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Prospects for searching axion-like particle dark matter with dipole, toroidal and wiggler magnets

  • 1. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 3. Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Durham (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  • 5. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
  • 6. Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL (United States). Dept. of Physics
  • 7. Patras Univ. (Greece)

Description

In this work we consider searches for dark matter made of axions or axion-like particles (ALPs) using resonant radio frequency cavities inserted into dipole magnets from particle accelerators, wiggler magnets developed for accelerator based advanced light sources, and toroidal magnets similar to those used in particle physics detectors. We investigate the expected sensitivity of such ALP dark matter detectors and discuss the engineering aspects of building and tuning them. Brief mention is also made of even stronger field magnets that are becoming available due to improvements in magnetic technology. It is concluded that new experiments utilizing already existing magnets could greatly enlarge the mass region in searches for axion-like dark matter particles. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
19 p.
ISSN
0418-9833
Report number
DESY--11-163

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Secondary number(s)
DCPT--11-110; IPPP--11-55