Dark Matter Searches with Levitated Sensors
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.17990v1
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:51:18 GMT
- Title: Dark Matter Searches with Levitated Sensors
- Authors: Eva Kilian, Markus Rademacher, Jonathan M. H. Gosling, Julian H.
Iacoponi, Fiona Alder, Marko Toro\v{s}, Antonio Pontin, Chamkaur Ghag,
Sougato Bose, Tania S. Monteiro and P.F. Barker
- Abstract summary: We provide a perspective on the suitability of large-mass levitated optomechanical systems for observing dark matter signatures.
We discuss conservative approaches of recoil detection through spectral analysis of coherently scattered light.
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- Abstract: Motivated by the current interest in employing quantum sensors on Earth and
in space to conduct searches for new physics, we provide a perspective on the
suitability of large-mass levitated optomechanical systems for observing dark
matter signatures. We discuss conservative approaches of recoil detection
through spectral analysis of coherently scattered light, enhancements of
directional effects due to cross-correlation spectral densities, and the
possibility of using quantum superpositions of mesoscopic test particles to
measure rare events.
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