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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1396-1401 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Nature physics |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Early online date | 7 Dec 2021 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Ultralight bosons such as axion-like particles are viable candidates for dark matter. They can form stable, macroscopic field configurations in the form of topological defects that could concentrate the dark matter density into many distinct, compact spatial regions that are small compared with the Galaxy but much larger than the Earth. Here we report the results of the search for transient signals from the domain walls of axion-like particles by using the global network of optical magnetometers for exotic (GNOME) physics searches. We search the data, consisting of correlated measurements from optical atomic magnetometers located in laboratories all over the world, for patterns of signals propagating through the network consistent with domain walls. The analysis of these data from a continuous month-long operation of GNOME finds no statistically significant signals, thus placing experimental constraints on such dark matter scenarios.
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In: Nature physics, Vol. 17, No. 12, 12.2021, p. 1396-1401.
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T1 - Search for topological defect dark matter with a global network of optical magnetometers
AU - Afach, Samer
AU - Buchler, Ben C.
AU - Budker, Dmitry
AU - Dailey, Conner
AU - Derevianko, Andrei
AU - Dumont, Vincent
AU - Figueroa, Nataniel L.
AU - Gerhardt, Ilja
AU - Grujic, Zoran D.
AU - Guo, Hong
AU - Hao, Chuanpeng
AU - Hamilton, Paul S.
AU - Hedges, Morgan
AU - Jackson Kimball, Derek F.
AU - Kim, Dongok
AU - Khamis, Sami
AU - Kornack, Thomas
AU - Lebedev, Victor
AU - Lu, Zheng-Tian
AU - Masia-Roig, Hector
AU - Monroy, Madeline
AU - Padniuk, Mikhail
AU - Palm, Christopher A.
AU - Park, Sun Yool
AU - Paul, Karun V.
AU - Penaflor, Alexander
AU - Peng, Xiang
AU - Pospelov, Maxim
AU - Preston, Rayshaun
AU - Pustelny, Szymon
AU - Scholtes, Theo
AU - Segura, Perrin C.
AU - Semertzidis, Yannis K.
AU - Sheng, Dong
AU - Shin, Yun Chang
AU - Smiga, Joseph A.
AU - Stalnaker, Jason E.
AU - Sulai, Ibrahim
AU - Tandon, Dhruv
AU - Wang, Tao
AU - Weis, Antoine
AU - Wickenbrock, Arne
AU - Wilson, Tatum
AU - Wu, Teng
AU - Wurm, David
AU - Xiao, Wei
AU - Yang, Yucheng
AU - Yu, Dongrui
AU - Zhang, Jianwei
N1 - Funding Information: (9) program (project no.2015/19/B/ST2/02129); USTC startup funding; the National Heising-Simons Foundation; the National Science Centre ofPoland within the OPUS Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 62071012 and 61225003); the National Hi-Tech Research and Development (863) Program of China and IBS-R017-D1-2021-a00 of the Republic of Korea. We acknowledge funding provided by the Institute of Physics Belgrade through a grant by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Ultralight bosons such as axion-like particles are viable candidates for dark matter. They can form stable, macroscopic field configurations in the form of topological defects that could concentrate the dark matter density into many distinct, compact spatial regions that are small compared with the Galaxy but much larger than the Earth. Here we report the results of the search for transient signals from the domain walls of axion-like particles by using the global network of optical magnetometers for exotic (GNOME) physics searches. We search the data, consisting of correlated measurements from optical atomic magnetometers located in laboratories all over the world, for patterns of signals propagating through the network consistent with domain walls. The analysis of these data from a continuous month-long operation of GNOME finds no statistically significant signals, thus placing experimental constraints on such dark matter scenarios.
AB - Ultralight bosons such as axion-like particles are viable candidates for dark matter. They can form stable, macroscopic field configurations in the form of topological defects that could concentrate the dark matter density into many distinct, compact spatial regions that are small compared with the Galaxy but much larger than the Earth. Here we report the results of the search for transient signals from the domain walls of axion-like particles by using the global network of optical magnetometers for exotic (GNOME) physics searches. We search the data, consisting of correlated measurements from optical atomic magnetometers located in laboratories all over the world, for patterns of signals propagating through the network consistent with domain walls. The analysis of these data from a continuous month-long operation of GNOME finds no statistically significant signals, thus placing experimental constraints on such dark matter scenarios.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41567-021-01393-y
DO - 10.1038/s41567-021-01393-y
M3 - Article
VL - 17
SP - 1396
EP - 1401
JO - Nature physics
JF - Nature physics
SN - 1745-2473
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