Physical Review X (Nov 2017)
Search for Axionlike Dark Matter through Nuclear Spin Precession in Electric and Magnetic Fields
- C. Abel,
- N. J. Ayres,
- G. Ban,
- G. Bison,
- K. Bodek,
- V. Bondar,
- M. Daum,
- M. Fairbairn,
- V. V. Flambaum,
- P. Geltenbort,
- K. Green,
- W. C. Griffith,
- M. van der Grinten,
- Z. D. Grujić,
- P. G. Harris,
- N. Hild,
- P. Iaydjiev,
- S. N. Ivanov,
- M. Kasprzak,
- Y. Kermaidic,
- K. Kirch,
- H.-C. Koch,
- S. Komposch,
- P. A. Koss,
- A. Kozela,
- J. Krempel,
- B. Lauss,
- T. Lefort,
- Y. Lemière,
- D. J. E. Marsh,
- P. Mohanmurthy,
- A. Mtchedlishvili,
- M. Musgrave,
- F. M. Piegsa,
- G. Pignol,
- M. Rawlik,
- D. Rebreyend,
- D. Ries,
- S. Roccia,
- D. Rozpędzik,
- P. Schmidt-Wellenburg,
- N. Severijns,
- D. Shiers,
- Y. V. Stadnik,
- A. Weis,
- E. Wursten,
- J. Zejma,
- G. Zsigmond
Affiliations
- C. Abel
- N. J. Ayres
- G. Ban
- G. Bison
- K. Bodek
- V. Bondar
- M. Daum
- M. Fairbairn
- V. V. Flambaum
- P. Geltenbort
- K. Green
- W. C. Griffith
- M. van der Grinten
- Z. D. Grujić
- P. G. Harris
- N. Hild
- P. Iaydjiev
- S. N. Ivanov
- M. Kasprzak
- Y. Kermaidic
- K. Kirch
- H.-C. Koch
- S. Komposch
- P. A. Koss
- A. Kozela
- J. Krempel
- B. Lauss
- T. Lefort
- Y. Lemière
- D. J. E. Marsh
- P. Mohanmurthy
- A. Mtchedlishvili
- M. Musgrave
- F. M. Piegsa
- G. Pignol
- M. Rawlik
- D. Rebreyend
- D. Ries
- S. Roccia
- D. Rozpędzik
- P. Schmidt-Wellenburg
- N. Severijns
- D. Shiers
- Y. V. Stadnik
- A. Weis
- E. Wursten
- J. Zejma
- G. Zsigmond
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041034
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 4
p. 041034
Abstract
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 ^{199}Hg 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.
