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

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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).

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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