TY - JOUR
T1 - Constraining Rapidly Oscillating Scalar Dark Matter Using Dynamic Decoupling
AU - Aharony, Shahaf
AU - Akerman, Nitzan
AU - Ozeri, Roee
AU - Perez, Gilad
AU - Savoray, Inbar
AU - Shaniv, Ravid
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - We propose and experimentally demonstrate a method for detection of a light scalar dark matter (DM) field through probing temporal oscillations of fundamental constants in an atomic optical transition. Utilizing the quantum information notion of dynamic decoupling (DD) in a tabletop setting, we are able to obtain model-independent bounds on variations of α and me at frequencies up to the MHz scale. We interpret our results to constrain the parameter space of light scalar DM field models. We consider the generic case, where the couplings of the DM field to the photon and the electron are independent, as well as the case of a relaxion DM model, including the scenario of a DM boson star centered around Earth. Given the particular nature of DD, allowing one to directly observe the oscillatory behavior of coherent DM and considering future experimental improvements, we conclude that our proposed method could be complimentary to, and possibly competitive with, gravitational probes of light scalar DM.
AB - We propose and experimentally demonstrate a method for detection of a light scalar dark matter (DM) field through probing temporal oscillations of fundamental constants in an atomic optical transition. Utilizing the quantum information notion of dynamic decoupling (DD) in a tabletop setting, we are able to obtain model-independent bounds on variations of α and me at frequencies up to the MHz scale. We interpret our results to constrain the parameter space of light scalar DM field models. We consider the generic case, where the couplings of the DM field to the photon and the electron are independent, as well as the case of a relaxion DM model, including the scenario of a DM boson star centered around Earth. Given the particular nature of DD, allowing one to directly observe the oscillatory behavior of coherent DM and considering future experimental improvements, we conclude that our proposed method could be complimentary to, and possibly competitive with, gravitational probes of light scalar DM.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.075017
DO - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.075017
M3 - مقالة
SN - 2470-0010
VL - 103
JO - Physical review. D
JF - Physical review. D
M1 - 075017
ER -