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20192026
most citedDeepest sensitivity to wavelike dark photon dark matter with superconducting radio frequency cavities

20 citations · 76 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Cryogenic RF characterization of the MAGO cavity for high-frequency gravitational-wave detection

Can Dokuyucu, Bianca Giaccone, Tom Krokotsch +13

Superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities are promising resonant sensors for gravitational-wave detection in the kHz-MHz frequency range. We report the cryogenic RF characteri…

physics.acc-ph2026

Detection of high-frequency gravitational waves using SRF cavities

M. Wenskat, B. Giaccone, J. Branlard +21

Today, apart from some isolated R&D efforts, there are no gravitational wave (GW) experiments, yet which explore a large part of the vast frequency range above the LIGO/Virgo band.…

hep-ex2025

Improved Dark Photon Sensitivity from the Dark SRF Experiment

Saarik Kalia, Zhen Liu, Bianca Giaccone +15

We report the refined dark-photon exclusion bound from Dark SRF's pathfinder run. Our new result is driven by improved theoretical modeling of frequency instability in high-quality…

quant-ph2024

An Improved Bound on Nonlinear Quantum Mechanics using a Cryogenic Radio Frequency Experiment

Oleksandr Melnychuk, Bianca Giaccone, Nicholas Bornman +9

There are strong arguments that quantum mechanics may be nonlinear in its dynamics. A discovery of nonlinearity would hint at a novel understanding of the interplay between gravity…

gr-qc2024★ 3 cited

First characterisation of the MAGO cavity, a superconducting RF detector for kHz-MHz gravitational waves

Lars Fischer, Bianca Giaccone, Ivan Gonin +12

Heterodyne detection using microwave cavities is a promising method for detecting high-frequency gravitational waves or ultralight axion dark matter. In this work, we report on stu…

quant-ph2023★ 1 cited

Phase-controlled improvement of photon lifetime in coupled superconducting cavities

Changqing Wang, Oleksandr S Melnychuk, Crispin Contreras-Martinez +9

High-quality cavities are crucial for various fundamental physical studies and applications. Here we find that by coupling two cavities directly or via a phase-tunable coupling cha…

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 -violating monopole coupling to bulk Standard Model charges . Gradients in the static axi…

physics.acc-ph2022

RF Accelerator Technology R&D: Report of AF7-rf Topical Group to Snowmass 2021

Sergey Belomestnykh, Emilio A. Nanni, Hans Weise +18

Accelerator radio frequency (RF) technology has been and remains critical for modern high energy physics (HEP) experiments based on particle accelerators. Tremendous progress in ad…

hep-ex2022★ 20 cited

Deepest sensitivity to wavelike dark photon dark matter with superconducting radio frequency cavities

Raphael Cervantes, Jose Aumentado, Caterina Braggio +9

Wavelike, bosonic dark matter candidates like axions and dark photons can be detected using microwave cavities known as haloscopes. Traditionally, haloscopes consist of tunable cop…

hep-ex2022★ 3 cited

Design of axion and axion dark matter searches based on ultra high Q SRF cavities

Bianca Giaccone, Asher Berlin, Ivan Gonin +13

The Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems center is developing searches for dark photons, axions and ALPs with the goal of improving upon the current state-of-the-art sensi…

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…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 2 cited

Plasma Processing for In-Situ Field Emission Mitigation of Superconducting Radiofrequency (SRF) Cryomodules

M. Martinello, P. Berrutti, B. Giaccone +14

Field emission (FE) is one of the main limiting factors of superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities operating in accelerators and it occurs whenever contaminants, like dust,…

physics.acc-ph2020★ 11 cited

Field emission mitigation studies in LCLS-II cavities via in situ plasma processing

Bianca Giaccone, Martina Martinello, Paolo Berrutti +7

Field emission is one of the factors that can limit the performance of superconducting radio frequency cavities. In order to reduce possible field emission in LCLS-II (Linac Cohere…

physics.acc-ph2019★ 8 cited

Low RF power plasma ignition and detection for in-situ cleaning of 1.3 GHz 9-cell cavities

P. Berrutti, B. Giaccone, M. Martinello +7

Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) cavities performance preservation is crucial, from vertical test to accelerator operation. Field Emission (FE) is still one of the performance…