| Speaker: | Yevgeny Stadnik (U Sidney ) |
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| Title: | Searches for Dark Matter with Precision Atomic and Optical Experiments, and Discussion of Screening Mechanisms and Environmental Effects |
| Date (JST): | Fri, Nov 24, 2023, 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Place: | Seminar Room A |
| Abstract: |
Ultra-low-mass bosonic particles produced non-thermally in the early Universe may form a coherently oscillating classical field that can comprise the observed cold dark matter. The very high number density of such particles can give rise to characteristic wave-like signatures that are distinct from the particle-like signatures considered in traditional searches for WIMP dark matter. In particular, ultra-low-mass scalar dark matter may induce apparent variations of the fundamental “constants” of Nature [1,2]. I discuss the basic principles of and recent results in searches for ultra-low-mass scalar dark matter using precision low-energy experiments, including atomic spectroscopy [2,3], optical cavities [4] and interferometry [5] (see Refs. [6,7] and references therein for an overview of the most recent results). Spectroscopy in exotic atoms such as muonium may be used as a novel and complementary probe of dark matter [8]. I also discuss screening mechanisms and environmental effects that may arise in scalar-field models, including models of ultralight dark matter [9], as well as chameleon [10] and symmetron models [11]. [1] Y. V. Stadnik and V. V. Flambaum, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 161301 (2015). [2] Y. V. Stadnik and V. V. Flambaum, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 201301 (2015). [3] Y. V. Stadnik and V. V. Flambaum, Phys. Rev. A 94, 022111 (2016). [4] Y. V. Stadnik and V. V. Flambaum, Phys. Rev. A 93, 063630 (2016). [5] H. Grote and Y. V. Stadnik, Phys. Rev. Research 1, 033187 (2019). [6] D. Antypas et al., arXiv:2203.14915. [7] C. Antel et al., arXiv:2305.01715. [8] Y. V. Stadnik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 011001 (2023). [9] A. Hees, O. Minazzoli, E. Savalle, Y. V. Stadnik and P. Wolf, Phys. Rev. D 98, 064051 (2018). [10] C. Burrage, E. J. Copeland and E. A. Hinds, JCAP 03 (2015) 042. [11] Y. V. Stadnik, Phys. Rev. D 102, 115016 (2020). |
