Analysis of ADMX Generation-2 Data and Plans for Higher Frequency Searches

ORAL

Abstract

Axions are hypothetical elementary particles developed as a solution to the Strong CP problem in QCD physics. The properties of light axions also make them a viable candidate for making up all the dark matter in our Universe. In 2017, the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) became the first haloscope experiment to achieve sensitivity to the full range of axion-photon couplings for invisible QCD axions for a given mass range (2.66-2.81 ueV). In 2018, ADMX performed a 2nd data run which extended this range to between 2.81-3.31ueV. I will be discussing the analysis techniques used in the experiment in 2018 to calibrate the experiments system noise temperature and search for axion candidates and plans for higher frequency axion searches with ADMX.

Presenters

  • Nick C Du

    University of Washington

Authors

  • Nick C Du

    University of Washington