Wide-Mass-Scanning-Range Setup and Phase-Resolved Protocol for Axion Dark Matter Detection
Abstract
We propose a paradigm for quantum enhanced axion dark matter search, which does not rely on power measurements. We propose to measure directly the axion amplitude and phase in an interferometric protocol at the quantum limit, using a non-linear cavity. In addition, we introduce gyromagnetic modes as wide mass range transducers for axion signals compatible with standard haloscope designs. We expect this scheme to offer an improvement of at least 4 orders of magnitude in figure of merit and at least 2 orders of magnitude in mass window with respect to standard haloscopes. Owing to its generality, our proposed protocol has the potential to speed up axion search but also the search for dark photons or other cosmological objects, such as galactic masers.
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BibTeX
@misc{cottet2026widemassscanningrange,
title = {{Wide-Mass-Scanning-Range Setup and Phase-Resolved Protocol for Axion Dark Matter Detection}},
author = {A. Cottet and T. Kontos},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.32554},
eprint = {2609.32554},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.32554},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Wide-Mass-Scanning-Range Setup and Phase-Resolved Protocol for Axion Dark Matter Detection
AU - A. Cottet
AU - T. Kontos
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/26
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.32554
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.32554
AB - We propose a paradigm for quantum enhanced axion dark matter search, which does not rely on power measurements. We propose to measure directly the axion amplitude and phase in an interferometric protocol at the quantum limit, using a non-linear cavity. In addition, we introduce gyromagnetic modes as wide mass range transducers for axion signals compatible with standard haloscope designs. We expect this scheme to offer an improvement of at least 4 orders of magnitude in figure of merit and at least 2 orders of magnitude in mass window with respect to standard haloscopes. Owing to its generality, our proposed protocol has the potential to speed up axion search but also the search for dark photons or other cosmological objects, such as galactic masers.
ER -