New atomic probes for dark matter detection: Axions, axion-like particles and topological defects

作者：Stadnik Yevgeny V^*; Flambaum Victor V

来源：Modern Physics Letters A, 2014, 29(37): 1440007.

DOI：10.1142/S0217732314400070

• Dark matter
• axion
• strong CP problem
• topological defect
• electric dipole moment
• magnetometer
• atomic clock
• CASPEr
• GNOME

We present a brief overview of recently proposed detection schemes for axion, axion-like pseudoscalar particle and topological defect dark matter. We focus mainly on the possibility of using atomic and molecular systems for dark matter detection. For axions and axion-like particles, these methods are complementary probes to ongoing photon-axion interconversion experiments and astrophysical observations. For topological defects, these methods are complementary to conventional astrophysical search schemes based on gravitational signatures.

• 出版日期2014-12-7