R. Cervantes

activity

20142025

most citedExtended Search for the Invisible Axion with the Axion Dark Matter Experiment

467 citations · 2k across the 47 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

48 papers

nucl-ex2025

Low-mass vector-meson production at forward rapidity in $p$ $+$ $p$ and Au $+$ Au collisions at $s_{_{N N}} = 200$ ~GeV

PHENIX Collaboration, N. J. Abdulameer, U. Acharya +352

The PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has measured low-mass vector-meson ( $ω + ρ$ and $ϕ$ ) production through the dimuon decay channel at forward rapidity $(1.…

hep-ex2024

Multiplicity dependent $J / ψ$ and $ψ (2 S)$ production at forward and backward rapidity in $p$ $+$ $p$ collisions at $s = 200$ GeV

PHENIX Collaboration, N. J. Abdulameer, U. Acharya +298

The $J / ψ$ and $ψ (2 S)$ charmonium states, composed of $c c ˉ$ quark pairs and known since the 1970s, are widely believed to serve as ideal probes to test quantum chromodynamics i…

hep-ph2023★ 9 cited

Measuring axion gradients with photon interferometry (MAGPI)

Michael A. Fedderke, Jedidiah O. Thompson, Raphael Cervantes +5

We propose a novel search technique for axions with a $C P$ -violating monopole coupling $g ~_{Q}$ to bulk Standard Model charges $Q \in {B, L, B - L}$ . Gradients in the static axi…

hep-ex2023★ 4 cited

Transverse single-spin asymmetry of charged hadrons at forward and backward rapidity in polarized $p$ + $p$ , $p$ +Al, and $p$ +Au collisions at $s_{N N} = 200$ GeV}

N. J. Abdulameer, U. Acharya, C. Aidala +319

Reported here are transverse single-spin asymmetries ( $A_{N}$ ) in the production of charged hadrons as a function of transverse momentum ( $p_{T}$ ) and Feynman- $x$ ( $x_{F}$ ) in polarize…

hep-ex2023

Transverse single-spin asymmetry of midrapidity $π^{0}$ and $η$ mesons in $p$ +Au and $p$ +Al collisions at $s_{_{N N}} =$ 200 GeV

N. J. Abdulameer, U. Acharya, C. Aidala +319

Presented are the first measurements of the transverse single-spin asymmetries ( $A_{N}$ ) for neutral pions and eta mesons in $p$ +Au and $p$ +Al collisions at $s_{_{N N}} = 200$ Ge…

hep-ex2022

Improving constraints on gluon spin-momentum correlations in transversely polarized protons via midrapidity open-heavy-flavor electrons in $p^{↑} + p$ collisions at $s = 200$ GeV

N. J. Abdulameer, U. Acharya, C. Aidala +321

Polarized proton-proton collisions provide leading-order access to gluons, presenting an opportunity to constrain gluon spin-momentum correlations within transversely polarized pro…

hep-ex2022

ADMX-Orpheus First Search for 70 $μ$ eV Dark Photon Dark Matter: Detailed Design, Operations, and Analysis

R. Cervantes, G. Carosi, C. Hanretty +10

Dark matter makes up 85% of the matter in the universe and 27% of its energy density, but we do not know what comprises dark matter. It is possible that dark matter may be composed…

hep-ex2022★ 37 cited

Search for 70 μeV Dark Photon Dark Matter with a Dielectrically-Loaded Multi-Wavelength Microwave Cavity

R. Cervantes, G. Carosi, C. Hanretty +10

Microwave cavities have been deployed to search for bosonic dark matter candidates with masses of a few $μ$ eV. However, the sensitivity of these cavity detectors is limited by thei…

hep-ph2022★ 19 cited

Searches for New Particles, Dark Matter, and Gravitational Waves with SRF Cavities

