PIRSA:22050062

The Piezoaxionic Effect

Arvanitaki, A. (2022). The Piezoaxionic Effect. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/22050062

Arvanitaki, Asimina. The Piezoaxionic Effect. Perimeter Institute, May. 25, 2022, https://pirsa.org/22050062 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:22050062,
            doi = {10.48660/22050062},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/22050062},
            author = {Arvanitaki, Asimina},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Piezoaxionic Effect},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2022},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:22050062 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Asimina Arvanitaki

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

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Mirror symmetry and time-invariance violating processes were crucial at establishing the Standard Model of fundamental interactions as we know it, their tiny effects eventually measured after enormous experimental effort. Macroscopic material on the other hand can maximally break these symmetries spontaneously. Inside these materials, Dark Matter can exhibit phenomena otherwise impossible in the vacuum. In this talk, I will discuss such a phenomenon that we call the piezoaxionic effect: In crystals whose structure breaks mirror symmetry, which are broadly known as piezoelectric, dark matter candidates called axions will produce a change in the crystals size, i.e. strain. Such a strain can be detected with well-established methods leading to a new observable for this well-motivated class of Dark Matter candidates.

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