Search for ultralight axion dark matter in a side-band analysis of a 199Hg free-spin precession signal

C. Abel; N. J. Ayres; G. Ban; G. Bison; K. Bodek; V. Bondar; E. Chanel; C. B. Crawford; M. Daum; B. Dechenaux; S. Emmenegger; P. Flaux; W. C. Griffith; P. G. Harris; Y. Kermaidic; K. Kirch; S. Komposch; P. A. Koss; J. Krempel; B. Lauss; T. Lefort; P. Mohanmurthy; O. Naviliat-Cuncic; D. Pais; F. M. Piegsa; G. Pignol; M. Rawlik; D. Ries; S. Roccia; D. Rozpedzik; P. Schmidt-Wellenburg; N. Severijns; Y. V. Stadnik; J. A. Thorne; A. Weis; E. Wursten; J. Zejma; G. Zsigmond

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.15.2.058

Search for ultralight axion dark matter in a side-band analysis of a ¹⁹⁹Hg free-spin precession signal

C. Abel, N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, E. Chanel, C. B. Crawford, M. Daum, B. Dechenaux, S. Emmenegger, P. Flaux, W. C. Griffith, P. G. Harris, Y. Kermaidic, K. Kirch, S. Komposch, P. A. Koss, J. Krempel, B. LaussT. Lefort, P. Mohanmurthy, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, M. Rawlik, D. Ries, S. Roccia, D. Rozpedzik, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, N. Severijns, Y. V. Stadnik, J. A. Thorne, A. Weis, E. Wursten, J. Zejma, G. Zsigmond

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Abstract

Ultra-low-mass axions are a viable dark matter candidate and may form a coherently oscillating classical field. Nuclear spins in experiments on Earth might couple to this oscillating axion dark-matter field, when propagating on Earth's trajectory through our Galaxy. This spin coupling resembles an oscillating pseudo-magnetic field which modulates the spin precession of nuclear spins. Here we report on the null result of a demonstration experiment searching for a frequency modulation of the free spin-precession signal of ¹⁹⁹Hg in a 1 μT magnetic field. Our search covers the axion mass range 10^-16eV ≲ ma ≲ 10^-13eV and achieves a peak sensitivity to the axion-nucleon coupling of gaNN ∼ 3.5

Original language	English
Article number	058
Journal	SciPost Physics
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.15.2.058
State	Published - Aug 2023

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Abel, C., Ayres, N. J., Ban, G., Bison, G., Bodek, K., Bondar, V., Chanel, E., Crawford, C. B., Daum, M., Dechenaux, B., Emmenegger, S., Flaux, P., Griffith, W. C., Harris, P. G., Kermaidic, Y., Kirch, K., Komposch, S., Koss, P. A., Krempel, J., ... Zsigmond, G. (2023). Search for ultralight axion dark matter in a side-band analysis of a ¹⁹⁹Hg free-spin precession signal. SciPost Physics, 15(2), Article 058. https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.15.2.058

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