Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities as Axion Dark Matter Detectors

2010/09/03 by P. Sikivie, Sikivie, P. · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Superconducting and THz Device Technology

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1009.0762

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Abstract

A modification of the cavity technique for axion dark matter detection is described in which the cavity is driven with input power instead of being permeated by a static magnetic field. A small fraction of the input power is pumped by the axion field to a receiving mode of frequency ω₁ when the resonance condition ω₁ = ω₀ ± m_a is satisfied, where ω₀ is the frequency of the input mode and m_a the axion mass. The relevant form factor is calculated for any pair of input and output modes in a cylindrical cavity. The overall search strategy is discussed and the technical challenges to be overcome by an actual experiment are listed.

Citations

• Classical Electrodynamics

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