Nuclear Spin Metrology with Nitrogen Vacancy Center in Diamond for Axion Dark Matter Detection
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| author | Chigusa, So Hazumi, Masashi Herbschleb, Ernst David Matsuzaki, Yuichiro Mizuochi, Norikazu Nakayama, Kazunori |
| author_facet | Chigusa, So Hazumi, Masashi Herbschleb, Ernst David Matsuzaki, Yuichiro Mizuochi, Norikazu Nakayama, Kazunori |
| contents | We present a method to directly detect the axion dark matter using nitrogen vacancy centers in diamonds. In particular, we use metrology leveraging the nuclear spin of nitrogen to detect axion-nucleus couplings. This is achieved through protocols designed for dark matter searches, which introduce a novel approach of quantum sensing techniques based on the nitrogen vacancy center. Although the coupling strength of the magnetic fields with nuclear spins is three orders of magnitude smaller than that with electron spins for conventional magnetometry, the axion interaction strength with nuclear spins is the same order of magnitude as that with electron spins. Furthermore, we can take advantage of the long coherence time by using the nuclear spins for the axion dark matter detection. We show that our method is sensitive to a broad frequency range $\lesssim 100\,\mathrm{Hz}$ corresponding to the axion mass $m_a \lesssim 4\times 10^{-13}\,\mathrm{eV}$. We present the detection limit of our method for both the axion-neutron and the axion-proton couplings and discuss its significance in comparison with other proposed ideas. |
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| spellingShingle | Nuclear Spin Metrology with Nitrogen Vacancy Center in Diamond for Axion Dark Matter Detection Chigusa, So Hazumi, Masashi Herbschleb, Ernst David Matsuzaki, Yuichiro Mizuochi, Norikazu Nakayama, Kazunori High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics High Energy Physics - Experiment Quantum Physics We present a method to directly detect the axion dark matter using nitrogen vacancy centers in diamonds. In particular, we use metrology leveraging the nuclear spin of nitrogen to detect axion-nucleus couplings. This is achieved through protocols designed for dark matter searches, which introduce a novel approach of quantum sensing techniques based on the nitrogen vacancy center. Although the coupling strength of the magnetic fields with nuclear spins is three orders of magnitude smaller than that with electron spins for conventional magnetometry, the axion interaction strength with nuclear spins is the same order of magnitude as that with electron spins. Furthermore, we can take advantage of the long coherence time by using the nuclear spins for the axion dark matter detection. We show that our method is sensitive to a broad frequency range $\lesssim 100\,\mathrm{Hz}$ corresponding to the axion mass $m_a \lesssim 4\times 10^{-13}\,\mathrm{eV}$. We present the detection limit of our method for both the axion-neutron and the axion-proton couplings and discuss its significance in comparison with other proposed ideas. |
| title | Nuclear Spin Metrology with Nitrogen Vacancy Center in Diamond for Axion Dark Matter Detection |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics High Energy Physics - Experiment Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07141 |