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Laboratory constraints on ultralight axion-like particles from precision atomic spectroscopy (2206.06364v2)
Published 13 Jun 2022 in hep-ph and physics.atom-ph
Abstract: Ultralight bosonic dark matter has come under increasing scrutiny as a dark matter candidate that has the potential to resolve puzzles in astronomical observation. We demonstrate that high-precision measurements of time variation in the frequency ratios of atomic transitions achieves leading sensitivity to ultralight axion-like particle dark matter at low masses. These bounds are the first laboratory-based bounds on this class of dark matter models. We propose further measurements that could enhance sensitivity to ultralight axion-like particles.
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