A search for a new scalar field, called moduli, has been performed using the cryogenic resonant-mass AURIGA detector. Predicted by string theory, moduli may provide a significant contribution to the dark matter (DM) component of our Universe. If this is the case, the interaction of ordinary matter with the local DM moduli, forming the Galaxy halo, will cause an oscillation of solid bodies with a frequency corresponding to the mass of moduli. In the sensitive band of AURIGA, some 100 Hz at around 1 kHz, the expected signal, withQ=△f/f∼10^6, is a narrow peak,△f∼1mHz. Here the detector strain sensitivity is h_s∼2×10^−21 Hz^(−1/2), within a factor of 2. These numbers translate to upper limits at 95% C.L. on the moduli coupling to ordinary matter (d_e+d_me)≲10^−5 around masses m_ϕ=3.6×10^−12 eV, for the standard DM halo model with ρ_DM = 0.3GeV/cm^3.

Search for an Ultralight Scalar Dark Matter Candidate with the AURIGA Detector / Branca, Antonio; Bonaldi, Michele; Cerdonio, Massimo; Conti, Livia; Falferi, Paolo; Marin, Francesco; Mezzena, Renato; Ortolan, Antonello; Prodi, Giovanni A.; Taffarello, Luca; Vedovato, Gabriele; Vinante, Andrea; Vitale, Stefano; Zendri, Jean-Pierre. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 118:(2017), pp. 021302-021302. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.021302]

Search for an Ultralight Scalar Dark Matter Candidate with the AURIGA Detector

MARIN, FRANCESCO;
2017

Abstract

A search for a new scalar field, called moduli, has been performed using the cryogenic resonant-mass AURIGA detector. Predicted by string theory, moduli may provide a significant contribution to the dark matter (DM) component of our Universe. If this is the case, the interaction of ordinary matter with the local DM moduli, forming the Galaxy halo, will cause an oscillation of solid bodies with a frequency corresponding to the mass of moduli. In the sensitive band of AURIGA, some 100 Hz at around 1 kHz, the expected signal, withQ=△f/f∼10^6, is a narrow peak,△f∼1mHz. Here the detector strain sensitivity is h_s∼2×10^−21 Hz^(−1/2), within a factor of 2. These numbers translate to upper limits at 95% C.L. on the moduli coupling to ordinary matter (d_e+d_me)≲10^−5 around masses m_ϕ=3.6×10^−12 eV, for the standard DM halo model with ρ_DM = 0.3GeV/cm^3.
2017
118
021302
021302
Branca, Antonio; Bonaldi, Michele; Cerdonio, Massimo; Conti, Livia; Falferi, Paolo; Marin, Francesco; Mezzena, Renato; Ortolan, Antonello; Prodi, Giovanni A.; Taffarello, Luca; Vedovato, Gabriele; Vinante, Andrea; Vitale, Stefano; Zendri, Jean-Pierre
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