Cryogenic cavity detector for a large-scale cold dark-matter axion search

Authors
Peng, H Asztalos, S Daw, E Golubev, NA Hagmann, C Kinion, D LaVeigne, J Moltz, DM Nezrick, F Powell, J Rosenberg, LJ Sikivie, P Stoeffl, W Sullivan, NS Tanner, DB Turner, MS van Bibber, K
Citation
H. Peng et al., Cryogenic cavity detector for a large-scale cold dark-matter axion search, NUCL INST A, 444(3), 2000, pp. 569-583
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
444
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
569 - 583
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20000421)444:3<569:CCDFAL>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
An axion detector consisting of a tunable high-e cavity, a superconducting magnet, and a superheterodyne receiver with an ultra-low noise pre-amplifie r has been built to search for galactic halo axions in the mass range of 1. 3-13 mu eV. The detector instrumentation, search process, and data analysis are described. For the first time, this class of detector has reached suff icient sensitivity to detect halo axions with high confidence. (C) 2000 Els evier Science B.V. All rights reserved.