Asher Berlin, Sergey Belomestnykh, Diego Blas +33

This is a Snowmass white paper on the utility of existing and future superconducting cavities to probe fundamental physics. Superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavity technology…

hep-ex2022★ 24 cited

Axion Dark Matter

C. B. Adams, N. Aggarwal, A. Agrawal +152

Axions are well-motivated dark matter candidates with simple cosmological production mechanisms. They were originally introduced to solve the strong CP problem, but also arise in a…

nucl-ex2022

Measurements of second-harmonic Fourier coefficients from azimuthal anisotropies in $p$ $+$ $p$ , $p$ $+$ Au, $d$ $+$ Au, and $^{3}$ He $+$ Au collisions at $s_{_{N N}} = 200$ GeV

N. J. Abdulameer, U. Acharya, A. Adare +389

Recently, the PHENIX Collaboration has published second- and third-harmonic Fourier coefficients $v_{2}$ and $v_{3}$ for midrapidity ( $∣ η ∣ < 0.35$ ) charged hadrons in 0\%--5\% central $p…

nucl-ex2022★ 11 cited

Study of $ϕ$ -meson production in $p$ $+$ Al, $p$ $+$ Au, $d$ $+$ Au, and $^{3}$ He $+$ Au collisions at $s_{_{N N}} = 200$ GeV

U. Acharya, A. Adare, C. Aidala +367

Small nuclear collisions are mainly sensitive to cold-nuclear-matter effects; however, the collective behavior observed in these collisions shows a hint of hot-nuclear-matter effec…

nucl-ex2022★ 2 cited

Measurement of $ψ (2 S)$ nuclear modification at backward and forward rapidity in $p$ $+$ $p$ , $p$ $+$ Al, and $p$ $+$ Au collisions at $s_{_{N N}} = 200$ GeV

U. A. Acharya, C. Aidala, Y. Akiba +313

Suppression of the $J / ψ$ nuclear-modification factor has been seen as a trademark signature of final-state effects in large collision systems for decades. In small systems, the nuc…

hep-ex2021

A Search for Wavelike Dark Matter with Dielectrically-loaded Multimode Cavities

Raphael Cervantes

Dark matter makes up 85% of the matter in the universe and 27% of its energy density, but we don't know what comprises dark matter. There are several compelling candidates for dark…

hep-ex2021★ 2 cited

Transverse-single-spin asymmetries of charged pions at midrapidity in transversely polarized $p + p$ collisions at $s = 200$ GeV

U. A. Acharya, C. Aidala, Y. Akiba +307

In 2015, the PHENIX collaboration has measured single-spin asymmetries for charged pions in transversely polarized proton-proton collisions at the center of mass energy of $\sqrt{s…

hep-ex2021★ 72 cited

Dark Matter Axion Search Using a Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifier

C. Bartram, T. Braine, R. Cervantes +48

We present a new exclusion bound of axion-like particle dark matter with axion-photon couplings above $1 0^{- 13}$ $Ge V^{- 1}$ over the frequency range 4796.7--4799.…

hep-ex2021★ 4 cited

Transverse single spin asymmetries of forward neutrons in $p$ $+$ $p$ , $p$ $+$ Al, and $p$ $+$ Au collisions at $s_{_{N N}} = 200$ GeV as a function of transverse and longitudinal momenta

U. A. Acharya, C. Aidala, Y. Akiba +308

In 2015 the PHENIX collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider recorded $p$ $+$ $p$ , $p$ $+$ Al, and $p$ $+$ Au collision data at center of mass energies of $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=20…

hep-ex2021★ 240 cited

Search for "Invisible" Axion Dark Matter in the $3.3 - 4.2 μ$ eV Mass Range

ADMX Collaboration, C. Bartram, T. Braine +49

We report the results from a haloscope search for axion dark matter in the $3.3 - 4.2 μ$ eV mass range. This search excludes the axion-photon coupling predicted by one of the b…

hep-ex2021★ 24 cited

Kinematic dependence of azimuthal anisotropies in $p$ $+$ Au, $d$ $+$ Au, $^{3}$ He+Au at $s_{_{N N}}$ = 200 GeV

