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Tunable rectangular resonant cavities for axion haloscopes

Ben T. McAllister1,2,*, Aaron P. Quiskamp2, and Michael E. Tobar2

  • 1ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn Victoria 3122, Australia
  • 2QDM Lab, Department of Physics, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia

  • *bmcallister@swin.edu.au
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Phys. Rev. D 109, 015013 – Published 16 January, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.015013

Abstract

Axions are a compelling dark matter candidate, and one of the primary techniques employed to search for them is the axion haloscope, in which a resonant cavity is deployed inside a strong magnetic field so that some of the surrounding axions may convert into photons via the inverse Primakoff effect and become trapped inside the resonator. Resonant cavity design is critical to the sensitivity of a haloscope, and several geometries have been utilized and proposed. Here we consider a relatively simple concept—a rectangular resonant cavity with a tunable wall—and compare it to the standard tuning rod-type resonators employed in the field. We find that the rectangular cavities support similar modes to cylindrical tuning rod cavities, and have some advantages in terms of axion sensitivity and practicality, particularly when moving to higher frequencies which are of great and growing interest in the international axion dark matter community.

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Phys. Rev. D 109, 015013– Published 16 January, 2024
  • Received 2 October 2023
  • Accepted 28 November 2023
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