First results of the CAST-RADES haloscope search for axions at 34.67 µeV

Álvarez Melcón A. ; Arguedas Cuendis S. ; Baier J. ; Barth K. ; Bräuninger H. ; Calatroni S. ; Cantatore G. ; Caspers F. ; Castel J.F. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Cetin S.A. ; Cogollos C. ; Dafni T. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Davenport M. ; Dermenev A. ; Desch K. ; Díaz-Morcillo A. ; Döbrich B. ; Fischer H. ; Funk W. ; Gallego J.D. ; García Barceló J.M. ; Gardikiotis A. ; Garza J.G. ; Gimeno B. ; Gninenko S. ; Golm J. ; Hasinoff M.D. ; Hoffmann D.H.H. ; Irastorza I.G. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Jakovcic K. ; Kaminski J. ; Karuza M. ; Lakic B. ; Laurent J.M. ; Lozano-Guerrero A.J. ; Luzón G. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Malbrunot C. ; Maroudas M. ; Miralda-Escudé J. ; Mirallas H. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Miceli L. ; Navarro P. ; Ozbey A. ; Özbozduman K. ; Peña Garay C. ; Pivovaroff M.J. ; Redondo J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ruz J. ; Ruiz Chóliz E. ; Schmidt S. ; Schumann M. ; Semertzidis Y.K. ; Solanki S.K. ; Stewart L. ; Tsagris I. ; Vafeiadis T. ; Vogel J.K. ; Widmann E. ; Wuensch W. ; Zioutas K.

Resumen: We present results of the Relic Axion Dark-Matter Exploratory Setup (RADES), a detector which is part of the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST), searching for axion dark matter in the 34.67 µeV mass range. A radio frequency cavity consisting of 5 sub-cavities coupled by inductive irises took physics data inside the CAST dipole magnet for the first time using this filter-like haloscope geometry. An exclusion limit with a 95% credibility level on the axion-photon coupling constant of ga¿ ¿ 4 × 10-13 GeV-1 over a mass range of 34.6738 µeV < ma< 34.6771 µeV is set. This constitutes a significant improvement over the current strongest limit set by CAST at this mass and is at the same time one of the most sensitive direct searches for an axion dark matter candidate above the mass of 25 µeV. The results also demonstrate the feasibility of exploring a wider mass range around the value probed by CAST-RADES in this work using similar coherent resonant cavities. © 2021, The Author(s).

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2021)075

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Journal of High Energy Physics 2021, 10 (2021), 75 [14 pp]
ISSN: 1126-6708

Factor impacto JCR: 6.376 (2021)

Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS rank: 6 / 29 = 0.207 (2021) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 10.3 - Physics and Astronomy (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.895 - Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Q2)

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Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Proy. investigación HCA (Dpto. Física Teórica)
Área (Departamento): Área Física Teórica (Dpto. Física Teórica)
Área (Departamento): Área Física Atóm.Molec.y Nucl. (Dpto. Física Teórica)