Searching for vector dark matter with an optomechanical accelerometer

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.04899v1
• Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 15:55:38 GMT
• Title: Searching for vector dark matter with an optomechanical accelerometer
• Authors: Jack Manley, Mitul Dey Chowdhury, Daniel Grin, Swati Singh, and Dalziel J. Wilson
• Abstract summary: We consider using optomechanical accelerometers as resonant detectors for ultralight dark matter. For a centimeter-scale membrane pre-cooled to 10 mK, sensitivity to vector B-L dark matter can exceed that of the E"ot-Wash experiment in integration times of minutes. Our analysis can be translated to alternative systems such as levitated particles, and suggests the possibility of a new generation of table-top experiments.
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• Abstract: We consider using optomechanical accelerometers as resonant detectors for ultralight dark matter. As a concrete example, we describe a detector based on a silicon nitride membrane fixed to a beryllium mirror, forming an optical cavity. The use of different materials gives access to forces proportional to baryon (B) and lepton (L) charge, which are believed to be coupling channels for vector dark matter particles ("dark photons"). The cavity meanwhile provides access to quantum-limited displacement measurements. For a centimeter-scale membrane pre-cooled to 10 mK, we argue that sensitivity to vector B-L dark matter can exceed that of the E\"{o}t-Wash experiment in integration times of minutes, over a fractional bandwidth of $\sim 0.1\%$ near 10 kHz (corresponding to a particle mass of $10^{-10}$eV/c$^2$). Our analysis can be translated to alternative systems such as levitated particles, and suggests the possibility of a new generation of table-top experiments.

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