A proposal for a low-frequency axion search in the 1–2 μ eV range and below with the babyIAXO magnet
Author(s)
Ahyoune, Saiyd
Álvarez Melcón, Alejandro
Arguedas Cuendis, Sergio
Calatroni, Sergio
Cogollos, Cristian
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In the near future BabyIAXO will be the most powerful axion helioscope,
relying on a custom-made magnet of two bores of 70 cm diameter and 10 m
long, with a total available magnetic volume of more than 7 m3. In this
document, it proposes and describe the implementation of low-frequency
axion haloscope setups suitable for operation inside the BabyIAXO magnet.
The RADES proposal has a potential sensitivity to the axion-photon coupling
ga𝜸 down to values corresponding to the KSVZ model, in the (currently
unexplored) mass range between 1 and 2 𝛍 eV, after a total effective exposure
of 440 days. This mass range is covered by the use of four differently
dimensioned 5-meter-long cavities, equipped with a tuning mechanism based
on inner turning plates. A setup like the one proposed will also allow an
exploration of the same mass range for hidden photons coupled to photons.
An additional complementary apparatus is proposed using LC circuits and
exploring the low energy range (≈ 10−4 − 10−1 𝛍 eV). The setup includes a
cryostat and cooling system to cool down the BabyIAXO bore down to about 5
K, as well as an appropriate low-noise signal amplification and
detection chain.
relying on a custom-made magnet of two bores of 70 cm diameter and 10 m
long, with a total available magnetic volume of more than 7 m3. In this
document, it proposes and describe the implementation of low-frequency
axion haloscope setups suitable for operation inside the BabyIAXO magnet.
The RADES proposal has a potential sensitivity to the axion-photon coupling
ga𝜸 down to values corresponding to the KSVZ model, in the (currently
unexplored) mass range between 1 and 2 𝛍 eV, after a total effective exposure
of 440 days. This mass range is covered by the use of four differently
dimensioned 5-meter-long cavities, equipped with a tuning mechanism based
on inner turning plates. A setup like the one proposed will also allow an
exploration of the same mass range for hidden photons coupled to photons.
An additional complementary apparatus is proposed using LC circuits and
exploring the low energy range (≈ 10−4 − 10−1 𝛍 eV). The setup includes a
cryostat and cooling system to cool down the BabyIAXO bore down to about 5
K, as well as an appropriate low-noise signal amplification and
detection chain.
Date Issued
2023-12
Date Acceptance
2023-09-05
Citation
Annalen der Physik, 2023, 535 (12)
ISSN
0003-3804
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Annalen der Physik
Volume
535
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Authors. Annalen der Physik published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.202300326
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
2300326
Date Publish Online
2023-10-31