Hunting for Ultralight Bosonic Dark Matter in the Wilderness: the Search for Non-Interacting Particles Experimental Hunt (SNIPE Hunt)

ORAL

Abstract

Recently, it was proposed that the Earth itself could act as a transducer for ultralight dark-matter detection [1,2]. In particular, interaction of kinetically mixed hidden-photon or axion-like particle (ALP) dark matter with the Earth generates a characteristic coherent magnetic field signal pattern across the surface of the Earth that can be searched for using unshielded magnetometers [2,3]. We report on the results of a coordinated measurement campaign in July 2022 to search for signals from ultralight bosonic dark matter with Compton frequencies in the 1-5 Hz range. The campaign consisted of performing simultaneous, correlated measurements with atomic magnetometers at geographically separated, relatively quiet magnetic environments (far from human-generated magnetic noise).

[1] M. A. Fedderke, P. W. Graham, D. F. Jackson Kimball, and S. Kalia, Phys. Rev. D 104, 075023 (2021).

[2] A. Arza, M. A. Fedderke, P. W. Graham, D. F. Jackson Kimball, and S. Kalia, Phys. Rev. D 105, 095007 (2022).

[3] M. A. Fedderke, P. W. Graham, D. F. Jackson Kimball, and S. Kalia, Phys. Rev. D 104, 095032 (2021).

*Supported by the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Simons Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

–

Presenters

  • Ibrahim Sulai

    • Bucknell University

Authors

  • Ibrahim Sulai

    • Bucknell University

  • Ariel Arza

    • Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Itay M Bloch

    • Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.
    • University of California at Berkeley

  • Eduardo Castro Muñoz

    • Oberlin College

  • Chris Fabian

    • Bucknell University

  • Michael A Fedderke

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Madison Forseth

    • California State University, East Bay
    • Chabot College

  • Peter Graham

    • Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    • Stanford University

  • Will Griffith

    • Messiah University

  • Erik B Helgren

    • California State University, East Bay

  • Katie Hermanson

    • California State University, East Bay
    • California State University - East Bay

  • Andres Interiano-Alvarado

    • California State University, East Bay
    • California State University - East Bay

  • Derek F Jackson Kimball

    • California State University - East Bay

  • Saarik Kalia

    • University of Minnesota

  • Brittany Karki

    • California State University, East Bay
    • California State University - East Bay

  • Abaz Kryemadhi

    • Messiah University

  • Andre Li

    • California State University, East Bay
    • California State University - East Bay

  • Ehsanullah Nikfar

    • Oberlin College

  • Jason E Stalnaker

    • Oberlin College

  • Yicheng Wang

    • Bucknell University