New experimental approaches in the search for axion-like particles

IG Irastorza, J Redondo - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
Axions and other very light axion-like particles appear in many extensions of the Standard
Model, and are leading candidates to compose part or all of the missing matter of the …

Search for axionlike dark matter using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance

D Aybas, J Adam, E Blumenthal, AV Gramolin… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We report the results of an experimental search for ultralight axionlike dark matter in the
mass range 162–166 neV. The detection scheme of our Cosmic Axion Spin Precession …

Constraints on bosonic dark matter from ultralow-field nuclear magnetic resonance

A Garcon, JW Blanchard, GP Centers, NL Figueroa… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The nature of dark matter, the invisible substance making up over 80% of the matter in the
universe, is one of the most fundamental mysteries of modern physics. Ultralight bosons …

The Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr): a dark-matter search with nuclear magnetic resonance

A Garcon, D Aybas, JW Blanchard… - Quantum Science …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The cosmic axion spin precession experiment (CASPEr) is a nuclear magnetic resonance
experiment (NMR) seeking to detect axion and axion-like particles which could make up the …

Constraints on axion-like dark matter from a SERF comagnetometer

IM Bloch, R Shaham, Y Hochberg, E Kuflik… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ultralight axion-like particles are well-motivated relics that might compose the cosmological
dark matter and source anomalous time-dependent magnetic fields. We report on terrestrial …

In situ calibration of triaxial coils of a vector optically pumped magnetometers based on a particle swarm optimization algorithm

S Li, D Ma, J Lu, B **ng, K Wang, Y Gao, B Han - Measurement, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel in situ method has been demonstrated for calibrating parameters (coil constants and
nonorthogonal angles) of triaxial coils of a three-axis optically pumped magnetometer …

Overview of the cosmic axion spin precession experiment (CASPEr)

DF Jackson Kimball, S Afach, D Aybas… - Microwave Cavities and …, 2020 - Springer
An overview of our experimental program to search for axion and axion-like-particle (ALP)
dark matter using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques is presented. An …

Quantum science and the search for axion dark matter

AO Sushkov - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
The dark-matter puzzle is one of the most important open problems in modern physics. The
ultralight axion is a well-motivated dark-matter candidate, conceived to resolve the strong …

Sensitivity of Spin-Precession Axion Experiments

JA Dror, S Gori, JM Leedom, NL Rodd - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We study the signal and background that arise in nuclear magnetic resonance searches for
axion dark matter, finding key differences with the existing literature. We find that spin …

Progress and applications of quantum precision measurement based on SERF effect

Y Zhai, Z Yue, L Li, Y Liu - Frontiers in Physics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With the development of quantum precision measurement technology, measurement
methods based on magnetic, optical and atomic interactions have started to receive …