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arxiv: 2203.11246 · v1 · pith:4HLA24KXnew · submitted 2022-03-21 · ✦ hep-ex · hep-ph

Introducing DMRadio-GUT, a search for GUT-scale QCD axions

L. Brouwer , S. Chaudhuri , H.-M. Cho , J. Corbin , C. S. Dawson , A. Droster , J. W. Foster , J. T. Fry
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P. W. Graham R. Henning K. D. Irwin F. Kadribasic Y. Kahn A. Keller R. Kolevatov S. Kuenstner A. F. Leder D. Li J. L. Ouellet K. M. W. Pappas A. Phipps N. M. Rapidis B. R. Safdi C. P. Salemi M. Simanovskaia J. Singh E. C. van Assendelft K. van Bibber K. Wells L. Winslow W. J. Wisniewski B. A. Young
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The QCD axion is a leading dark matter candidate that emerges as part of the solution to the strong CP problem in the Standard Model. The coupling of the axion to photons is the most common experimental probe, but much parameter space remains unexplored. The coupling of the QCD axion to the Standard Model scales linearly with the axion mass; therefore, the highly-motivated region 0.4-120 neV, corresponding to a GUT-scale axion, is particularly difficult to reach. This paper presents the design requirements for a definitive search for GUT-scale axions and reviews the technological advances needed to enable this program.

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