Earth screening of quadratically coupled ultralight dark matter produces a multi-band frequency structure in the induced force whose sideband amplitudes vary annually, enabling improved constraints from MICROSCOPE and future EP missions.
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Introduces a directional force template for quadratic ultralight DM couplings, recasts MICROSCOPE constraints, and estimates sensitivity improvement in the anisotropic regime.
Nested cylinders in MICROSCOPE act as a dark-matter-wave interferometer, producing rotation-modulated signals that yield leading constraints on quadratic DM-nucleon couplings for masses 10^{-3}--10^{-2} eV.
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Background-Induced Forces from Quadratically Coupled Ultralight Dark Matter
Earth screening of quadratically coupled ultralight dark matter produces a multi-band frequency structure in the induced force whose sideband amplitudes vary annually, enabling improved constraints from MICROSCOPE and future EP missions.
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A directional force template for quadratically coupled ultralight dark matter
Introduces a directional force template for quadratic ultralight DM couplings, recasts MICROSCOPE constraints, and estimates sensitivity improvement in the anisotropic regime.
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Macroscopic Quantum Interference in Dark Matter Wave Scattering with MICROSCOPE
Nested cylinders in MICROSCOPE act as a dark-matter-wave interferometer, producing rotation-modulated signals that yield leading constraints on quadratic DM-nucleon couplings for masses 10^{-3}--10^{-2} eV.