Search for domain wall dark matter with atomic clocks on board global positioning system satellites

Benjamin M. Roberts; Geoffrey Blewitt; Conner Dailey; Mac Murphy; Maxim Pospelov; Alex Rollings; Jeff Sherman; Wyatt Williams; Andrei Derevianko

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01440-4

Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Search for domain wall dark matter with atomic clocks on board global positioning system satellites

Benjamin M. Roberts,
Geoffrey Blewitt,
Conner Dailey,
Mac Murphy,
Maxim Pospelov,
Alex Rollings,
Jeff Sherman,
Wyatt Williams,
Andrei Derevianko

Affiliations

Benjamin M. Roberts: Department of Physics, University of Nevada
Geoffrey Blewitt: Department of Physics, University of Nevada
Conner Dailey: Department of Physics, University of Nevada
Mac Murphy: Department of Physics, University of Nevada
Maxim Pospelov: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria
Alex Rollings: Department of Physics, University of Nevada
Jeff Sherman: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Wyatt Williams: Department of Physics, University of Nevada
Andrei Derevianko: Department of Physics, University of Nevada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01440-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The composition of dark matter in the universe remains a mystery, with one hypothetical form being topological defects. Here the authors determine a stronger constraint on the coupling of this dark matter to atomic clocks on board global positioning satellites through the analysis of 16 years of archival data.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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