What can a GNOME do? Search targets for the global network of optical magnetometers for exotic physics searches

S Afach, D Aybas Tumturk, H Bekker… - Annalen der …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Numerous observations suggest that there exist undiscovered beyond‐the‐standard‐model
particles and fields. Because of their unknown nature, these exotic particles and fields could …

Spin-dependent exotic interactions

L Cong, W Ji, P Fadeev, F Ficek, M Jiang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
Novel interactions beyond the four known fundamental forces in nature (electromagnetic,
gravitational, strong and weak interactions), may arise due to" new physics" beyond the …

Probing fundamental physics with spin-based quantum sensors

DF Jackson Kimball, D Budker, TE Chupp, AA Geraci… - Physical Review A, 2023‏ - APS
The applications of spin-based quantum sensors to measurements probing fundamental
physics are surveyed. Experimental methods and technologies developed for spin-based …

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 …

New constraints on axion-like dark matter using a Floquet quantum detector

IM Bloch, G Ronen, R Shaham, O Katz, T Volansky… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Dark matter is one of the greatest mysteries in physics. It interacts via gravity and composes
most of our universe, but its elementary composition is unknown. We search for …

Physical signatures of fermion-coupled axion dark matter

A Berlin, AJ Millar, T Trickle, K Zhou - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024‏ - Springer
A bstract In the presence of axion dark matter, fermion spins experience an “axion wind”
torque and an “axioelectric” force. We investigate new experimental probes of these effects …

Stochastic properties of ultralight scalar field gradients

M Lisanti, M Moschella, W Terrano - Physical Review D, 2021‏ - APS
Ultralight axionlike particles are well-motivated dark matter candidates that are the target of
numerous direct detection efforts. In the vicinity of the Solar System, such particles can be …

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 …

Quantum sensors for high energy physics

A Chou, K Irwin, RH Maruyama, OK Baker… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023‏ - arxiv.org
Strong motivation for investing in quantum sensing arises from the need to investigate
phenomena that are very weakly coupled to the matter and fields well described by the …