PIRSA:18020080

Electromagnetic searches for axions and hidden photons

Irwin, K. (2018). Electromagnetic searches for axions and hidden photons. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/18020080

Irwin, Kent. Electromagnetic searches for axions and hidden photons. Perimeter Institute, Feb. 07, 2018, https://pirsa.org/18020080 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:18020080,
            doi = {10.48660/18020080},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/18020080},
            author = {Irwin, Kent},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {Electromagnetic searches for axions and hidden photons},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2018},
            month = {feb},
            note = {PIRSA:18020080 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Kent Irwin

Stanford University

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One of the most enduring mysteries in particle physics is the nature of the non-baryonic dark matter that makes up 85% of the matter in the universe. For several decades, most searches for this mysterious substance have focused on Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). Recently, there has been a surge in theoretical interest in ultra-light-field dark matter candidates, including QCD axions (spin 0 bosons) and hidden photons (spin 1 bosons), which can be probed through their coupling to electromagnetism or nuclear spin. I will discuss general principles of efficiently searching for the direct detection of the electromagnetic coupling of these candidates, how the sensitivity of these experiments can be improved by the exploitation of quantum correlations in the electromagnetic signals that they produce, and describe the Dark Matter Radio, and experiment searching for axions and hidden photons in the frequency range of 1 kHz through 100 MHz.