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Searching for axion forces with spin precession in atoms and molecules

Year: 2023

Type: preprint

Abstract: We propose to use atoms and molecules as quantum sensors of axion-mediated monopole-dipole forces. We show that electron spin precession experiments using atomic and molecular beams are well-suited for axion searches thanks to the presence of co-magnetometer states and single-shot temporal resolution. Experimental strategies to detect axion gradients from localised sources and the earth are presented, taking ACME III as a prototype example. Other possibilities including atomic beams, and laser-cooled atoms and molecules are discussed.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2309.10023

Authors: Agrawal, Prateek, Hutzler, Nicholas R., Kaplan, David E., Rajendran, Surjeet, Reig, Mario

Institutions: California Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, University of Oxford

Language: English

Topic: Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Institut Périmètre de physique théorique, Office of Science, Science and Technology Facilities Council

Awards: Research - California Institute of Technology (2019), G1907584174, G498139845, Theoretical Physics of Fundamental and Cosmological Interactions, G5435041912, G5616713406, G585908603, CAREER: Search for CP-Violating Hadronic Physics Beyond the Standard Model with Polyatomic Molecules, G6511959651, PolyEDM: A Next Generation Electron EDM Search in Laser-Cooled and Trapped Polyatomic Molecules, G6671297155, G716412294, Theoretical Studies of Particles & Strings, G8436067769, G86560745, G969889393

OpenAlex ID: W4386907046

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