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Design Overview of the DM Radio Pathfinder ExperimentWe introduce the DM Radio, a dual search for axion and hidden photon dark matter using a tunable superconducting lumped-element resonator. We discuss the prototype DM Radio Pathfinder experiment, which will probe hidden photons in the 500 peV (100 kHz)-50 neV (10 MHz) mass range. We detail the design of the various components: the LC resonant detector, the resonant frequency tuning procedure, the differential SQUID readout circuit, the shielding, and the cryogenic mounting structure. We present the current status of the pathfinder experiment and illustrate it's potential science reach in the context of the larger experimental program.
Document ID
20170005186
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Silva-Feaver, Maximiliano
(Stanford Univ. Stanford, CA, United States)
Chaudhuri, Saptarshi
(Stanford Univ. Stanford, CA, United States)
Cho, Hsaio-Mei
(Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Dawson, Carl
(Santa Clara Univ. CA, United States)
Graham, Peter
(Stanford Univ. Stanford, CA, United States)
Irwin, Kent
(Stanford Univ. Stanford, CA, United States)
Kuenstner, Stephen
(Stanford Univ. Stanford, CA, United States)
Li, Dale
(Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Mardon, Jeremy
(Stanford Univ. Stanford, CA, United States)
Moseley, Harvey
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Mule, Richard
(Santa Clara Univ. CA, United States)
Phipps, Arran
(Stanford Univ. Stanford, CA, United States)
Rajendran, Surjeet
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Steffen, Zach
(Santa Clara Univ. CA, United States)
Young, Betty
(Santa Clara Univ. CA, United States)
Date Acquired
June 6, 2017
Publication Date
November 21, 2016
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Publisher: IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Volume: 27
Issue: 4
ISSN: 1051-8223
e-ISSN: 1558-2515
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN41181
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
axion
SQUID series array
Hidden photon

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