Prospects for axion dark matter searches at LISA-like interferometers

IF 5 2区物理与天体物理 Q1 Physics and Astronomy

Physical Review D Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI:10.1103/physrevd.111.055031

Yue-Hui Yao, Tingyuan Jiang, Yong Tang

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Abstract

Axion or axionlike particles are one of the leading candidates for dark matter. Because of its tiny coupling with photons, axion dark matter in the background can induce distinct phase velocities for light with different parity, an effect known as birefringence. Here, we propose a modification to the polarization state of the interspacecraft laser link in Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)-like interferometers to make them sensitive to this birefringence effect. We discuss the prospects of using the Sagnac combinations to search for axion dark matter and derive the corresponding sensitivity. With this setup, we show that next-generation laser interferometers in space would have promising sensitivities on the axion-photon coupling with axion mass around 10−19−10−14eV.

Published by the American Physical Society

2025

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Physical Review D 物理-天文与天体物理

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9.20

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36.00%

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审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Physical Review D (PRD) is a leading journal in elementary particle physics, field theory, gravitation, and cosmology and is one of the top-cited journals in high-energy physics. PRD covers experimental and theoretical results in all aspects of particle physics, field theory, gravitation and cosmology, including: Particle physics experiments, Electroweak interactions, Strong interactions, Lattice field theories, lattice QCD, Beyond the standard model physics, Phenomenological aspects of field theory, general methods, Gravity, cosmology, cosmic rays, Astrophysics and astroparticle physics, General relativity, Formal aspects of field theory, field theory in curved space, String theory, quantum gravity, gauge/gravity duality.