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Application of superconducting cavity tuner in dark photon dark matter search

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Abstract

Purpose

In order to precisely control the resonant frequency of RF superconducting cavity to detect dark photon dark matter, and to be able to tune within a certain frequency range, it is necessary to design a low-temperature tuner for frequency control on the bare cavity.

Methods

Two type mechanical tuners have been designed for the 1.3 GHz single-cell bare cavity and 650 MHz single cell bare cavity. The tuner device tunes the frequency of RF superconducting cavity for the detection of dark photons and dark matter and measures its tuning range and accuracy in both room-temperature and low-temperature environments.

Results

The tuner for the 1.3 GHz cavity has a tuning accuracy of 1 Hz per step and a tuning range of 1.37 MHz at low temperature. The tuner for the 650 MHz cavity has a tuning range of 467 kHz at low temperatures, with a tuning accuracy of 1.77 Hz per step.

Conclusion

The designed tuner can meet the requirements of RF superconducting cavity tuning for detecting dark photons and dark matter, and its adjustable range, precision and stability ensure that the detection experiment can be carried out smoothly.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the colleagues from the RF Group of IHEP for helping.

Funding

This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No. 2020YFC2201501; YOUTH INNOVATION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION CAS NO.292022000038. Jing Shu is supported by Peking University under startup Grant No. 7101302974 and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No. 12025507 and No.12150015 and is supported by the Key Research Program of Frontier Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) under Grants No. ZDBS-LY-7003.

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  1. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Ming Liu, Zhenghui Mi, Peng Sha, Weimin Pan, Feisi He & Lingxi Ye

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Ming Liu, Zhenghui Mi, Peng Sha, Weimin Pan, Feisi He & Lingxi Ye

  3. Key Laboratory of Particle Accelerator Physics and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Ming Liu, Zhenghui Mi, Peng Sha, Weimin Pan, Feisi He & Lingxi Ye

  4. School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Jing Shu, Zhenxing Tang & Chunlong Li

  5. Center for High Energy Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Jing Shu

  6. Beijing Laser Acceleration Innovation Center, Huairou, Beijing, 101400, China

    Jing Shu & Zhenxing Tang

  7. Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Chunlong Li

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Liu, M., Mi, Z., Sha, P. et al. Application of superconducting cavity tuner in dark photon dark matter search. Radiat Detect Technol Methods (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41605-024-00457-w

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