U. A. Acharya, A. Adare, C. Aidala +378

There is strong evidence for the formation of small droplets of quark-gluon plasma in $p / d /^{3}$ He+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and in $p$ + $p$ /Pb col…

hep-ex2021★ 16 cited

Probing gluon spin-momentum correlations in transversely polarized protons through midrapidity isolated direct photons in $p^{↑} + p$ collisions at $s = 200$ GeV

U. A. Acharya, C. Aidala, Y. Akiba +308

Studying spin-momentum correlations in hadronic collisions offers a glimpse into a three-dimensional picture of proton structure. The transverse single-spin asymmetry for midrapidi…

physics.data-an2020★ 18 cited

Bayesian Analysis of a Future Beta Decay Experiment's Sensitivity to Neutrino Mass Scale and Ordering

A. Ashtari Esfahani, M. Betancourt, Z. Bogorad +43

Bayesian modeling techniques enable sensitivity analyses that incorporate detailed expectations regarding future experiments. A model-based approach also allows one to evaluate inf…

hep-ex2020★ 5 cited

Transverse momentum dependent forward neutron single spin asymmetries in transversely polarized $p$ $+$ $p$ collisions at $s = 200$ GeV

U. A. Acharya, C. Aidala, Y. Akiba +311

In 2015, the PHENIX collaboration has measured very forward ( $η > 6.8$ ) single-spin asymmetries of inclusive neutrons in transversely polarized proton-proton and proton-nucleus colli…

hep-ex2020★ 14 cited

Transverse single-spin asymmetries of midrapidity $π^{0}$ and $η$ mesons in polarized $p$ $+$ $p$ collisions at $s = 200$ GeV

U. A. Acharya, C. Aidala, Y. Akiba +311

We present a measurement of the transverse single-spin asymmetry for $π^{0}$ and $η$ mesons in $p^{↑}$ $+$ $p$ collisions in the pseudorapidity range $∣ η ∣ < 0.35$ and at a center-of…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 84 cited

Axion Dark Matter eXperiment: Run 1B Analysis Details

ADMX Collaboration, C. Bartram, T. Braine +45

Searching for axion dark matter, the ADMX collaboration acquired data from January to October 2018, over the mass range 2.81--3.31 $μ$ eV, corresponding to the frequency range 680--…

Low-mass vector-meson production at forward rapidity in p+p and Au+Au collisions at sNN​​​=200~GeV

Multiplicity dependent J/ψ and ψ(2S) production at forward and backward rapidity in p+p collisions at s​=200 GeV

Measuring axion gradients with photon interferometry (MAGPI)

Transverse single-spin asymmetry of charged hadrons at forward and backward rapidity in polarized p+p, p+Al, and p+Au collisions at sNN​​=200 GeV}

Transverse single-spin asymmetry of midrapidity π0 and η mesons in p+Au and p+Al collisions at sNN​​​= 200 GeV

Improving constraints on gluon spin-momentum correlations in transversely polarized protons via midrapidity open-heavy-flavor electrons in p↑+p collisions at s​=200 GeV

ADMX-Orpheus First Search for 70 μeV Dark Photon Dark Matter: Detailed Design, Operations, and Analysis

Search for 70 μeV Dark Photon Dark Matter with a Dielectrically-Loaded Multi-Wavelength Microwave Cavity

Searches for New Particles, Dark Matter, and Gravitational Waves with SRF Cavities

Axion Dark Matter

Measurements of second-harmonic Fourier coefficients from azimuthal anisotropies in p+p, p+Au, d+Au, and 3He+Au collisions at sNN​​​=200 GeV

Study of ϕ-meson production in p+Al, p+Au, d+Au, and 3He+Au collisions at sNN​​​=200 GeV

Measurement of ψ(2S) nuclear modification at backward and forward rapidity in p+p, p+Al, and p+Au collisions at sNN​​​=200 GeV