Resonantly Detecting Axion-Mediated Forces with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

2014/03/05 by Asimina Arvanitaki, Andrew A. Geraci, Andrew Geraci · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Atomic physics #Axion #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark matter #Nuclear force #Nuclear magnetic resonance #Nuclear physics #Nucleon #Particle physics #Physics #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.113.161801

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 161801 (2014) · 6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, submitted to PRL

arxiv created 2014/03/05 · openalex publication_date 2014/10/14 · arxiv updated 2014/10/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We describe a method based on precision magnetometry that can extend the search for axion-mediated spin-dependent forces by several orders of magnitude. By combining techniques used in nuclear magnetic resonance and short-distance tests of gravity, our approach can substantially improve upon current experimental limits set by astrophysics, and probe deep into the theoretically interesting regime for the Peccei-Quinn (PQ) axion. Our method is sensitive to PQ axion decay constants between 10(9) and 10(12) GeV or axion masses between 10(-6) and 10(-3) eV, independent of the cosmic axion abundance.

Citations

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