Design Overview of DM Radio Pathfinder Experiment

We introduce DM Radio, a dual search for axion and hidden photon dark matter using a tunable superconducting lumped-element resonator. We discuss the prototype DM Radio Pathfinder experiment, which will probe hidden photons in the 500 peV (100 kHz)-50 neV (10 MHz) mass range. We detail the design of...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity 2017-06, Vol.27 (4), p.1-4
Main Authors: Silva-Feaver, Maximiliano, Chaudhuri, Saptarshi, Hsaio-Mei Cho, Dawson, Carl, Graham, Peter, Irwin, Kent, Kuenstner, Stephen, Dale Li, Mardon, Jeremy, Moseley, Harvey, Mule, Richard, Phipps, Arran, Rajendran, Surjeet, Steffen, Zach, Young, Betty
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
axion
Capacitors
Detectors
Hidden photon
Niobium
Photonics
SQUID series array
SQUIDs
Tuning
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Summary:We introduce DM Radio, a dual search for axion and hidden photon dark matter using a tunable superconducting lumped-element resonator. We discuss the prototype DM Radio Pathfinder experiment, which will probe hidden photons in the 500 peV (100 kHz)-50 neV (10 MHz) mass range. We detail the design of the various components: the LC resonant detector, the resonant frequency tuning procedure, the differential SQUID readout circuit, the shielding, and the cryogenic mounting structure. We present the current status of the pathfinder experiment and illustrate its potential science reach in the context of the larger experimental program.
ISSN:1051-8223
1558-2515
DOI:10.1109/TASC.2016.2631425