Progress on the ARIADNE Axion Experiment

ARIADNE Collaboration

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Abstract

The Axion Resonant InterAction Detection Experiment (ARIADNE) is a collaborative effort to search for the QCD axion using techniques based on nuclear magnetic resonance (Arvanitaki and Geraci, Phys Rev Lett 113:161801, 2014). In the experiment, axions or axion-like particles would mediate short-range spin-dependent interactions between a laser-polarized3He gas and a rotating (unpolarized) tungsten source mass, acting as a tiny, fictitious magnetic field. The experiment has the potential to probe deep within the theoretically interesting regime for the QCD axion in the mass range of 0.1–10 meV, independently of cosmological assumptions. The experiment relies on a stable rotary mechanism and superconducting magnetic shielding, required to screen the 3He sample from ordinary magnetic noise. Progress on testing the stability of the rotary mechanism is reported, and the design for the superconducting shielding is discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMicrowave Cavities and Detectors for Axion Research - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop
EditorsGianpaolo Carosi, Gray Rybka, Karl van Bibber
PublisherSpringer
Pages151-161
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783319927251
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd Workshop on Microwave Cavities and Detectors for Axion Research, 2017 - Livermore, United States
Duration: Jan 10 2017Jan 13 2017

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Physics
Volume211
ISSN (Print)0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)1867-4941

Conference

Conference2nd Workshop on Microwave Cavities and Detectors for Axion Research, 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLivermore
Period1/10/171/13/17

Keywords

  • 3He
  • ARIADNE
  • Axion
  • Fermions
  • Fifth-force
  • Interaction
  • Magnetometry
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Rotation
  • SQUID
  • Superconductor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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