mass axionlike dark matter by analyzing the ratio of the spinprecession 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 ≤ m_a ≤ 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.

Original language	English
Article number	041034
Journal	Physical Review X
Volume	7
Issue number	4
Early online date	14 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041034
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2017

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Abel, C., Ayres, N. J., Ban, G., Bison, G., Bodek, K., Bondar, V., Daum, M., Fairbairn, M., Flambaum, V. V., Geltenbort, P., Green, K., Griffith, W. C., Van Der Grinten, M., Grujić, Z. D., Harris, P. G., Hild, N., Iaydjiev, P., Ivanov, S. N., Kasprzak, M., ... Zsigmond, G. (2017). Search for axionlike dark matter through nuclear spin precession in electric and magnetic fields. Physical Review X, 7(4), Article 041034. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041034

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