Searching for axionlike time-dependent cosmic birefringence with data from SPT-3G
Ultralight axionlike particles (ALPs) are compelling dark matter candidates because of their potential to resolve small-scale discrepancies between ΛCDM predictions and cosmological observations. Axion-photon coupling induces a polarization rotation in linearly polarized photons traveling through an...
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Ultralight axionlike particles (ALPs) are compelling dark matter candidates because of their potential to resolve small-scale discrepancies between ΛCDM predictions and cosmological observations. Axion-photon coupling induces a polarization rotation in linearly polarized photons traveling through an ALP field; thus, as the local ALP dark matter field oscillates in time, distant static polarized sources will appear to oscillate with a frequency proportional to the ALP mass. We use observations of the cosmic microwave background from SPT-3G, the current receiver on the South Pole Telescope, to set upper limits on the value of the axion-photon coupling constant g_(ϕγ) over the approximate mass range 10⁻²²-10⁻¹⁹ eV, corresponding to oscillation periods from 12 hours to 100 days. For periods between 1 and 100 days (4.7 × 10⁻²² eV ≤ m_ϕ ≤ 4.7 × 10⁻²⁰ eV), where the limit is approximately constant, we set a median 95% C.L. upper limit on the amplitude of on-sky polarization rotation of 0.071 deg. Assuming that dark matter comprises a single ALP species with a local dark matter density of 0.3 GeV /cm³, this corresponds to g_(ϕγ) < 1.18 × 10⁻¹² GeV⁻¹ × ((m_ϕ)/(1.0 × 10⁻²¹ eV)). These new limits represent an improvement over the previous strongest limits set using the same effect by a factor of ∼ 3.8. |
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Ferguson, K. R. Anderson, A. J. Whitehorn, N. Ade, P. A. R. Archipley, M. Avva, J. S. Balkenhol, L. Benabed, K. Bender, A. N. Benson, B. A. Bianchini, F. Bleem, L. E. Bouchet, F. R. Bryant, L. Camphuis, E. Carlstrom, J. E. Cecil, T. W. Chang, C. L. Chaubal, P. Chichura, P. M. Chou, T.-L. Crawford, T. M. Cukierman, A. Daley, C. de Haan, T. Dibert, K. R. Dobbs, M. A. Doussot, A. Dutcher, D. Everett, W. Feng, C. Foster, A. Galli, S. Gambrel, A. E. Gardner, R. W. Goeckner-Wald, N. Gualtieri, R. Guidi, F. Guns, S. Halverson, N. W. Hivon, E. Holder, G. P. Holzapfel, W. L. Hood, J. C. Huang, N. Knox, L. Korman, M. Kuo, C.-L. Lee, A. T. Lowitz, A. E. |
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Searching for axionlike time-dependent cosmic birefringence with data from SPT-3G |
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Searching for axionlike time-dependent cosmic birefringence with data from SPT-3G |
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ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:117509 2023-05-15T18:22:45+02:00 Searching for axionlike time-dependent cosmic birefringence with data from SPT-3G Ferguson, K. R. Anderson, A. J. Whitehorn, N. Ade, P. A. R. Archipley, M. Avva, J. S. Balkenhol, L. Benabed, K. Bender, A. N. Benson, B. A. Bianchini, F. Bleem, L. E. Bouchet, F. R. Bryant, L. Camphuis, E. Carlstrom, J. E. Cecil, T. W. Chang, C. L. Chaubal, P. Chichura, P. M. Chou, T.-L. Crawford, T. M. Cukierman, A. Daley, C. de Haan, T. Dibert, K. R. Dobbs, M. A. Doussot, A. Dutcher, D. Everett, W. Feng, C. Foster, A. Galli, S. Gambrel, A. E. Gardner, R. W. Goeckner-Wald, N. Gualtieri, R. Guidi, F. Guns, S. Halverson, N. W. Hivon, E. Holder, G. P. Holzapfel, W. L. Hood, J. C. Huang, N. Knox, L. Korman, M. Kuo, C.