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, 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.; Kermaidic, Y.; Kirch, K.; Koch, H.-C.; Komposch, S.; Koss, P.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.; Rozpȩdzik, D.; Schmidt-Wellenburg, P.; Severijns, N.; Shiers, D.; Stadnik, Y.V.; Weis, A.; Wursten, E.; Zejma, J.; Zsigmond, G.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041034

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

Abel C, Ayres NJ, Ban G, Bison G, Bodek K, Bondar V, Daum M, Fairbairn M, Flambaum VV, Geltenbort P, Green K, Griffith WC, van der Grinten M, Grujić ZD, Harris PG, Hild N, Iaydjiev P, Ivanov SN, Kasprzak M, Kermaidic Y, Kirch K, Koch H-C, Komposch S, Koss PA, Kozela A, Krempel J, Lauss B, Lefort T, Lemière Y, Marsh DJE, Mohanmurthy P, Mtchedlishvili A, Musgrave M, Piegsa FM, Pignol G, Rawlik M, Rebreyend D, Ries D, Roccia S, Rozpȩdzik D, Schmidt-Wellenburg P, Severijns N, Shiers D, Stadnik YV, Weis A, Wursten E, Zejma J & Zsigmond G

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Abel, C., Ayres, N. J., Ban, G., Bison, G., Bodek, K., Bondar, V., … Zsigmond, G. (2017). Search for axionlike dark matter through nuclear spin precession in electric and magnetic fields. Physical Review X, 7(4), 041034 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041034

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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 ≤ 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.

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

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Abel, C.

Ayres, N.J.

Ban, G.

Bison, G. (3204 UCN Physics)

Bodek, K.

Bondar, V.