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Operation of a Ferromagnetic Axion Haloscope

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Microwave Cavities and Detectors for Axion Research

Part of the book series: Springer Proceedings in Physics ((SPPHY,volume 245))

Abstract

The QUAX proposal studies the interaction of dark matter axions with electrons. As the effect of axions can be described as an effective magnetic field, the signal is a magnetization oscillation of a sample. To detect it, the material is placed in a resonant cavity and polarized with a static magnetic field. Here we describe the operation of such a device, with a resonance frequency of 14 GHz, corresponding to an axion mass ma = 58 μeV. Eventually some recent developments on the resonant cavities design and test are detailed.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Mario Tessaro, Fulvio Calaon, Massimo Rebeschini, Enrico Berto, Mario Zago, and Andrea Benato for the help with cryogenics and for the mechanical and electronic work on the experimental setup. We acknowledge the support of Giampaolo Galet and Lorenzo Castellani for the building of the magnet power supply, and Riccardo Barbieri for the stimulating theoretical discussions. We eventually acknowledge Gianpaolo Carosi and Gray Rybka for all the time spent working for this proceedings.

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  1. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, RO, Italy

    D. Alesini, D. Di Gioacchino, C. Gatti, C. Ligi, A. Rettaroli & S. Tocci

  2. INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy

    C. Braggio, G. Carugno, S. Gallo & L. Taffarello

  3. Dip. di Fisica e Astronomia, Padova, Italy

    C. Braggio, G. Carugno, N. Crescini & S. Gallo

  4. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, PD, Italy

    N. Crescini

  5. Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, CNR-Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Povo, TN, Italy

    P. Falferi

  6. INFN, TIFPA, Povo, TN, Italy

    P. Falferi

  7. Dip. di Fisica E.R. Caianiello, Fisciano, SA, Italy

    U. Gambardella, G. Iannone & S. Pagano

  8. INFN, Sez. di Napoli, Napoli, Italy

    U. Gambardella, G. Iannone & S. Pagano

  9. Dip. di Fisica and INFN, Sez. di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    G. Lamanna

  10. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, PD, Italy

    A. Lombardi, A. Ortolan, R. Pengo & G. Ruoso

  11. INFN, TIFPA, Povo, TN, Italy

    R. Mezzena

  12. Dip. di Fisica, Povo, TN, Italy

    R. Mezzena

  13. School of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    C. C. Speake

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Correspondence to N. Crescini .

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA

    Gianpaolo Carosi

  2. Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Gray Rybka

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Alesini, D. et al. (2020). Operation of a Ferromagnetic Axion Haloscope. In: Carosi, G., Rybka, G. (eds) Microwave Cavities and Detectors for Axion Research. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 245. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43761-9_12

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