-L. Lee, A. T. Lowitz, A. E. 2022-08-15 https://authors.library.caltech.edu/117509/ https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20221020-736967400.9 unknown American Physical Society Ferguson, K. R. and Anderson, A. J. and Whitehorn, N. and Ade, P. A. R. and Archipley, M. and Avva, J. S. and Balkenhol, L. and Benabed, K. and Bender, A. N. and Benson, B. A. and Bianchini, F. and Bleem, L. E. and Bouchet, F. R. and Bryant, L. and Camphuis, E. and Carlstrom, J. E. and Cecil, T. W. and Chang, C. L. and Chaubal, P. and Chichura, P. M. and Chou, T.-L. and Crawford, T. M. and Cukierman, A. and Daley, C. and de Haan, T. and Dibert, K. R. and Dobbs, M. A. and Doussot, A. and Dutcher, D. and Everett, W. and Feng, C. and Foster, A. and Galli, S. and Gambrel, A. E. and Gardner, R. W. and Goeckner-Wald, N. and Gualtieri, R. and Guidi, F. and Guns, S. and Halverson, N. W. and Hivon, E. and Holder, G. P. and Holzapfel, W. L. and Hood, J. C. and Huang, N. and Knox, L. and Korman, M. and Kuo, C.-L. and Lee, A. T. and Lowitz, A. E. and Lu, C. and Millea, M. and Montgomery, J. and Natoli, T. and Noble, G. I. and Novosad, V. and Omori, Y. and Padin, S. and Pan, Z. and Paschos, P. and Prabhu, K. and Quan, W. and Rahlin, A. and Reichardt, C. L. and Rouble, M. and Ruhl, J. E. and Schiappucci, E. and Smecher, G. and Sobrin, J. A. and Stephen, J. and Suzuki, A. and Tandoi, C. and Thompson, K. L. and Thorne, B. and Tucker, C. and Umilta, C. and Vieira, J. D. and Wang, G. and Wu, W. L. K. and Yefremenko, V. and Young, M. R. (2022) Searching for axionlike time-dependent cosmic birefringence with data from SPT-3G. Physical Review D, 106 (4). Art. No. 042011. ISSN 2470-0010. doi:10.1103/physrevd.106.042011. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20221020-736967400.9 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20221020-736967400.9> Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftcaltechauth https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.106.042011 2022-11-03T18:57:52Z Ultralight axionlike particles (ALPs) are compelling dark matter candidates because of their potential to resolve small-scale discrepancies between ΛCDM predictions and cosmological observations. Axion-photon coupling induces a polarization rotation in linearly polarized photons traveling through an ALP field; thus, as the local ALP dark matter field oscillates in time, distant static polarized sources will appear to oscillate with a frequency proportional to the ALP mass. We use observations of the cosmic microwave background from SPT-3G, the current receiver on the South Pole Telescope, to set upper limits on the value of the axion-photon coupling constant g_(ϕγ) over the approximate mass range 10⁻²²-10⁻¹⁹ eV, corresponding to oscillation periods from 12 hours to 100 days. For periods between 1 and 100 days (4.7 × 10⁻²² eV ≤ m_ϕ ≤ 4.7 × 10⁻²⁰ eV), where the limit is approximately constant, we set a median 95% C.L. upper limit on the amplitude of on-sky polarization rotation of 0.071 deg. Assuming that dark matter comprises a single ALP species with a local dark matter density of 0.3 GeV /cm³, this corresponds to g_(ϕγ) < 1.18 × 10⁻¹² GeV⁻¹ × ((m_ϕ)/(1.0 × 10⁻²¹ eV)). These new limits represent an improvement over the previous strongest limits set using the same effect by a factor of ∼ 3.8. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) South Pole Physical Review D 106 4 |