A Hunt for Magnetic Signatures of Hidden-Photon and Axion Dark Matter in the Wilderness
arXiv:2306.11575 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.096026
Abstract
Earth can act as a transducer to convert ultralight bosonic dark matter (axions and hidden photons) into an oscillating magnetic field with a characteristic pattern across its surface. Here we describe the first results of a dedicated experiment, the Search for Non-Interacting Particles Experimental Hunt (SNIPE Hunt), that aims to detect such dark-matter-induced magnetic-field patterns by performing correlated measurements with a network of magnetometers in relatively quiet magnetic environments (in the wilderness far from human-generated magnetic noise). Our experiment constrains parameter space describing hidden-photon and axion dark matter with Compton frequencies in the 0.5-5.0 Hz range. Limits on the kinetic-mixing parameter for hidden-photon dark matter represent the best experimental bounds to date in this frequency range.
arXiv comment22 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in PRD. Minor changes in text and updated / improved limits
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